We have had a busy 1st trimester in kindergarten!  In Jolly Phonics we have learned 25 of the 42 sounds.  We have learned 23 sight words and are using these words in our writing and recognizing them in our reading.  In our Michael Heggerty Phonemic Awareness program, we have been working on letter names and sounds, beginning sounds, rhyming, as well as segmenting and substituting sounds.  We have been reading Thanksgiving stories and are working on numbers to 20 during math centers.  Jeff Limberg, a Junior Achievement volunteer, started teaching in our classroom last week and will be teaching a total of 5 lessons to our class between November and January.  To learn more about the Junior Achievement program, please visit www.juniorachievement.org. Remember, this week the students only have school on Monday, November 24th and Tuesday, November 25th.  Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
                                      A Peek At Next Week (and the week of  December 1-5)

Reading: Me and My Family Tree

Vocabulary: related, family tree, cousin

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Numbers to 100
Handwriting: Jj & Qq & printing numbers 0-10
Popcorn Words: into, for, little, and

Jolly Phonics: z, w, v
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters 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

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran

                                                              Read together :)
Reminders: Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  Book-It reading calendars have been sent home.  Each day that you read with your child, he/she should color the pumpkin.  Calendars will be due at the end of each month.  This program will run through March. 
Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, December 2nd.  The report card copy is yours to keep.  Please sign and return the report card envelope asap.

Last week we read the story Stellaluna and introduced the words curious, swooped, grasped & anxious.  We also sequenced the events of the story.  Our new popcorn words were: did & not.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds for the letters b & j.  The letter we worked on in handwriting was letter Cc. In math we have been ordering and comparing numbers to 10.  Some of the lessons included finding 1 & 2 more and 1 & 2 less.  We ended the week with a costume parade and classroom party. Thank you to all of the parents who took the time to come to the parade and party and to those that planned and donated items for the party.  The students had a great time!  I also enjoyed meeting with each of you for parent teacher conferences!                                     A Peek At Next Week  

Reading: The Legend of Spookley The Square Pumpkin

Vocabulary: rare, variety, fright, teased

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Comparing & ordering Numbers to 10
Handwriting: Ee & printing numbers 0-10
Popcorn Words: is, can

Jolly Phonics: ai, ay
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not

                                                              Read together :)
Reminders: Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  Book-It reading calendars have been sent home.  Each day that you read with your child, he/she should color the pumpkin.  Calendars will be due at the end of the month.  This program will run through March. 

Last week we read the story, Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. The vocabulary words from this story were orchard, limb, and chart. In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds of o & u.  The popcorn words were on & we.  In handwriting we practiced making the letter Aa and continued to print numbers 1-10. In math, the students practiced counting, reading and writing numbers to 10 during math centers.  

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Reading: Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Vocabulary: enormous, observe, scoop, patient

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Comparing & ordering Numbers to 10
Handwriting: Dd & printing numbers 0-10
Popcorn Words: me, am

Jolly Phonics: l, f
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we

                                                              Read together :)
Reminders: Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  Book-It reading calendars have been sent home.  Each day that you read with your child, he/she should color the pumpkin.  Calendars will be due at the end of the month.  This program will run through March. 

Our school will have a Halloween parade and party!  The parade will be at 1:45 p.m. outside of school.  The classroom party will immediately follow.  Students may wear costumes to school that day.  Please remember that weapons of any kind are not allowed.  

Last week we read the story, When Autumn Comes. The vocabulary words from this story included: Autumn, Preparation, Harvested & Ripened.  In Jolly Phonics we studied the sounds d & g.  Our new popcorn words were: run & at.  We are now working on Poetry as well.  Our first poem was Apples, Apples.  We learned the words & song, counted how many words were in each line and learned how to tell where a word starts and ends.  The students also illustrated the poem.  In math we continued printing numbers with The Numeral Song, and are now writing numbers up to 10.  The students are also working in centers to order numbers 1-10, compare numbers 1-10, count objects to 10, and write numbers 1-10.  Progress reports were sent home last Friday.  Please sign and return the report as soon as possible.  Hope you had a great 3 day weekend!                                                          Peek At Next Week  

Reading: Apples, Apples, Apples

Vocabulary: stem, core, skin, flesh

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Reading, Writing, Counting 10
Handwriting: Aa & printing numbers 0-10
Popcorn Words: on, we

Jolly Phonics: o, u
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at

                                                              Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts, chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  Book-It reading calendars have been sent home.  Each day that you read with your child, he/she should color the pumpkin.  Calendars will be due at the end of the month.  This program will run through March. 

Last week we read the story, Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip With Kindergarten. The vocabulary words from the story were: bakery, post office, steers, & chaperone.  The letter sounds we learned in Jolly Phonics were r & m.  Our new popcorn words were like & up.  We practiced printing the letters Ll, Ii & Tt in handwriting.  In math we have been learning about the numbers 0-5.  Students have been learning to print the numbers correctly, put them in order, count objects, and compare the numbers. (more than, fewer than, same)
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Reading: When Autumn Comes
Vocabulary: Autumn, preparation, harvested, ripened

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Reading, Writing, Counting 6,7,8,9
Handwriting: Oo & printing numbers 0-9
Popcorn Words: run, at

Jolly Phonics: d, g
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up

                                                       Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts, chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  Book-It reading calendars have been sent home.  Each day that you read with your child, he/she should color the pumpkin.  Calendars will be due at the end of the month.  This program will run through March.

This week we worked on the story, Whistle For Willie by Ezra Jack Keats. In this story, the main character, Peter, was determined to whistle.  He keep trying until he could do it.  The students thought of something that was hard for them to do, but were determined to do. The vocabulary words from this story were: whirl, scramble, determined & proud.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds for the letters e & h.   We have been using the sounds we have learned so far to make and read words.  Our new popcorn words were big & my. In handwriting we printed the letters Ll & Ii.  During math centers, our focus was on the numbers 0-5.  Students completed activities to work on number formation & recognition, counting, more, fewer, & same, and ordering numbers 0-5.  Please continue to reinforce these skills and concepts at home. Have a great weekend!                                       A Peek At Next Week 

Reading: Miss Bindergarten Takes A Field Trip

Vocabulary: chaperone, post office, bakery, steers

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Comparing and Ordering Numbers 0-5
Handwriting: Tt & printing numbers 0-5
Popcorn Words: like, up

Jolly Phonics: r, m
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my

                                                       Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts, chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Remember to check and empty green folders every night.  

This week we read the story, Friends at School. The vocabulary words that came from this story were:enjoy, gooey, container & scrumptious.  The new popcorn words this week were in & see and in Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds for c,k & e.  In handwriting we have been focusing on printing numbers 1-5 & the letter L l. Please help your child practice printing his/her first name and the numbers 1-5 in fun ways at home.  During Daily Five reading centers, the students have been engaged in read to self, listen to reading (computers & listening center) and worked with Ms. Lori and myself in small groups. During math time we do calendar each day and have been working on understanding the concept of more, fewer and same.  We are also determining "how many more?" or "how many fewer" when comparing objects up to 5.  The students also completed their MAPS testing this week on the computer and the magazine drive fundraiser began.  Have a great weekend!
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Reading: Whistle for Willie

Vocabulary: whirl, scramble, determined, proud

Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final and/or medial sounds, segmenting, adding & deleting phonemes, substituting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Comparing and Ordering Numbers 1-5
Handwriting: Ii & printing numbers 1-5
Popcorn Words: big, my

Jolly Phonics: e, h
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k

Popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see

Math: Comparing numbers 1-5 (there are review ideas at the bottom of each math lesson)

                                                       Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts, chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Please check and empty green folders every night.  

This week we read the story, My Friends, by Taro Gomi.  We learned the vocabulary words: creature, imitate, companion, & explore.  The new popcorn words we learned were I & it.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds that i & p make and started making words using the letters s, a, t, i, p. We practiced building stamina for "read to self" and talked about another center of daily 5, "listen to reading".  The students learned how to use the listening center in our classroom and also worked on one of our computer reading programs, The Imagination Station.  In math we worked on printing numbers 1-5 and counting objects to 5 with 1-1 correspondence.  
                                                          A Peek At Next Week 

Reading: Friends at School

Vocabulary: enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious

Phonemic Awareness: letter recognition, rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, adding & deleting phonemes, compound words, language awareness
Math: Comparing and Ordering Numbers 1-5
Handwriting: Ll & printing numbers 0-5
Popcorn Words: in, see

Jolly Phonics: n, c, k
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
Phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t, i, p

                                                       Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts, chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Please check and empty green folders every night.  Scholastic book orders are due September 19th.

We have had a great 7 days of school!  The students have been busy learning about their new school and classroom.  We are getting routines in place and getting into the curriculum. In reading we read the story, Me On The Map, and learned how maps can help people.  The vocabulary words that we learned from the story were: town, state, map, and country.  The students drew a map of their bedroom in their journal. Our very first popcorn word this week was, a.  In our phonemic awareness program we are working on letter & sound recognition, rhyming, beginning sounds, adding and deleting phonemes, and compound words.  In Jolly Phonics we have learned the sound and action for the letters s, a, & t. During math time we have been working on counting and writing numbers.  We have also launched our daily five routine by trying to build stamina doing "read to self".  We talked about the 3 ways to read a book: read the words, read the pictures and retell the story.  I look forward to discussing our kindergarten program with you at Curriculum Night on Monday, September 8th at 6:00 p.m.  Have a great weekend!
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Reading: My Friends

Vocabulary: creature, imitate, companion, explore

Phonemic Awareness: letter recognition, rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds, adding & deleting phonemes, compound words
Math: Counting & Writing Numbers 1-5
Handwriting: Getting Ready to Write (pencil grip, starting at the top, lines & circles)
Popcorn Words: I, it
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Thursdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Wednesdays and Fridays
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics: recognition & sounds of the letters s, a, t

popcorn words: a

                                                                        Read together :)
Reminders: We have snack time every morning for 10 minutes.  Students can bring one healthy snack to eat. Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, goldfish, pretzels, popcorn, yogurt.  Anything containing nuts or chocolate or potato chips are not allowed.  Please keep the snack separate from your child's lunch.  
Please check and empty green folders every night.  

This week we finished up our Making Meaning and Michael Heggerty programs.  We also completed all 95 popcorn words for the year and now will continue to review and practice them.  We have done a lot of activities with color words.  The students have been busy writing in their journals and reading in guided reading groups with me.  It is amazing to see how far they have come!  In math we have continued to work on centers to review math concepts taught throughout the year.  This week students sorted 3d shapes, worked on missing number, practiced counting by 5's, addition, subtraction, starfall math and math apps on the iPad.  
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Reading: Zoo and zoo animals

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important, useful, similar, repair, communicate, active, haul, switch, swiftly, prey, object, unusual, fact, assist, injure, recover, clever, wild, tame, creep, pounce, travel, transportation, depart, land, visible, entire, remarkable, future, wide, clear, construct, structure, pleased, soggy, unkind, kind

Phonemic Awareness: 3 letter s-blends scr, str, squ, spr, spl, review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl & r-blends br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr & s-blends sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final & medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness, and word families
Math: addition and subtraction fluency, counting by 5's & 10's to 100
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Words: black, orange, white, brown
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with, came, make, ate, ride, was, saw, are, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, red, yellow, pink, black, orange, white, brown

                                                                  Read together :)

We have been exploring text features of nonfiction books, such as tables of contents, indexes,chapter headings, and photographs.  Students have been using wondering and making connections to make sense of texts.  The popcorn words we have been learning are color words such as: red, blue, yellow, pink, black, orange, white, & brown.  We've been making words in the short u word families, -un, -ug, -um, -ub.  In math students have been working at math centers on addition and subtraction fluency, shapes, numbers, counting, patterns, etc.
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Reading: Unit 9: Revisiting the Reading Life

New Vocabulary: wide, clear, construct, structure, pleased, soggy, unkind, kind

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important, useful, similar, repair, communicate, active, haul, switch, swiftly, prey, object, unusual, fact, assist, injure, recover, clever, wild, tame, creep, pounce, travel, transportation, depart, land, visible, entire, remarkable, future

Word Families: review short vowel families
Phonemic Awareness: 3 letter s-blends scr, str, squ, spr, spl, review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl & r-blends br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr & s-blends sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final & medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction fluency, counting by 5's & 10's to 100
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Words: black, orange, white, brown
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with, came, make, ate, ride, was, saw, are, well, pretty, funny, under, find, blue, red, yellow, pink

                                                                  Read together :)

This week in reading, we practiced "wondering" while we read nonfiction stories about a veterinarian and a tiger cub. The new vocabulary words that came from the stories were: wild, tame, creep, pounce.  The word family we worked with was -ock and the popcorn words were: was, saw, are & well.  We have been working on 3 letter bends such as scr, str, squ, spr, & spl. In math we have been working a lot on subtraction and building fluency with math facts within 5.  We took a fun field trip to the DuPage Children's Museum.  It was a great week!  On Wednesday next week, the students will do their Aims web testing on letter sound fluency, phoneme segmentation fluency, missing number and quantity discrimination (both with numbers to 10)
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Reading: Unit 8: Exploring text features (using expository nonfiction)

New Vocabulary: travel, transportation, depart, land

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important, useful, similar, repair, communicate, active, haul, switch, swiftly, prey, object, unusual, fact, assist, injure, recover, clever, wild, tame, creep, pounce 

Word Families: -ot, -op, -ock, -ob, -og
Phonemic Awareness: 3 letter s-blends scr, str, squ, spr, spl, review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl & r-blends br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr & s-blends sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final & medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction fluency, counting by 5's & 10's to 100
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Words: pretty, funny, under, find
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with, came, make, ate, ride, was, saw, are, well

Read together :)

This week in reading, the comprehension focus was: Students explore text features of expository nonfiction.  Students also identified what they learned from a nonfiction book and used wondering to help them understand the book.  The vocabulary words they learned were: prey, object, unusual & fact. The popcorn words we learned were: eat, please, want, with.  In our phonemic awareness program, we have been working with s blends such as st, sc, sk, sm, sn, sl, sw and sp.  We also reviewed short e word families such as -ed, -en, -et, -est, -ell.  In math we have been working on counting by 5's, graphing, and subtraction.  Kindergarten students should demonstrate fluency with subtraction facts within 5.  First, we focused on -0, then moved on to -1.  Next week we will use the strategies we have learned to solve -2 problems.  We will continue to work on addition and subtraction for the rest of the year.  Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!   

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Unit 7: Wondering (using expository nonfiction)

New Vocabulary: assist, injure, recover, clever

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important, useful, similar, repair, communicate, active, haul, switch, swiftly, prey, object, unusual, fact 

Word Families: -ot, -op
Phonemic Awareness: review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl & r-blends br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr & s-blends sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying final & medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction, fluency of subtraction facts (-2), counting by 5's
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Words: came, make, ate, ride
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what, where, say, away, play, they, eat, please, want, with
Read together :)

This week in reading, we explored text features of nonfiction books.  The students made connections to help them understand nonfiction books such as A Day With A Doctor and A Day With A Mail Carrier.
The new vocabulary words that came from these stories were: healthy, prevent, load & important.  The new popcorn words we learned were soon, went, & come.  Our phonemic awareness program focused on l- blends such as bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl.  We also worked on short i word families such as -ip & -ing.  The students are writing in journals and learning to check their work for beginning with a capital letter, ending punctuation, spaces between words, neatness and if the writing makes sense.  In math we are working on addition and subtraction.  We will solve problems within 10 and students are expected to show fluency with facts within 5. 

 A Peek At Next Week

Reading: St. Patrick's Day stories

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn, healthy, prevent, load, important

Word Families: review short i (-it, -in, -ip, -ing)
Phonemic Awareness: review digraph sounds wh, ch, sh, th & l-blends bl, cl, fl,gl, pl, sl: rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction, fluency of addition facts (+2)counting by 5's
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Word: do, all, there
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Counting by 5's to 100, Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come
Read together :)

We celebrated Dr. Seuss this week!  The students enjoyed many of his stories and activities throughout the week.  The new popcorn words we learned were this, that & new.  We are now working on short i word families and practiced making words in the -it & -in families.  The students are doing more sentence writing and are doing a fantastic job sounding words out. In math we are learning to count by 5's to 100 and add and subtract.  

  A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Making Meaning Unit 6 Making Connections with Expository Fiction

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn

New Vocabulary: healthy, prevent, load, important
Word Families: short i (-it, -in, -ip, -ing)
Phonemic Awareness: digraph sounds ch, sh, th, th, wh: rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction, counting by 5's 
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters & numbers
Popcorn Word: soon, went, come
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Word families: short a

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new
Read together :)

This week we continued to work on wondering and sequence of events in reading.  The new vocabulary words the students learned through the story, Henry's Wrong Turn, were: signal, pursue, disappear, and warn. This week's popcorn words were number words: one, two & three.  The word families we learned were -ap & -am.  In handwriting we have finished learning all of the lowercase letters and are now reviewing and getting some extra practice.  The students should be printing their first name with one capital letter and the rest lowercase.  In math we are learning addition and subtraction and how they are related.  We use manipulatives to see how to put together and take away.  The class loves earning team paws at lunchtime, so at the beginning of this week we set a goal to try really hard to earn one this week.  Well....the class earned 3!  They were sooooo excited and proud!  Keep up the good work! 

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Dr. Seuss stories

Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, enormous,  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, uncomfortable, comfortable, wade, mend, cozy, straight, evening, complete, various, edge, fits, cupboard, amusing, upset, grin, stuck, unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded, doubtful, confident, courageous, persistent, glance, peer, collide, disappointed, signal, pursue, disappear, warn
Word Families: short a (-ack, -ap, -an, -am, -ad, -ag, -ab, -at)
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction
Handwriting: practicing and reviewing all letters
Popcorn Word: four, nine, said
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, z, w, v, y, x, oo (2 sounds), ch, sh,ng, th, qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar 

Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers to 100 and backward from 20. Counting by 10's to 100. Number formation, recognition, place value 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, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three
Read together :)