What's Been Going On...

Time to do some catching up!  In the last couple of weeks, we have learned two new color words, those opposites, black and white, and two new songs to help us remember how to spell them:
Black (sung to the tune of Put Your Little Foot)

B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K spells black!

B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K spells black!

George Washington's hat is black,

And some cats are black,

So if you really, really like black,

All you need to say is...

B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K spells black!

B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K spells black!

White (sung to the tune of Little Brown Jug)

W-H-I-T-E that spells white, sing with me,
Milk is white and so is glue,
Ghosts are white and they say BOO!
W-H-I-T-E that spells white, sing with me,
The clouds above, the snow below,
Santa's beard, HO HO HO!

Our letter focus for the last three weeks have been Pp, Aa, and Nn. We had fun learning songs called Penelope's Picnic, Apple Annie, and Nellie the Nurse.  Each Friday we conclude our letter focus with a step-by-step drawing of one of the characters in the song we've learned that week.  For Pp we drew Penelope Pig, and for Aa it was Alligator.  Hanging in the room at the moment is your child's latest drawing of Nellie Nurse!   Next week we start the letter Mm with a song called Marvin the Monkey.
Your child can now use his/her phonics skills to read (decode) many words, and the first decodable word word list went home last Thursday.

Sight words to add to your flashcard list are he, she, big, small, have, and for next week our new words are, no, it, this.  The pre-decodable reader sent home in the Reading Folder each week will help your child practice these words.  Please keep these books at home (and send the folder back to school) each week so you're child can have access to them during the week.