EVERY THURSDAY IS SPIRIT DAY

Be sure to dress your kids in their Little Sprouts

t-shirts every Thursday!

Letter Chants

A says A, Alligator, Alligator, A, A, A
B says B, Bee, Bee, B, B, B
C says C, Cat, Cat, C, C, C
D says D, Dog, Dog, D, D, D
E says E, Elephant, Elephant, E, E, E
F says F, Frog, Frog, F, F, F
G says G, Gorilla, Gorilla, G, G, G
H says H, Horse, Horse, H, H, H
I says I, Igloo, Igloo, I, I, I
J says J, Jack o’ Lantern, Jack o’ Lantern, J, J, J
K says K, Koala, Koala, K, K, K
L says L, Lion, Lion, L, L, L
M says M, Mouse, Mouse, M, M, M
N says N, Net, Net, N, N, N
O says O, Octopus, Octopus, O, O, O
P says P, Pig, Pig, P, P, P
Q says Q, Queen, Queen, Q, Q, Q
R says R, Rabbit, Rabbit, R, R, R
S says S, Snail, Snail, S, S, S
T says T, Turtle, Turtle, T, T, T
U says U, Umbrella, Umbrella, U, U, U
V says V, Valentine, Valentine, V, V, V
W says W, Witch, Witch, W, W, W
X says X, X-Ray, X-Ray, X, X, X
Y says Y, Yellow, Yellow, Y, Y, Y
Z says Z, Zebra, Zebra, Z, Z, Z

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Week of November 15, 2010

Author of the month: Laura Numeroff

Focus for the week ~ Letter Mm

Bible: "My lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit." Job 27:4

*M is for Mosquito.

Phonics & Handwriting: Letter Mm - Words that begin with Mm

Journal: Drawings of Mm words

Math: Money (coin) poem; Matching a number card to a set of objects; Naming a shape piece using 3 attributes (shape, color, & size); Identifying a missing piece in a matrix; Matching sets & numbers

Centers: Make Believe (dress-up); Mini name notebooks; Money bank painting; Muffin counting (If you give a Moose a Muffin); Match upper & lower case letters (If you give a Mouse a Cookie)

Creative Movement (Monday): Letter Mm activities

Music (Tuesday): rehearse for Christmas Program

Spanish (Tuesday & Thursday): Body Parts (worksheet in folder)

Reinforcement ideas for home:

1. Talk about items that start with the letter Mm

2. Review Mm Bible verse and practicing reading Mm book

3. Play "I Spy" with things that start with Mm

4. Review "big line + big line + big line + big line " (capital M) and "start with n + up and over + two bumps + down" (lowercase m)