Weekly review

Thank you to everyone who came to open house last night! It was a great success! Also, thank you for the money to the scholastic book fair. I was able to purchase 8 new books for our classroom library! We got books about monster trucks, sea animals, princesses, and many more!

Here is our week in review:

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week:  -ot and -op

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, it, in, ip, ing, en, et, ed

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: came, make, ate, ride

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, four, nine, said, this that new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they,eat, please, want, with

Reading

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle." 

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Tune: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

This is what we should do,

Protect our planet, reduce our trash.

Reuse containers, recycle for cash.

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

Yes, we can make it clean!

For it’s up to us to help out.

We can keep Earth green!

Our weekly reader this week was all about babies animals in spring which neatly ties up our learning about plants and moves us into animals. Next week we will begin looking more into animals in different habitats to finish up our year. We will celebrate this learning through a field trip to the zoo on June 5. (more information to come about the field trip)

Math

In math we have continued practicing adding and subtracting within 5. We completed two different dice games this week, subtract 1 and bunnies chasing chocolate. We also practiced addition using snap cubes and flashcards. Continue to practice at home adding and subtracting within 5 for fluency.

Important Reminders

May 1st- Dupage Children's Museum field trip

April 14th-17th

Our week in review:

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week:  short e words

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, it, in, ip, ing, en, et, ed

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: eat, please, want, with

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, four, nine, said, this that new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they

Reading

Each of us continues to practice our reading skills during our daily 5 rotations. WE are seeing great progress in all areas. Please continue practicing reading stories at home. If your child is not comfortable reading the whole story ask them to point out some of their popcorn words while reading.

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem "Spring Celebration." Each week we work on learning the words in our poems. We also make up "dance" moves on Thursdays to celebrate learning the words.

Spring Celebration

Tune: Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ai

Finally it is spring,

warm weather it will bring.

Flowers will start to bloom,

fills us with sweet perfume.

Days will get longer still,

birds on my windowsill.

Puffy clouds float on by,

kites fly up in the sky.

Our weekly reader this week was all about saving sea turtles by throwing our trash away and recycling to keep plastic bags and other garbage out of the oceans.

Math

In math we finished our measurement and data unit. This week we used "meatballs" and "bees" to measure objects around the room. We also had a contest to see who could get thier bunny to hop the farthest. WE measured the distance the bunny hopped using snap cubes. The farthest distance we had was 44 cubes and the shortest distance we had was 6 cubes. 

Next week we will begin reviewing addition and subtraction until the end of the school year.

Important Reminders

April 22nd- Earth day-Wear green, brown or blue to celebrate Earth Day!
April 24th- Ide Open House and Book Fair (6:30 - 8:00)

May 1st- Dupage Children's Museum field trip

Plants, plants, and more plants!

Our week in review:

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week: et

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, it, in, ip, ing, en, et, ed

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: say, away, play, they

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, four, nine, said, this that new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where

Reading

This week we the story On The Go. It was a nonfiction book about how people travel and move things around the world. Also in reading his week we focused on plants. We connected a lot of science in with our learning this week. In the beginning of the week we listed things that we knew about plants. Our ideas were very vague and generic. 

Plants have leaves.

They grow.

We plant seeds in the spring so they can bloom in summer (our most detailed background knowledge)

By the end of the week our "new learning" list consisted of

Sunflowers can have up to 1000 seeds.

Vegetables, fruits, flowers, and trees can all be types of plants.

Plants help us to breathe and we help them breathe.

The meaning of germination and photosynthesis.

I am so proud of their new learnings!

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem "Plant Song"

Our weekly reader this week was all about growing plants.

Math

In math we continued working with measurement and data. After measuring and sorting different object saw e would use the data to make graphs and charts. We also connected math into our plant discovery. We voted for our favorite types of plants. Our data collected was 1 tree as a favorite, 1 vegetable, 8 flowers, and 10 fruit plants. We also showed our data collection through tally marks.

Next week we will finish our measurement unit and move into our addition and subtraction review unit.

Important Reminders

Please return permission slips for our field trip to the children's museum as soon as possible

April 17th- half day of school

April 18th- No school

May 1st- Dupage Children's Museum field trip