Wow! We had such a great week! We continued learning about real-life heroes by looking at different forms of transportation that are used in real life. We did a categorization activity looking at air, roads, rail, and water. Then we made our own Superhero transportation. We looked at Google Earth and all the places all around the world that we’re from before making some maps of our own to play with our transportation toys. We also did some activities in the hall learning how to move forward, backward, left, and right the way we would on a map.
In exciting Phonics news, everyone has made amazing strides in learning to read and write. The students who were not doing phonics for most of the year have begun learning simple sounds. Their sounds were: M, A, and S this week. The students who have been working on phonics all year have moved onto CVC words. We have been using various methods to segment and blend words as the initial stages of reading. Some students are already reading CVC words and that will continue to be built upon.
Next week on Wednesday our Alphabet Countdown begins with Adventure Day: Field Trip to the Lightning Man Experience. Please remember to dress your child in their school uniform to go on the trip. Please pack water, a snack, and a lunch that does not need to be microwaved as it will be a full-day trip.
Our Alphabet Countdown continues Thursday with B: Breakfast. We will have a special snack of fluffy pancakes at break time on Thursday. You can send a snack in case your child does not like pancakes but there is no need to provide a snack that day. The pancakes are made with: flour, milk, egg, butter, sugar, and baking powder. We will eat syrup on the pancakes. If there are dietary reasons your child cannot have this treat please let me know ASAP so I can make an alternate breakfast that everyone can enjoy.
That’s it for this week! Have a great weekend. Let’s cross our fingers that the rain passes us by and we finally see the sun. But if not, have a great time regardless and come back to school rested on Monday!
