Language Arts

The sound this week is the consonant digraph /ch/ as found at the beginning of cheese and the end of lunch.
Emphasize the /ch/ sound often throughout the day.  Have your child repeat the sound with you.

Put up your sound wall poster.

The main theme for the week is: Cheese

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

The King, the Mice and the Cheese by Nancy and Eric Gurney
A Big Cheese for the White House: The True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar by Candace Fleming
Archibald's Swiss Cheese Mountain by Sylvia Lieberman
Cheese Louise! by David Michael Slater
The Cheese Chase by Toni Simmons
Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
The Cheese by Margie Palatini
Extra Cheese, Please!: Mozzarella's Journey from Cow to Pizza by Cris Peterson

Poems that support the theme:

"The Cheese Moon" by Gareth Lancaster
"Oxford Cheese Ode" by James McIntyre

Songs that support the theme:

"The Farmer in the Dell"
"It's Cheese That Makes the World Go 'Round"
"Please Say Cheese"

Handwriting Assignments:

Day 1:  Practice writing the letter "c" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 2:  Practice writing the letter "h" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 3:  Practice writing the consonant digraph "ch" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 4:  Practice writing the word "cheese" one or two times.

Day 5:  Practice writing any of the other theme words one or two times.
 

Activities and/or Art Projects

Food ideas:
    Cook a meal that uses cheese in the main dish.
    Snack on cheese (such as cheese strings).
    Have a grilled cheese sandwich.

Cheese Paper craft

If possible... visit a farm where they make cheese...
such as this one in British Columbia
or in Ontario
or even in Michigan.
 

Other Theme Words and Ideas

Other theme words - chase, chowder, church, chimney, cherry, China, chocolate, chew, chicken, torch, lunch, child, chair, march

Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the consonant digraph /ch/:

Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells
The Chocolate Cat by Sue Stainton
Under the Cherry Blossom Tree: An Old Japanese Tale by Allen Say
The Chicken Sisters by Laura Numeroff
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Good Morning China by Hu Yong Yi

Poems that support the other theme words or the consonant digraph /ch/:

Poems about Chickens

Songs that support the other theme words or the consonant digraph /ch/:

"Mrs. Murphy's Chowder"
"Chicken Little"
"The Cherry Tree Carol"
"Chim Chiminee" from Mary Poppins