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

Friday, November 12, 2010

Week of November 8, 2010

Author of the month: Laura Numeroff

Focus for the week ~ Letter Nn

Bible: "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19

*N is for Nightcrawler. We are to be "fishers of men" by telling people about Jesus so they want to know more about him.

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

Journal: Drawings of Nn words

Math: Identifying ordinal position to fourth; Ordering the numbers 0-10; Identifying a missing number; Creating and reading an ABB color pattern; Identifying pennies; Counting pennies

Centers: Using Geoboards to make rectangles, squares & the letter Nn; Name Necklaces; Mini Name Notebooks; Writing Numbers (lyrics are on the right column)

Creative Movement (Monday): Letter Nn activities

Music (Tuesday): Begin rehearsals for Christmas Program

Spanish (Tuesday & Thursday): vegetables, colors and alphabet (worksheets in the folders)

Reinforcement ideas for home:

1. Talk about items that start with the letter Nn

2. Review Nn Bible verse and practicing reading Nn book

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

4. Review "big line + little curve + little line" (capital N) and "down + up and over + one bump + down" (lowercase n)