Here is a review of the
past two weeks: (sorry for the delay on last week)
Phonics
Our sounds of the week:
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,
We have officially finished
the 42 sounds in the Jolly Phonics program. Next week we will start looking at
the –at and –an word families.
Popcorn Words
This week we learned: look,
good, jump
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,
Next week: will, have, must
Keep practicing these words
as they continue to get more difficult. Ask your child how to practice the word
with a “tigger bounce” (while spelling each letter the student bounces like Tigger)
I have placed a document in the email with additional ways to practice popcorn words. Also look up at the tab on the top of the page with suggestions (same).
Handwriting
In handwriting we practiced
lowercase letters t, a, d, g, i, and e . We also used the lowercase letters we
have already learned to practice writing words like dog. At the writing center we
got our new February writing cards. We are using these words to make lists,
stories, pictures, and cards. We even noticed that some of our cards have words
that we have practiced in Jolly Phonics (like statue) and have seen in books we
are reading during daily 5.
Reading
We have been practicing a
new reading skill called “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. We read the story A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats.
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
We continued our poetry
unit this week with the poem Groundhog’s Day to the tune of Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star.
Groundhog, Groundhog
asleep and brown
Please wake up and
look around
If upon the ground
you see,
A shadows cast then
it will be
Six more weeks of
cold for all
No shadow’s an early
thaw!
Math
In math these past two week
we have been working on 3D shapes (sphere, cylinder, cube, and cone) as well as
reviewing the 2D shapes we already know. This week we started our new unit on
addition. We are working on adding up to 5. This will be a 6 week unit on addition
and subtraction.
Important Reminders
February 13th- 100th
Day (as long as we don’t
have any more snow days) Please remember to have your child turn in their 100
hearts.
February 14th Valentine’s Day party- please leave the “To” on the cards blank to help the students in when passing out their cards. We have 20 students in our class now.
We are running low on glue sticks. If anyone could donate a few extras we would be very happy. Thank
you in advance!
