Week of January 12th

Here is our week in review

Phonics

Our sounds of the week: /ng/ and /th/

Sounds we know: /s/, /a/, /t/,  /i/ /p/, /n/, /c/ , /k/, /e/, /h/, /r/, /d/, /o/, /u/, /l/, /f/, /b/, /j/, /ai/,/oa/ /ie/ /ee/ /or/, /w/, /v/, /y/, /x/, /ch/ and /sh/

Popcorn Words

We learned: down, he, she, be

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, we, me, am,  did, not, can, is, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, no, the, you

Reading

During our reading time we read the book Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. We listened to this story several times, but each time was different. The first time we listened to it we only heard the words as read by the author. We thought the book was funny and entertaining, then we drew pictures that we thought would go with the book (visualizing). The second time we listened to the book we heard a more serious voice as well as the pictures from the book. We felt the love in the story and even had a few friends crying because it had a more sensitive feel to it.

Our poem this week was called Freedom, Freedom. To go along with our poem this week we watched a movie, sang a song, and read some stories about Martin Luther King Jr. Here is the song we danced to in class if you are interested.

Martin Luther King Jr Song

Our weekly reader was about Martin Luther King Jr as well.

Math

In math this week we started subtraction. We have been focusing on words that describe subtraction such as take away, separating, and minus. We will continue to work on subtraction next week.

Important Reminders:
January 19th- No School

PBIS Book Drive starts on Tuesday and runs until the end of February. We are collecting books for Principal Lazar's previous schools summer  reading program. If you have gently used children's books that are no longer being enjoyed at home please consider donating them to students of Whitmere Elementary School in Rockford. Kindergarten- fifth grade students will benefit from these donations.

Email me with any questions!