Happy Earth Day!

Focus on Curriculum               April 20, 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 op.  We thought of words as a class that end in op. The students came up with (hop, cop, shop, stop, etc.)

Reading:  This week in celebration of Earth Day we read Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green and we read How to Help the Earth by the Lorax.

Writing:  We wrote about how we can help the Earth and go green ourselves.  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. 

Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words came, make, ate and ride. We now have seventy nine 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.  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.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We worked on grouping tens and ones and then adding them together to find out how many in all.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.

Social Studies: 

Art:  We made an Earth Day project using watercolors They came out great!

Thank you to all for coming to our Open House!

                                   

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

Do not forget 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.

Ants!

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.

Spring Gardens!

Focus on Curriculum               April 6, 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 i family ip.

Reading:  This week we read Flower Garden.  We completed a writing activity writing out the steps and illustrating how to plant a flower garden.  We added the poem Sunflower Song to our poetry binder.

Writing:  We continued writing in our writing journals.  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.  We wrote about what we did over spring break.

Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words they, say, play and away.  We now have seventy-one 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.  We are going to keep our popcorn 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 continued to group numbers by tens and ones.  Then adding the numbers together to find out how many in all.

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on healthy eating.

Art:  We completed a flower project.

                                   

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

Do not forget 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.

Have a Nice Spring Break!

Focus on Curriculum     

March 23, 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.

Reading:  This week we read Seed to Plant, The Carrot Seed, Little Quack, You’re My Little Bunny, and Hey Duck!

Word Family’s:  We worked on the ig word family this week.  First we start with the word ending ig and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word ending ig to make new words.  For example, for the ig word family we formed the words (wig, pig, twig, big etc.)

Sight  Words:  This week we learned the sight words who, what, and where.  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 worked on addition by grouping in tens and ones. Then finding out how many we had all together.

Writing:  We wrote in our writing journals.  We also wrote about the stories we read in class this week!

Art:  The students really enjoyed making a flower project.

Have a Happy and Safe Spring Break!

Remember:

Spring Break March 24^th 2017- April 2nd 2017.  Classes resume Tuesday April 3rd.

Read to your child every night!

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 every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Focus on Curriculum     

March 16, 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.

Reading:  This week our readings focused on St. Patrick’s Day.  We read The Luckiest Leprechaun, How To Catch a Leprechaun, Ten Lucky Leprechauns, Jack and the Leprechaun, The Littlest Leprechaun, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day Clifford!

Word Family’s:  We worked on the in word family this week.  First we start with the word ending in and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word ending in to make new words.  For example, for the in word family we formed the words (win, pin, chin, bin etc.)

Sight Words:  This week we learned the words do, all, and there.  We are going to keep our sight word bags 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 finished our unit on number bonds, capacity, volume, quantities being equal or the same, and graphing.

Writing:  We wrote about the Star Student of the Week.  We also wrote in our writing journal. We wrote about creating a wheelbarrow, ladder, and trap to catch a leprechaun.  We made sure to label our pictures.  We also played a consonant-vowel-consonant game where the students had to search the room for pots of gold that had a picture on them.  The students then had an answer sheet where they had to write the correct word in the corresponding spot.  Lastly, the students then read back the correct responses to the class.  For example (I like my hat.)

Art:  The students really enjoyed making their very own Leprechaun and saying if they caught a leprechaun how they would get his gold.  We also made traps to catch a leprechaun.  All of the St. Patrick’s Day projects turned out great.  Parents you should be very proud of your children.

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

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 every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Welcome March!

Focus on Curriculum     

March 9, 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.

Reading:  This week we read Everything Spring.  We talked about spring weather coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb.  We predicted as a class whether the month of March would have more days with weather like a lion or a lamb.  We had a class discussion about spring weather.

Word Family’s:  We worked on the it word family this week.  First we start with the word ending it and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word ending it to make new words.  For example, for the it word family we formed the words (hit, bit, knit, kit etc.)

Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words went, soon, and come and put our words in our popcorn word bags.  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 working with number bonds.  We also worked with measurement and data(length, height, weight).

Writing:  We continue focusing on what our writing needs to include.  A capital letter to start a sentence, proper punctuation, space between our words, neatness, and does our writing make sense?

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader, which focused on spring weather.

Art:  The students really enjoyed making their Lion and Lamb project to celebrate spring coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb.

Remember:

Read to your child every night!

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 every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!

Wacky Week!

Wacky Week!

 

Focus on Curriculum     

March 1, 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.

Reading:  This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss all week long since his birthday was March 2^nd.  We read many of his classics along with a few new books.  We read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Oh the Thinks You Can Think!, The Cat In The Hat, The Cat In The Hat Comes Back!, Wacky Wednesday, Horton Hears A Who!, Fox in Socks, and Green Eggs and Ham.

Word Family’s:  We worked on the ed word family this week.  First we start with the word ending ed and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word ending ed to make new words.  For example, for the ed word family we formed the words (bed, wed, fed, etc.)

Popcorn Words:  This week we learned the words this, that, and new.  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 popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We worked on addition using number bonds and graphing data. Please practice reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.

Writing:  We wrote about the Dr. Seuss book Wacky Wednesday and illustrated wacky pictures that we shared with our classmates.  We also wrote about Green Eggs and Ham and Fox In Socks!

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader, which was about Dr. Seuss.

We had a lot of fun celebrating Dr. Seuss!

Remember

Read to your child every night!

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 every day.  Please remember your gym shoes.

Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school!