Mrs. Tongen's 'K'olorful K-Kids: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

Tuesday, March 4

Tuesday, March 4

Word Family: -it
Number Word: five

Language Arts: Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions
The kids will make predictions using clues and evidence in a passage and what they know.

Writer's Workshop: More work with building phonetic sentences.

Popcorn Word: one

Handwriting: lowercase g

Daily 5!

Math: Shape Puzzles-DAY 2

Using paper pattern blocks, the kids will fill an area with the corresponding shape or experiment with other shapes that can fill a space. For instance, a hexagon can be made with two trapezoids.
Their work focuses on:
~Finding combinations that fill an area.
~Developing language to describe 2-D shapes and their attributes.
~Exploring relationships among pattern block shapes.

Smart Room Highlight: Jumping Rainbows
The children make rainbows from green line to green line while only moving their eyes to track the arcs.

*We made green eggs and ham yesterday...EVERYONE tried a taste!

February, February 28

Friday, February 28

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger will not be visiting us today.

Math: Vinci! The children are working on 2 & 3-D shapes.

Writer's Workshop: Always begin a sentence with a capital letter.
Language Arts: Performance of the Reader's Theater book In the Sea.

Handwriting: Lowercase d

Library today!
Daily 5!

The final activity to celebrate our 'Paws for Reading' theme for I Love to Read month is seeing a demonstration of the work police dogs do. We are scheduled to see this event from 12:20-12:40 today.
Smart Room

~The Smart Room has been transformed into a shamrock and leprechaun theme.

~Thank you to those of you who were able to make it to Reading Fun Night last night. We had fun reading and performing Albert & Sarah Jane!

**So glad we could celebrate Emma's birthday with her!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Thursday, February 27

Thursday, February 27

Popcorn Word: from

Word Family: -in

Number Word Focus: four

Language Arts: Fluency Skills: Inflection/Intonation
*Watch for the 'Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" sheet to come home tonight. If your child reads it to you, sign and return by Monday and I will give them a Lego sticker.

Writer's Workshop: Purposeful Phonics Connections
~Listen for sounds in words.
~Recognize sound/symbol relationships.
~Writing sight words.
Math: Shapes on the Geoboards

The children use geobands (rubber bands) to make shapes on a peg board (geoboard).
Their work focuses on:
~Constructing 2-D shapes.
~Developing language to describe and compare 2-D shapes and their attributes.
~Relating 2-D shapes to real-world objects.

DAILY 5!