Thursday, September 21

  

Thursday, September 21

Phonics: Vowels
Vowel sounds are made by vibrating our vocal cords and letting air flow freely out of our mouths. When we make a vowel sound, our lips might be rounded like this /oo/, or wide open like this short vowel sound /o/, or smiley like this long vowel sound /e/.
Today, thee kids will determine whether a sound I say is a vowel or consonant sound. I will encourage them to think about whether their tongue or lips or teeth touch, or if they are just changing the shape of their lips.
/fff/,  /aaa/,  /p/,  /nnn/,  /ooo/,  /ch/,  /d/,  /k/,  /eee/
**We will also practice making letters with curves and lines:
D, P, B, R

Handwriting: Tall and Short Line Down Review
(We did not get to this yesterday.)

KinderLiteracy
Using actions, the kids will review the vocabulary words (delight, waddling, spotted, sigh, and skid) that are in the story, Huggapotomus. Next, we will will compare/contrast the stories, Huggapotomus to The Crayon Box That Talked, to see what similarities and differences there are between the two.

KinderMath: Ordering Numbers 0-5 
(We did not get to this yesterday.)

Referring to the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, the kids will be working on lining up the paper beds 0-5 and placing that number of 'monkeys' on each bed. Next, they will line the beds from 5-0 and put the corresponding number of monkeys on each bed. This lesson helps develop Collaborative Number Sense.

Bus Safety 
Cross in front of the bus safely and obey the bus driver at all times.

                                                                Music Class Today

~The kids learned some very important bus safety rules yesterday! 

~Spirit Day tomorrow! Go Irish!!