Long A Sound 1: -ai

Today, we reviewed some of the vocabulary we know with the /ai/ spelling of the Long a sound like in rain, Spain, snail and paint. 

Happy Halloween!

 🎃🎃🎃Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃

Tomorrow, we will celebrate Halloween at school. Toay, we read the books On a Windy Night by Nancy Raines Day and Funny Bones by Allan Ahlberg. Do you want to hear them again?

Present Continuous

We are continuing to work with the present continuous using the structures

- I am...

-He/She/It is...

-You/We/They are....

Let's review!

/ng/ and present continuous

This week, we are working with the /ng/ sound like in ring, strong and looking. We have also practiced the structure "I am + verb+ing":

I am talking. I am playing. I am looking. I am eating. I am sleeping. I am reading. I am going to school.

Can you play the miming game with Mommy and Daddy?

New Book: Gus

Today, we started reading a new book called Gus. Let´s read it again together!

The wr- Spelling of the /Rr/ Sound

Today, we learned that the /r/ sound can also be written wr- like in write, wrist and wrong. Let´s review the vocabulary!

The kn- spelling of the /n/ sound

Today we learned that the /n/ sound is sometimes written kn- like in knee, knock and know. Let´s review!

The three spellings of the /Ff/ sound

Today, we learned that the /f/ sound has three spellings:

-f like in fish, Friday and frog

-ph like in elephant, telephone and saxophone

-gh like in laugh, enough and cough

Watch the videos below to review the words!

Short /e/ spelled -ea vocabulary review

Today, we reviewed the words we learned that have the short /e/ sound spelled -ea like in head, bear and weather. Have a look!

The -ea spelling of the short /e/ sound

Today, we learned that the short /e/ sound can be written:

-e like in ten, bed and red

-ea like in head, bread, breakfast and ready

/Zz/ Sound, Song and Vocabulary Review

Today, we are reviewing the /z/ sound like in zebra, buzz and zipper.

Let´s review some vocabulary!

/Yy/ Sound, Song and Vocabulary Review

Today, we reviewed the sound that the letter /Yy/ makes when it is at the beginning of a word like in yes, you, yogurt and yak. Let´s review!

Short Vowel Sounds Review

This week, reviewed all the sounds we learned about in first grade, insisting on  our short vowel sounds:

- a like in man, hand and cat
- e like in hen, red and egg
- i like in six, sit and big
- o like in hot, stop and on
- u like in run, cup and jump

First Day of School Book

Welcome back to school! This is the book we read in class today. Let´s read it again together!

Back to School!

Welcome back to school boys and girls! I hope you have enjoyed your first day back today! 

Cookie Monster and Elmo are a little nervous about going to school today. Enjoy!