2/28 Sunday

TODAY


* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Saturday, February 27, 2010.
2. Today is Sunday, February 28, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Monday, March 1, 2010.


* We read our book What Pam Can Do and added it to our reading envelopes.  


* We read our new story Look at That!.  These are the words:
Look at That!
I like to look at clouds.
Do you?


Look at all the clouds.
Look at the clouds play.


Look at that cloud!
Can you find a hat?
I see a hat on a cat.


Look at that cloud!
Can you find a man?
I see a man and a pan.


Look at that cloud!
Can you find a cub?
I see a cub in a tub.


Look at that cloud.
Can you find a bear?
I see a bear in a chair.


Look at all the clouds.
The clouds are big and fat.
Those clouds make rain.


I like to look at rain.
Do you?


* These are our 10 spelling words this week:
1. blue
2. look
3. on
4. one
5. red
6. that
7. three
8. two
9. what
10. yellow


* We continued our Mm letter study.  We sorted words and pictures by those that begin with Mm and those that do not begin with Mm.


These 8 words begin with Mm:
1. mother
2. milk
3. mop
4. mouse
5. map
6. money
7. meat
8. muffin


These 4 words do not begin with Mm:
1. heart
2. bat
3. bread
4. carrot


* We worked on how we can use good manners by saying "Oops! I'm sorry." and answering "That's OK.".


* We completed these pages:
Let's Go Let's Begin 56
Phonics Level K pages 43 and 44










HOMEWORK


* I am sending home last week's spelling test.  Please fix and practice any words that were spelled incorrectly.


* I am sending home a paper with our spelling words flashcards.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday.


* Read What Pam Can Do (posted last Sunday) and Look at That! (words above).


* Read and spell the 10 spelling words above.


* Read and spell the 8 words above that begin with Mm and the 4 words that do not begin with Mm.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

2/24 Wednesday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Tuesday, February 23, 2010.
2. Today is Wednesday, February 24, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Thursday, February 25, 2010.


* We took our spelling test!


* We read our book What Pam Can Do and we reviewed these 4 kinds of punctuation:
1. period (.)
2. exclamation point (!)
3. question mark (?)
4. comma (,)


We used these 4 sentences to practice punctuation:
1. Find a hat.
2. What will Pam do?
3. Look at that crab!
4. Up, up, up!










HOMEWORK
* I am sending home our letter Hh packets.  Please keep these at home and practice the letters, words and pictures.


* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read What Pam Can Do and practice the 4 kinds of punctuation above.


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Love,
Miss Jessica

2/23 Tuesday

*** Mr. Sean came to visit us today!  We read the story Oh, Cats! to him and he read the stories Oh, Cats! and The Nap to us!  Mr. Tim visited us again, too.  (Ask us how he scared and surprised us!)  Thank you, Mr. Sean and Mr. Tim! ***

TODAY

* These are our 3 calendar sentences:

1. Yesterday was Monday, February 22, 2010.

2. Today is Tuesday, February 23, 2010.

3. Tomorrow will be Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

* We read our story What Pam Can Do.  We focused on these 5 words:

1. that (a spelling word!)

2. what (a spelling word!)

3. all

4. find

5. make

* We practiced our 10 spelling words to help us get ready for our spelling test tomorrow.

* We continued studying the letter Hh.  We sorted pictures and words by those that begin with Hh and those that do not begin with Hh.

These 12 words begin with Hh:

1. house

2. hippopotamus

3. hat

4. heart (We love this word!)

5. hose

6. hug (We love this word, too!)

7. hammer

8. horse

9. hay

10. hen

11. hook

12. hive

These 6 words do not begin with Hh:

1. bed

2. sink

3. table

4. box

5. ladder

6. bear

* We worked on our listening skills by listening to sentences and circling the pictures that go with the sentences.

* We also worked on identifying patterns using shapes and other pictures.

* We started working on our next letter, which is the letter Mm!  These are our 2 Mm words:

1. mother

2. milk

* We completed these pages:

Phonics Level K pages 40 and 41

Let's Go Let's Begin Student Book page 36

Let's Go Let's Begin Workbook page 36

HOMEWORK

* I am sending home a spelling words homework paper.  Circle the spelling words that are spelled correctly.  Please complete it and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.

* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.

* Read What Pam Can Do (posted 2/21 Sunday).

* Read and spell the 12 words above that begin with Hh and the 6 words above that do not begin with Hh.

* Your spelling test will be tomorrow!  Please practice your words.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,

Miss Jessica  

2/22 Monday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Sunday, February 21, 2010.
2. Today is Monday, February 22, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Tuesday, February 23, 2010.


* We worked on our counting, numbers, and number words 0-20.


* We continued working with the letter Hh.  We sorted words by those that begin with Hh and those that do not begin with Hh.


We identified these 11 words that begin with Hh:
1. house
2. hippopotamus
3. hat
4. heart
5. hose
6. hug
7. hammer
8. horse
9. hay
10. hen
11. hook


We identified these 6 words that do not begin with Hh:
1. bed
2. sink
3. table
4. box
5. ladder
6. bear


* We practiced spelling our 10 spelling words and finding them on the alphabet word wall.


* Mr. Tim came to visit our class today.  We read the stories Oh, Cats! and What Pam Can Do for him and he read us part of our book Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire.  We showed him the front cover, the back cover and the spine of the book.  He helped us with our rhyming words in the book!  (Thank you, Mr. Tim!)


* We finished these pages:
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 19
Phonics Level K page 39










HOMEWORK
* I am sending home a spelling words handwriting paper.  Please complete it and return it tomorrow in you backpack envelope.


* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read and spell the 11 words above that begin with Hh and the 6 words above that do not begin with Hh.


* Your spelling test will be Wednesday!


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

2/21 Sunday

TODAY

* These are our 3 calendar sentences:

1. Yesterday was Saturday, February 20, 2010.

2. Today is Sunday, February 21, 2010.

3. Tomorrow will be Monday, February 22, 2010.

* We read the story Oh, Cats!.

* We read our new story What Pam Can Do.  These are the words:

What Pam Can Do

Find a hat.

Pam will play.

What will Pam do?

Look at that hat!

Pam can make it go up.

Up, up, up!

Look at that bear!

Pam can make it go up.

Up, up, up!

Look at that crab!

Pam can make it go up.

Up, up, up!

Look at that octopus!

Pam can make it go up.

Pam can make it all go up!

Look at that seal!

Can Pam make that go up?

No!

It all will come down.

Down, down, down!

* We learned our 10 new spelling words, all of which are on our alphabet word wall.  These are our words:

1. big

2. but

3. get

4. have

5. here

6. in

7. is

8. little

9. that

10. what

* We continued working on the letter Hh.  We sorted words and pictures by those that start with Hh and those that do not start with Hh.

These 10 words start with Hh:

1. house

2. hippopotamus

3. hat

4. heart

5. hose

6. hug

7. hammer

8. horse

9. hay

10. hen

These 4 words do not start with Hh:

1. bed

2. sink

3. table

4. box

* We worked on our numbers and number words 0-20.

* We read our book Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire.  It has color words, number words and rhyming words!


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 37 and 38

HOMEWORK

* I am sending home a paper with our spelling words and flashcards.  The spelling test will be Wednesday!

* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.

* Read Oh, Cats! (posted last Sunday) and What Pam Can Do (words above).

* Read and spell the 10 spelling words above.

* Read and spell the 10 words above that begin with Hh and the 4 words above that do not begin with Hh.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,

Miss Jessica

2/18 Thursday

TODAY


* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Wednesday, February 17, 2010.
2. Today is Thursday, February 18, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Friday, February 19, 2010.


* We took our spelling tests!  Our 2 challenge words were away and stay.


* We read our story Oh, Cats!.  We are so good at reading this story!


* We read our story Moving Day.


* We worked on our numbers and number words 1-20.


* We finished these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 33, 34 and 35








HOMEWORK


* I am sending home the book Moving Day.  Please keep it at home, read it and practice the words.


* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read Oh, Cats! (posted 2/14 Sunday).


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Have a great weekend!  See you Sunday!


Love,
Miss Jessica

2/17 Wednesday

TODAY

* These are our 3 calendar sentences:

1. Yesterday was Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

2. Today is Wednesday, February 17, 2010

3. Tomorrow will be Thursday, February 18, 2010.

* We read our story Oh, Cats!. 

We reviewed these 7 words:

1. say

2. play

3. away

4. stay

5. down

6. now

7. new

We reviewed these 3 ways to end a sentence:

1. period (.)

2. question mark (?)

3. exclamation point (!)

We also talked about another kind of punctuation called the comma (,):

No, no, no, cats.

* We continued practicing our numbers.

* We read the book Moving Day.  These are the words:

Moving Day

My bed is on the van.

My box is on the van.

My bike is on the van.

The van is on the way.

It has these 3 words that begin with Bb:

1. bed

2. box

3. bike

It has these 2 words that rhyme with our Oh, Cats! words say, play, away and stay:

1. day

2. way

* We finished this page:

Let’s Go: Let’s Begin page 35

HOMEWORK

* I am sending home a spelling words homework paper.  Circle the spelling words that are spelled correctly.  Please complete it and bring it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.

* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.

* Read Oh, Cats! (posted 2/14 Sunday) and read and spell the words above.

* Read Moving Day above and read and spell the words.

* Your spelling test is tomorrow!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,

Miss Jessica