Ants,
Ants, and More Ants!
Focus on Curriculum April
13, 2018
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, 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 ot.
We thought of words as a class that end in ot. The students came up with (hot,
not, cot, knot, etc.)
Reading: This week we read the book Hey Little Ant. We added the poem Picnic Guests to our poetry binders.
Writing: We wrote about the
story we read Hey Little Ant. 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 eat, please, want and with
and put them in our popcorn word bags. We now have seventy 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 . We 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 practiced counting on from various starting points. Please continue practicing reading and writing
numbers 1 through 20.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on growing carrots. We also did a plant project where we
put our pictures on the side of a clear plastic cup, and filled the cup with
dirt and grass seed. Hopefully in a few
short weeks the seed will sprout and it will look like the students have silly
hair! J
Remember:
Open House-
Thursday April 19th
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.
