Tuesday, November 11

Tuesday, November 11

Late Start Today

Letter Study: Tt
 Popcorn Word: for

Phonological Awareness: Blend Syllables
Objects are pulled out of a bag to make this a fun and exciting way to do blending work. For example, a child will pull out a pencil from the bag and say pen-cil while the rest of the class responds pencil.

Language Arts: Introduce the Comprehension Strategy: Identify Sequence of Events
The children will use the poster below to:
~Identify the sequence of events in pictures and text.
~Determine text importance, such as signal words.

 PhyEd Today
 Irish Connections: 10:25-10:45
 The kids will meet their Irish Connections teacher to discuss the difference between a want and a need. Our school is taking Haiti as our adopted country so beginning a discussion of understanding of a want vs. need is essential.
 
~Iraqi War Vet, Sean Nies is visiting our classroom at 1:45 today! Sean is a Seabee in the Navy. His rank is First Class Petty Officer. He was deployed to Al Taqaddum, Iraq.
His wife is a teacher here at MLE.

Smart Room Highlight: Fine Motor Turkey Pokes
 It takes a steady hand to poke these dots!

~The book order is due tomorrow.