What's Happening This Week----January 6th Through January 10th

I hope that everyone had a blessed Christmas .  I wish everyone a "Happy New Year!".

I want to thank everyone for all the wonderful Christmas gifts that I received .  What nice and thoughtful gifts.

Kindergarten

Phonics----The Kindergarten students will continue their study of the sound that the letter "Ff" makes----keyword----fish.  The students will learn that the letter "Ff" is a consonant letter.  Then, the students will learn the sound that the letter "Rr" makes----keyword----rabbit.  The students will learn that the letter "Rr" is a consonant letter.

Reading----The Kindergarten students will continue to read the "Sight Words".  The students will also read "Ff" words.  The "Ff" words to be read are:  fog, fat, fin, film, fist, flat, fill, flip, lift, off, soft, flag, if, fast, lift, flop, loft and sift.  Then, the students will read "Rr" words. The "Rr" words to be read are:  rip, ram, rag, rot, rat, rap, ran, trip, trap, trim, raft, ramp, grass, gram, grip, trot, raft and frog.  The students will read the booklet----"Frog Ran".

Handwriting----The Kindergarten students will print the letters "Ff" and "Rr".  The students will also print phonics words and sentences.

Math----The Kindergarten students will learn to "Identify and Write the Numbers 13, 14, 15 and 16" and "Number Patterns". 

Religion----The Kindergarten students will learn about "Christmas" and that "God Cares For Families".

Centers----The Kindergarten students will do "Play Dough Letters" and "Play Dough Words".

First Grade

Phonics----The First Grade students will study the sounds of "ar" as in star and ""wh"and "qu".

Reading----The First Grade students will read the stories----"Did You See Chip?" and "Tomas Rivera".  The booklet "Carmen Sells Stars" will also be read.

English----The First Grade students will learn about  "Nouns and Verbs" and "Pronouns and Verbs".

Spelling----The First Grade students will continue their study of words that have a "th" or "wh" sound in them.  The Spelling words are:  that, with, which, path, when, this, them, bath, whip, then, think and wheel.  The Special Writing words are:  where, what and who.  Then, the students will begin to study words with a "long Aa" sound.  The spelling words are:  came, make, brave, bake, take, name, late, gave, shape, game, parade and erase.  The Special Writing words are:  out, about and over.

Math----The First Grade students will study the numbers "One Less, One More", "Before, Between, After", "Compare Numbers", "Order Numbers" and "Even and Odd Numbers".

Religion----The First Grade students will learn about "Christmas" and "The Holy Spirit".

Centers----The First Grade students will do "Play Dough Words", "Addition Wheels", "Word Wheels" and "Flash Cards and Slide Word Cards".

Science----The students will learn about "Day and Night".

Social Studies----The students will learn about "Our Continent" and "Earth".