Monday, March 31

Monday, March 31

Our shining star this week is Brayden!

Word Family: -ake

 Popcorn Word: their

 Consonant Blend: The children are meeting the Blend Friends who will help them identify the first and second letter sounds in blends. These are wooden spoons transformed into puppets. Each puppet represents their own sound and when put together, they produce one sound.
Today's Blend: bl
  Language Arts: Introduce the Comprehension Strategy-Compare & Contrast 
The kids will identify comparisons and contrasts in photographs and text.

 Writer's Workshop: The children will be writing their opinion (like/dislike) about a story chosen from their browsing box. They will also add the reason why.

 Daily 5!
New Word Work: In anticipation of Easter, the kids open a plastic egg to find 3 letters that build a CVC word. They will build it, read it, and write it.

Math: 3-D Shapes
We continue to our work with 2/3-D shapes. The kids are learning that 2-D shapes are flat and 3-D shapes are solid. Today's work involves making 2-D shapes with Geobands/Geoboards and 3-D shapes with Geoblocks. Look for a picture of these activities in tomorrow's post.

 Smart Room: The kids will learn about the new spring stations today. Picture highlights will begin tomorrow.
*We enjoyed celebrating Kenny's summer birthday the last day before spring break...

 
~Lunch will be in our classroom tomorrow for those who returned their completed Spring Break homework!
~Trash to Cash is due tomorrow. Thanks for all your help with this!
~Wear blue tomorrow in honor of Autism awareness.

Friday, March 21

Friday, March 21

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger will be with us from 8:25-8:40.

Writer's Workshop: Learning About a Book Review...Review the Characters

Math: The children are working on patterns with the Vinci today.

Library today!

Daily 5!
 Smart Room: It's our the last day of the leprechaun theme. When we return from Spring Break, it will be transformed into a spring theme.
We've been invited to see Frozen with Mrs. Jost's class this afternoon! The children will receive movie theater popcorn and a juice box too.

Enjoy your Spring Break!!

Thursday, March 20

Thursday, March 20
Welcome Spring!

 Popcorn Word: they
 Word Family: -ug
Number Word Focus: ten

Writer's Workshop: Cut/reassemble/glue a spring sentence. The children will copy the sentence as well.

Handwriting: Words & Sentences with letter l.
 Math: Fill the Hexagons: Day 2 
The goal of this activity is to fill hexagon shapes with a variety of shapes that will make a hexagon.
Their work focuses on:
~Finding combinations that fill an area.
~Exploring relationships among pattern block shapes.

 DAILY 5!
Time For Kids: Hello, Spring!
Project: We can't wait to see (or at least I can't...)all the grass starting to wake up so we'll get a head start by making a crown of grass.

Smart Room

Wednesday, March 19

 Wednesday, March 19 

 Popcorn Word: they

Word Family: -ug
Number Word: ten
Language Arts: Fluency Skills-Phrasing/High Frequency Word Phrases
The children will practice using effective phrasing with the rhyme Little Jack Horner.
~Phrases are groups of words.
~Phrases contain two or more words.
~We read all the words together.
~Reading a phrase should sound like talking.
~Think about what the words in the phrase mean when they are together.
**Homework: Have your child read Little Jack Horner for/with you using effective phrasing. Return tomorrow with your signature for your child to receive a shamrock stamp.

Math: Vinci Tablets...Making patterns
Computer Class Today!

DAILY 5!
Writer's Workshop: Learn About Book Reviews...Opinions

  Smart Room

~Let me know if you are planning to go anywhere for Spring Break...Thank you!