Spring Fun!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 20, 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 u family un.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in un. The students came up with (sun, bun, fun, etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.  We also learned the new vocabulary terms: prance, bold, splendid, sneered, and crept.

Writing: We wrote about Gerald the Giraffe.  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.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

 Popcorn Words: This week we cut out the popcorn words black, orange, white, and brown and glued them in our spirals. We now have ninety five 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, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink, black, orange, white, brown . Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please remind your child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school every day.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued to practice addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten. Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on what it would be like to live in the sea!

Art:  In class we made a giraffe project with a poem on the back.  We are getting very excited about our upcoming zoo trip.

Remember:

Please sign and return your child’s permission slip for our field trip to the Brookfield Zoo!

Kindergarten Musical 7:00 P.M. Thursday May 26^th at Lakeview

Read to your child every night!

Spring!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 13, 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 u family um.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in um. The students came up with (gum, glum, plum, etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Elmer and Elephants by National Geographic for Kids.  We labeled the parts of an elephant.  We also learned the new vocabulary terms: migration, herd, drought, instinct, and herbivore.

Writing: We wrote about what makes each of us special, just like Elmer the elephant.  We continued our unit in writing where we are focusing on writing our very own multiple page stories.  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.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

 Popcorn Words: This week we cut out the popcorn words blue, yellow, red and pink and put them in our popcorn word bags. We now have ninety 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, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, yellow, red, pink. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We continued to practice addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on fireflies!

Art:  We completed an Elmer the Elephant project.

Remember:

Friday May 13^th is a half day.

Please return the permission slip for our field trip to Brookfield Zoo on Tuesday May 31^st if you have not already done so.

Read to your child every night!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays 

 

We have gym every day.  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.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Focus on Curriculum                 May 6, 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 o family og.  We thought of words as a class that ends in og. The students came up with (log, dog, jog etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Rainbow Fish and Sharks by National Geographic for Kids.  In Rainbow Fish we talked about how important sharing and giving are and how they are more rewarding than receiving.  

Writing: We continued to write in our 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.  On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.

 Popcorn Words: This week we cut out the popcorn words pretty, funny, under and find and put them in our popcorn word bags. We now have eighty eight 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, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find. Our spirals are going home today.  We are going to keep our popcorn word 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 working on addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Art:  We completed two Rainbow Fish projects.  We made a Mother’s Day gift that went home on Thursday.  Please keep an eye out for a project that we made in class with your child’s handprints.  The children were so excited to make each and every mom a special Mother’s Day gift.         

                                   

Remember:

Friday May 13^th  is a half-day. 

Read to your child every night!

Do not forget to place your Scholastic book orders.

 

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays 

 

We have gym every day.  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.