Thursday, March 4, 2021

The songs below are what we use for our greeting circle. Your student will use these every morning to get ready for the day.

You will review the STAR, BALLOON, DRAIN, and PRETZEL breathing activities. Pick one to do for the day after reviewing them.

Commitment for the week: Have your child pick which commitment they would like to try for the day.

Parent Write the morning message on a sheet of paper large enough for your child to be able to circle and underline letters.

Today's Morning Message:

Pencils and markers are tools for writing.

• Say the Morning Message.
• Have child to write the sentence on paper.
• Invite child to help you build on your sentence.
• Ask questions to formulate their thoughts.
• What can you build? Who might help you? What materials might you use?
• Scaffold child additions until you have built a complex sentence(My friend and I can construct a new cabin in the block center,)

Letters of the week:

Review all 26 letters

Letters we have already learned and continue to work on:

Mm, Tt, Cc, Ff, Hh, Nn, Oo, Pp, Ee, Ff, Rr, Gg ,Ii, Ss, Kk, Bb, Ll, Aa, Dd, Vv, Ww, Zz, Jj, Qq, Uu, Xx,Y y

Read The Runaway Cookie Parade p. 209.

• Have your child play the parts of the animal cookies: a duck, a rabbit, a dog, a cat, a bear and a pony.
• Ask child what sound does a duck, a rabbit, a dog, a cat, a bear and a pony make.
• Have your child practice the movements described by the vocabulary words.
• Read the story. When you come to the description of the animal cookies' escape, have child stand and perform the actions described in the story.

1. writing your name
2. putting together name puzzle
3. practice saying the letters and sounds Pp,Ee,Ff,Rr,Gg,Kk,Ss,Ii,Oo,Aa,Cc.Tt,Mm,Ww,Zz Hh,Nn,Bb,Ll,Dd,Vv,Jj, Qq, Uu, Xx, Yy . Find these letters all over the house and discuss the sound each time.
   
4. Practice writing the letters (uppercase and lowercase)
   

• Fold a piece of paper in half.
• Write the numbers 0-10 on the paper.
• Empty a box of eight crayons on the floor.
• Ask child how many crayons are in the box.
• Have child point to the number 8.
• Point to any number on the paper and have child tell you what the number is.
• Continue until all the numbers have been name.