Thursday, December 5, 2013

Thursday, December 5




Thursday, December 5
Letter Study: Xx

Popcorn Word: if

Phonological Awareness: Blend Syllables: Naming words in a backyard...
EX: gar (pause) den.
Segment Initial Sounds: Singing to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb, the kids will name the first sound in a variety of words:
What's the first sound

that you hear, that you hear,
that you hear?
What's the first sound that you hear
in the word jar, jar, jar?
 Language Arts: Retelling Story Events from The Enormous Watermelon.*Homework*
 Watch for the 'Retell Flow Chart' that comes home this evening with your child. Have your child draw the events that happened in the story and retell it to you. A Minion sticker awaits when your child returns it!

Writer's Workshop: Continue Revising Our Class Story Using Spider Legs
Yesterday, the kids learned about the caret to insert words in their writing. Today, the are learning another strategy: Spider Legs. This is simply a strip of paper with a new sentence written on it and taped into the story
Handwriting: X
DAILY 5
Math: How Many Cars in My Train?
The kids pick a car card that tells them the color their train will be. Next, a dot cube is rolled to determine how many cars will be in the train. Their work focuses on:
~Identifying the unit of a repeating pattern.
~Extending a repeating pattern by adding on units to the pattern.
Example of what car card looks like:


Smart Room Highlight: Crawling Through Santa's Forest

~Be sure to let me know if you have any questions or concerns on your child's report card.
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