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!
                                                                     A Peek At Next Week 

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.