This week we started our reading theme, Colors All Around. Some of the stories we read were I Need a Lunchbox, I Went Walking, What's My Favorite Color, A Color Of His Own, & Purplicious.
This year the students will be learning high-frequency words that they should recognize quickly by sight. The first of these words, I, was introduced this week. We noticed that this word popped up many times in the stories we read! The Jolly Phonics sounds we learned this week were the sounds of c,k & e. We have been reviewing all of the letter sounds that have been introduced (s,a,t,i,p,n) and have been combining them to make words. During handwriting time, we continued to focus on correct pencil grip and posture. The students have been printing the "frog jump" capitals and have practiced the letters F, E, & D so far. These are called frog jump letters because after you make a big line straight down, you pick up your pencil and "frog jump" back to the corner where you started to finish the letter. In math we have been sorting objects in a variety of ways and focused on positional words such as above, below, over, under, beside, between, next to, in front of & behind. This week we began our Star Of The Week program. Katie did a wonderful job telling us about her poster and show & tell. Her classmates made a special book for her and her uncle read to the class. We sure had a fun week!