Wednesday, December 3

Wednesday, December 3
White Day: (No library, technology, or character education.) 

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco

Genre: Fiction
Print Concepts: Concept of a Sentence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes & Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant h
Irregular Words: said

Fluency: expression

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

Literacy Jobs

 Handwriting: Lowercase m
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Phy Ed Today

Time for Kids: Oysters for the Earth

The kids have another rehearsal for their holiday concert from 1:20-2:20 today. Today's rehearsal is for all K-3 students.

~ We are in need of Scotch tape for the gift wrapping center in our classroom. If you have any to spare, we would be so grateful...Thank you!

The Book order is due Wednesday, December 10.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC

Tuesday, December 2

 

Tuesday, December 2
Black Day (Character Education)

Mrs. Weninger will be here teach the children about the Unthinkables, Mean Jean and Professor Pokey Pants. (I'm sorry that I don't have a photo of PPP.)

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco

Genre: Fiction

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Having good friends is an important part of being in a community. Bo and Peter are best friends who do fun activities together. Children make connections to the activities they do with their own friends.

Read Aloud: A Bucket of Blessings By: Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal 

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Character Clues

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant h
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

 Handwriting: Lowercase n
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Literacy Jobs
 During "Literacy Jobs" time, there are boxes of educational, independent activities that allow the children to practice skills in letter sounds, upper/lowercase letter matching, letter order, word work, fine motor work and more. The activities are changed every two-three weeks. Our Literacy Jobs time will last about 30 minutes each day while I work with individuals/small groups on phonemic awareness/phonics and reading skills. 
KinderMath: Compare Capacity
One of the activities the kids will do during this lesson is compare a small bowl of rice to a larger bowl full of rice. Which bowl holds more? Which bowl holds less? Using small cups to scoop out the rice, the kids will count how many cups of rice were in the smaller bowl compared to the larger bowl. 

Music Today

In addition to their regular music class today, all of the kindergarten classes will be practicing an additional 1/2 hour for their holiday concert.

~ For those of you who attended Merry Math Night, thank you! We hope you had a wonderful time!

Monday, December 1

            

Monday, December 1

Green Day: Library  

Library from 8:20-8:55.

"DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY..."

The children are making four separate holiday decorations to spread lots of holiday cheer!

~Snowman

~Christmas Tree

~ Stocking

 ~Santa's Head

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

Read Aloud: A Bucket of Blessings By: Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal 

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Retell a Story
Introduce Power Words: hope, wonderful, worried

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset & Rime, Deleting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant g
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

Literacy Jobs
 During "Literacy Jobs" time, there are boxes of educational, independent activities that allow the children to practice skills in letter sounds, upper/lowercase letter matching, letter order, word work, fine motor work and more. The activities are changed every two-three weeks. Our Literacy Jobs time will last about 30 minutes each day while I work with individuals/small groups on phonemic awareness/phonics and reading skills. 

Phy Ed Today

Santa Cam has arrived!


 ~The gift wrapping play center is ready to go! The kids will have fun wrapping these items:

Teddy bear

Necklace

Car

Crayons

 Ball

 This center helps the kids determine whether the gift should be wrapped in a small, medium, or large piece of paper. Other skills are: cutting, taping, and writing a friend's names on a tag. The gift is then returned to the wrapper for 're-gifting' to another friend. The fun keeps going on and on!

~ I am looking forward to seeing those of you who are able to attend Merry Math Night this evening! 
~ The BIG turkey surprised the kids and begged that they wouldn't eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Most agreed but I'm not so sure that happened! At least the kids danced along and had lots of laughs and smiles!

Wednesday, November 26

Wednesday, November 26

Turkey Activities...
~Thanksgiving: story retell bracelet
~Turkey (Dice) Roll
~Where is Turkey? Book
~A BIG turkey is visiting our classroom this afternoon. Rumor has it that it looks A LOT like Mr. Staloch! (4th grade teacher)

Time for Kids: Acts of Service

Music Class Today

~Monday is library day.
~We enjoyed celebrating Bella's birthday yesterday!


~Be sure to check out this week's Maple Lake Messenger as there are helpful tips for preparing your Thanksgiving turkey as told by your child.

~Thank you for sharing your most valued treasure with me...I am very grateful to be their teacher. May your time together with family and friends this holiday weekend be truly special!
See you on Monday!

Tuesday, November 25

                      
Tuesday, November 25
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)
Happy birthday, Bella!

Read Aloud: A Bucket of Blessings By: Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal 
Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community 

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Quinito knows everyone in his neighborhood! He takes readers on a tour, describing every family member’s and neighbor’s job or role.

Children learn that every community member makes valuable  

One person—or character—can make a difference for a whole community. In this story, that character is Monkey. When his village faces a drought, Monkey takes charge to find a solution and save his village.

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Retell a Story

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant g
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

 Handwriting: Tall Line Down Letters Review
Tall Line Down letters (l, t, b, k, h).

 KinderMath: Order Weight

As the lesson title suggests, the kids will put objects in order from lightest to heaviest/heaviest to lightest.

Project: Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner
What's on the menu?
~Turkey 
~Mashed Potatoes with a pat of butter
~Stuffing
~Corn
~Green beans
~Cranberries
~Pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Phy Ed Today

~ No extra news for today.