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| Chance's Brother, Reese, visits for a birthday celebration on Wednesday. |
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
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| Morgan and Bryant battle with mini-flyswatters to match the sound. |
What a fun week we have had! Although it was short we accomplished a lot. I hope everyone enjoyed their extended weekend. We had quite a chilling week as well. The freezing temperatures kept us from going outside most of the week, but we look forward to going outside next week as the temperatures approach two digits. Wahoo!
ELA and Phonics: We are wrapping up our phonics sounds this week with /ou/, /er/ and on Friday, /ar/. I also introduced the alternate spellings for the sounds /ou/ with ow and /er/ with ir, and ur. We are playing some fun sound games to reinforce their learning. To the right you can see Morgan and Bryant with tiny flyswatters ready to swat the correct letters to the sound I made.
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| Go Team! |
Here you can see the teams: the Evens and the Odds silently cheering on their friends! With the short week, I was unable to get the reading logs out, but they are included in today’s folder. Please try to read with your child and record the reading on a daily basis. In addition, some of your children have been given a tin of decodable words. Please have your child practice their words with you. I am still putting the tins together so all the children should have their tin by next week. Your children are beginning to put their knowledge of the individual sounds together to the task of reading. In order to help support your children at home, Ginny White, Theresa Symancyk and I are offering a Reading and Writing Workshop for parents of early readers on February 5, 6:30-7:30pm. The hope that we can help you support your child at home using the same techniques we are using at school. Please see the attached invitation for more information. We hope you can make it!
We also finished our Animal Rhymes: A barnyard of Rhyming Fun book that they were working on during morning task. Your child should be able to read their books to you and tell you about their pictures!
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| Conner shares his Memory Box. |
Social Studies: This week the children began presenting their Memory Boxes to each other. They are enjoying the opportunity to share their favorite memories and to be respectful listeners. Next week we will begin working on their family trees.
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| Paige, Reid, and Zane enjoying the lesson. |
Science: We are still reading and learning about the cycles of the moon, and the night sky. This week we enjoyed extra science lessons sponsored by Farm to School and ELF. On Thursday, both K classes were put together for a Barnyard lesson put on by Kelly Meacham and Amy Richardson The focus was on the variety of animals that can be found on farms, their adult names and appropriate baby names, i.e., cow and calf. They enjoyed an interactive lesson in the form of a game that used their sense of hearing. In ELF we enjoyed the lesson titled: Hunters and Hunted by Dave Broder, Lori Beland and Justus Keith. The children watched a puppet show about wolves and rabbits and were introduced to the concept of predator and prey. They also learned about balance in the wild kingdom and how predators and prey interact. They concluded the lesson by acting out some short plays about a variety of different predators and prey.
Share: We enjoyed shares that included lots of /l/ shares: lion, balloon, lamb, elf ears, motorcycle, and Santa’s coal! Next week’s share will be something that begins with or has the sound /f/.
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| Ready, set, swat the sound /ou/! |
CALENDAR:
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS:
- Group Snack: Thank you to Paige’s family for contributing this week’s healthy snack! We enjoyed delicious snacks throughout the week from Chex Mix, Bananas, Popcorn, Cheddar Cheese and Crackers, and birthday celebration cupcakes for Paige on Friday! Thank you! We are delighted that the children are enjoying a variety of delicious and nutritious snacks.
Bryant’s family is signed up to contribute next week’s snack.
- Paired Reading Workshop: February 5th at 6:30-7:30. Please RSVP to let us know you are planning to attend. Light refreshments will be available. Invitation enclosed in Friday Folder.
- If your child has an extra pair of boots, snow pants, or even sneakers, that they can keep at school let me know. It will be easier for them as they won’t have to carry them home daily. Snowpants tend to get wet with snow, which makes packing them difficult. Send in a note to let me know!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bodnar
