Friday, May 29

      

 
Friday, May 29
 Track & Field Day!
The children will participate in the 50 meter dash, long jump, softball throw, water relay, and a bubble station.

TOP SECRET!!

 Don't tell anyone that we are going to run and scream in the halls while everyone is outside for Track & Field! We are going to take full advantage of this since we have been told all year long to walk and be quiet in the hall. 😊 

Big Book: How Does Your Salad Grow? By: Francie Alexander
Genre: Informational Text
Print Concepts: One-to-One Correspondence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS                         Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: VCe Long a

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Present and Past Tense Verbs
 Literacy Jobs 

Project: Pinwheel

 NO Phy Ed Today  

~A friendly reminder for parent pick-up today, come to our exterior classroom door for checkout.
~ I apologize for planning to have a book come home with your child one more time this week! All books were needed back for inventory.
~Your child should wear their Irish Pride shirt on Monday!

~Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, May 28

  

Thursday, May 28

Big Book: How Does Your Salad Grow? By: Francie Alexander
Genre: Informational Text

Connect and Teach: Set a Purpose

Read Aloud: Rainbow Stew By: Cathryn Falwell Genre: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Author's Purpose and Craft

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS                         Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: VCe Long a

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Verbs
 Literacy Jobs 

Math: The Dime
First, the kids hear a story and view a short clip on YouTube about the dime. Next, they will sing a few songs about it and finally, explore a real dime closely. This same routine has been done for the penny and nickel too.

The kids are enjoying this coin song!

Animal Secrets: Where Do Animals Live?
In this Read-Along lesson, Sofia wonders where animals live and goes for a walk in the woods to find out. The lesson includes a short exercise where students pretend to be squirrels and learn about their habitats. 

Time for Kids: Fierce Fish

Music Today

~Please have your child in their running shoes and purple shirt when they come to school tomorrow. Also, send an extra labeled water bottle tomorrow!

Wednesday, May 27

 
Wednesday, May 27

Read Aloud: Rainbow Stew By: Cathryn Falwell Genre: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Visualize

Introduce Power Words: peel, row, serve 

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS                         Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: VCe Long a

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Present and Past Tense Verbs
 Literacy Jobs 
**Again, you can expect your child to bring a book home to read to you one more time from their book bag.

Math: The Nickel
We will focus on the nickel today.
Again, naming the coins and telling their value can be tricky for some kids. Keep exposing your kids to coins so they learn their names and values!

The preschoolers are visiting our classroom at 9:30 and a different section at 12:45 this afternoon. Our agenda:
~Read Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes and have the preschoolers make
Pete the Cat and color his shoes.
~Answer questions about kindergarten.
~Explore the classroom.
~Receive a crown to take home. 

Phy Ed Today   

~The Teach the Teacher plan is due tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 26

 
Tuesday, May 26

Read Aloud: Rainbow Stew By: Cathryn Falwell Genre: Fiction

 Science Connection: Plants: Basic Needs and Life Cycle

This fiction text is about growing, harvesting, and eating your own food. Children discover vegetables come in a wide variety of colors, in fact a rainbow of colors.  

Connect and Teach: Set a Purpose 

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS                         Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: VCe Long a

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Verbs
 Literacy Jobs 
**You can expect your child to bring a book home to read to you one more time from their book bag.

Math: The Penny
We begin focusing on coins this week beginning with the penny today. Naming the coins and telling their value can be tricky for some kids. Keep exposing your kids to coins so they learn their names and values. (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)  

The kids are sure enjoy this coin song this week!

Animal Secrets: Why Do Woodpeckers Peck Wood?
In this lesson, the kids observe animal behaviors and work to discover a pattern: all animals seek food in order to survive. The activity, Eat Like an Animal, includes physical movement in which the kids act out animal behaviors, pretending to be quail scratching in the dirt, raccoons wading in the water, and woodpeckers pecking a log.

Music Today

~"Teach the Teacher" forms are due Thursday.

Friday, May 22

  

 Friday, May 22
Green Day: No Library

Big Book: Growing Vegetable Soup By: Lois Ehlert
Genre: Fiction Review Power Words: crop, factory, ingredient 
Determine Word Meaning: Multiple-Meaning Words

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS             Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Irregular Words: want

 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Commas in Lists
 Literacy Jobs 

Math: Time to the Hour...Day 3

The kids will work with more 'time to the hour' with more activities that support both analog and digital times.  
   It's day 160...Zero the Hero will visit!

We will learn why we celebrate Memorial Day... 
~Story: What is Memorial Day?
~Watercolor Paint a Memorial Day Coloring Sheet
~Mini Book of Facts
Project: Poppy
We see poppies for sale this time of year so the children will learn why this is done and make a poppy to bring home. 
Phy Ed Today 

~ No extra news for today.

~Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

Thursday, May 21

 

 Thursday, May 21
Orange Day: Technology
Technology class at 8:20.

Big Book: Growing Vegetable Soup By: Lois Ehlert
Genre: Fiction
Print Concepts: One-to-One Correspodence
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

  Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime, Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Final Blends -lp, -nk
Irregular Words: want
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Commas in Lists

 Literacy Jobs 

Writer's Workshop: The Best Part of Me By: Wendy Ewald
After hearing the story, the kids will write what they think is the best part of themselves.

Math: Time to the Hour

The kids will work with more 'time to the hour' with some additional activities that support both analog and digital times.     

Time for Kids: Deep Blue Sea

Music Today
 
~Please have your child in their running shoes and purple shirt when they come to school tomorrow!
~Be the Teacher lessons are due Thursday, May 28.
~Reading to the preschoolers is always my favorite thing to watch the kids do!