May 14 – 18

Upcoming Events

 

Important Announcements:

Sight Word of the Week
We will be identifying lower case alphabet letters and beginning to read simple sight words. This week our sight words are: go, up and down . We will read and discuss the sight word book “We Go”. We will review previous sight words: this, no, it, have, big, small, he, she,we, I, see, here, is, a, an, and the.

Environmental Print

Please look through magazines, newspapers, food labels, etc. for the sight words of the week: go, up, and down . Cut out two or three samples of the words and glue them in the Environmental Print Journal on the designated page.

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If you can’t find the words in large print, cut out the section and have your child circle the word with a marker.

IB Unit of Inquiry

• Basic needs of plants and animals
• How plants and animals depend on humans
• How to care for pets at school and home..

 

Books:

• What Lives In The Garden
• The Grouchy Ladybug
• What Is An Insect?
• Where Do Insects Live?
• What Do Insects Do?
• Honeybees

 

Centers

Language:

• Practice reading and writing our last name
• Worksheet – write the sight words: go,  up, and down
• Worksheet – cut and paste – matching beginning sounds
• Worksheet – read and color the color word pictures
• Sight word book  – We Go
• Worksheet – Sight words  Word Search

Art:

• Numbers For Me booklet

Math:

• Monkey Math – simple addition facts – students hang an equal number of bananas from each hand to balance the monkey
• Sorting -  sort the insects
• Flower Pots – string the correct number of flower beads on the numbered stem

 

Manipulatives:

• Insects floor puzzle
• Florist/Flower Shop
• Magnetic Mosaics
• Honeycomb Game
• Ladybug Alphabet puzzles – matching upper and lowercase letters
• Word Building Puzzle – 3 letter words
• Play-Doh

Co-Curricular Classes:

Art

 

Music

 

Physical Education

 

Spanish

Technology