Miss Jessica's 1A English class

5/2 Wednesday

2010-06-02T13:56:00.000+03:00

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

2010-06-02T06:50:00.000+03:00

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

2010-06-02T06:49:00.001+03:00

We continued working on Phonics Level K unit 3.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/30 Sunday

2010-05-31T06:56:00.002+03:00

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

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/27 Thursday

2010-05-31T06:55:00.001+03:00

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

2010-05-26T09:46:00.000+03:00

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

2010-05-25T09:42:00.001+03:00

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

2010-05-24T09:50:00.002+03:00

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

2010-05-23T12:03:00.001+03:00

*** 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

2010-05-22T16:25:00.000+03:00

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

2010-05-22T13:05:00.000+03:00

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

2010-05-18T12:38:00.001+03:00

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

2010-05-17T13:18:00.002+03:00

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

2010-05-16T07:15:00.003+03:00

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

2010-05-12T17:33:00.000+03:00

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

5/11 Tuesday

2010-05-11T13:03:00.002+03:00

TODAY
* We read Sweet Potato Pie.

* We read A Pet on a Jet. We reviewed the 3 types of ending punctuation:
1. period (.): Nell has a pet.
2. question mark (?): Who can help Nell?
3. exclamation point (!): Now up we go!

* We began our Vv letter study.
These pictures and words begin with Vv:
1. violin
2. vase
3. van
4. vacuum
5. vegetables
6. valentine
7. vest
8. vine

These pictures and words do not begin with Vv:
1. popcorn
2. queen
3. question mark
4. parrot
5. teeth
6. pencil

* We worked on these 8 opposites:
tall / short

young / old

pretty / ugly

thin / fat

We used them in sentences with He is / He's and She is / She's such as:
He's tall.
She's short.
He is short.
She is pretty.
He is thin.
She is young.

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K pages 141, 143 and 145
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 31

HOMEWORK
* Read Sweet Potato Pie.

* Read A Pet on a Jet and read the 3 sentences above and identify the ending punctuation.

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

* Read and spell the 8 opposites words and read the sentences.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/10 Monday

2010-05-11T06:46:00.003+03:00

There are no English classes today.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/9 Sunday

2010-05-11T06:46:00.001+03:00

There are no English classes today.

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See you Tuesday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/6 Thursday

2010-05-06T11:53:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were eating and swinging.

* We read Sweet Potato Pie.

* We read A Pet on a Jet.

* We worked on using he and she with these questions:
Who's she?
She's my...

Who's he?
He's my...

Who is he?
He is my father.

Who is she?
She is my grandmother.

Who is he?
He is my brother.

Who is she?
She is my sister.

* We worked on these 3 contractions:
1. who is = who's
2. she is = she's
3. he is = he's

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 140

HOMEWORK
* Read Sweet Potato Pie.

* Read A Pet on a Jet.

* Read the questions and answers above using he, she and family members.

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Have a great weekend!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/5 Wednesday

2010-05-05T12:40:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We finished our Cc, Rr and Ww letter review.

* We finished our Pp letter study!

* We read Sweet Potato Pie.

* We read our new story A Pet on a Jet. These are the words:
A Pet on a Jet

Nell has a pet.

They are going on a jet.

The cat can not go.

Who can help Nell?

Dad said to call the boss.

The pet can go in a box.

Now up we go!

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

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

These words begin with Qq:
1. queen
2. quilt
3. question mark
4. quiet
5. quarter

These words do not begin with Qq:
1. rocket
2. pony
3. cat
4. balloon
5. milk
6. dog
7. heart
8. puppet
9. rainbow

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 134, 135, 137, 138 and 139
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 30

HOMEWORK
* Read Sweet Potato Pie.

* Read A Pet on a Jet.

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

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/4 Tuesday

2010-05-04T12:39:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read A Big Job.

* We read Sweet Potato Pie and reviewed these 5 -s and 7 -ing words:
-s
1. bakes
2. potatoes
3. starts
4. stops
5. picks

-ing
1. chopping
2. washing
3. singing
4. swimming
5. swinging
6. coming
7. eating

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

* We practiced these 6 family members:
1. (baby) sister
2. mother
3. grandfather
4. father
5. (baby) brother
6. grandmother
We practiced when to use he and when to use she.

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

We identified these 12 pictures and words that begin with Pp:
1. pig
2. pin
3. pillow
4. pie
5. pan
6. penny
7. pretzel
8. popcorn
9. pot
10. pen
11. pony
12. puppy

We identified these 8 pictures and words that do not begin with Pp:
1. cow
2. watch
3. rake
4. cat
5. mouse
6. scissors
7. windmill
8. robot

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 128, 129, 131, 132 and 133

HOMEWORK
* Read A Big Job.

* Read Sweet Potato Pie and read and spell the 5 -s and 7 -ing words above.

* Complete the spelling words homework paper and return it to school tomorrow.

* Read and spell the 6 family members above.

* Read and spell the 12 words above that begin with Pp and the 8 words above that do not begin with Pp.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/3 Monday

2010-05-03T11:53:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read A Big Job.

* We read Sweet Potato Pie. We reviewed words ending in -s and focused on these 7 words ending in -ing:
1. chopping
2. washing
3. swimming
4. swinging
5. singing
6. coming
7. eating

* We sorted our spelling words by the number of letters and we practiced spelling them and using them in sentences.

* We finished our Rr letter study!

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 125 and 126

HOMEWORK
* Read A Big Job.

* Read Sweet Potato Pie and read and spell the 7 -ing words above.

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

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/2 Sunday

2010-05-02T12:35:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read A Big Job.

* We read Sweet Potato Pie. We identified these 5 words that end in -s:
1. picks
2. bakes
3. stops
4. starts
5. potatoes

* We worked with this week's 10 spelling words, which are:
1. help
2. said
3. start
4. who
5. cannot
6. can't
7. done
8. none
9. every
10. very

We found which of our words are in our stories and we practiced using them in sentences.

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

We identified these 15 pictures and words that begin with Rr:
1. rabbit
2. ring
3. rug
4. robot
5. ribbon
6. rain
7. rocket
8. rooster
9. rainbow
10. rake
11. road
12. roof
13. rope
14. rock
15. ruler

We identified these 5 pictures and words that do not begin with Rr:
1. comb
2. window
3. camel
4. duck
5. lion

* We practiced making "I can..." and "I cannot..."/"I can't..." sentences.

* We reviewed the letters Cc, Rr and Ww with these pictures and words:
Cc
1. cane
2. carrot
3. coat
4. comb

Rr
1. ring
2. rope
3. robot
4. rake

Ww
1. wagon
2. watermelon
3. watch
4. wig

* We worked on our family and focused on these 6 family words:
1. grandmother
2. mother
3. (baby) sister
4. grandfather
5. father
6. (baby) brother

* We practiced these 3 contractions using an apostrope (')
1. cannot = can't
2. she is = she's
3. he is = he's

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 127

HOMEWORK
* Read A Big Job.

* Read Sweet Potato Pie and read and spell the 5 words ending in -s above.

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

* Read and spell the 15 words above that begin with Rr and the 5 words above that do not begin with Rr.

* Make "I can..." and "I cannot..."/"I can't..." sentences.

* Read and spell the Cc, Rr and Ww review words above.

* Read and spell the 6 family words above.

* Read and spell the 3 contractions above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/29 Thursday

2010-04-29T15:59:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were playing and they.

* We read A Big Job.

* We read the new story Sweet Potato Pie. These are the words:
Sweet Potato Pie
Pa picks sweet potatoes one by one.

Why, oh, why?
Sweet potato pie!

Grandma bakes them till they're done.

Why, oh, why?
Sweet potato pie!

Gramps stops chopping.

Ma stops washing.

Tom stops swimming.
Why, oh, why?

Sis stops swinging.

Bob starts singing.

Come and get my sweet potato pie!

Everybody coming one by one.

Why, oh, why?
Sweet potato pie!

Everybody eating till there's none.

My, oh, my.
Sweet potato pie!

* We finished our Cc letter study!

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

We identified these 9 pictures and words that begin with Rr:
1. rabbit
2. ring
3. rug
4. robot
5. ribbon
6. rain
7. rocket
8. rooster
9. rainbow

We identified these 4 pictures and words that do not begin with Rr:
1. comb
2. window
3. duck
4. camel

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 118, 119, 120, 121, 123 and 124

HOMEWORK
* Read A Big Job.

* Read Sweet Potato Pie.

* Use the Cc packet to study and practice the letter, pictures, sounds and words.

* Read and spell the 9 words above that begin with Rr and the 4 words above that do not begin with Rr.

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Have a great weekend! See you Sunday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/28 Wednesday

2010-04-28T11:51:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read The Pots on the Top and we put it in our reading envelopes!

* We read A Big Job. We continued to work with words ending with -s and -ing.

* We sorted our spelling words by words with that have the letter i and words that do not have the letter i.

* We used our spelling words in sentences.

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

We identified these 13 pictures and words that begin with Cc:
1. corn
2. cow
3. cage
4. camel
5. car
6. comb
7. carrot
8. cake
9. cookies
10. cane
11. cupcake
12. cap
13. coat

We identified these 6 pictures and words that do not begin with Cc:
1. necklace
2. watch
3. bread
4. sandwich
5. wig
6. doll

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 115 and 117

HOMEWORK
* Read The Pots on the Top.

* Read A Big Job and find, spell and read the words that end in -s and -ing.

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

* Read and spell the 13 words above that begin with Cc and the 6 words above that do not begin with Cc.

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/27 Tuesday

2010-04-27T12:41:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read The Pots on the Top.

* We read A Big Job. We identified these words with -s and -ing endings:
-s
digs
gets
picks
beans
birds

-ing
singing
watering
filling
licking

* We sorted our spelling words by the first letter and practiced using them in sentences.

* We completed our Ww letter study!

* We sang The Family Song. These are the words:
The Family Song
This is my mother.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
This is my father.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
This is my sister.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
This is my brother.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.

* We worked on these 4 actions:
1. find my book
2. reach the bookshelf
3. see the board
4. hear the teacher
We used them with can and can't.
examples: I can find my book. / I can't find my book.

* We worked on these 4 I can/I can't sentences:
1. I cannot hear the teacher.
2. I cannot find my book.
3. I can see the board.
4. I can reach the bookshelf.

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

We identified these 6 pictures and words that begin with Cc:
1. corn
2. cow
3. cage
4. camel
5. car
6. comb

We identified these 2 pictures and words that do not begin with Cc:
1. necklace
2. watch

* We completed these pages:

Phonics Level K pages 112, 113 and 114
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 29

HOMEWORK
* Read The Pots on The Top.

* Read A Big Job and read and spell the -s and -ing words above.

* Complete your spelling words homework paper. Our spelling test will be on Thursday!

* Use the Ww packet I am sending home to study and practice the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

* Read/Sing The Family Song.

* Read the 4 actions above and use them in "I can..." and "I can't..." sentences.

* Read the 4 I can/I can't sentences above.

* Read the 6 words above that begin with Cc and the 2 words above that do not begin with Cc.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/26 Monday

2010-04-26T11:51:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read The Pots on the Top.

* We read our new story A Big Job and we found which of our spelling words are in the story. These are the words:
A Big Job
The sun is hot.
Birds sing.
Mom is singing too.

She digs and digs.
She does not stop.

Beans go in the dirt.

Mom is watering the beans.
Look at them go.
They do not stop.

Mom gets a pot.
She picks the beans one by one.

Mom is filling the pot to the top.
It is a big job.

Mom is licking her lips.
I am too.

It is time to eat.
We eat the beans one by one.

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

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

We identified these 12 pictures and words that begin with Ww:
1. wagon
2. walrus
3. watch
4. window
5. wig
6. watermelon
7. web
8. woodpecker
9. worm
10. wallet
11. water
12. wing

* We identified these 7 pictures and words that do not begin with Ww:
1. net
2. desk
3. bee
4. lizard
5. nut
6. dinosaur
7. nose

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K page 111
Let's Go Begin 1 Workbook page 28

HOMEWORK
* Read The Pots on the Top.

* Read A Big Job.

* Complete your spelling words homework paper. Our spelling test will be Thursday.

* Read and spell the 12 words above that begin with Ww and the 7 words above that do not begin with Ww.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/25 Sunday

2010-04-25T12:48:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Tadpole to Frog.

* We read The Pots on the Top. We reviewed the -ot, -op, and -og word families.

* We started working on this week's 10 spelling words, which are:
1. eat
2. them
3. got
4. hot
5. pick
6. picking
7. picks
8. sing
9. singing
10. sings

* We read All About Me. These are the words:
All About Me
I have legs to dance.
I have a nose to smell.
I have eyes to see.
I have lips to smile.

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

We identified these 6 pictures and words that begin with Ww:
1. wagon
2. walrus
3. watch
4. window
5. wig
6. watermelon

We identified these 2 pictures and words that do not begin with Ww:
1. net
2. desk

* We practiced this greeting:
It's nice to meet you.

* We practiced reading and writing these 4 sentences:
1. This is my mother.
2. This is my father.
3. This is my sister.
4. This is my brother.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 107, 108 and 109
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 27

HOMEWORK
* Read Tadpole to Frog.

* Read The Pots on the Top.

* Complete the spelling words homework paper. Our spelling test will be on Thursday!

* Keep All About Me at home and read it.

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

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/22 Thursday

2010-04-22T12:11:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were sees and seeing.

* We read Tadpole to Frog and The Pots on the Top.

* We continued our review of Dd, Ll and Nn.

* We continued to practice reading the 8 sentences with the words I, go, have and to that we worked on yesterday.

* We worked on reading these 4 sentences and putting them in order:
1. What are these?
2. They are gray markers.
3. How many gray markers?
4. Five gray markers.

* We practiced reading and writing these 4 questions and answers:
1. What color are these?
They are orange. They are orange pencils.

2. What color are these?
They are brown. They are brown books.

3. What color are these?
They are yellow. They are yellow rulers.

4. What color are these?
They are pink. They are pink erasers.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 104, 105 and 106

HOMEWORK
* Read Tadpole to Frog and The Pots on the Top.

* Keep Phonics Level K pages 103/104 at home and use it to practice and study the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

* Keep Phonics Level K pages 105/106 at home and practice reading the sentences.

* Read the 4 sentences about the gray markers above.

* Read the 4 "What color are these?" questions and answers above.

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Have a great weekend! See you Sunday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/21 Wednesday

2010-04-21T11:55:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read Tadpole to Frog.

* We read The Pots on the Top. We focused on these rhyming words:
-ot
pot
hot
got

-op
top
Pop
stop
hop
mop

-og
dog
jog

* We sorted our spelling words by words that have "ou", words that have "ing" and words that do not have "ou" or "ing".

* We continued our review of the letters Dd, Ll and Nn with these 6 words:
desk
duck

ladder
leopard

nail
nuts

* We reviewed the words I, go, have, and to with these 8 sentences:
1. I go to a lake.
2. I have a fishing rod.
3. I have a net.
4. I go to fish.
5. I go to a playground.
6. I have a bat.
7. I have a ball.
8. I go to hit the ball.

HOMEWORK
* Read Tadpole to Frog.

* Read The Pots on the Top. Read and spell the -ot, -op, and -og words above.

* I am sending home Phonics Level K pages 105/106. Please keep it at home and use it to study the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/20 Tuesday

2010-04-20T12:32:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Tadpole to Frog.

* We read our new story The Pots on the Top. These are the words:
The Pots on the Top
Come to Mom and Pop!
Stop by and eat!
See what they have!

Mom can make hot dogs.
Mom can make carrots.
But where are the pots?

Pop is looking.
He sees the pots.
They are on the top.

Can Pop get the pots?
He is going up to them.

The dog jogs by.
He hops on the ladder.

The dog is rocking Pop!
Pop is rocking the pots!

Mom got the pots.
Pop got the mop!

We found which of our spelling words (going, got, looking) are in the story.

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

* We completed our Nn letter study!

* We practiced using this question and answer structure:
What color are these?
They're (color).
They're (color) (shapes).

We practiced with these 7 examples:
What color are these?
They're pink.
They're pink circles.

What color are these?
They're yellow.
They're yellow diamonds.

What color are these?
They're blue.
They're blue triangles.

What color are these?
They're red.
They're red squares.

What color are these?
They're purple.
They're purple rectangles.

What color are these?
They're orange.
They're orange stars.

What color are these?
They're green.
They're green ovals.

* We sang the song What's This?. These are the words:
What's This?
What's this?
It's a blue CD.
What's this?
It's a red CD.
What are these?
They're green CDs.
How many CDs?
Ten!

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 100, 101, 102 and 103

HOMEWORK
* Read Tadpole to Frog and The Pots on the Top.

* Complete your spelling words homework paper. Our spelling test will be Thursday!

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

* Read the 7 "What color are these?" questions and answers above.

* Read/Sing the song "What's This?"; the words are above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica