Our Week: October 26 - 30

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!!!

SIGHT WORDS:

an, orange, and, yellow

An Sight Word Song

Orange Sight Word Song

And Sight Word Song

Yellow Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is I See Orange and Yellow.  

READING:

We are learning our reading strategies this week.  See the posters below and encourage your child to use them to help read a story.

WRITING:

We are finishing up our writing unit.  We are double checking our work to add words with spaces, punctuation, and capitals.  We are making sure our illustrations are very detailed to show our story.

MATH:

We are talking about positions such as above, below, next to, beside, under, etc.  Practice these words at home by taking turns naming a position and moving a stuffed animals (or something similar) to the correct location.

We are also working on representing numbers in various ways.  This can include the number, a ten frame, tally marks, and more!

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - short oo; Woody Woodchuck

          *Action - Act like you are looking through binoculars as you say "oo"

Tuesday - Draw a book and write a sentence such as "I can see the orange book."

Wednesday - Letter I; Ichabod Ichthyosaurus

          *Action: Pretend to itch as you say "i"

Thursday - Draw a pig and write a sentence such as "I like the pig."

Our Week: October 19 - 23

SIGHT WORDS:

look, good, by

Look Sight Word Song

Good Sight Word Song

By Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is It Will Look Good.  

READING:

This week we are looking at informational text features such as maps, diagrams and comparisons.  We are talking about how these help us learn about the topic of the book.  We are also discussing how different informational texts are alike and different.

We are also going to start our Reading Strategies.  On Friday, we will learn about Eagle Eye.  Eagle Eye tells us to look at the picture to help us with the words.  

WRITING:

We finished working on our pictures by talking about keep colors consistent throughout a story like on people's clothing and on animals.  We talked about why illustrators might choose to draw in only black and white like to show night time.  We are also working hard on adding words including spaces, punctuation, and capital letters.

MATH:  (Activities to do at home are below each classroom activity.)

This week we worked on seeing what combinations make 10 by playing a Ten Bean Spill game.  You could use anything with two different sides like coins.  

We also reviewed our shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle) by building them with wiki sticks.

We are going to start our number books to practice writing numbers and drawing pictures to match.  

We are also working on longer and shorter.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - Draw a bathtub and write a sentence such as "I am in the bathtub."

Tuesday - Letter N; Nellie Newt
          *Action:  Pretend like you are nibbling something as you say "n, n, n".

Wednesday - Draw a hen and write a simple sentence such as "I can see the red hen."

Thursday - Long OO-OU-UE; Lou Lou Moose

          *Action: Pretend to wiggle a loose tooth as you say "oo, oo, oo."

Friday - Draw a moon and write a simple sentence such as "The moon will look good by the stars."

Our Week: October 12-16

SIGHT WORDS:
will, be, white

Will Sight Word Song:

Be Sight Word Song:

White Sight Word Song:

Our book this week is called Dress Up.

READING:

This week our going to learn about schema.  This is using what we already know to try to figure out other things.  We will also look at nonfiction books to see how the drawings and photos can help us understand more about the topic we are reading.

WRITING:
We are going to continue our unit on illustrations.  We will study adding backgrounds, drawing with shapes, using movement lines, using realistic colors and trying our best and moving on.

MATH:We are learning about rectangles.  We will also work on some number stories with week to solve addition and subtraction problems.  We will also sort shapes by different properties and graph them.
ANIMATED LITERACY:
Monday - Letter L; Lizzy Lamb

Tuesday - Draw a lamb and write a simple sentence such as "I will see a white lamb."

Wednesday - Letter E; Edgar Elf

Thursday - Draw an elf and write a simple sentence such as "I will be an elf."







Friday - th; Thick Thorny Thing

Our Week: October 5 - 9

SIGHT WORDS:

go, up, to, me

Go Sight Word Song

Up Sight Word Song

To Sight Word Song

Me Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is Go Up To Me.  

READING:

This week we are continuing our learning about predicting what will happen in a story by using the illustrations to help us.  We are also illustrations can tell more than one story at a time and that they can help us interact with the story.

We are also working on rhyming words this week.  Practice this skill at home by saying two words and having your child tell you if they are a rhyme or not.

WRITING:

We are going to focus this week on adding details to our personal narrative illustrations.  This will include adding details to people and animals.  We will also study how to show emotions in our illustrations to let our readers know how our characters are feeling.

MATH:

We are looking and circles and rectangles this week as well as reviewing triangles.  Be sure to point out these shapes as you see them around you to reinforce their names.  

We will also work on accurately counting how many objects are in different groups.  Work on counting to 100 by ones and tens at home.  We are getting better but still need some work.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - Letter G; Gilda Goose

          *Action - Act like you are gliding when you make the "g" sound

Tuesday - Draw gum and write a sentence such as "I can go up to get gum."

Wednesday - Letter C; Crazy Camel

          *Action: Pretend to crunch something in your hand as you say "c"

Thursday - Draw a cat and write a sentence such as "The cat can go up to me."

Our Week September 28 - October 2

REMINDERS:

*Send in October's snack whenever you can.  This is what allows us to have snack every day.

*Send in Box Tops to be part of the current competition.  We have 0 so far.

*Send in Fundraiser Packets if you haven't done so already.

SIGHT WORDS:

Our words this week are yes and no.

Yes Sight Word Song

No Sight Word Song

Our sight word book for the week is Yes or No.  Have your child practice it at home throughout the week.

READING:

This week we will look closely at how illustrations can tell a story as well as show one important moment in a story.  We will also start talking about predicting what will happen in a story by looking at the pictures.

WRITING:

Our new unit is all about illustrations.  We will look at different page layouts (text on top, text on bottom, everything on one page or spanning across two pages).  We will also start to talk about some features like speech bubbles and thought bubbles.

SCIENCE:

We are continuing our investigation on trees.  We will look at the shape of trees and review the parts of trees.

MATH: 

We will be exploring what happens when you add one more to a number.  Here is a game we are using to practice this concept.  You could use a cup or bowl instead of a can.  You could use change or cherrios instead of the counters.

We will also start exploring different ways to sort things.  This can be used with any materials to sort.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - Draw a mask and write a simple sentence such as "No, I do not like the mask."

Tuesday - Letter F; Farley Fox

Wednesday - Draw a fox and write a simple sentence such as "Do you see the fox?".

Thursday - Letter B; Barnaby Baby

Friday - Draw a bus and write a simple sentence such as "Yes, I do ride the bus."

Our Week September 21 - 25

SIGHT WORDS:

can, you, my

Can Sight Word Song

You Sight Word Song

My Sight Word Song

The sight word book for the week is Can You See It?  Use the online version to read and call out one of sight words for them to find on the pages.

READING:

We are starting our second unit in reading: Readers Make Meaning From Text and Illustrations.  This week we are working really hard to learn what an author does and what an illustrator does.  We will also look at the common features of fiction books (drawings, characters do something, etc.) and informational texts (real pictures, learn something, etc.).

WRITING:

We are finishing up our first unit on Wednesday.  We are taking to days to try to improve our books we have done the whole time.  On Wednesday we will have our first Writer's Celebration.  Look for your child's writing to come home on Wednesday.  On Thursday we will start unit 2:  Personal Narrative Illustration Study.  We will begin by looking at what other authors have done in order to learn from them.

SCIENCE:

We are going to start learning about trees.  This will continue all year.  We will learn the different parts of a tree and go out to observe a summer tree before the leaves turn.

MATH:

We will focus on triangles for a day.  We will work on accurately counting objects to 10 and pairing them with the number that matches.  We will also work on breaking numbers down by playing a hiding game.  If I have 5 and put some under a cup.  There are 2 out of the cup.  How many are in the cup?  This is very difficult at this time of year.  Please play some hiding games at home to help them learn how to break numbers into parts.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - ar sound; Arnie Aardvark

Tuesday - Draw a star and write a simple sentence such as I see the star in the sky.

Wednesday - Letter J; Jenny Jaguar

Thursday - Draw a jar and write a simple sentence such as Can you open my jar?

Friday - Letter K; Kimmy Kangaroo

Our Week September 14-18

SIGHT WORDS:
it, is, in

It Sight Word Song


Is Sight Word Song


In Sight Word Song


Our sight word book this week is It Is In.  Use this to practice it throughout the week until it comes home on Friday.


READING:
This week we are finishing our expectations for Reader's Workshop.  We are still building stamina to be able to stay on task while reading.  We are also reviewing our front cover, back cover, and title page.

WRITING:
We are working to add more details to our pictures.  We are also discussing how to add labels to our pictures which is our next step rather than writing the whole story.  We are introducing how to make books as opposed to just one page.  Next week we will wrap up and pick a piece to publish.

SCIENCE:
We are going to talk about our five senses this week.  Work on exploring your senses at home whenever possible.

MATH:
We are working on counting and matching numbers to it the amount as well.  Look for a math game to come home on Tuesday to keep as practice at home.  We have played it at school as well.  Keep this game in a special place to add to things to practice at home.

ANIMATED LITERACY:
Monday - Draw a stop sign and write a simple sentence like I see a red stop sign.

Tuesday - Letter R; Rosie Raccoon

Wednesday - Draw a rat and write a simple sentence like I do not like the rat.

Thursday - Letter H; Hippy Hippo

Friday - Draw a rat in a hat and write a simple sentence like The rat is in the hat.