It's Cold Outside!

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January 25, 2019

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of ng and th.  For ng we pretend that we are strong.  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, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, and ng.  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:  This week we read the book Penguins a National Geographic Kids book.  We talked about things we thought we knew about penguins and confirmed them as we read the book.  We completed penguin activities in class. 

Word Family’s:  We worked on the en word family this week.  First we started with the letters en and then we add different letters to make new words.  For example, for the en word family we formed the words (hen, pen, ten, men etc.)

Sight Words:  This week we learned the words he, she and be.  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 also continued working on addition and subtraction focusing on more and fewer.

Writing:  Each day we write the students are becoming more confident in their writing skills and are more eager to share their experiences, thoughts, and ideas.

Science:  We planted radish seeds.  We are going to observe, record, investigate, and compare.

Social Studies: This week our Weekly Reader focused on Penguins!

Art:  In class we made a penguin that will be on display in our classroom.

February 4th^th is our 100^th day of School!

Remember:

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 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!

Snowy Day!

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January 18, 2019

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combinations ch and sh.  For the combination ch we pretend we are a train by saying ch,ch, ch.  For the combination sh we pretend a baby is sleeping and we are quieting the baby.  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, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch and sh.  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:  This week we read the book The Snowy Day and did many activities.

Word Family’s:  This week we started our word families.  We worked on the et word families.  First we started with the letters et and then we add different letters to the beginning of the word to make new words.  For example, for the et word family we formed the words (jet, pet, vet, etc.)

Sight Words:  This week our sight words were go, so, and no.  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 learning about addition and subtraction with the focus on one more or one less, along with two parts being put together to equal one whole. 

Social Studies: Our Weekly reader focused on Dr. Martin Luther King

.Remember:

No School-Monday January 21 Martin Luther King Day

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 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!

Winter!

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January 11, 2019

Jolly Phonics:  This week the class learned the letter combination of oo.  For oo we pretend that we are a clock saying oo-oo.  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, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, and oo.  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:  This week we read the book Winter Wonderland a National Geographic Kids book and Snow.   We also discussed the difference between non-fiction and fiction books. 

Popcorn Words:  This week we learned the sight words make, ride, and down.  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 learning about addition and subtraction with the focus on one more or one less.

Writing:  We wrote about our winter break and some of the fun activities we participated in over break.

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on making snowmen!   So much fun!

Art:  We completed a winter project making a craft of kids catching snowflakes.

Remember:

No School-Monday January 21st Martin Luther King Day

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 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!

Gingerbread Week!

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December 14, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combinations oa and ie. Next week I will introduce the letter combinations ee and or.  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, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, 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 Arthur’s Perfect Christmas.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read Corduroy’s Christmas Surprise, A Christmas Wish for Corduroy, Toy Story Christmas Toys, and Mooseltoe.  We added the poem Little Ole Elf to our poetry binders.

Next week will be Gingerbread Week.    We will read many books about our new friend the Gingerbread Man who mysteriously ran away and is hiding somewhere in our school. (Sh! Please don’t tell the kids!) J  We will read the books The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose in the School, The Gingerbread Man is Loose at Christmas Time, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose on the Fire Truck to try and find clues of where our new friend went.  The Gingerbread Man will leave us clues to where he might be.  We will make Gingerbread friends in hopes that he returns.  Along with reading those books and gingerbread activities we will complete many other fun holiday activities.  We will also read stories about the Gingerbread Man’s friends, Pete the Cat, Olive The Other Reindeer, and Clifford’s Christmas.  The students will create their own Rudolph bag and put Reindeer food inside to prepare for the upcoming holidays.

Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words jump and up and next week we will learn the words, on, help, and yes. 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.

Math: We continued working on addition and the concept of a part, plus-a-part, equals a whole.  We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We did holiday math activities all week. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  Our projects included a Grinch, Gingerbread Man, a gift for you the parents, which will be coming home early this upcoming week, and made reindeer food.

We hope our Gingerbread man will return for our Holiday Party.

I want to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!

Remember:

Winter Break is December 22, 2018- January 6, 2019.  School resumes Monday January 7, 2019.

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!

Holiday Fun!

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December 7, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the vowel combination ai.  We now know that when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and says its name “a”. 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, x, and ai.  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 Me And My Family Tree.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read The Littlest Elf, The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man Loose in the School and Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Power of Giving. We added the poem Winters Here to our poetry binders.

Sight Words:  This week we added the words get and will and put our words on our sight word rings.  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.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens. We are focusing on the addition concept of two parts making a whole.  Our center activities have a holiday theme.

We also had a K-9 police dog "Niko" come and visit our school.  It was so much fun!

Remember:

Friday December 21^st is our Holiday Party. Please do not send treats to school.  The party planners will provide sufficient snacks and entertainment for our party.

Winter Break is December 22, 2018- January 6, 2019.  School resumes Monday January 7, 2019.

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!

Holiday Friends!

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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 4^th 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!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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November 16, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters v (we pretend we are driving a van) and W (we pretend we are the wind).  Next week we will learn the letter Z.  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, w, v, 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 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 A Turkey For Thanksgiving.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We also read Turkey Trouble.  We read a Thanksgiving poem.

Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words look and for.  Next week our words are at and am.  We are going to keep our sight word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting: After reading Turkey Trouble we did a writing activity describing how we would dress up a turkey in order so he/she could hide on Thanksgiving day and not be the Thanksgiving meal.  We then shared our writing with the class.

Math: We continued unit 3.  We practiced counting, reading and writing numbers 11, 12, 13,14, and 15.  We even completed a math lesson using our Ipads and a ten-frame app.  We continue counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 100.   Our math centers had a fall and Turkey theme.

Social Studies:  We talked about bears and hibernation.  We also talked about what we are thankful for this upcoming Thanksgiving!

Art:  We cut out and colored two turkey projects, one for our Friday project and one for Grandparents Day.  Shh!!!  Please don’t tell the grandparents.  The kids are excited to complete a Turkey project with their grandparents.

We are looking forward to Grandparent’s Day this upcoming Tuesday, November 20th!

I wish everyone and their family and friends a very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

Remember:

No School- Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday November 21^th-November 25^th.

School Resumes Monday November 26, 2018

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 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!