Miss Jessica's 1B English class

6/2 Wednesday

2010-06-02T13:53:00.000+03:00

1B will finish their Phonics Level K book and their Let's Go 1 books next year.

We are having a party tomorrow morning. Please bring food to help us celebrate!

I have loved my time with 1B this year and will miss you all so much!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

6/1 Tuesday

2010-06-02T06:48:00.000+03:00

We continued working on Phonics Level K unit 2 and we also worked on writing.

Please make sure students bring their backpacks to school.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/31 Monday

2010-06-02T06:46:00.001+03:00

We continued working on Phonics Level K unit 2.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/30 Sunday

2010-05-31T06:54:00.000+03:00

We are working on completing unit 2 of Phonics Level K.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/27 Thursday

2010-05-31T06:52:00.000+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

2010-05-26T09:33:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We continued our Xx letter study.

These words end with the letter Xx:
1. fox
2. box
3. ax
4. six

These words do not end with Xx:
1. hen
2. popcorn
3. vase
4. pot
5. cane
6. violin
7. pen

* We began our Yy letter study.

These words begin with Yy:
1. yo-yo
2. yarn
3. yard
4. yawn

These words do not begin with Yy:
1. penny
2. fox

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 155 and 156

HOMEWORK
* Read and spell the words above that do and do not end with Xx.

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

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Love you!

Miss Jessica

5/25 Tuesday

2010-05-25T09:35:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We finished reading See Me Write!.

* We began our Xx letter study.

These words end with x:
1. fox
2. box
3. ax
4. six

These words do not end with x:
1. hen
2. popcorn
3. vase
4. pot
5. cane

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K 151, 152 and 153

HOMEWORK
* Read See Me Write!.

* Read and spell the words above that do and do not end with x.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/24 Monday

2010-05-24T09:39:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We practiced these 4 words:
do
it
like
see

We worked on 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!
5. I see a paintbrush.
6. It has paint on it.
7. I know what to do.
8. I like to paint.

* 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 completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 149 and 150

HOMEWORK
* Read and spell the 4 words above and read the 8 sentences above with those words.

* Read See Me Write!.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/23 Sunday

2010-05-23T11:53:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We finished our Qq letter study!

* We finished our Vv letter study!

* We finished our review of the letters Pp, Qq and Vv.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 140, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 and 148

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/20 Thursday

2010-05-22T15:31:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Jog, Frog, Jog and Tadpole to Frog.

* We took our spelling test. Our 2 challenge words were see and sees.

* We continued out Qq letter study.

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 began our Vv letter study.

These words begin with Vv:
1. violin
2. vase
3. van
4. vacuum
5. vegetables
6. valentine
7. vest
8. vine

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

* 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 the family words father, mother, brother and sister.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K page 135, 137, 138, 139 and 141
Let's Go 1 Workbook pages 27 and 28

HOMEWORK
* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read Tadpole to Frog.

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

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

* Read and spell the Pp, Qq and Vv review words.

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Have a great weekend! See you Sunday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/19 Wednesday

2010-05-22T12:56:00.001+03:00

There are no English classes today. Our spelling test will be tomorrow.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/18 Tuesday

2010-05-18T12:32:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We finished our Pp letter study!

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* We read Tadpole to Frog and we used our words to tell Miss Jessica what the story tells us about tadpoles and frogs.

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

* We began our Qq letter study.

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

These words do not begin with Qq:
1. rocket
2. pony
3. cat
4. milk
5. dog
6. heart

* We practiced these questions and answers:
What are these?
They are gray markers.
How many gray markers?
Five gray markers.

* We worked with 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 rulers.
4. What color are these? They are pink. They are pink erasers.

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 134

HOMEWORK
* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read Tadpole to Frog.

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

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

* Read the 4 questions and answers above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/17 Monday

2010-05-17T13:10:00.002+03:00

TODAY

* We read "Jog, Frog, Jog" and "Tadpole to Frog". We used the stories to practice our spelling words.

* We practiced using our spelling words in sentences.

* We continued our Pp letter study.

These words begin with Pp:
1. pig
2. pencil
3. pin
4. pillow
5. pie
6. pan
7. penny
8. pretzel
9. popcorn
10. pot
11. pen
12. pony
13. puppy

These words do not begin with Pp:
1. cow
2. watch
3. rake
4. cat
5. mouse
6. scissors
7. windmill
8. robot

* We practiced answering the question "What color are these?" with these 7 answers:

1. They're pink circles.

2. They're yellow diamonds.

3. They're blue triangles.

4. They're red squares.

5. They're purple rectangles.

6. They're orange stars.

7. They're green ovals.

* We practiced the song "What's This?". These are the words:

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 132 and 133

HOMEWORK
* Read "Jog, Frog, Jog" and "Tadpole to Frog".

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

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

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

* Read the words to the song "What's This?" above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/16 Sunday

2010-05-16T13:04:00.003+03:00

TODAY
* We finished our Rr letter study!

* We finished our review of the letters Cc, Rr and Ww.

* We added these words to our alphabet word wall:
1. away
2. does
3. may
4. play
5. they
6. today

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog and Tadpole to Frog. We found our spelling words in the stories.

* These are this week's 10 spelling words:
1. into
2. here
3. jump
4. come
5. some
6. dog
7. fog
8. frog
9. jog
10. log

* We began our Pp letter study.

These words begin with Pp:
1. pig
2. pencil
3. pin
4. pillow
5. pie
6. pan

These words do not begin with Pp:
1. cow
2. watch

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 125, 126, 128, 129 and 131
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 26

HOMEWORK
* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read Tadpole to Frog.

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

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

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/12 Wednesday

2010-05-12T10:09:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* We read Tadpole to Frog. We focused on these words ending in -s:
1. eggs
2. legs
3. gets
4. does
5. tadpoles
6. frogs

* We continued our Rr letter study.

These words 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

These words do not begin with Rr:
1. comb
2. window
3. camel
4. duck
5. lion

* We reviewed the letters Dd, Ee and Ff.

* We read these sentences and drew pictures to go with them:
1. What's this? It is a chair.

2. What are these? They are crayons.

* We reviewed the letters Cc, Rr and Ww and these 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 completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 127

HOMEWORK
* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read Tadpole to Frog and read and spell the words ending in -s above.

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

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

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There are no English classes tomorrow because of Open Day.

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/11 Tuesday

2010-05-11T12:30:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* We read Tadpole to Frog. These are the words:
Tadpole to Frog
Here is some water.
Here are some eggs.

This is a tadpole.

Here come his legs!

His tail gets little.
His body gets plump.

Soon he's a frog.
Look at him jump!

Where does he go?
Into water, on logs.

We like to see tadpoles turn into frogs!

* We began our Rr letter study.

These words begin with Rr:
1. rabbit
2. ring
3. rug
4. robot
5. ribbon
6. rain
7. rooster
8. rainbow

These words do not begin with Rr:
1. comb
2. window
3. camel
4. duck

* We reviewed these letters and words:
Dd is for dog and diamond.
Ee is for elephant and egg.
Ff is for five and fish.

* We practiced these 8 questions and answers:
1. What's this?
It's a ruler.

2. What are these?
They're pencils.

3. What's this?
It's a book.

4. What's this?
It's a globe.

5. What are these?
They're pencils.

6. What are these?
They're crayons.

7. What are these?
They're erasers.

8. What are these?
They're markers.

* We completed this page:
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 25
Phonics Level K pages 121, 123 and 124

HOMEWORK
* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read Tadpole to Frog.

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

* Read and spell the Dd, Ee and Ff words above.

* Read the 8 questions and answers above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/10 Monday

2010-05-11T06:45:00.001+03:00

There are no English classes today.

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/9 Sunday

2010-05-11T06:44:00.000+03:00

There are no English classes today.

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See you Tuesday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/6 Thursday

2010-05-06T10:09:00.000+03:00

TODAY

* We completed our Cc letter study.

* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were bay and say.

* We read Lon and Ron.

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* We worked on these questions and answers:

What are these?

They are computers.

What is this?

This is a pencil case.

What is this?

This is a video game.

What are these?

They are CDs.

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 120

HOMEWORK

* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

* Read the questions and answers above.

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Have a great weekend!

Love,

Miss Jessica

5/5 Wednesday

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

TODAY
* We read Lon and Ron.

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog. We focused on these 5 words ending in -s:
1. likes
2. jogs
3. sees
4. stops
5. does

* We sorted our spelling words by those that rhyme and those that do not. We practiced spelling them and using them in sentences.

* We continued practicing "What is this?" / "It is a..." and "What are these?" / "They are..." questions and answers with these 5 questions and answers:

1. What are these?
They are CDs.

2. What is this?
It is a cell phone.

3. What are these?
They are computers.

4. What is this?
It is a video game.

5. What is this?
This is a pencil case.

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

These 13 words 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

These 6 words 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 118 and 119

HOMEWORK
* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read Jog, Frog, Jog and read and spell the 5 words ending in -s above.

* Read the 5 questions and answers above.

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

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/4 Tuesday

2010-05-04T10:07:00.002+03:00

TODAY
* We read Lon and Ron.

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog. We reviewed these 5 rhyming -og words:
1. jog
2. frog
3. dog
4. fog
5. log

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

* We finished our Ww letter study!

* We worked with these singular (1) and plural (more than 1) questions and answers:

singular (1):

What is this? / What's this?

It is a... / It's a ...

plural (more than 1):

What are these?

They are... / They're...

examples:
What's this?
It's a video game.

What are these?
They're computers.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 114, 115 and 117

HOMEWORK
* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read Jog, Frog, Jog and read and spell the 5 -og words above.

* Complete your spelling words homework paper.

* Read the singular and plural questions and answers above.

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

5/3 Monday

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

TODAY
* We read Lon and Ron.

* We read Jog, Frog, Jog. We worked with these 5 rhyming -og words:
1. jog
2. frog
3. dog
4. fog
5. log

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

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

We identified these 12 pictures and words beginning 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

HOMEWORK
* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read Jog, Frog, Jog and read and spell the 5 rhyming -og words above.

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

5/2 Sunday

2010-05-02T10:05:00.003+03:00

TODAY
* We read Lon and Ron.

* We read our new story Jog, Frog, Jog. These are the words:
Jog, Frog, Jog
This is a frog.
The frog likes to jog.

He jogs in the day.
He jogs in the night.

Oh, oh! This is a dog.
The dog does not like frogs.
The dog sees the frogs!

Jog, frog, jog!

Jog in the water!
Jog in the fog!

Go, frog, go!
Jog into the log!

The log stops the dog.
Jog, frog! Jog around that dog!

Poor dog!

* We worked with this week's 10 spelling words, which are:
1. does
2. into
3. they
4. like
5. likes
6. away
7. day
8. may
9. play
10. today

* 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 completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 107, 108, 109 and 111
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 24

HOMEWORK
* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read Jog, Frog, Jog.

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

* 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

4/29 Thursday

2010-04-29T14:55:00.001+03:00

TODAY

* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were day and way.

* We read How Many Fish?.

* We read Lon and Ron.

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

* We practiced these singular (1) and plural words (more than 1):

CDs

cell phone

cell phones

video game

video games

computer

computers

* We practiced reading and writing these 4 sentences:

1. It is a video game.

2. They are cell phones.

3. They are CDs.

4. It is a computer.

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

HOMEWORK
* Read How Many Fish?.

* Read Lon and Ron.

* Read the 8 I/have/go/to sentences above.

* Read and spell the 8 singular and plural words above.

* Read the 4 sentences above.

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Have a great weekend! See you Sunday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/28 Wednesday

2010-04-28T09:28:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read How Many Fish?.

* We read Lon and Ron. We worked on the 3 types of ending punctuation:
1. period (.): This is Bob.
2. exclamation point (!): He does not!
3. question mark (?): Will Bob get Lon and Ron?

* We sorted our spelling words by words that rhyme (away, may, play, say, today, they) and words that do not rhyme.

* We practiced using our spelling words in sentences.

* We completed our Nn letter study!

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

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level pages 102 and 104

HOMEWORK
* Read How Many Fish?.

* Read Lon and Ron and read the 3 sentences above and identify the ending punctuation.

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

* Use the Nn packet and Dd/Ll/Nn review paper to study and practice the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/27 Tuesday

2010-04-27T10:08:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read How Many Fish?

* We read Lon and Ron. We focused on these 8 words with the "short" o sound (like octopus):
Lon
Ron

not
pot
pots

rocks
locks

hop

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

* We practiced reading and writing these 4 questions and answers:
1. How many pencils? Six pencils.
2. How many markers? Five markers.
3. How many bags? One bag.
4. How many erasers? Four erasers.

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

We identified these 10 pictures and words that begin with Nn:
1. nest
2. nuts
3. net
4. nose
5. needle
6. necklace
7. nail
8. nine
9. night
10. nurse

We identified these 6 pictures and words that do not begin with Nn:
1. dish
2. lamp
3. lock
4. tape
5. lamb
6. owl

* We practiced singular (1) and plural (more than 1) objects with these 8 items:
CD (1)
CDs (more than 1)

video game (1)
video games (more than 1)

cell phone (1)
cell phones (more than 1)

computer (1)
computers (more than 1)

* We reviewed the letters Dd, Ll and Nn with these pictures and words:
door
deer
duck
desk

lizard
lion
ladder
leopard

needle
nose
nail
nuts

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 101 and 103
Let's Go 1 Workbook page 23

HOMEWORK
* Read How Many Fish?.

* Read Lon and Ron and read and spell the 8 words above.

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

* Read the 4 questions above.

* Read and spell the 10 words above that begin with Nn and the 6 words above that do not begin with Nn.

* Read and spell the 8 singular and plural objects above.

* Read and spell the Dd, Ll and Nn words above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/26 Monday

2010-04-26T09:28:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read How Many Fish?.

* We read Lon and Ron. We worked on the -ock words lock and rock and adding "s" to make them locks and rocks. These are the sentences from our story:
The pigs get big rocks.
They get three big locks.

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

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

We identified these 7 pictures and words that begin with Nn:
1. nest
2. nuts
3. net
4. nose
5. needle
6. necklace
7. nail

We identified these 4 pictures and words that do not begin with Nn:
1. dish
2. lamp
3. lock
4. tape

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 99 and 100

HOMEWORK
* Read How Many Fish?.

* Read Lon and Ron and read and spell the -ock words above.

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

* Read and spell the 7 words above that begin with Nn and the 4 words above that do not begin with Nn.

~~~~~

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/25 Sunday

2010-04-25T10:12:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read How Many Fish?.

* We read our new story Lon and Ron. These are the words:
Lon and Ron
This is Bob.
Will Bob get Lon and Ron?

Lon and Ron have pots.
They have water in the pots.

Bob does not get Lon and Ron.

The pigs get big rocks.
They get three big locks.

Will Bob get Lon and Ron?

The pigs see Bob hop.
Will Bob get Lon and Ron?

He does not!

* We started working on this week's 10 spelling words, which are:
1. does
2. many
3. stop
4. they
5. this
6. away
7. may
8. play
9. say
10. today

* We finished our Dd letter study!

* We worked on reading and writing these 5 questions and answers:
1. How many books? 2 books
2. How many markers? 5 markers
3. How many notebooks? 3 notebooks
4. How many crayons? 7 crayons
5. How many pencil cases? 1 pencil case

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

We identified these 6 pictures and words that begin with Nn:
1. nest/nests
2. nuts
3. net
4. nose
5. needle
6. necklace

We identified these 2 pictures and words that do not begin with Nn:
1. dish
2. lamp

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 95 and 96

HOMEWORK
* Read How Many Fish? and Lon and Ron.

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

* Keep the Dd packet at home and use it to study and practice the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

* Read the 5 questions and answers above.

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

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/22 Thursday

2010-04-22T11:55:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We took our spelling test! Our 2 challenge words were in and on.

* We read Fish Mix and How Many Fish?.

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

We identified these 8 pictures and words that begin with Dd:
1. dog
2. door/doors
3. dime
4. desk
5. doll
6. duck
7. deer
8. dinosaur

We identified these 6 pictures and words that do not begin with Dd:
1. lemon
2. goat
3. leaf
4. book
5. lock
6. key

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K 89
Let's Go 1 Student Book page 23

HOMEWORK
* Read Fish Mix and How Many Fish?.

* Read and spell the 8 words above that begin with Dd and the 6 words above that do not begin with Dd.

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Have a great weekend! See you Sunday!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/21 Wednesday

2010-04-21T09:27:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read Fish Mix.

* We read How Many Fish?. We continued to work on the 3 kinds of ending punctuation:
1. period (.): Poor yellow fish lost its way.
2. exclamation point (!): One happy fish on its way!
3. question mark (?): How many feet?

* We sorted our spelling words by those that rhyme and those that do not rhyme and we practiced using our spelling words in sentences.

* We finished our Ll letter study!

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

We identified these 7 pictures and words that begin with Dd:
1. dog
2. door/doors
3. dime
4. desk
5. doll
6. duck
7. deer

We identified these 4 pictures and words that do not begin with Dd:
1. lemon
2. goat
3. book
4. leaf

* We completed this page:
Phonics Level K page 90

HOMEWORK
* Read Fish Mix.

* Read How Many Fish? and read the 3 sentences above and identify the ending punctuation.

* Please keep the Ll letter packet at home and use it to practice the letters, pictures, sounds and words.

* Read and spell the 7 words above that begin with Dd and the 4 words above that do not begin with Dd.

* Our spelling test will be tomorrow!

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/20 Tuesday

2010-04-20T10:07:00.001+03:00

TODAY
* We read Fish Mix and How Many Fish?. We focused on the 3 kinds of ending punctuation:
1. period (.)
Six little fish in the bay.

2. exclamation point (!)
One happy fish on its way!

3. question mark (?)
How many fish?

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

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

We identified these 12 pictures and words that begin with Ll:
1. lion
2. lock
3. lamb
4. ladder
5. leaf
6. lemon
7. lizard
8. leg
9. log
10. letter
11. lips
12. lamp

We identified these 8 pictures and words that do not begin with Ll:
1. five
2. game
3. fan
4. kite
5. goat
6. jar
7. goose
8. bird

* We sang and filled in missing numbers for a song called How Many?. These are the words:
How Many?
Crayons, markers, pencil case, pencil case.
Crayons, markers, pencil case, pencil case.
2 crayons, 4 markers, 1 purple pencil case.
How many crayons? 2 crayons.
How many markers? 4 markers.
How many purple pencil cases? 1 purple pencil case.

* We completed these pages:
Phonics Level K pages 88, 89, 91 and 93

HOMEWORK
* Read Fish Mix and How Many Fish? and read the sentences with the 3 types of ending punctuation above.

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

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

* Read/Sing the song How Many? above.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica

4/19 Monday

2010-04-19T09:23:00.000+03:00

TODAY
* We read Fish Mix and How Many Fish?. We found our spelling words in the stories and worked on the -ay and -ish word families.

* We sorted our spelling words by those that end in -ay (and rhyme!) and those that do not end in -ay and practiced using them in sentences.

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

We identified these 10 words and pictures that begin with Ll:
1. lion
2. lock
3. lamb
4. ladder
5. leaf
6. lemon
7. lizard
8. leg
9. leaf
10. log

We identified these 6 words and pictures that do not begin with Ll:
1. five
2. game
3. fan
4. kite
5. goat
6. jar

HOMEWORK
* Read Fish Mix (posted last Sunday) and How Many Fish? (posted yesterday).

* Complete the spelling words homework paper.

* Read and spell the 10 words above that begin with Ll and the 6 words above that do not begin with Ll.

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See you tomorrow!

Love,
Miss Jessica