Thursday, April 3

 

Thursday, April 3

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
shin to ship to shop to shot to shock to sock to sick to sack to rack to rash to dash to 

cash to clash to crash to crush to brush to rush

 Irregular Words: your, want, go, no, so, goes, says   NEW: she, we
                Read: She goes to the shop at ten.
                                        Are we in a rush to get to the bash?
                                            Jill says she wants to have fish sticks.

Spell: We went on a ship.
                               Will you shut the trash can lid?
                                   She grabs a snack from the shelf.

KinderLiteracy: Moon 
We will revisit the vocabulary words from the story (craters, glow, neighbor, rock) and compare/contrast the story to Papa, please get the moon for me by Eric Carle.
Literacy Jobs   

 
 Handwriting: Letter Yy, Sentence & Teen Numbers
 Writer's Workshop: Then (Day 2)
Writer's continue to use the word "then" for the middle of their stories.

Math: Add with Objects
We begin a new unit today called Addition Word Problems. The kids will work with snap cubes to solve simple word problems: "I had 3 pencils and 2 crayons. How many in all?" "I had 2 chairs and 6 more chairs. How many chairs in all?", etc.

In this Read-Along lesson, students listen to an illustrated digital storybook with student participation. In the story, JJ and his grandfather get ready for a big thunderstorm. In the activity, Get Ready for a Storm, the kids learn about other kinds of storms and act out ways to prepare for storms.
 Music Today

 

~Have your child wear blue tomorrow for Autism awareness. Every Friday in April will be dedicated to wearing blue.
~The book order is due Wednesday, April 9. You can order here.  

Wednesday, April 2

     
Wednesday, April 2

 

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: fish, rush, ship, shut

 Segment: shin, shock, dash, brush
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes: ck, ff, f, ll, l, ss, zz, z, s (/s/, /z/), u, e, i, o, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: k, u, e, i, o, a, f l, s, z

Blending Drill 

sick to slick to lick to kick to quick to wick to will to pill to pick to puck to  

tuck to truck to struck to strum to strums 

 New Concept  

 The grapheme SH spells /sh/

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

We will be rereading parts of the book to answer some of these text-dependent questions...

Literacy Jobs   

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 10

This is the last day of this unit where we use the terminology 'and' & 'make'. The kids will be combining numbers that make 10 by using the story Ten for Me by Barbara Mariconda, a number bond board and connecting cubes.  

                                   Library Today

Time for Kids: Habitats 

Computer Class Today

   Phy Ed Today 

~The book order is due Wednesday, April 9. You can order here.  

Tuesday, April 1

Tuesday, April 1

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
pack to sack to snack to slack to black to block to lock to lick to pick to sick to stick to 

stuck to tuck to truck to trick to tick 

 Irregular Words: your, want, go, no, so   NEW: goes, says
    Read: Mom packs the best snacks.
                    The duck got stuck in the muck.
                           I want to pick up a stick and a brick.
Spell: The clock goes tick tock.
             Jack has a big black truck.
                    I want to go to the track to run.

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

 Focus vocabulary words within the story (craters, glow, neighbor, rock) and answer these questions:
1) Who is the author?
2) What is their job compared to the illustrator?
3) What is one fact we learned from the text?

Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Upper/Lowercase Xx & Words that Rhyme with Car
 Writer's Workshop: "Then"

Writer's use the word "then" for the middle of their stories.

KinderMath: Combos to 10

The kids will be doing a couple of hands-on activities to work on combining numbers to make 10. First, they will play Spill the Cup with 10 red/yellow chips inside to find as many combos to 10 they can. Next, they will play Flip the Cup which follows the same idea except the kids will have cups to turn over to make combos to 10 like the photo below.

 Music Today

~Have your child wear blue tomorrow as it is recognized as World Autism Day to spread kindness and increase autism awareness during the month of April. 

~Since it's April Fools Day, I decided I would give the kids what they think would be brownies but will actually be brown 'Ee's. It's going to be a silly, fun day! Hehe...

Monday, March 31

Monday, March 31

 

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: rock, luck, sack, stick

 Segment: pick, duck, slick, black
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes: ff, f, ll, l, ss, zz, z, s, z, u, e, i, o, a

Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u, e, i, o, a, f (f, ff), l (l, ll), s (s, ss), z (z, zz)

Blending Drill  

all to ball to bull to pull to full to fall to mall to small to stall to  

tall to toll to troll to stroll to troll to trolls to rolls to polls 

 New Concept  

 The grapheme CK spells /k/

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

The kids will listen to Moon by Melanie Mitchell.
The topic this week: moon.

The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Connections.
Literacy Jobs 
There lots of new activities ready for the kids to engage with!
~High-frequency word painting
~Label a robin
~Roll & Read: make nonsense/real CVC words
~Race to the Top: 4-letter words
~Read & build sentences

 Math: Combine Sets to 10 (Part 1)

Combos to 10 are so vitally important in setting a solid foundation our kids will need for first grade. Today, the kids will be building all the possible combinations to 10 with connecting cubes, similar to the picture below.

(We did not get to this before break.) 

In this lesson, students learn why spring is the best time for babies to be born. In the activity, Build A Bird Nest, students make a model of a bird nest and notice how birds can change their environment to meet their needs when they build their nests.

   Phy Ed Today 
 
~We enjoyed celebrating with Sari before break!

Friday, March 21

  
Friday, March 21
Happy Birthday, Sari! (March 22)

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
all to ball to bull to full to pull to poll to roll to troll to toll to tall to fall to call to mall to small

 Irregular Words: your, want  NEW: go, no, so
                              Read: No, do not pull on the net.
                                                        The small ball rolls off the tall wall.
                                                                  So, did your dad want to go to the mall?
                      Spell: No, the bin is not full.
                                      I want to go to the mall.
                                      Can you go get the ball?

 Handwriting: Upper/lowercase Ww, Sentence, High-Frequency Words
Literacy Jobs 
Directed Drawing: Leprechaun

 Math: Combine Sets to 10 (Part 1)

Combos to 10 are so vitally important in setting a solid foundation our kids will need for first grade. Today, the kids will be building all the possible combinations to 10 with connecting cubes, similar to the picture below.

In this lesson, students use observations of the four classic seasons to spot patterns and thereby determine the seasons’ order. In the activity, Circle of Seasons, students make observations of the four classic seasons of the temperate zone: snowy winter, warm spring, hot summer, and cool autumn with colorful leaves. Students spot patterns and determine the order of the seasons.
(We didn't get to this yesterday.)

Music Today

~No extra news for today.

Have a WONDERFUL Spring Break!