Reading Workshop
This week, we began a new reading unit called Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles. In this unit, we are going to really be putting our reading super powers to use. Students have already worked to identify what is going to make books more challenging. We noticed that our books are going to start to have more and more lines on a page, new words, longer words, and that our books might have surprise endings. We spend a lot of time this week looking at the patterns in our books. The pattern can help us to read almost every page.
How to help:
This week, students began a new unit called Writing Like a Scientist. In this unit, we are going to look closely at objects from nature and write about then with great detail. Students are going to be working on drawing exactly what the see and labeling with scientific words.
How to help:
This week, students learned how to tap our individual sounds they hear in words. This is a skill that we can use to read and write new words.
Sip - Students would say /s/ /i/ /p/ and then blend the sounds together to say the word sip.
While they are making the sounds, they are using their fingers to make the individual sounds. The pointer finger touches the thumb for the first sound, the middle finger touches the thumb for the middle sound, and the ring finger touches the thumb for the last sound. Then all the fingers come across the thumb to blend the word together.
Taught letters: All letters of the alphabet have now been taught!
New sight words: we, be, he, me, no, yes, and
Taught sight words: a, is, my, I, see, like, look, at, the, can, and, be, he, me, we, no, yes
How to help:
We have begun a new unit on numbers 6-10. We are working on number writing, counting objects with 1 to 1 correspondence.
How to help:
We students have begun talking about needs and wants. We started out with wants. Students made a paper gift with a tag that shares something they want to have.
Science
We have been keeping track of the temperature each day with our class thermometer.
Class Holiday Get Together
We will have a class holiday get together on 12/21 after the sing along. You are welcome to come and join us then.
Important Dates
12/11- Winter Concert 6:30 p.m.
12/13- Winter Concert Snow date 6:30 p.m.
12/14-Report Cards go home
12/21- Holiday Sing-A-Long 9:30 a.m.
12/21- Early Dismissal for Students and Staff 1:05 p.m.
12/22- 1/1/2019- No School- Holiday Recess
This week, we began a new reading unit called Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles. In this unit, we are going to really be putting our reading super powers to use. Students have already worked to identify what is going to make books more challenging. We noticed that our books are going to start to have more and more lines on a page, new words, longer words, and that our books might have surprise endings. We spend a lot of time this week looking at the patterns in our books. The pattern can help us to read almost every page.
How to help:
- Read a page or two to your child and see if they can continue to read the rest of the book.
- Identify the pattern - what is the same and what is different.
- Practice sight words.
This week, students began a new unit called Writing Like a Scientist. In this unit, we are going to look closely at objects from nature and write about then with great detail. Students are going to be working on drawing exactly what the see and labeling with scientific words.
How to help:
- Describe objects with color, shape, size, and texture.
- Practice reading and writing sight words.
This week, students learned how to tap our individual sounds they hear in words. This is a skill that we can use to read and write new words.
Sip - Students would say /s/ /i/ /p/ and then blend the sounds together to say the word sip.
While they are making the sounds, they are using their fingers to make the individual sounds. The pointer finger touches the thumb for the first sound, the middle finger touches the thumb for the middle sound, and the ring finger touches the thumb for the last sound. Then all the fingers come across the thumb to blend the word together.
Taught letters: All letters of the alphabet have now been taught!
New sight words: we, be, he, me, no, yes, and
Taught sight words: a, is, my, I, see, like, look, at, the, can, and, be, he, me, we, no, yes
How to help:
- You can practice naming all the letters below, making the sounds, and writing the lowercase letter.
- Read and write sight words! I am sending home a complete list of K sight words. You can introduce words as you wish.
- Tap sounds in words like: fog, fit, cat, mat, nap, nip, etc.
We have begun a new unit on numbers 6-10. We are working on number writing, counting objects with 1 to 1 correspondence.
How to help:
- Count to 30
- Count backward from 20
- Count on or backward from a different number other than 1
- Write numbers 6-10
- Count a group of objects
We students have begun talking about needs and wants. We started out with wants. Students made a paper gift with a tag that shares something they want to have.
Science
We have been keeping track of the temperature each day with our class thermometer.
Class Holiday Get Together
We will have a class holiday get together on 12/21 after the sing along. You are welcome to come and join us then.
Important Dates
12/11- Winter Concert 6:30 p.m.
12/13- Winter Concert Snow date 6:30 p.m.
12/14-Report Cards go home
12/21- Holiday Sing-A-Long 9:30 a.m.
12/21- Early Dismissal for Students and Staff 1:05 p.m.
12/22- 1/1/2019- No School- Holiday Recess