Week of March 19^th-22nd [week3]

LITERACY:

PHONICS

·         Introduction to /er/, /ar/

●      Continue to work on short /a/; /i/; /o/

●      A-Z reviewcontinued through the rest of the year (please review at home—simple questions such as, “what does desk start with? What does it end with?” This can really help with learning letter sounds!!)

●      Sounding out words (I have the kids help me spell whenever writing on the board)

SING AND SPELL

This week we continued to practice the following words:

●      New word: said, was

●      Continuing words: they, he, she, that, you, here, are,  play, with, have, on, go,  my, to, me, is, the, see, like, in, I, in

READING/WRITING

·         Reading simple sentences using sight words (continued for the rest of the year):e.g.

I like to go to school.

HandwritingWithoutTearsWorkbook Continued

Handwriting: This week we continued to practice writing sentences using capital letters, periods and question marks.

Books: Today is Monday

●      Songs: Sing and Spell songs

MATH:

●      Telling Time to the hour cont. - we discussed the different hands of a clock- second, minute and hour hand. We also discussed a.m. and p.m.—before noon and after midnight. This concept was a bit difficult for many of them. However, they did a great job with telling time to the hour.

●      Calendar continued.

(Each day we practice sequencing, looking at the Date, Days of the week, Months of the year, and counting down how many days we have been in school.  We are also practicing place value; every day in school we add a straw to our box, each time we pass another ten days in school we bundle our counting straws in groups of 10.)

●      Counting and identifying numbers up through 20 cont.

●      Simple addition cont. - number charts, mental math, fingers, counters cont.

●      Simple subtraction cont.-number charts, using fingers/picture strategies

●      Simple word problems cont.-“I have 10 carrots to feed my rabbit. I give him one carrot for each day of the week. How many carrots do I have left?”

●      Math Center games continued

(The children explored some of the mathematical concepts we have be learning about through math centers using puzzles, pattern blocks, addition cards, &magnetic numbers.)

·         Understanding “How many more?”

Jan has 6 bananas, Paul has 3.  How many more bananas does Jan have than Paul?

·         Subtraction-mental math- simple equationsà 2-1=

●       ‘Plus 1’ / ‘1 Less’-continued (what is one more than 1? 2, etc.)

●      Concept of zero- revisited (please work on this with your child at home as well—“if I have 5 strawberries, and don’t eat any for snack, how many will I still have at lunch? This is like 5+0.”)

●      Counting by 10s, 5s, 2s

●      X+10=?-à 1+10=11, 2+10=12, etc.

●      Days of the Week, Months of the Year

Arts & Crafts / THEME:

●free creative art sculptures

Special Activities

Shaker Art School Field trip

Parent Teacher Conferences

Movie: Annie

PEEK AT NEXT WEEK

●    Theme:   Spring, animals, Easter holiday

●      Phonics: short /e/

●    Math: telling time, simple word problems, addition practice, and subtraction cont.

Words of the week: said, they, he, she, that, you, here, it, are, with, have, play, of, for, on, go, to, can, here, a, an, like, the, see, I, in, is, me

NOTES/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Reminders/

Additional info

Hello Tiger Parents,

I hope this news finds you well. Just a few things to tell you about, the field trip to the art school was great. The kiddos had a great time experimenting and creating their own cars and buildings out of random art supplies. We were inspired, and recreated the studio in our classroom and had a "free art" time this past Tuesday. The creations are on display in the classroom. Next Friday is assembly and birthday party. We said happy birthday to many tigers this month: Ms. Mila, Sabine, Maxance, Claire, and next Thursday, Jordan. If parents want to plan anything please let me know by Tuesday.

I conducted many parent conferences this past couple of weeks and still have a few more coming up. I just wanted to let you all know I really enjoy sharing your child's classroom successes! Please let me know if there are any concerns or other comments you may have regarding your child.

Spring break is in two weeks! That means Easter is also on its way. The Thursday before, April 5th, I would love to have an Easter egg hunt and dye Easter eggs in class. With that, we are looking for donations-- I'm hoping for 2 hardboiled eggs per child (they must be white eggs**), and if possible an Easter egg dye kit (we can also use food coloring). If there are any parents willing to help us out, please let me know! That’s all for now, enjoy the three day weekend with your family, and try to stay dry!

Emily