Penguins! Our Flightless Birds!

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January 26, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combinations of ue and oi.  For oi we say, “Ship ahoy”.  We also learned that oy makes the same sound as oi. 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, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, ue, and oi.  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 we read the book Penguins a National Geographic Kids book.  We talked about things we thought we knew about penguins and confirmed them as we read the book.  We completed penguin activities in class.  We also added a Groundhog poem to our poetry binder.

Word Family’s:  We worked on the am word family this week.  First we started with the word am and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word am to make new words.  For example, for the am word family we formed the words (pam, ham, ram, jam, etc.)

Sight Words:  This week we learned the words get, help and now.  We are going to keep our sight words in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  Please practice the sight words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We also continued working on addition and subtraction.

Writing:  Each day we write the students are becoming more confident in their writing skills and are more eager to share their experiences, thoughts, and ideas.

Social Studies: This week our Weekly Reader focused on Penguins!

Art:  In class we made a penguin that will be on display in our classroom.

February 5^th is our 100^th day of School!

Remember:

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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!

Snow!

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January 19, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of qu and ou.  For qu we pretend that we are a duck saying quack, and for ou we pretend we poked our finger with a sewing needle and we say ou, ou, ouch.  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, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, and ou.  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 we read the book The Snowy Day and did many activities.

Word Family’s:  This week we started our word families.  We worked on the an and at  word families.  First we started with the words an and at and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word at to make new words.  For example, for the at word family we formed the words (can, pan, ran, man, etc.)

Sight Words:  This week our sight words were here, out and our.  We are going to keep our sight words in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the sight words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued learning about addition and subtraction with the focus on one more or one less, along with two parts being put together to equal one whole.  We also discussed strategies for subtraction.

Art:  We made a project in which we made ourselves in a snowsuit just like in the story we focused on this week The Snowy Day.

The whole school watched the movie “Sing” on Friday in celebration of working hard on our standardized testing.

Remember:

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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!

Winter!

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January 12, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of ng and th.  For ng we pretend that we are strong.  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, oo, ch, sh, th, and ng.  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 we read the book Winter Wonderland a National Geographic Kids book and Snow.   We also discussed the difference between non-fiction and fiction books. 

Popcorn Words:  This week we learned the sight words he, she, and be.  We are going to keep our sight words in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the sight words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued learning about addition and subtraction with the focus on one more or one less, along with two parts being put together to equal one whole.

Writing:  We wrote the sentence: He is a strong man!  The children noticed that the first three words in the sentence are our sight words and the other two words left in the sentence the students were able to read and write using their decoding skills.  After they wrote their sentence, they had a chance to color the strong man on the page.  Using the word strong was a good review of the ng jolly phonics lessons from this week.

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on Martin L. King Jr. and his fight that all people would live in peace.

Art:  We completed a winter project making a craft of kids catching snowflakes.

Remember:

No School-Monday January 15^th Martin Luther King Day

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books! 

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!