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