Wednesday, March 31, 2010

3/31 Wednesday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
2. Today is Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Thursday, April 1, 2010.


* We read Will Rick Get His Wish?.  We worked on the -ick words quick, Rick and sick and added lick, stick, kick and pick.


* We read Fish Mix.


* We practiced our spelling words.


* We continued reviewing the letters Ff, Gg and Jj.


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 77 and 78
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 22










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read Will Rick Get His Wish? and Fish Mix.


* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be tomorrow!


* I am sending home Phonics Level K pages 77/78.  Please keep it at home and use it to study the letters, sounds, pictures and words.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

3/30 Tuesday

*** Thank you to Mr. Sean and Mr. Tim for coming to our class today and surprising us with a baby rabbit! ***


TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Monday, March 29, 2010.
2. Today is Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010.


* We read our new story Will Rick Get His Wish? and focused on these 2 vocabulary words:
1. sink
2. sick


* We read I Went Walking.


* We also read a new story.  Its title is Fish Mix and these are the words:
Fish Mix
I see one fish.


I see two.
I see three fish.
Will they swim to you?


How many yellow fish?
How many blue?


I see a mix of fish.
How about you?


Six little fish.
They swim like this.


One big fish.
Its fins go swish.


A mix of fish!
Why do they stop?


I see why!
A man is on top!


* We practiced our spelling words.


* We worked on adding "s" to singular (1) words to make them plural (more than 1):


crayon
crayons


marker
markers


notebook
notebooks


pencil case
pencil cases


* We reviewed the letters Ff, Gg and Jj and sorted these words and pictures:


Ff
1. fish
2. feather
3. four
4. fox


Gg
1. goat
2. girl
3. garden


Jj
1. jeep
2. jar
3. jet










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read these 3 stories: I Went Walking (posted last Tuesday), Will Rick Get His Wish? (posted yesterday), and Fish Mix (words above).


* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday!


* Read and spell the singular (1) and plural (more than 1) words above. 


* Read and spell the Ff, Gg and Jj words above.


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Monday, March 29, 2010

3/29 Monday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Sunday, March 28, 2010.
2. Today is Monday, March 29, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Tuesday, March 30, 2010.


* We read our story I Went Walking.


* We read our new story Will Rick Get His Wish?.  These are the words:
Will Rick Get His Wish?
How many fish can Rick see?


Rick can see six fish.


Rick can see big fish.
Rick can see little fish.


Why do the fish sink?
Are they sick?


They are not sick.
They are quick!


Rick has a wish.
Will Rick get his wish?


Rick did get his wish.
Rick has one fish!


* We practiced our spelling words.  We found which ones are in the story Will Rick Get His Wish? and we practiced making sentences using our spelling words.


* We finished our Gg letter study!








HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read I Went Walking (posted last Tuesday) and Will Rick Get His Wish? (words above).


* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday.


* I am sending home our letter Gg packet.  Please keep it at home and use it to study and practice the letters, pictures and words.


~~~~~


See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Sunday, March 28, 2010

3/28 Sunday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Saturday, March 27, 2010.
2. Today is Sunday, March 28, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Monday, March 29, 2010.


* We read our story What Did I See?


* We read our story I Went Walking and we matched the animals and their colors.


* We worked on this week's 10 spelling words.  They are:
1. about
2. her
3. him
4. his
5. how
6. many
7. they
8. this
9. stop
10. why


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


We identified these 6 pictures and words that begin with Gg:
1. gate
2. girl
3. game
4. goat
5. goose
6. gum


We identified these 9 pictures and words that do not begin with Gg:
1. fan
2. bell
3. balloon
4. milk
5. fence
6. sun
7. toothpaste
8. fork
9. map


We practiced these 8 words:
1. a crayon (1)
2. crayons (more than 1)
3. a marker (1)
4. markers (more than 1)
5. a notebook (1)
6. notebooks (more than 1)
7. a pencil case
8. pencil cases (more than 1)










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read What Did I See? (posted last Sunday) and I Went Walking (posted last Tuesday).


* Read and spell this week's 10 spelling words.  I am sending home a flashcards spelling paper.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday!


* Read and spell the 6 words above that begin with Gg and the 9 words above that do not begin with Gg.


* Read the 8 words above.  Remember to add "s" if there is more than one!


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Thursday, March 25, 2010

3/25 Thursday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
2. Today is Thursday, March 25, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Friday, March 26, 2010.


* We took our spelling test!  These were our 2 challenge words:
1. saying
2. jumping


* We read What Did I See? and I Went Walking.


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


We identified these 6 words that begin with Gg:
1. gate
2. girl
3. game
4. goat
5. goose
6. gum


We identified these 2 words that do not begin with Gg:
1. fan
2. bell


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 71 and 73










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read What Did I See? (posted Sunday) and I Went Walking (posted Tuesday).


* Read and spell the 6 words above that begin with Gg and the 2 words above that to do not begin with Gg.


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Have a great weekend!  See you Sunday!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

3/24 Wednesday

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

* We read our stories What Did I See?, Oh, Cats!, and I Went Walking.

* We worked on these What Did I See? 9 “short” i words:
1. did
2. slip
3. kick
4. big
5. hill
6. win
7. hid
8. trip
9. kids

* We practiced our spelling words.

* We finished our Ff letter study.

* We read the book The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 69 and 70
Let’s Go 1 Workbook page 21





HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.

* Read What Did I See? (posted Sunday) and read and spell the 9 “short” i words above.

* Read I Went Walking (posted yesterday).

* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

 * I am sending home the Ff letter packet.  Please keep it at home and use it to study and practice the letters, pictures and words.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

3/23 Tuesday

TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Monday, March 22, 2010.
2. Today is Tuesday, March 23, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Wednesday, March 24, 2010.


* We read our story What Did I See?.  We matched what the girl saw with what she did.


* We read our next story; the title is I Went Walking.  These are the words:
I Went Walking
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a black cat looking at me.
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a brown horse looking at me?
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a red cow looking at me.
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a green duck looking at me.
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a pink pig looking at me.
I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a yellow dog looking at me.
I went walking.  What did you see?
I saw a lot of animals following me!


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


We identified these 10 words that begin with Ff:
1. father
2. feet
3. fan
4. fish
5. foot
6. fork
7. four
8. fence
9. fire
10. fox


We identified these 6 words that do not begin with Ff:
1. pencil
2. ketchup
3. duck
4. hen
5. jump
6. key


* We worked on these 4 actions:
1. count to ten
2. write the word
3. read a book
4. say the alphabet
We used them in the sentence "I can...".


* We read the book The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.  We practiced rhyming words, opposites, and foot (1) / feet (more than 1).  We do not say foots or feets!


* We finished this page:
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 20










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read What Did I See? (posted Sunday) and I Went Walking (words above).  Find which spelling words are in one or both of these stories!


* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be Thursday!


* Read and spell the 10 words above that begin with Ff and the 6 words above that do not begin with Ff.


* Read the 4 actions above and practice using them in the sentence "I can..." and then do what the action says.


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See you tomorrow!


Love, Miss Jessica

Monday, March 22, 2010

3/22 Monday

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


* We added last week's 10 spelling words to our alphabet word wall and we took off the words "a" and "I".  These words are too easy for us!


* We read our story What Did I See?.  We worked on the words slip and trip, which rhyme with Kip Went Zip words Kip, zip and sip!


* We practiced our spelling words.


* We worked on this conversation:
This is my friend, _____.
Hello, _____.
Hi.  Let's play!


* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 67 and 68










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences.


* Read What Did I See? and the 5 rhyming -ip words above.


* Complete the spelling words homework paper I am sending home today and return it to school tomorrow in your backpack envelope.  Our spelling test will be Thursday!


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See you tomorrow!


Love,
Miss Jessica

Sunday, March 21, 2010

3/21 Sunday

*** Thank you for the beautiful flowers, Rifaat and Shayma! ***


TODAY
* These are our 3 calendar sentences:
1. Yesterday was Saturday, March 20, 2010.
2. Today is Sunday, March 21, 2010.
3. Tomorrow will be Monday, March 22, 2010.


* We read our story Kip Went Zip.


* We read our new story What Did I See?.  These are the words:
What Did I See?
I went to the park.
What did I see?


I saw a slide.
Slip!


I saw a ball.
Kick!


I saw a duck walk.
Quack!


I saw a big hill.
I win!


I saw a tree.
I hid!


I saw a rock.  Oh, no.
Trip!


I saw kids.
Lucky me!


* We started working on this week's 10 spelling words.  They are:
1. by
2. did
3. he
4. looking
5. of
6. saw
7. she
8. walking
9. went
10. yes


* We finished Let's Go Let's Begin Unit 7: My Body!


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


We identified these 8 words that do begin with Ff:
1. father
2. feet
3. fan
4. fish
5. foot
6. fork
7. four
8. fence


We identified these 4 words that do not begin with Ff:
1. pencil
2. ketchup
3. duck
4. hen


* We started Let's Go 1 Unit 3: At the Store.


* We completed this page:
Let's Go Let's Begin Workbook page 63










HOMEWORK
* Read the 3 calendar sentences above.


* Read Kip Went Zip (posted last Sunday) and What Did I See? (words above).


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


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


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See you tomorrow!


Love, 
Miss Jessica