This week we read Leprechaun stories.  We compared and contrasted Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato and The Luckiest Leprechaun.  Our new popcorn words were: do, all, there.  The word family we worked on was -in.  The students have been working so hard reading in guided reading groups with me during Daily Five time.  You can see how proud they are when they recognize popcorn words and figure out unfamiliar words.  They are also becoming such good writers!  They are working on their second "story" and will be bringing their first one home soon.  They love to share them with the class. Our math lessons and centers focused on measurement, sorting and addition.  To follow through at home, you can start working on memorizing math facts to build fluency.  In kindergarten we will work on problems up to the sum of 10, but they will have to show fluency with facts to the sum of 5. 

                                                   A Peek At Next Week:

                                               Reading: Flower Garden
                                           Popcorn Words: who, what, where

      Math: Addition within five (solving problems using different strategies)

                                             Library: Tuesday & Thursday

                                                     Art: Wednesday

                                                        Music: 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, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, ng, th, qu. ou, oi, ue, er, ar

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, no, go, so, the, you, down, he, she, be, our, here, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four, five, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there

Math: counting to 100 by 1's and 10's, recognizing & comparing numbers 1-20, finding the missing number 1-20, recognizing and naming shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, hexagon, cube, cone, sphere, cylinder) patterns, addition and subtraction

Reminders:  There is no school on Friday, March 25th.  Also, there is no school from March 28-April 1 for Spring Break.  Classes resume on Monday, April 4th.