Focus on Curriculum April
8, 2016
Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics
sounds. Now
we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n,
c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng,
th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.
We
like to sing songs and do actions for each sound to help us remember
them. Remember to review the sounds we
have learned in the letter and sound packet, which shows all the motions and
sounds used to make each letter of the alphabet that we have learned this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and
the sound of that letter.
Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short i family ip.
Reading: This week we read Seed to Plant, Dandelions, Over the Meadow,
The Very Lazy Ladybug, and The Thing About Spring!. We also learned the new vocabulary terms:
germination, pollination, seedling and soil.
We completed many activities that centered around seeds and plants. We added the poem Sunflower Song to our poetry binder.
Writing: We continued writing
in our writing journals. In our journals
we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper punctuation,
spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing. We also reread our writing to make sure it
makes sense. We wrote about what we did
over spring break.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words they, say, play and away
and put them in our popcorn word bags. We now have seventy one words and they
are: I, a, it, in,
see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to,
too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be,
her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two,
three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there,
who, what, where, they, say, play, away. We
are going to keep our popcorn bags in the front sleeve of our green folder so
we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the popcorn words
with your child at home. The words are
getting difficult.
Math: We continued to practicing our addition facts that add up to ten, along with
subtracting numbers up to ten.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on caterpillars.
Art: We completed a flower project which included
labeling the different parts of a flower.
Remember:
Wednesday April 13th
is a half day.
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your
Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays
We have gym
everyday. Please remember your gym
shoes.
Please check the green folder daily.
Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class
with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.
