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Reading: Now that we know our letters and sounds, we are blending those sounds together to read words. For example, /c/ /a/ /t/ would be read "cat." This is a skill we will work on throughout the entire year. The students are doing a great job blending those sounds together! We are really good at hearing the beginning sounds of words, so now we are listening for the ending sounds of words. The sight words we are learning this week are you and your. We have opportunities to read these words in our guided reading books. Thank you for reading them at home! :)

Reading Centers: While Miss Rashid and I are working with small groups, the other students are participating in a reading center to help them improve their reading skills. These are the reading centers students are visiting this week:

Turkey Story: The students write a sentence about a turkey on a turkey template and will then color the template and cut it out. We are hanging these in our room so they will not come home right away! :)
Sight Word Papers: The students fill in the blank with a sight word and then practice reading the sentences. The picture clues will help them with words they do not know! The sight words students will be using are "see" and "you."
Spinner Counting Game: Two students play this game! Students spin the spinner and then count out the appropriate number of counters and place them on their grid. They continue taking turns until one person fills up his grid, and that person is the winner. Students will then practice writing to 30.
Sight Word Book: Students circle the sight words and then read the book. They can also color the pictures. We keep these books in our desks and practice reading them during our free time. The book we are reading this week is called "I Like."
Spelling Flip Book: Students look at a picture and then try to sound out that word. They flip the letter cards to the correct letters to spell the word and then write the word on their paper.
Pocket Chart: Students sequence events from the popular story, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Chinese: Students work with Miss Yang to learn some words in Chinese!

Math: We are learning about shapes this week. We are making a shape book to help us remember the names of the shapes. This week we will talk about circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. We are writing our numbers to 30.

Writing: We write in our journals every week. We are doing our best to put our thoughts into words. The students are sounding out words the best that they can and are writing down the sounds they hear. We are trying very hard to remember a period at the end of our sentence! :) At this point in time, we are writing one sentence in our journal. As the year goes on, we will write more! This week we are writing the letters Y and Z in our handwriting books. We are also learning how to write our last names.

Thank you for all of your help at home! As parents, you are your child's first teacher, and all of your hard work is greatly appreciated by me! :) Please continue reading to your child every day. It is one of the most important things you can do to help your child develop a love of reading! Keep reading those library books each night and sending them back to school every day! :)

~Mrs. Hunerdosse~

IMPORTANT DATES:

**November 17: Mrs. Mueller will come to our classroom and teach us about objects that sink and float.

**November 18: Book Orders are Due

**November 23-25: THANKSGIVING BREAK- NO SCHOOL!

**November 30: Early Dismissal (1:00)

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KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORDS

look
see
for
on
I
the
he
she
me
we
be
was
to
do
are
all
you
your

JOLLY PHONICS LETTERS/SOUNDS: (Listed in the order that they are introduced to students)

Ss: Weave your hand in an "s" motion like a snake, saying ssssssss
Aa: Wiggle fingers above your elbow as if ants were crawling on you, and say a,a,a!
Tt: Students imitate watching tennis, turning their head from side to side and saying t,t,t
Ii: Pretend to be a mouse by wiggling your fingers on the end of your nose (whiskers) and squeak i,i,i
Pp: Hold up your pointer finger in front of your mouth as though it were a lit candle, and imagine puffing it out saying p
Nn: Hold out arms as if an airplane nose diving, and say nnnnnnnnnn
Cc and Kk: Raise hands and snap fingers together as if playing castanets and say k,k,k (This is the same motion for both the letter Cc and Kk)
Ee: Pretend to hold an egg with one with one hand as if cracking it against the side of a bowl. Use both hands to open the shell and say e,e,e
Hh: Act as if panting after a race, holding your hand up to your mouth and saying h,h,h
Rr: Pretend to be a puppy pulling on a rag, with your teeth clenched shaking your head saying r,r,r
Mm: Rub your tummy, seeing tasty food saying mmmmm
Dd: Pretend to hold drum sticks and beat up and down on a drum saying d,d,d
Gg: Pretend your hand is water going round and round down the drain saying g,g,g gurgle
Oo: Pretend you are turning a lightswitch on and off saying o,o,o
Uu: Keep one hand steady and raise the other as if putting up an umbrella, saying u,u,u
Ll: Pretend to lick a lollipop, saying l,l,l
Ff: Place one hand above the other. Lower the top hand as if an inflatable fish is deflating, and say f,f,f,f
Bb: Place hands together as if holding a bat and pretend to hit a baseball saying b,b,b
Jj: Pretend to be jello and wobble saying j,j,j

Zz: Pretend to be a bee, with elbows in and hands flapping saying zzzzzzzzz

Ww: Blow into your open hands like the wind, saying w,w,w,

Vv: Pretend to be driving along in a van, saying vvvvvvv

Yy: Pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon, saying y,y, yogurt with each spoonful

Xx: Pretend to take an x-ray with an x-ray camera, saying ks, ks, ks

Qu: Make a duck's beak by using both of your hands and say qu,qu,qu, quack (quilt)

Ai: Cup your hand over your ear, as if hard of hearing, and say /ay/? (pail)

Oa: Bring your hand up to your mouth as if something is wrong and say oh! (goat)

Ie: Stand to attention and salute, saying I, I (pie)

Ee/Or: Pretend to be a donkey braying, saying eeyore, eeyore. Put your hands up by your head like they are donkey ears. The ears go up when you say "ee" and they go down when you say "or." (feet) (fort)

Ng: Pretend to be a weightlifter, bringing your arms above your head saying ng...... (strong)

OO: This makes two sounds: cook and coo. Imagine being the cuckoo in a cuckoo clock. Put your head forward and back saying the call of a cuckoo: u, oo; u, oo

Ch: Pretend to be a steam train, moving the arms like piston rods saying ch...ch...ch... (chop)

Sh: Place index finger over lips and say sh...... (ship)

Th: This makes two sounds: that and thin. Student pretends to be a little rude by sticking out their tongue a litte and saying th (as in that), and then pretends to be very rude by sticking their tongue further out and saying th (as in thin)

Ou: Pretend your finger is a needle, and prick your thumb saying ow! (ouch)

Oi: Cup hands around your mouth as if hailing a pssing boat, and say oi! oi! ship ahoy! (foil)

Ue: Point to different people around you and say, you...you...you (fuel)

Er: Roll hands over and over each other, and say er, er, er (swimmer)

Ar: Flap hands as if a seal and say ar, ar, ar (star)


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