Sunday, December 13, 2015

What's Happening This Week-----December 14th Through December 18th

Kindergarten

Phonics----The students will continue their study of the sound that the letter "Ff" makes---keyword---fish.  Then, the students will learn the sound that the letter "Rr" makes---keyword----rabbit.
Reading----The students will be reading phonics words, phonics words lists and the phonics booklet-----"Stan's Pigs".
Handwriting----The students will be printing the letters "Ff" and "Rr".  The students first names and phonics words will continue to be printed.
Math----The students will be learning about "Tally Marks, Tally Charts and Pictographs".  The students will learn to "Identify, Write and Count 11, 12, 13 and 14".
Religion----In Chapter 15, the students will learn that "God Chooses Mary" to be the Mother of His Son, Jesus.
Science----The students will learn about "Night and Day" sky.
Social Studies----The students will learn about "Earth----Water and Land".
Crafts----The crafts this week will be centered around the "Mary, Advent and the Christmas" theme.

Just a Reminder:  The Kindergarten Class will be having a gift exchange at the Class Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 22nd at 9:30.  The boys are to bring a $5 gift marked "Boy" and the girls are to bring a $5 gift marked "Girl".  Thank you for your help in this matter.

The theme for the Kindergarten Italian Feast Basket is "Anything Dr. Seuss". 

First Grade

Phonics----The students will learn about-----"Contractions", "The Letter Yy", "The Letter Xx", "oo"---as in hook and "oo" as in tooth and "sh" as in shark.
Reading----The students will be reading the story-----"On the Way to the Pond" and the booklet----Let's Play".
Writing----The students will be writing stories with Christmas characters.
Handwriting----The students will be printing the letters----"Yy", "Xx", "Oo" and "Ss"
English----The students will be learning about "Contractions" and "Words That Look the Same".
Spelling----In Unit 19, the students will learn words that are spelled with a "th" or "wh" sound.  This week's spelling words are: that, with, which, path, when, this, them, bath, whip and then.  The Challenge words are:  think and wheel.  The Special Words are:  where  what and  who.  This week's spelling test will be on Friday, December 18th.

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