During letter J week, we mastered the letter J and had a joyful time!
Reading/Writing/Drawing: The J Book, Jellyfish, and Jaguar’s Jungleberry Jamboree. The Zoophonic for the letter J is: jellyfish (jerry jellyfish): Move in a jelly-like fashion (shake like jelly), or move hands and arms up and down in front of you. Whichever you do, keep hands and arms in front and not to the sides. Say the letter sound /j/. Ask your child to show you the motion and sound for Jerry the Jellyfish! The class learned to write the letter J by starting at the top make a big line down then make a little curve, lift your crayon back to the top and draw a little line across.
Science/Math: The class enjoyed our science lesson and learned many interesting facts about the jellyfish. Did you know that jellyfish have no brain, no blood, and no nervous system but can still see, identify their prey and digest food? Pretty cool! In math we practiced counting by 1’s and 10’s as well as number recognition.
This week with letter D our themes were: Dolphins, Dinosaurs, Dancing, Drawing and Donuts with Daddy!
Reading/Writing/Drawing: We read: There Is A Dolphin In The Grand Canal, How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon, Just Me & My Dad and Detective Dog & the Disappearing Donuts. Although it was a short week, we learned to identify, sound and write D-start with a big line down, then lift crayon and go back to the top for a big curve down. The Zoophonic for letter D is: d—deer (deedee deer):Use two fingers of each hand to form deer ears on your head and say the letter sound /d/. For drawing practice, each child drew a portrait of their Daddy which we paired with an adorable poem each child wrote of their Dad for Thursday. We also drew four pictures starting with the letter D for our drawing journals.
Science/Math Skills: We learned many “distinguishing” facts about the dolphin. We had the most fun creating the different sounds a dolphin makes for communication! The class had a great discussion on the various reasons a dolphin would need to communicate via squeaking, whistling or slapping their tail on the surface of the water. Dolphins communicate for purposes of identification, warning each other of danger/predators or to share that there is food nearby (i.e. school of fish). In math, your children continue to work on counting by ones and tens as well as number recognition.
Of course, the highlight of the week was Donuts with Daddy. The kids really enjoyed having their loved ones in class and showing them all the exciting things we do in school. It was a memorable morning-Thank you Daddies for joining us!
Next Week….Letter P! Have a great weekend!
Joyfully,
Ms. Erin