Week of April 14-18

What a wonderful week in our room! It was so nice to see all of the kiddos again!

Writing thank you notes to the guest speaker we had in pod.

This week in reading we learned about the short "u" sound. We did several activities with the -ub and -un word families to help us learn about this short vowel. If you are able, it would be helpful to make flashcards of each short vowel to review at home. We will be reviewing these the rest of the year.
We focused on the ph and wh sounds as well this week. Next week we will be learning about all of the "l" blends.

Our short u books!

Writing was so much fun this week! We are really focusing on cleaning up our writing with spaces and punctuation. The kids have come so far as writers, it is so fun to read their stories!

Fun with sight words at our literacy centers!

In math this week we continued to work on building teen numbers using ten frames. We are really focusing on subtraction. If you have time at home, practicing the math facts with your child that were sent home over spring break will be very helpful!

Our tiny teen number books!

We began our Motion science unit this week. We talked about how we move on the playground and all of the types of movement we see. This week, we will learn about pushes and pulls and what the word force means.

Notes/reminders:

-sight words will be tested on Thursdays from now on

-spelling tests will be every Friday

-please send a water bottle to school with your child. With the weather getting warmer this is very helpful for the kids to stay hydrated. It also helps keep kiddos in the classroom during instructional time.

Have a great week!

Monica