Focus on Curriculum
December 16, 2016
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letter combination oo. Now
we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g,
o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, and oo. 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 will learn this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children as we
learn each new letter and the sound of that letter.
Reading: This week was Gingerbread Week. We
read many books about our new friend the Gingerbread Man, who mysteriously ran
away from our classroom. We read the
books The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread
Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Man is
Loose in the School, The Gingerbread Man is Loose at Christmas Time, and The
Gingerbread Man is Loose on the Fire Truck to try and find clues of
where our new friend went. The
Gingerbread Man also left us clues to where he might be. We even made Gingerbread friends in hopes
that he returns. Along with reading
those books and gingerbread activities we did many other fun holiday
activities. We read stories about the
Gingerbread Man’s friends, Pete the Cat, OliveThe Other Reindeer, and
Clifford’s Christmas. The students
created their own Rudolph bag and we put Reindeer food inside to prepare for
the upcoming holidays.
Sight Words: This
week we added the sight words go and so and added them to our
word rings. We are going to keep our
word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words
at school and at home.
Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens. We did holiday math activities all week. Our
center activities have a holiday theme.
Art: We created our
very own Gingerbread Man, made an elf, and made reindeer food.
You would never guess it but our new friend the
Gingerbread Man did return on Friday morning just in time for our Holiday
Party.
I want to wish
everyone a very safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!
Remember:
Winter Break
is December 17, 2016- January 2, 2017.
School resumes Tuesday January 3, 2017.
We have snack every
morning. Please remember to send a
healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.
Also, please
remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays
We have gym everyday.
Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops
to earn money for our school!
