This week we are busy looking at some new letters and the sounds that they make.
We have been having fun playing the `Buried Treasure’ game on the smartboard (using the letters that we are learning). We take turns to say the sounds on each coin and blend them together to read the words. It is a bit tricky but we are getting better everyday! If the word is a real word we put it in the treasure chest. If the word is a nonsense word it goes into the garbage bin. Click the picture to play it at home.
We also love counting and have been practising everyday. Ms Dowling tries to find fun songs for us to count along with.
We can count forwards …
….. and backwards.
Do you have a favourite counting song to share with us?
Can you think of any words that begin with the sound `i’?
Can you think of any words that begin with the sound `n’?
Can you think of any words that begin with the sound `m’?
Can you think of any words that begin with the sound `d’?
#1 by Naomi - Noah's Mum on March 21st, 2012
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I LOVE the dancing pirates! Well done KD.
My favourite word starting with ‘i’ is igloo!
#2 by Lachlan on March 21st, 2012
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Some words Lachlan typed that started with…
i – igloo, insect, ice, itchy, inside
n – nice, number, no, not, nana
m – mum, me, motorbike, many, my, mice
d – dog, day, dude, dad, did, dig,
#3 by jdowlo on March 21st, 2012
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Hi Lachlan,
Well done! You have thought of words for each of the sounds. Did you teach your Mum about `Lips the fish’ and how we get our mouths ready to say the beginning sound when we are reading a word?
From Ms Dowling
PS – Blogging award for you on Friday!
#4 by Noah on March 21st, 2012
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Hello Ms Dowling and KD!
words for i: igloo, in, ice, ice block, itchy, insect
words for n: Noah! nice, Naboo, nose, new
words for m: Mum, mice, mouth, mine
words for d: dog, Dad, Dubbo, draw, drop, do
Bye!
#5 by Jen (Mia's Mum) on March 21st, 2012
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What a great counting song KD! Mia has some words she’d like to share with you:
i – indian, Indigo,
n – Nan, Noah, Nellie
m – Mia, Maddison, Mum, Matt
d – dog, dolphin, Dad, Dean
We had fun trying to think of these words…
#6 by jdowlo on March 21st, 2012
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Hi Mia and Noah,
You did a great job thinking of words beginning with the letters that we are learning this week. Did you sing the counting songs to your families as well?
Please remind me to get the blogging awards for you on Friday.
From Ms Dowling
PS – Noah do you think we should give one to your Mum too? She knows that the word `igloo’ begin with the sound `i’.
#7 by Daniel on March 22nd, 2012
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Hi Ms Dowling and KD,
My favourite counting song is ’5 little ducks’. I have loved learning some new counting songs to help me count all the way to 50!
Here are my words beginning with the letters i, n, m and d:
i – igloo, in, it, indian, is
n – nice, no, nine, not
m – my, me, moon, marbles, monkey
d – dog, door, Dad, down … and Daniel !
#8 by Dean on March 22nd, 2012
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Hi KD, I like thinking of words too and making silly soup. Here are some words:
i – it, is, itchy, igloo, insect
m – mum, my, me, monkey, man, money, moo, milk
n – number, nest, no, night, nine, Noah
d – Dean, Daniel, Dad, dinosaur, dog, did, do, dolphin, Miss Dowling
From Dean and his mum
#9 by Alison (Dean's mum) on March 22nd, 2012
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“Buried Treasure” and “Pick a picture” are great games! What a good website.
Thanks Miss Dowling.
#10 by Room 4 HES on March 22nd, 2012
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Hi! KD,
How are you? I feel like I haven’t checked on your blog for a long time. It is great to see you are still doing awesome learning.
I can’t wait to show Room 4 your counting songs because we love singing and counting too!!
From Anna
#11 by Caitlin on March 22nd, 2012
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Caitlin thought of:
i – igloo, iguana, is
d – Daniel, Dean, dog, Dad,
m – Maddison, Mia, monkey
n – night, Noah, Nelli, no, nothing, Nanny
#12 by Room 4 HES on March 26th, 2012
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Hi! KD,
We loved the counting songs. We have just been dancing to them while we count. Do you shake your groove thing when you dance?
Thanks for sharing.
From Room 4
#13 by Kara on March 26th, 2012
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I like the dancing songs.
#14 by Kara on March 26th, 2012
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i – igloo
n – nest
m – mum
d – dog
#15 by jdowlo on March 26th, 2012
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Hi Dean, Caitlin, Daniel and Kara,
You all did a great job thinking of words to add to our collection! Did you get your mouths ready to say the first sound like `Lips the fish’?
I’m glad to hear that you all like the counting songs too. Did you read the comment from Anna and Room 4? They have been dancing and singing along like us.
From Ms Dowling
#16 by jdowlo on March 26th, 2012
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Hi Room 4,
Thanks for visiting! It has been a long time – we have been so busy and are very sorry that we haven’t been to visit you for a while! We definitely do dance and sing. Ms Dowling thinks that it might be fun to video the class because they are very good at standing straight, with their hands by their sides and their feet in the middle whilst they count and then suddenly they DANCE! It is a fun way to practise counting. Do you have any counting songs that you love?
From Ms Dowling and KD
#17 by Maddison on March 27th, 2012
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Hi Kd Maddison has been away today and has been having lots of fun thinking of words to match the letters and sounds and here are some of the words she has been thinking of.
N – nest, nut, note, not, neighbour, next, numbers
M – Maddison, Makayla, monkey, map, mouth
I – itch, is, it, into, if
D – do, dug, drum, down,dragon and duck.
A counting song that Maddison also likes singing is the one, two buckle my shoe song. Also another numbers song is 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive 6,7,8,9,10 then I let it go again and so on.
#18 by Nelli on March 30th, 2012
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Nelli likes these words starting with this week’s letters
Igloo, insect
No, Noah, Nelli, Ned
Mum, Marion
Dean and Daniel