Teacher Appreciation, Addition and Subtraction, ABC Countdown

Thank you for all of the wonderful surprises during teacher appreciation week. All of the notes, flowers and treats from the students were truly wonderful and made my week. I love teaching each and everyone of the students in my class. I can't believe how fast this year has already gone by.

We had fun with our first three days of the ABC countdown. Today was filled with compliments!

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms!

Here is what we did this week

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week:  review of short o sounds

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, ot, op, ock

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: pretty, funny, under, find 

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, came, make, ate, ride, was, saw, are, well

Reading 
This week in reading we read continued reading a nonfiction story called Getting Around by Plane. In this story we learned parts of an airplane, things it carries, places they fly, and about working on a plane. We learned four new fancy words. Those words included transportation, travel, land, and depart. Many of us had great connections to planes whether we had traveled on one before, are about to leave on a vacation for the first time on a plane, or would like to travel on a plane one day. 

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem "Picnic Guests"

Picnic Guests

Tune Over in the Meadow

Over in the meadow

Where the green grass grew

we spread our picnic lunch and

before we were through,

“Advance!” said the ant

“We’ll advance!” said his crew

and they scurried on our picnic

where the green grass grew.

Our weekly reader this week was all about how birds build different types of nests. 

Math

In math we have continued practicing adding and subtracting within 5. In our centers we had our stamping station (which we practice subtracting from 10 for a challenge), we also manipulated math sentences through the use of linking chains and chips. We also quizzed friends on their math facts using dry erase boards. Continue to practice flashcards at home, even 5 minutes a day makes a huge difference in their fluency of facts. 

Important Reminders
May 9th (Today) Last day to sign up for summer enrichment classes such as World of Food with Mr. Mandru (learn about history, then build those places with food)

ABC Countdown- Calendar was sent home with the students for each days theme
Next week:
Monday- D- Dance day in gym class
Tuesday- E- Exercise day
Wednesday- F- Freeze pops (teachers treat)
Thursday- G- Game day with friends
Friday- H- Wear a HAT to school day

May 16th- Half Day

Children's Museum, Bugs, adding and subtracting

Our field trip was a wonderful success and the students had great fun exploring the children's museum. They came back to share many wonderful details about their discoveries. We look forward to our next field trip to the zoo.

Here is our week in review:

Phonics

Our word family sounds of the week:  -ock

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, ot, op

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: was, saw, are, well

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, came, make, ate, ride

Reading

We learned a lot of new things about bugs this week through our stories. We learned that bugs are made up of three body parts, the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also can have antennae (feelers), wings and 6 legs. Today we made bug headbands to celebrate everything we had learned. We got to pick a ladybug or bee.

We continued our poetry unit this week with the poem "Stung" 

Stung!

Tune Itsy Bitsy Spider

Black and yellow bee

buzzes out into the sun

Sipping up his nectar ignoring all our fun.

I guess I didn’t see him.

I hiked on down the trail.

He stung my toe and don’t you know,

You should have heard me wail!

Our weekly reader this week was all about a caterpillars life cycle. 

Math

In math we have continued practicing adding and subtracting within 5. We really focused on subtraction in the beginning of the week so that towards the end of the week when the signs were mixed it would be a little easier for us. We struggled a little with the mixing of signs as this is a difficult concept, however we will continue to practice this next week. 

In the email I attached flashcards that can be printed and made to practice adding and subtracting within 5. If you prefer to just had write the problems, the document is helpful to see the problems the students are expected to master before first grade.

Important Reminders

May 7th- ABC Countdown begins (details will be sent home next week)May 16th- Half Day