OCEAN GATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Community Helpers
Letter G
Number 4
Color Orange
Shape Triangle
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty

Work at Home/Extra Practice

• Read each day for 20 minutes.
• Continue to practice writing your name. 
• Take a walk in your neighborhood and point out the community helpers in your neighborhood that you meet. (Postal Workers, Firefighters, Police Officers, Construction Workers, Teachers, Librarians, Retail Store Employees, Doctors, Nurses, etc.)
• Students will be coming home singing their letter song, "The sound of G is g. The sound of G is g. G g g g g, The sound of G is g." This is sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell."
• Play the shapes game to practice your shapes.
• Have your child find 4 orange objects.
• Review Humpty Dumpty.

* As a preschooler, we will be concentrating on the /g/ sound for the letter g as in goose. The general rule is that the letter g represents /j/ before the letters e, i or y; otherwise it represents /g/. Students will be taught that there are exceptions and that some letters make more than one sound.

Dinosaurs
Letter H
Number 4
Color Orange
Shape Triangle
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty

Work at Home/Extra Practice

• Read each day for 20 minutes.
• Continue to practice writing your name. 
• On a sunny day, place a dinosaur toy or any toy on a piece a white paper so it cast a shadow. Have your child trace the toy and then decorate the paper.
• Students will be coming home singing their letter song, "The sound of H is h. The sound of H is h. H h h h h, The sound of H is h." This is sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell."
• Play the shapes game to practice your shapes.
• Have your child find objects that are in the shape of a triangle.
• Review Humpty Dumpty.

Food/Thanksgiving
Letter I
Number 4
Color Orange
Shape Triangle
Nursery Rhymes: Hey Diddle Diddle

Work at Home/Extra Practice

• Read each day for 20 minutes.
• Continue to practice writing your name. 
• Have your child help prep food, make dessert, and set the table. Let them wash the food, pull apart the food, mash the food, set the table or any other skill you think is appropriate for them.
• Students will be coming home singing their letter song, "The sound of I is ih. The sound of I is ih. Ih ih ih ih ih, The sound of I is ih." This is sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell."
• Play the shapes game to practice your shapes.
• Continue to review the number 5, the color orange and the shape triangle.
• Review Hey Diddle Diddle.

* As a preschooler, your child will be taught the short vowel sound as in insect. As they begin to recognize these letters as vowels, the long vowel sound will be introduced.