April 12th

Wow! It feels like a little while since I have last posted.  It was good to have everyone back from their spring break adventures.

Upcoming Field Trips:

May 14th--Wittenbach Center 9:30-1:30pm--Please send your child dressed for being outdoors and ready for the weather.  They will need a cold lunch and drink as we will be eating at the center.

May 30th--Dairy Discovery 10:00-12:30pm--Please send your child in closed toe shoes or boots.  They will need a cold lunch and drink as we will be eating at the farm.  Please send in $6 (cash only please) in an envelope labeled with "farm trip".  If you are a parent planning to attend, please include your $6 as well.  All money should be turned in by Tuesday, May 28th.                                                                                                                                                                                               

Phonics/Reading

We have now officially finished all the letters!  This week we began reviewing the short vowel sound for letter Aa and how the sound gets whiny when followed by /m/ or /n/

Here are some words to practice reading and writing at home:

map  sad   man   Pam   an   can

Can your child read these sentence?

The cat sat.

I said I had a bag.

New Heart Word:  what    you    have

(These are the irregular words that we must learn by heart.)

Decodable Sight Words:   his  book  let   yes

Our full list of Heart Words so far:  Our goal is to be reading and writing each of these words fluently:  

the    I    and   at    a   if   it  

 is    in   as   an   am   on   not   to   do   of   said   can

up   us   but   got   get  did   us   big    see   from   look

he     be     me    him     had    has    are    went   you   was   you   what   have

*All of our heart words have now been introduced.  The goal is to read at least 31 or more by the end of the year.

Nonsense Word--1 minute challenge!

Today in your child's folder is their 1 minute reading challenge for next week.  Time your child for one minute each day to see how many of the silly words they can fluently read in a minute.  Remind them that they only want to read each word once.  They should be blending the sounds together.  Send back their completed form at the end of the week for a treat!   :)

Math

We are learning to...

*Identifying numbers 11-20 and beyond

*Decompose teen numbers into ten and some ones

*Count to 100 by 1's, 5's and 10's

Writing

We are learning to...

*Write an opinion and support our opinion

*Label illustrations with all the sounds we hear

*Retell our stories

*Form letters correctly and neatly

* Write simple sentences with correct ending punctuation 

*Capitalize the first word in a sentence

*Put space between our words

Reminders

*  Send a snack daily.  Be sure it is separate from their lunches and easy to find.

*  Return library books every Thursday.

Take a Peek at our Week...

WOW!  The kids loved using their glasses to be scientists and watch the solar eclipse.  We went out several times to observe all the changes that took place.