Wednesday, April 30

Wednesday, April 30

 Popcorn Word: home

Blend Friend: st
Long Vowel Sound: e
Language Arts: The children will continue to identify cause & effect through pictures and text in the big book Teddy on the Move. They will also work on retelling story events and writing about Teddy's thoughts when his friends come to visit him when he broke his toe.
   Writer's Workshop: Using the big book What Are Some Rules at Home? by Margaret McNamara, I will model writing an informational report. The children aren't writing their own report at this point. They continue to write in their journals about book reviews or something that interests them.                                                          
A storybook reader is scheduled for 10:10 to read Max Celebrates Cinco De Mayo & I'm Thankful Everyday.

MCA testing is in the computer lab so Miss Casebolt will be bringing the Ipad cart to our room!

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Today is the last day of the spring theme in the Smart Room.
**We were happy to celebrate Mackenzie's birthday yesterday...

~The last book order of the year will be coming home with your child today. It is due Wednesday, May 7.

Tuesday, April 29

Tuesday, April 29 
Happy Birthday Mackenzie!
 Today's Blend: sp

Long Vowel Sound: e
 Popcorn Word: play
  Language Arts: Using the big book, Teddy on the Move by Robert Hall, the children will be working on comprehension: identifying Cause & Effect in text as well as retelling story events.
 Writer's Workshop: Learn More About Informational Reports
Using the big book: Discover Informational Reports  By: Steve W. Dunn & Connie Smith, we will revisit the steps to making a report. Again, the children aren't actually writing a report but learning through pictures and text about the process.
Handwriting: lowercase f & words/sentence using f

 Daily 5!

Math: Subtraction Word Problems   
Their work focuses on:
~Modeling the action of separating situations.
~Separating two single-digit numbers with totals under 10.
~Using numbers and/or addition notation to record how many and to represent an subtraction situation.

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~Have your child wear blue tomorrow for Autism awareness.

Monday, April 28

Monday, April 28
Our special star of the week is Mackenzie!

 Popcorn Word: play

 Blend Friend: sn
 Long Vowel Focus: e
Writer's Workshop: Learn More About Informational Reports
Using the big book: Discover Informational Reports  By: Steve W. Dunn & Connie Smith, the kids will revisit coral reefs and see an example of a report a child did on this topic. We will see what the main idea and supporting details are.
  Language Arts: Using the big book, Teddy on the Move by Robert Hall, the children will be working on comprehension: identifying Cause & Effect in text.

 Daily 5!

Math: Dog Bone Word Problems
Their work focuses on:
~Modeling the action of combining situations.
~Combining two single-digit numbers with totals to 10.
~Using numbers and/or addition notation to record how many and to represent an addition situation.

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Friday, April 25

Friday, April 25

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

Writer's Workshop: Informational Reports
Using the big book Discover Informational Reports by: Steve W. Dunn, the kids will see the process of writing an informational report on coral reefs.
Language Arts: Long vowel a

Math: The children are graphing groceries with the Vinci today. Their work focuses on: 
~Graphing a Chart Using Symbols
~Comparative subtraction per row/column - how many more
~Graphing a Chart Following Analysis of Data
~Comparative subtraction per row/column - how many fewer

Library today!

Daily 5!
 A big thank you goes to Wright-Hennepin who donated a tree to every child in our school.
 To conclude our Earth Week activities, the children will be planting marigold seeds and making a pet rock.
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Enjoy your weekend!