Week 6 - September 10-September 14

 Happy Sunday! Jay and I spent the weekend immersed in wedding planning! 5 weeks until we say "I do!" We had our first virtue award recipient this week! Great job Janissa modeling the virtue of responsibility in our classroom!

Spalding:  

We will introduce the phonograms “l, m, n, p.” Homework will be the phonograms we introduce plus review of previous taught phonograms to get ready for our second Spalding test on Friday. 

Sight Words:  are, as, with, his, they, I

Literature:  

We will continue to explore Tall Tales this week by reading about Casey Jones, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.  We will discuss the element of exaggeration by creating our own Tall Tale pets and imagining ourselves as Tall Tale characters. Our saying of the month is “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you,” and this will lead us into talking about the “Golden Rule.”  The poem of the week is Happy Thought. 

Math: 

We will continue our number study by exploring numbers to 10. Students will recognize numbers 1-10 in concrete and pictorial form and represent these numbers in writing using the correct Spalding number formation. We will introduce how to use a ten frame and practice identifying a number that is missing from a sequence. 

Science: 

Students will be learning all about weather and the four seasons this week. We will learn a fun “seasons song” to remember the order of the seasons beginning with winter. We will devote one lesson to each season; winter, spring, summer, fall. Students will be able to identify which types of weather are appropriate for each season as well as what we wear in these weather conditions. When we talk about the autumn season we will pretend we are bears hibernating in a cave!

                     

                           

We made applesauce!

                     

                    

                    

The kiddos got to play the keyboard in Music!

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Week 5 - September 4- September 7

Happy Labor Day! I hope you're all taking some time to rest and relax. Jay and I got our engagement pictures back and I'm too excited not to share!

          

 

 

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Monday: 1-5 Math Club, 2-5 Sports Club, 2-5 Band, K-1 Art Club

Tuesday: 2-3 Art Club, 3-5 Dance Fitness Club, 4-5 Choir

Thursday: 3-5 Science Club

Spalding: We continue to explore our first 26 phonograms.  This week we will work on : h, i, j, k. Homework will continue to introduce single phonograms by tracing them then writing them three times each.  Students should be reminded to say the sound of the letters while writing them each time. We will have a our first phonogram assessment on Friday, please review a, c, d, f, g with your child. We will say the sound and students will be expected to write down the correct phonogram.

 

Sight Words: he, was, for, on

Literature: The story for this week will be the folktale biography of Johnny Appleseed.   We talk about which parts of the stories are fact and which parts are fiction, observe how Johnny showed the virtue of citizenship, and even make our own pots to wear on our head just like he did!  Our poem this week will be Tommy. 

 

Math:We continue to work on numbers 1-5.  We will incorporate graphs and counting objects to 5.  Students will represent the numbers in writing using the correct Spalding number formation.  An assessment will be taken on Friday.

Science: It’s apple week in science! We will be learning all about the life cycle of an apple. Students will use their 5 senses to explore how an apple feels, sounds, looks, smells, and tastes. We will make our own applesauce as well! On Friday we will continue to talk about the 5 senses with a lesson on the sense of taste. 

Fun this past week: