Focus on Curriculum
November 30, 2018
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letters y and x. For the
letter y we pretend we are eating yogurt and for the letter x we pretend we are
taking an “x-ray”. 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, z, w, v, y, and x. 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 did 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.
Word Family: This week we
started our word families. We worked on
the at word family. First we
started with the word 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 (rat, hat, sat,
cat etc.)
Handwriting: We wrote about how
to make a snowman.
Math: We practiced
counting to 100 by one’s and tens. We
are focusing on the numbers 13, 14, and 15, along with making ten using a ten
frame. Our center activities have a
winter theme.
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 has been
peeking in on our class. Buddy have been
leaving little notes telling them they see them working hard.
Remember:
Tuesday December 4th 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 Thursdays
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!
