Week of September 19th

This week we have been learning so many things! But the best part is, the kids are having so much fun they don't even know they are learning a thing!

The letter of the week is Cc...ask your child to make the c sound for you. It is an unvoiced sound and they have been told to correct YOU if you make the Cc sound voiced: /k/- correct, /kuh/- not correct!!! We have been sorting and listening to words that have the initial C sound. We are also beginning to "use our sounds" to write simple CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words such as cat and hat. We are learning the alphabet chant which teaches the sounds for each letter. To incorporate movement, we are learning the signs for each letter.

We continue to work on our 5 senses, focusing on the sense of smell and the sense of touch. We began the week smelling scents in bottles and recording our predictions on a chart. We will finish the week playing "feely sock" games in which the students use solely their sense of touch to predict what they are feeling. (And yes, we use the word "prediction" in the classroom!)

8 is the lucky nmber of the week! This number is particularly difficult to learn to write. I am teaching them to begin by writing an S and then connecting the two ends. We are revisiting the number 4, as well, and learning that 4 + 4 = 8. We will continue to focus on the numbers 1-10 for the next couple of weeks. During calendar time, however, we count up to the number of days we've been in school thus far (32). We also count by fives up to that number.

To continue on with the letter Cc, we talked about the word CREATE and then used pipe cleaners to create anything we wanted. Students then dictated what they created and we displayed all creations on the art wall.

Homework will continue to be bringing in a word, object or picture of something that has the initial sound that corresponds with the letter of the week. All students who bring something in will receive "treasure box" on Friday's. As much as I LOVE and adore pictures that the students draw themselves to contribute to the letter of the week collection, I am not able to put those pictures in the letter of the week book as they aren't always distinguishable...please encourage your child to hunt around their environment for pictures, objects or words!