Dear Parents,
Last week we had a great time learning about the parts of the apple, observing ants and learning lots of new vocabulary, listening and reading many stories. Our learning journey continues this week with the letter “Tt”.
The vocabulary for this letter is
table, teeth, turtle, toaster, tongue, tears, tomato, telescope, t-shirt, ticket, toothbrush, toothpaste, tiger, toilet, telephone and tire.
table, teeth, turtle, toaster, tongue, tears, tomato, telescope, t-shirt, ticket, toothbrush, toothpaste, tiger, toilet, telephone and tire.
Please send in at least 1 item from home that begins with this letter. Be creative it can be another Tt word that is not on our list Send it to school on Tuesday. Monday a Ziploc bag will go home in your child's folder. We will be discussing and sharing them in class. We will also display them so the children can observe and play with them. This helps reinforce the vocabulary. The items will be returned on Friday.
Our main focus will be learning about turtles. If you have any book, poster, video, or any other material that can be useful for us, we would really appreciate it if we can borrow it from you.
Pet turtles are also more than welcome to join our class
for the week.
Some of the stories that we will be reading this week are:
Tilly Turtle, Tiger, and Toad are having a terrific time at the tea party until a tiny accident occurs.
A little girl named Sophie is having tea with her mother in their kitchen. Soon they are joined for tea by a tiger who drinks all the tea, eats all the food in the house and drinks everything, even draining the water from the taps, so that Sophie cannot have her bath. Then he leaves. Sophie's father comes home and suggests that they all go out and have a lovely meal in a cafe. The following day Sophie and her mother go out to buy some more food, including a big tin of tiger food. But the tiger never returns.
The book begins with a one page explanation of what this species of sea turtles are and how they are different from tortoises and where they can be found. Then the real story begins. Where is she born? How does she survive in the vast ocean waters? Where does she travel?
As you all know we have been working with the words and, the, I, to, a. This week we are going to be adding the words in, is, you, that, it.
Please practice these words daily with your child. Your child must be able to read and recognize these words without hesitation.
Sight words are words that do not always follow grammatical rules and cannot be sounded out. They are extremely important to learn because the are words that appear in every text we read. This is why they need to be practiced daily.
Sight words are words that do not always follow grammatical rules and cannot be sounded out. They are extremely important to learn because the are words that appear in every text we read. This is why they need to be practiced daily.
Phonemic Awareness : This week we will continue to focus on identifying a letter, a word, and a sentence.
***This is important because it is critical to reading and spelling success.
A child’s phonemic awareness is a powerful predictor of the likelihood of reading and spelling success.
Children who cannot distinguish and manipulate the sounds within spoken words have difficulty recognizing and learning the necessary print=sound relationship that is critical to proficient reading and spelling success.
If a child has poor phonemic awareness it is difficult for them to discover the necessary link between print and sound.
***This is important because it is critical to reading and spelling success.
A child’s phonemic awareness is a powerful predictor of the likelihood of reading and spelling success.
Children who cannot distinguish and manipulate the sounds within spoken words have difficulty recognizing and learning the necessary print=sound relationship that is critical to proficient reading and spelling success.
If a child has poor phonemic awareness it is difficult for them to discover the necessary link between print and sound.
In Math, we are going to be reviewing various concepts from numbers 0-10. Some of these concepts are more, less, sequencing, making sets, same, different,etc.
- Please remember to check your child's folder on a daily basis.
- Monday and Wednesday homework will be sent home.
- Friday your child's weekly evaluations will be sent home.
No comments:
Post a Comment