Focus on Curriculum
December 1, 2017
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letters w and v. For the
letter w we pretend we are the wind and for the letter v we pretend we are
driving a car saying “vvvvv”. 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, and v. 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: We read the book The
Relatives Came. We talked about the
vocabulary words (tend, squeeze, wrinkled, silent). We also read a few Holiday books. We added a
new winter poem to our poetry binders.
Sight Words:
This week we learned the sight words and and little. 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. We also read our very own Foods I
Like book that focused on the popcorn word and.
Handwriting: We wrote about what
we did and ate the long Thanksgiving weekend!
Math: We practiced
counting to 100 by one’s and tens. We
are focusing on the addition concept of two parts making a whole. Our center activities have a winter theme.
Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader which was about
mailing a Holiday card.
Art: We made an elf to
celebrate the holiday season.
Special
Visitor: The girls and boys
have been very excited everyday waiting to see if Buddy the Elf or his sister
Becky the Elf has been peeking in on our class.
The elves have been leaving little notes telling them they see them working
hard.
Remember:
Tuesday December 5th is a half
day.
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!
