Almost Time For The Zoo!

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:

Read to your child every night!

Sharks and Rainbow Fish!

Focus on Curriculum               May 4, 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 og.  We thought of words as a class that ends in og. The students came up with (log, dog, jog etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Rainbow Fish and Sharks by National Geographic for Kids.  In Rainbow Fish we talked about how important sharing and giving are and how they are more rewarding than receiving.  

Writing: We continued to write daily.  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.  

 Popcorn Words: This week we learned the sight words pretty, funny, under and find. We now have eighty eight 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.  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 continued working on counting on.  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on dolphins!

Art:  We completed a Rainbow Fish 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 every day.  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.

Fun At The Farm!

Fun At The Farm!

                    

Focus on Curriculum               April 27, 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 ob.  We thought of words as a class that end in ob. The students came up with (knob, cob, job etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Chicks N’ Salsa to continue our animal unit.  We worked on a class research project on horses since we are focusing on animals, in particular, farm animals this week.  We read our very own small books On The Farm With My Friends! 

Writing:  We continue writing daily.  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 we have a check list to double check our writing. 

Popcorn Words: This week we learned the sight words was, are, saw and well.  We now have eighty three 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. Please practice the sight words with your child at home.  The words are getting difficult.

Math:  We worked on skip counting. (Counting by 10’s and using ten frames).  Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on the planet Earth with this past Sunday being Earth Day!.

Art:  We had our first day of the ABC countdown.  Be an artist day!

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 every day.  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.

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!