Weekly News (Nov. 11-15)

Even though it was a short week, it was a busy one!  Please pardon the abbreviated blog post this week.  I have been keeping busy working on progress reports and preparing for parent-teacher conferences.  I am looking forward to meeting with all of you!

Math

Counting by 10's up to 100.

Jolly Phonics
This week we learned the following sounds:
Vv as in "van"
oo as in "book"
oo as in "moon"

Please note that there are two different sounds for "oo."  The children also enjoyed watching a Jolly Phonics that reviewed all of the sounds the children learned in Book #5.

Literacy
The children enjoyed listening to several stories this week related to fall and Thanksgiving.  They also learned the sight word "go" and brought home a new sight word book that highlighted three different types of punctuation--a period, a question mark, and an exclamation point.  The children continued to practice their handwriting this week and did Writer's Workshop.  They also learned about acrostic poems and wrote their own acrostic poems for the the word THANKFUL.

Centers

Franklin's Thanksgiving

Roll-a-Turkey

Graphing fall foods

Practicing our teamwork and collaboration skills

Pattern blocks, counting, and cooperation

Thanks for reading!