Week of December 15th - December 19th

Kindergarten
This week students will work on rhyming, and identifying beginning, medial and ending sounds. They will also continue to work on language awareness through repeating and segmenting sentences. They will continue to notice language patterns through poetry and nursery rhymes.

First Grade
Students will continue to "give me 5" rhyming words following specific word family patterns. They will blend individual sounds together to form words and they will continue to work on identifying middle vowel sounds. Many students need extra practice distinguishing short vowel sounds in words, specifically determining the difference between /e/ and /a/. They will participate in a read-aloud on Thursday and they will reflect on the story in their journals.

Second Grade
Students will be staying in their classrooms this week, learning about Holidays Around the World. I am happy to share in this experience with Ms. Oliver's class. I will also be accompanying Ms. Beseth's class on Thursday while the students share their holiday spirits through caroling.

December 8th - December 12th

Kindergarten
This week students will continue identifying letters and sounds. They will listen for rhyming words and will isolate beginning and ending sounds in words. Students will also segment sounds and will learn about words through nursery rhymes and poems.

First Grade
This week students will continue to practice identifying sight words. They will "give me 5"; offering rhyming words within specific word families. Students will blend individual sounds together to form words as well as chop words into individual sounds. They will also practice substituting, adding, and deleting sounds and syllables in words.

Second Grade
This week students will be "mind readers" while practicing sight words. They will be working with prefixes and suffixes as well as isolating and blending sounds together. Students will continue to improve their writing and comprehension by responding to read alouds in their journals.

Reminder For All Grades: Friday is Pajama Day! Our "Roadmap to Reading" incentive plan is off to a good start. We are reading our way to Manila, Philippines. In celebration of our reading achievements, we will be watching and reading Polar Express on Friday. Remind your children to wear pajamas and get ready to jump aboard!