Language

 

The jolly phonic sound for this week is the Ww sound. Some of the easiest words are: west, went, we, will, well, web, wig, won, win, wet, wad, wed, wee, was, wag, way. In order to assist the students to identfy the jolly phonic sound/letter when written with other words, each day I write two silly sentences using as many words with that sound in it and the students have a turn to come to the front and circle the sound and do the action. I have found this has assisted many of the students to remember what the sound looks like and to identify the sound.

 

For example on Monday the sentences will be:

When I was walking down the west side of the street on Wednesday, there was a big wad of weeds on the ground. I told you they were silly sentences but the students love them and can't wait for a turn to come and circle the sound.

 

The By Heart Word for this week is the word in and oh. Oh is not one of the words the kindergarten students are required to know, but it does occur in many of the simple books.

 

The word family for this week is the in. Some of the words the students will be blending together to make are: bin, chin, fin, grin, pin, tin, win.