September 22-26, 2025 i, u

 

(officially😂)

Hello and Happy Fall,

We had a great, long week of school last week and the students were pretty spent by Friday afternoon! They worked and played hard:). Many of the students are still figuring out that school is quite different from home and that listening, especially while in a large group, is very important! Any practice at home with focusing and following simple directions would benefit many! 👏

It will be an expectation going forward for the children to put their work in a 2 pocket folder after completion. Hopefully, their papers will make it home without being too crumpled! I gave one to each child. Please help your child and make sure it is in their backpack each day- THANK YOU!💕

Every Monday, we talk about what we did over the weekend and then the children "write" about it in their journals. At this stage they are drawing a representational picture. We are just starting to talk about labels and adding a letter to the picture if they know the first sound of something. It would be helpful if you could reflect upon your weekend with your child on Sunday evening or even Monday morning to help them formulate their answer. Believe me, it doesn't have to be anything super exciting! A simple "I played with my brother outside" or I went to a birthday party" is awesome!  Young children are still learning about the meanings of "yesterday, today and tomorrow" and this can help with that lesson.  

This week's reminders: 

• Monday- begin Module 1 in Wit and Wisdom!
• Wednesday- is a 1/2 day for all students
• Thursday- don't forget to send in library books!

This coming week, the children will...

Language Arts-

• learn to write, name and differentiate between the vowel sound of i, u, (both short and long sounds)- vowels are very tricky!
• continue to practice t, b, f, m, n
• practice trick words: I, like
• In Wit and Wisdom- We are beginning Module 1 this week and we will read this book by Margaret Miller
  
  The children will be diving deep into the 5 senses and learning new vocabulary. They will also be writing journal responses that will practice comprehension skills. These pages will come home at the end of our module.

here are the letters on which we will focus this week:

*please note the word association for the letter i is: itch (not my choice, believe me!😆)

These are not the best videos but it gives you the idea of how we teach the sounds and write the letters:)

Math-

• differentiate which group has less/more 
• practice writing numbers 0-5
• match numbers to quantities 
• sequence numbers 0-10
• draw or represent numbers 0-5

Social Emotional-

• learn how to use "self talk" as a strategy for remembering directions (Second Step lesson #4)
• learn the difference between expected and unexpected behaviors (Social Thinking lesson #5)
• review and practice what the H (honesty) in H.E.A.R.T looks like in a classroom and on the playground
• continue to review how to be a good friend and what it looks like at school
• practice independence and problem solving during work time

Science-

• continue to explore magnets and build marble runs 
• begin to learn about our 5 Senses and how we learn about our world using them

Here are some pictures from last week's fun!

Wild About Books Jungle Jam! A 120 (ish) 5 year olds having a wild animal dance party!

MATH CENTERS: matching numbers to quantities, match the marbles to the amount, filling letter n with numbers, reciting 5 Little Monkeys and counting backwards and rolling a die and building with that amount of blocks with a partner

Choice Time Fun!

MARBLE RUN FUN!

Painting a "Magic M"

Making Name Plates

Silly Monkeys

(practicing fine motor skills)

SCIENCE CENTER: exploring with magnets

LANGUAGE ARTS: using an alphabet arc to show understanding of letter sound correspondence, coloring our trick word and recognizing words that begin with m sound