5/2 Wednesday

1A will finish the Phonics Level K book and the Let's Go 1 books next year.


We are having a party tomorrow.  Please bring food to help us celebrate!


I have loved my time with 1A this year and will miss you all so much!


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica 

6/1 Tuesday

We continued working on Phonics Level K unit 3.  


I sent home our reading envelopes today!


Please make sure students bring their backpacks to school.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/31 Monday

We continued working on Phonics Level K unit 3.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/30 Sunday

We are working on completing unit 3 of Phonics Level K.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/27 Thursday

There are no English classes today due to Open Day 2.


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Have a great weekend!  See you Sunday!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/26 Wednesday

TODAY
* We continued our short Ii letter study.


These words have short Ii:
1. igloo
2. insect
3. iguana
4. inch
5. six
7. lips
8. pin
9. milk
10. pig
11. fish
12. sit
13. wig


These words do not have short Ii:
1. ax
2. apple
3. cap
4. web
5. hand
6. bag


* We reviewed the short vowels Aa and Ii in these words:


Aa:
1. apple
2. ambulance
3. ant
4. hat
5. bat
6. man


Ii:
1. insect
2. inch
3. igloo
4. pig
5. fish
6. six










HOMEWORK
* Read and spell the words above that do and do not have short Ii.


* Read and spell the words above that have short Aa and Ii.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/25 Tuesday

TODAY
* We finished our short Aa letter study!


* We began our short Ii (like igloo) letter study.


These words have short Ii:
1. igloo
2. insect
3. iguana
4. inch
5. lips
6. six
7. pin
8. milk


These words do not have short Ii:
1. ax
2. apple
3. web
4. cap


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 182, 183, 184 and 185










HOMEWORK
* Read and spell the words above that do and do not have short Ii.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/24 Monday

TODAY
* We reviewed consonants (letters except a/e/i/o/u) at the beginning and end of words.


* We began our short Aa (like ant and apple) letter study.


These words begin with short Aa or have short Aa in the middle:
1. ant
2. apple
3. ax
4. ambulance
5. bag
6. hat
7. cap
8. fan
9. tag
10. man
11. cat
12. bat


These words do not begin with short Aa or have short Aa in the middle:
1. pie
2. dog
3. sun
4. cup
5. pig


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 175, 176, 179 and 181










HOMEWORK
* Read and spell the words above that begin with short Aa or have short Aa in the middle and the words above that do not begin with short Aa and do not have short Aa in the middle.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/23 Sunday

*** Happy birthday, Leen! (yesterday) ***


TODAY
* We finished our review of the letters Xx, Yy and Zz.


* We finished reviewing the letters d, n, and p at the end of words.


* We read the poem The Cat and the Fiddle.  These are the words:
The Cat and the Fiddle


Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.


We talked about the word laughed and answered this question: What makes you laugh?


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 172, 173, 174, 177 and 178
Let's Go 1 Student Book page 36










HOMEWORK
* Read The Cat and the Fiddle.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/20 Thursday

TODAY
* We took our spelling test!  Our 2 challenge words were helping and starting.


* We completed our Zz letter study!


* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 170


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Have a great weekend!  See you Sunday!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/19 Wednesday

TODAY

* We finished our Yy letter study!

* We read A Pet on a Jet and added it to our reading envelopes.

* We read The Big Mess and worked on these rhyming words:

mess / Tess / guess

hall / wall

door / floor

cat / Matt

* We sorted our spelling words by the number of syllables in each word and practiced using them in sentences.

* We began our Zz letter study.

These words begin with Zz:

1. zebra

2. zipper

3. zoo

4. zigzag

5. zero

These words do not begin with Zz:

1. pot

2. yak

3. dime

4. fox

5. box

6. yarn

* We reviewed the letters Xx, Yy and Zz with these words:

Xx:

1. fox

2. ax

3. box

4. six

Yy:

1. yo-yo

2. yarn

3. yard

Zz:

1. zoo

2. zipper

3. zigzag

4. zero

* We worked with these sentences with our family words and opposites words:

This is my brother.

He is old.

She is tall and pretty.

This is my grandfather.

He is little and young.

My baby sister is young and pretty.

My brother is short and thin.

My mother is tall and pretty.

* We worked with these words ending with the letters -d, -n and -p.

-d:

bed

sled

lid

-n:

van

fan

wagon

violin

ten

can

pen

-p:

mop

top

cup

map

soap

* We completed these pages:

Phonics Level K pages 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169 and 174

Let’s Go 1 Workbook pages 34 and 35

HOMEWORK

* Read A Pet on a Jet.

* Read The Big Mess.  Read and spell the rhyming words above.

* Read and spell the words above that do and do not begin with Zz.

* Read and spell the Xx, Yy and Zz review words above.

* Read the sentences with family words and opposites words.

* Read and spell the words ending with -d, -n and -p.

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,

Miss Jessica 

5/18 Tuesday

TODAY
* We finished our Xx letter study!


* We read A Pet on a Jet.


* We read The Big Mess.  We worked with these rhyming words:
mess / guess / Tess


hall / wall


door / floor


* We sorted our spelling words by words that do and do not have the letter e and we practiced sentences using our spelling words.


* We started our Yy letter study.


These words begin with Yy:
1. yo-yo
2. yarn
3. yard
4. yawn
5. yogurt


These words do not begin with Yy:
1. penny
2. fox
3. pencil
4. ring
5. box
6. vase
7. question mark


* We continued to review the letters Gg, Hh and Ii and these words:
Gg is for girl and giraffe.
Hh is for house and hat.
Ii is for ink and igloo.


* We worked with these questions and answers:
Is he your father?  
No, he is not.  He is my grandfather.


Is she your mother?
Yes, she is.


Is he your brother?
Yes, he is.


Is she your baby sister?
No, she is not.  She is my grandmother.


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 155, 156, 157, 158 and 159
Let's Go 1 Student Book page 34










HOMEWORK
* Read A Pet on a Jet.


* Read The Big Mess and read and spell the rhyming words above.


* Complete your spelling words homework and return it to school Tuesday.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday!


* Read and spell the words above that do and do not begin with Yy.


* Read the questions and answers above.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/17 Monday

TODAY
* We read A Pet on a Jet.


* We read The Big Mess.  These are the words:
The Big Mess


"Who made this mess?" said Tess.
"Can you help guess?" said Ben.


A mess in the hall.
A mess on the wall.


A mess on the floor.
A mess on the door.


So, was it the dog?
Was it the cat?


No, guess again.
It was baby Matt!


Now you see who made the mess.


But who cleaned it up?
Can you guess?


* We sorted our spelling words by those that do and not have the letter n and we practiced using them in sentences.


* We read the book See Me Write!  These are the words:
See Me Write!
See me write!
I do it on the card.
I do it on the cake.
I like to write.


* We reviewed the letters Gg, Hh and Ii and the words:
Gg is for girl, garden, giraffe and giant.
Hh is for hat and house.
Ii is for ink and igloo.


* We worked with questions and answers about our families, such as:
Is he your father?  Yes, he is.
Is she your mother?  No, she isn't.  She's my sister.


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 151, 152 and 153
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 33








HOMEWORK
* Read A Pet on a Jet.


* Read The Big Mess.


* Complete your spelling homework and return it to school Tuesday.  Our spelling test will be Thursday!


* Read See Me Write!.


* Read and spell the Gg/Hh/Ii words above.


* Read the families questions and answers above.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

5/16 Sunday

TODAY

* We completed our review of the letters Pp, Qq and Vv.

* We read Sweet Potato Pie.

* We read A Pet on a Jet.  Miss Jessica mixed up the sentences and we had to put them in order!

* This week's 10 spelling words are the same 10 spelling words we had 2 weeks ago and they are:

1. help

2. said

3. start

4. who

5. cannot

6. can't

7. done

8. none

9. very

10. every

* We practiced the song "Is He Short?  Is He Tall?" and used it to answer questions.

* We reviewed these 4 words:

do

it

like

see

We practiced using them in these 8 sentences:

1. I like to fish.

2. I do it at the lake.

3. It is fun to do.

4. See my fish!

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5. I see a paintbrush.

6. It has paint on it.

7. I know what to do.

8. I like to paint.

* We worked on these 10 questions and answers:
1. Is she short?  Yes, she is.
2. Is he thin?  No, he is not.
3. Is he young?  Yes, he is.
4. Is she tall?  Yes, she is.
5. Is he ugly?  Yes, he is.
6. Is he tall?  No, he is not.
7. Is he fat?  Yes, he is.
8. Is she tall?  No, she is not.
9. Is she young?  Yes, she is.
10. Is she thin?  Yes, she is.

* We finished these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 147, 148, 149 and 150
Let's Go 1 Student Book page 33

HOMEWORK

* Read Sweet Potato Pie.

* Read A Pet on a Jet.

* Complete the spelling words homework paper and return it to school Monday.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday!

* Read the 8 sentences reviewing the words do, it, like and see.

* Read the 10 questions and answers above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,

Miss Jessica

5/12 Wednesday

TODAY
* We finished our Vv letter study!


* We read Sweet Potato Pie.


* We read A Pet on a Jet.  We reviewed ending punctuation and can, cannot, and can't.


* We reviewed the letters Pp, Qq and Vv with these words:
Pp:
1. penny
2. pony
3. puppy
4. pillow


Qq:
1. quiet
2. question mark
3. queen
4. quilt


Vv:
1. violin
2. valentine
3. vine
4. vegetables


* We worked on asking and answering questions using yesterday's 8 opposites words, such as:
1. Is she pretty?  Yes, she is.
2. Is he old?  No, he isn't. He's young.
3. Is he short?  Yes, he is.
4. Is he short?  No, he isn't.  He's tall.


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 144 and 146
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 32








HOMEWORK
* Read Sweet Potato Pie.


* Read A Pet on a Jet.  Find sentences ending with a period, question mark, and an exclamation point.


* Read and spell the Pp, Qq and Vv words above.
  
* Read the 4 questions and answers above.


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There are no English classes tomorrow because of Open Day.


Love,
Miss Jessica