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And the Winner is.....

Annie from JK/SK

Congratulations Annie, you have won the $20 value Scholastic Prize!!!

Thank-you to all those that entered the draw.

Have a great weekend!

Giveaway

         


The Giveaway winner will be announced tomorrow morning. 

If you would like to have your son/daughter entered, please do so by 11:00pm tonight. 

Thanks for your participation!

Good Luck

KPALS & Gr. 1 Lessons

I am currently working on posting all of the KPALS and Gr. 1 lessons directly onto the blog. You will be able to access all of the lessons by clicking on either the KPALS Lessons tab, or Gr. 1 tab at the top of the blog.

Book Giveaway This Week...

I hope everyone had a restful March Break. I can't believe Spring is here already!

I am re-posting the questionnaire form below for your convenience.

Simply answer a few short questions to enter your son/daughter into a draw for free books from the Scholastic Book Club ($20 value). A winner will be announced Friday.


Don't forget to hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the form. Good Luck!

Second times a charm?

Hopefully the form problem was fixed. Sorry about that. Please try again and enter to win free books for your son/daughter.

Good luck!

Giveaway Time!

I am new to the Blogging World. Seems like the thing to do is do a giveaway -what fun!

Here is how it will work:

Simply fill in the form below and your son/daughter will be entered into a draw for a chance to win free books from the Scholastic Book Club.

A winner will be selected after the March Break. Good luck!

KPALS - Words to know

Below is a list of all the words the students are taught in the Kindergarten PALS program (KPALS). Please don't be worried if your son/daughter does not have all of the words mastered, as we have not completed the program.
The students have now been introduced to ALL of the sounds of the alphabet and we are now working on blends (sh, qu).

What are sight words and why are they so important?

• Believe it or not, 50% of all reading texts are made up of the same 100 words! The most frequently used and repeated words in the English language are known as sight words. 
• Sight words are critical to reading not only because they are used so frequently, but also because many of them cannot easily be sounded out or illustrated. 
• Because they are used so often it is important that readers be able to recognize these words on sight (hence the term “sight words”). When a reader masters sight words she is able to understand at least half of the words in a particular text. By eliminating the need to decode these words, the reader is able to focus on those that are more difficult and less familiar. 

taken from http://www.k12reader.com/

Click on the following link for some more helpful worksheets and puzzles:
 Kindergarten Worksheets

KPALS Sight Words

with

and

for

to

into

are

a

I

was

the

my

is

on

have

wants

there

play

her

has

they

very

Words in Lessons

These words we are able to decode (sound out) together. We practice sounding out these words and then read them in sentences.

at	cap	rip	Jim
mat	lap	sip	Tim
pat	lip	dip	sad
sat	map	bag	mad
bat	rap	tag	pad
hat	nap	wag	Kim
rat	pig	in	had
cat	big	tin	Mom
fat	dig	pin	rug
fan	bit	rag	tug
man	hit	bag	bug
can	sit	nag	hen
tan	man	win	yes
ran	Dan	him	ten
pan	fan	got	fun
up	pup	dog	Tom
pat	vet	pet	wet
bed	get	Peg	Meg
red	sun	hot	yet
leg	fix	six	mix
Dan	shop	wish	fish
runs	shed	gets	Dad
rush	shop	van	Ben
Sam	mud	fed	Wag
chop	chops	Chip	pet
mad	box	tips	ham
not	chips	cut	chin
sad	big	ship	fit
fits	tub	them	then
bath	that	mud	Tom
path	Beth	this	jog
sit	sick	duck

Papers were sent home in mailbags Wed. March 11th.

Pictures

 Yesterday I introduced these cute googly eyes to the Grade 1's (a variation of a pointer).  I had the students make sure their "eyes" were reading...they seemed to enjoy the eyes and giving them noses using their fingers!

 Here are some of the JK/SK students using the board I created to practice the words/sounds.