Dental Hygiene Week

Here’s our weekly review:

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week:-it and -in

Sounds we know: s, a, t, i, p, n, ck, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v. y, x, oo, OO, ch, sh, ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

 Word Families: at, an, ap and am

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: four, nine, said

We read books and poems that included our popcorn words.

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too. little, and, yes, go, no, so,  the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one ,two, three

 Keep practicing these words as they continue to get more difficult!

Don’t forget the new tab at the top with ways to practice the popcorn words.

Reading

We have been practicing the reading skill “wondering.” While reading sometimes we wonder what will happen next, or about a characters feelings, or even why something has just happened. We are sharing these wonderings with our friends and teacher during story time. Last week we read our story “Henry’s Wrong Turn” and this week we read books about dental hygiene.

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome, allow, frustrated, decide, practice, filthy, slam, concerned, moan, observe, enormous, patient, scoop, uncomfortable, comfortable, cozy and straight, doubtful, cautious

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem Loose Tooth.

Our weekly reader this week was all about our teeth and keeping them clean!

Math

In math we practiced solving addition sentences by using manipulatives, such as unifix cubes and red/yellow counters. We also practiced acting out different addition problems so that students really have an understanding for what it means when we are adding. We had some dental hygiene themed math centers with shaking addition, adding dental pictures and writing math sentences.

Important Reminders

February 28^th : No School, Institute Day

We will spend next week, March 3-March 7, celebrating Dr. Seuss. The following are some of the activities we will do:

Math Mania Monday~We will read the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and then use Goldfish for math activities. 

Top hat Tuesday~Wear your favorite hat to school. We will enjoy the book The Cat in the Hat while wearing our favorite hat!

Wacky Wednesday~Wear wacky or mixed up clothing.  We will enjoy the book Wacky Wednesday.

Silly Socks Thursday ~Wear silly or mismatched socks.  We will relax in our silly socks and enjoy the book Fox in Socks. 

Funny Food Friday~Wear green on this day.  We will focus on the book Green Eggs and Ham.