Classroom Focus

Classroom Focus

Writing

We are ...

   - writing our first name using capital and lower case letters 
   - drawing pictures to tell a story
   - learning correct handwriting storks 

​Sight Words 

1st Six Weeks  

      I, a, see, can, we, like, the
2nd Six Weeks 
      am, in, go, my, went, me, to 
3rd Six Weeks 
      you, have, look, was, said, do, and 
4th Six Weeks 
       is, play, are, for, he, she, where
5th Six Weeks 

       this, what, here, little, of, has, with

Reading
We are...
- learning to love books 
- naming the characters and setting 
- answering questions about the story 
- building vocabulary
- retelling well known stories 
- telling a story from the pictures 

We are using the following steps to help us read. 

Good Beginning Readers...
1. look at the pictures. (eagle eye)
2. point to the words (voice print match)
3. say the first sound (lips the fish)
4. Recognize the sight words in a story
5. Recognize the pattern in the story (repetition) 

Phonics
We are ...
- learning the letter name and sounds 
- learning the beginning letter in our name and our friends names 

Math
We are ...
- identifying and building #'s 0-10

· - counting objects using one to one counting and an          organized method. 

· - exploring math manipulatives 
- - learning to write number 0-5  
- - using five frames to organize quantities 
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   Science

We are ...
  - learning how to use science tools 
  - using our five senses 
  - learning how to observe
  - mixing colors and recording our data


Social Studies
We are...
  - learning rules and norms 
  - naming authority figures 
  - exploring locations in the school building 
  - saying the US pledge and the Texas Pledge