TIGER PEEK OF THE WEEK
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Week of March 27th-30th [week4] | |
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LITERACY: |
PHONICS · Short /u/ · /er/, /ar/ cont. ● 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: n/a ● Continuing words: said, was, 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: The Seven Chinese Brothers ● Songs: Sing and Spell songs |
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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 |
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Arts & Crafts / THEME: |
●Easter Bunnies Special Activities Birthday Party Movie: Annie |
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PEEK AT NEXT WEEK |
● Theme: Spring, animals, Easter holiday ● Phonics: short /u/ ● Math: telling time, simple word problems, addition practice, and subtraction cont. Words of the week: was, 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 |
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NOTES/ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Reminders/ Additional info Hello Tiger Parents, I hope the week was a good one. Just a couple things this week. Big thanks to the March birthday parents. Tigers really enjoyed the pizza and cake! Next week we will celebrate Easter in Tiger class by dying eggs and making Easter baskets. We will also have our own Easter egg hunt! Thank you to the mothers of Emily, Dahyun, Claire, and Daniel for providing the class with everything we need!! I have heard from several parents that YISS has started the interviews for Franciscan children. Good luck to all those parents. The weather is warming up, please be sure to dress your children in layers!! They get hot running around outside during playtime. That’s all for this week. Hope you have a great weekend, fingers crossed the weather stays nice!! Emily |
