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Week of March 9-13, 2026
Literacy:
Fundations:
This week in Fundations, we practiced blending and segmenting words with short and long vowels. We are working on identifying which is which ("A short vowel says its sound; a long vowel says its name"). We practiced writing words with short vowels.
We also worked on writing dictated sentences this week. We are working on remembering that all sentences start with a capital letter, have lowercase letters for the rest, spaces between words, and an endmark.
We also practiced a few reading strategies: blocking off ends of words to help with blending a word to read, and going back and re-reading a sentence smoothly when our reading is "bumpy."
In our Fundations groups, we continued to practice reading decodable texts that are a good fit for each student.
Heggerty:
During Heggerty (our phonological awareness program), we practiced isolating and identifying the beginning sound in words containing blends (fl, sl, pl, etc.) We continued to practice isolating the middle sound of a word by riding a "roller coaster" (the hill is the middle vowel sound). We also practiced differentiating between short and long vowel words during this time. We also practiced adding, removing, and changing the first sound in a word.
Introduced Snap Words: the, a, and, are, to, is, his, an, am, can, as, has, was, he, be, me, we, she I, you, see, like or, for, from, my, by, do no, so, and go.
Introduced Letters: All!
In EL Literacy, we re-read Come On, Rain! and practiced identifying the story elements of characters, setting, problem, and solution. We drew and wrote about the problem and solution and practiced adding detail and information to our drawings. We also listened for and identified vocabulary words describing the hot weather in the beginning of the story, and the cool, wet weather in the second half of the story. We acted the words out to help us add them to our vocabulary.
Mathematics:
This week in math, we reviewed 2-D and 3-D shapes and their attributes this week. We worked on identifying and sorting shapes by different attributes.
We also practiced measuring by using different units of measurement to measure our feet.
We continued our March Number Corner; our calendar is focusing on ways to make ten. We've also continued to graph March's weather using lion vs. lamb days. We're working on counting on, counting backwards, and recognition of numbers 11-30 on our number line.
Work Places:
-Missing Numbers 1-20 or 1-100
-Longer/Shorter Compare & Measure
-Snowman Measuring
-Foxes & Dens Addition Game
-Domino Addition
Literacy Centers:
The Mitten Mini-Book
How-To Build a Snowman Writing
Mitten CVC Write the Room
"Snowball" in our Poetry Journals
Am word snowmen
Choice:
Art Area: Leprechaun trap creations
Writing Center: Cards, gel pens, search-and-finds, Dr. Seuss coloring sheets, how-to draw cards
Dramatic Play: Kitchen with baby dolls
Library: Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day, and Dr. Seuss books
Magna-tiles, Animals, Magnet Builders, Legos, etc.
Dollhouse
Large Wooden Blocks
Magnetic shape builders on white board
Books and Poems:
There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Celebrate Chinese New Year!
Come On, Rain!
How to Catch a Leprechaun
"A Chubby Little Snowman"
and more!
At Home Ideas:
*Learn and read more about Chinese New Year, and find each member of your family's zodiac sign. The class was enthralled to learn about it!
*Read more Dr. Seuss books, and try to find all of the rhyming words. You can even write down words in the same word family.
*Practice mental math, especially for making five and making ten: "If I have 2 cards, how many more would I need to make five/ten?" Fingers are a great resource for figuring this out, if needed!
Other:
We made "wockets" for our pockets after reading the book by Dr. Seuss.
The students have all taken our optional leprechaun trap activity and turned it into a group project. This is such a creative group, and they are loving it!
Donations Needed:
*Cleaning Wipes
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