Friday, May 17

 
Friday, May 17

 Track & Field Day!
The children will participate in the 50 meter dash, long jump, softball throw, 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.

 😊 At the conclusion of the events, we will resume our normal day with some fun events.

Project: Chicken

NO Computer class this afternoon.

If you are picking up your child today, knock on my exterior classroom door (The one with the sidewalk leading to it.) as other doors of the school will remain locked during the day.
~I am looking forward to celebrating graduation with all of you on Monday!
~Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 16

Thursday, May 16

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
make to cake to cape to cap to tap to tape to tame to time to lime to slime to slim

to slid to slide to side to ride to rode to code to mode

 Irregular Words: who, by, my,  one, once  

    Read: I see he gave Jane one white rose.
                     Should Steve bake the cake at home?
                       Luke could not make them smile once.
Spell: Eve would like to tell one joke.
                Jane made lime cake for me once.
                You should rise and shine, Mike!

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

The kids will sequence the life cycle of a chicken. 

 Literacy Jobs   
Writer's Workshop: I like my teacher because...
Math: The Nickel
We will focus on the nickel today.
Naming the coins and telling their value can be tricky for some kids. Again, keep exposing your kids to coins so they learn their names and values.

Music Today

~For tomorrow, please apply sun screen on your child before school and send a labeled water bottle too.

~Be the Teacher Lessons are due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 15

 Wednesday, May 15

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: use, theme, rule, flute
 Segment: eve, tune, cube, truce
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: u (short, long) e (short, long), o (short, long), i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) u
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u (long), e (long), o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e, o

Blending Drill 

thick to kick to quick to quack to quacks to whacks to whack to shack to shuck to duck to dunk to sunk to sub to stub to stuck to stick=
New Concept    
Reading and spelling words with the VCe pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

We'll discuss these vocabulary words within the story (strut, brood, weak, peck, replace). Answer these questions:

1) Who is the author? What is their job?

2) What is one fact we heard from the book?

Writer's Workshop: When I Grow Up
The kids will be writing about what they want to be when they grow up and why.

 Literacy Jobs 

Math: The Penny
We begin focusing on coins 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)
    It's day 160...Zero the Hero's last visit!
Phy Ed Today 

 Time For Kids: Busy Bees  

  
~Be the Teacher Lessons are due Friday.

Tuesday, May 14

Tuesday, May 14

Late Start!

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
duke to dune to June to tune to tube to tub to cub to cube to cute to mute to mule

to muse to fuse to use

 Irregular Words: here, where, who, by, my  NEW: one, once
    Read: Luke broke a rule.
                            Did you see that cute dog?
                                                 June could use the flute if it was in tune.
Spell: That cat is so cute!
                 The phone is on mute.
                 Would you sing a tune?

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

We'll discuss these vocabulary words within the story (strut, brood, weak, peck, replace). Answer these questions:

1) Who is the author? What is their job?

2) What is one fact we heard from the book?

 Literacy Jobs   

Music Today

  Irish Pride Celebration Today at 1:15

April students of the month will be recognized as well as new students to our school. The new character word for the month will be celebrated: Courage We will end the celebration by cheering on the Staff vs. 6th grade kickball game while enjoying Freezees!

~Graduation rsvp's are due tomorrow. ~Be the Teacher Lessons are due Friday.

Monday, May 13

 Monday, May 13

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: fuse, rude, mute, tube
 Segment: use, June, cute, dude
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: e (short, long), o (short, long), i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) u
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: e (long), o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e, o

Blending Drill 

tan to can to cane to case to came to tame to time to Tim to til to tile to mile to pile to pole to pose to chose to those to these 
New Concept    
Reading and spelling words with the U_E pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

The kids will listen to Chickens by David Schwartz to build an interest in the topic for this week: Chicken Life Cycle

The comprehension strategy this week is Questioning.

Writer's Workshop: Memory Book Title Page
The kids will write some facts to put in their memory book:
School: Maple Lake Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Tongen 
Principal: Mrs. Harlan & Mr. Dockendorf
Year: 2023-2024

 Literacy Jobs 
~The final week of individual assessments will be happening during this time.

Math: Times of Day
Everyday since the beginning of May, the kids have worked on 'time to the hour' in their calendar book. Today, we will focus on the different times of the day (morning, afternoon, night). 
Phy Ed Today 

  
~Late start is tomorrow and your child can wear red, white and/or blue for the staff vs 6th grade kickball game in the afternoon. (This replaces the green Irish pride shirt.)
~Graduation RSVPs are due Wednesday.
~Be the Teacher Lessons are due Friday.

Friday, May 10

     

   Friday, May 10

Word Work with Manipulative Letters  

bite to bike to hike to hide to ride to rode to mode to made to shade to Shane to shine to mine to fine 

 Irregular Words: there, where, who, by, my

  Read: Pete and I hike by the stone path.

                                    My five cats all like to sit on the same white rug.

                                          Check the note to see what time the shop will close. 

Spell: The line is a mile long!

                                     I like to sit in the shade 

                                    I will ride my bike home.

   Math: Bubble Gum Graph
To end this unit on graphing, we are going to have some fun! The kids will get a piece of bubble gum and try to blow a bubble. We will graph the results and analyze the data.

Computer class this afternoon.

                       Project: Mother's Day Gift

The kids will finish their special gift for you today!
Music Today

   Project: Butterfly

~If you haven't done so, please return the requested info for Track & Field Day and your RSVP for graduation. Thank you!
~Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful ladies...Enjoy your very special day!

Thursday, May 9

 Thursday, May 9

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: fine, these, spoke, skate
  Segment: eve, gave, code, shine
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: o (short, long), i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) u, e 

Auditory Drill

 Phonemes: o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e
Blending Drill 

sun to stun to stunk to stung to strung to strong to string to sting to sing to sink to sank to sunk to chunk to chunks to hunks to honks to honk to Hank to thank

New Concept   

 Reading and spelling with the VCe/E_E pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Butterflies
The kids will sequence the events in the butterfly life cycle.

Writer's Workshop: Field Trip
The kids will be writing about their trip yesterday. Where did we go? What did you do there? Your favorite thing to do?

   Math: Analyze Graphs

Today's lesson is for the kids to analyze pre-made graphs. Done as a whole group, the kids are presented the information on the SmartBoard and write the answer on their personal whiteboard. In addition, we will do interactive graphing games from various websites.

Literacy Jobs 

Phy Ed Today

~The Wednesday envelope will come home with your child today.
~We sure had fun yesterday! A BIG thank you to all our volunteers who were able to help!