Hello,
Another successful week. It was nice to meet with those parents who were able to make it in to the parent teacher interview. To the parents who were not able to make, please know I'm always available to meet by appointment if you have any concerns that come up.
As we are really starting to get into reading now, I am finding that most students need some extra work remembering the sounds of each letter in the alphabet. I looked in to some phonics games for iPad. The app that I read about that sounded good is called 'Hairy Letters.' I am not able to try this, so I hope it is good for your children.
Next week we are only at school for Monday and Tuesday.
This week for their motor skills we wrote the words 'eggs, fish, goat, hat and igloo.' All of your children have very strong hands now, and are writing very neatly. Good job K1.
In phonics, the students learned to read words that ended in -at. Rat, mat, bat, hat, cat, and fat. By the end of the week, each student was very successful at recognizing these words.
In math we did numbers 7 and 8. We also did review of counting all other numbers up to 8.
In language arts we discovered different words for sounds - howl, roar, whistle, drum, growl, tweet, meow. The kids did a good job coming up with the sounds of other objects, or animals, like the sounds we make when eating, car sounds, ambulance sounds, etc. We also came up with different words for how this feel - rough, soft, cold, hot, bumpy, crinkly, sticky, wet, dry and squishy.
In social studies, we learned about calendars. Calendars show months, and days and weeks. They have numbers and they have different pictures, or symbols, to show special days.
In science we identified things we see in day skies and night skies. We talked about the colour of day skies and the colour of dark skies.
Finally, in story time, we are reading a book called "There's An Alligator Under My Bed." The kids really like this story. We will keep reading about it and the scary things they think are under their beds, and what they can do to get rid of them.
For the homework this week, please help your children complete p. 36 and 44.
Have a good weekend!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Homeowrk
Hello,
Yesterday was such fun! The kids were so well behaved, on the bus and at the aquarium. I am really proud of the K1 class. I will upload pictures at a later point.
We have finished all of our letters, so homework will be a bit of review. Please complete p. 34. #1, the children should identify sun and soap to start with S. They can write S on the lines beside the pictures. Next, #2, they should identify picture and tell you if it starts with the S sound or not. The pictures are apple, sandals, sock, tiger, sandwich and sea horse. They might not know the vocabulary for sandwich and sea horse, so you can help them with this. They can write the letter S for each picture that starts with S. After you can ask them if they know other words that start with s.
Finally, please read another book with your children. Please let me know how this is going for your child in the communication book. Reading it a few times will help them really know the story, and can eventually read it from memory - a building block of reading!
Yesterday was such fun! The kids were so well behaved, on the bus and at the aquarium. I am really proud of the K1 class. I will upload pictures at a later point.
We have finished all of our letters, so homework will be a bit of review. Please complete p. 34. #1, the children should identify sun and soap to start with S. They can write S on the lines beside the pictures. Next, #2, they should identify picture and tell you if it starts with the S sound or not. The pictures are apple, sandals, sock, tiger, sandwich and sea horse. They might not know the vocabulary for sandwich and sea horse, so you can help them with this. They can write the letter S for each picture that starts with S. After you can ask them if they know other words that start with s.
Finally, please read another book with your children. Please let me know how this is going for your child in the communication book. Reading it a few times will help them really know the story, and can eventually read it from memory - a building block of reading!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Week 30 - March 17-21
Hello,
First I would like to mention the field trip on Thursday. We will be going to the aquarium as you know. For this day, please send your child to school with a back pack that they can carry on their back - no wheelie bags please. Please pack the following items:
* full water bottle
* sunscreen
* hat
* small towel
* fruit only snack as usual
* one small treat
There is a shallow pool there, as I understand. I will allow the children to play in the water some. Because of this, if you could send your child to school wearing shorts, that would be preferred. I will bring the spare uniform that I have here in order to change them out of any wet clothes. It would also be ideal if you could please put sunscreen on your child at home in the morning, at I will re-apply throughout the day.
Second. Please consider donating a bag of rice for 'Rice Bowl.' The school is hoping to obtain 500kgs of rice to send to a Dominican association in Thailand. You can give the rice to me directly, or to the office staff, and we will make sure it is delivered.
This week we have just a few assessments to complete due to my absences last week, but I am going to get right into new subject material.
In language arts we are going to be learning descriptive words. We will describe food by calling is sweet, salty, sour, hot, cold, spicy, yummy, yucky, and so on.
In math this quarter we are learning to group items from 6-12, and learn how to write these numbers also. While the students can easily count these numbers and higher, it is more difficult for children this age to understand that the number 6 could mean 6 things. We start with the number 6 this week.
In writing we will go back to the beginning of our writing book and write the words that start with the letters we have already learned. This week we will write 'ant, bat, cow, and duck.'
In phonics we will learn the end sound -am. I will prepare different activities for them to learn different -am family words.
In science the children will learn about the day and night sky.
In social studies we will learn the terms yesterday, today and tomorrow. They will understand that there is a sequence to events based on these days.
We will not have story time this week, as we will be at the aquarium.
Have a good week everyone!
First I would like to mention the field trip on Thursday. We will be going to the aquarium as you know. For this day, please send your child to school with a back pack that they can carry on their back - no wheelie bags please. Please pack the following items:
* full water bottle
* sunscreen
* hat
* small towel
* fruit only snack as usual
* one small treat
There is a shallow pool there, as I understand. I will allow the children to play in the water some. Because of this, if you could send your child to school wearing shorts, that would be preferred. I will bring the spare uniform that I have here in order to change them out of any wet clothes. It would also be ideal if you could please put sunscreen on your child at home in the morning, at I will re-apply throughout the day.
Second. Please consider donating a bag of rice for 'Rice Bowl.' The school is hoping to obtain 500kgs of rice to send to a Dominican association in Thailand. You can give the rice to me directly, or to the office staff, and we will make sure it is delivered.
This week we have just a few assessments to complete due to my absences last week, but I am going to get right into new subject material.
In language arts we are going to be learning descriptive words. We will describe food by calling is sweet, salty, sour, hot, cold, spicy, yummy, yucky, and so on.
In math this quarter we are learning to group items from 6-12, and learn how to write these numbers also. While the students can easily count these numbers and higher, it is more difficult for children this age to understand that the number 6 could mean 6 things. We start with the number 6 this week.
In writing we will go back to the beginning of our writing book and write the words that start with the letters we have already learned. This week we will write 'ant, bat, cow, and duck.'
In phonics we will learn the end sound -am. I will prepare different activities for them to learn different -am family words.
In science the children will learn about the day and night sky.
In social studies we will learn the terms yesterday, today and tomorrow. They will understand that there is a sequence to events based on these days.
We will not have story time this week, as we will be at the aquarium.
Have a good week everyone!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Homework
Hello,
This week we completed the letters Q and X in phonics. Our homework will be those letters, p. 11 and 22.
Please also read another short story with your child, doing the read and repeat. Again, that means, you read one line following along with your finger and then help your child to read along as well.
Have a good weekend, Ali
This week we completed the letters Q and X in phonics. Our homework will be those letters, p. 11 and 22.
Please also read another short story with your child, doing the read and repeat. Again, that means, you read one line following along with your finger and then help your child to read along as well.
Have a good weekend, Ali
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Week 28 - March 3-7
Hello,
Next week will be our quarterly assessments, so we are finishing up some units and reviewing others. Next week the upper grades have their final exam, so Friday March 14th will be a half day for kindergarten.
In writing we are on our final letter, Zz. The prompts I use for upper case Z are 'top, across, slide, across.' For lower case z, the prompts are 'middle, across, slide, across.'
In phonics we are quickly doing two letters that are low frequency letters. Xx and Qq. For x they will hear the x sound at the end of box, fox, ox and six. For q, they will hear the q sound in queen, quill, quilt, quarter and quail.
In math, we will continue with solid shapes. They will recognize that a solid shape has similarities to plane shapes and that everyday objects are made with solid shapes.
In language arts we will be reviewing the more recent shape, colour and size shape words.
In social studies we will different types of land and the kinds of houses that are there.
In science we will review a few topics from the past quarter.
Story, we will read 'where The Wild Things Are. '
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