In reading this week, the students worked on the strategy: wondering. We practiced wondering through stories such as, Brave Bear.

The new vocabulary words this week include doubtful, confident, courageous & persistent. The sounds we worked on in Jolly Phonics were ou & oi. We discovered that ow and oy make those sounds also. The popcorn words we learned this week were get, help & now. Continue to review all of the popcorn words at home so the students know them quickly by sight.  In math we have been working on 2dand 3d shapes such as the circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, sphere, cube, cone & cylinder. The kids have been so excited to find these shapes at home and at school!  Have a great weekend! 

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Students will: Use wondering to help them understand a story, retell parts of the story,  share ideas with one another, & refer to the story to support their thinking.

New Vocabulary: glance, peer, collide, disappointed

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
Jolly Phonics: ue, er, ar
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: addition and subtraction
Handwriting: lowercase letters: 
Popcorn Word: look, good, jump
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 
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers 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
Read together :)

The reading strategy the students learned this week was visualizing.  They practiced making pictures in their minds and discussing what they saw with a partner.  The new vocabulary words they learned were: amusing, upset, grin & stuck.  In Jolly Phonics we learned the sounds ng, & th.  Our new popcorn words were he, she & be.  In handwriting we are working on the magic c letters a, d & g.  In math we have been learning about 2d (flat) shapes.  The students have been learning about sides and corners and how to create shapes by using these flat shapes.  Everyone completed their Maps and Aims Web testing and also had hearing screening here at school.  The weather was warm enough one day this week to go outside for recess.  Please make sure your child has a warm coat, hat, gloves, boots and snow pants when needed.  Have a great weekend!

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Students will: Practice visualizing with a familiar text, connect mental images with a poem, learn and use the cooperative structure, "Think, Pair, Share", begin working with new partners, give each other time to think. 

New Vocabulary: unpleasant, pleasant, crowded, uncrowded

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
Jolly Phonics: qu, ou
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying medial sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: 2d and 3d shapes: square, circle, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, cube, cone, cylinder, sphere 
Handwriting: lowercase letters: u, i, e, l 
Popcorn Word: our, here, out
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,
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers 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
Read together :)