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Friday, November 22, 2013

Turkeys, Turkeys, Turkeys!  This week we read lots of fun stories such as Run, Turkey, Run! A Plump and Perky Turkey, 10 Fat Turkeys, Turkey Trouble and This Is The Turkey.  The poem this week was called, The Turkey.  Our new popcorn words were is, can & but.  During daily five centers, students practiced popcorn words, making and reading cvc words, and read with me.  They also listened to reading on the computer and listening center.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds ee, and or.  Our math activities focused on teen numbers, counting, patterns, number writing and comparing numbers. The capitals letters we have been working on in handwriting are the "magic c capitals" C, O, Q & G.  

A Peek At Next Week
Reading: Thanksgiving stories
Students will: Make text-to-self-connections, hear and discuss a story, refer to the text to support their thinking, talk and listen to one another.
Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome, allow, frustrated, decide, practice, slam, filthy, concerned, moan, enormous, observe, patient, scoop
Jolly Phonics: z
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying ending sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Numbers to 10, counting, patterns & sorting
Handwriting: S
Popcorn Word: to, too
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Wednesdays

Art: Tuesdays
Music: Thursdays and Fridays 
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics:recognition & sounds of/making words with s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers and backward from 20. Counting by 10's. Number formation, recognition and counting objects #1-20,
Practice popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but
Read together :)
Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, November 26th.  The gold copy will be yours to keep.  Please sign and return the manilla envelope as soon as possible.  Remember to return November reading logs after Thanksgiving.  Last month we had 15 out of 18 students return their log.  Let's try to get all 19 this month :)  

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