Focus on Curriculum May
18, 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 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 learned
the sight words black, orange, white, and brown. 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 . 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. We worked
on fact families. We also worked on
counting by tens and grouping by tens. Please continue practicing reading and
writing numbers 1 through 20.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on summer and pool safety.
Art: In class we made a giraffe project. We are getting very excited about our
upcoming zoo trip.
Remember:
