Monday, December 15

Monday, December 15

 Popcorn Word: be

 Language Arts: Reader's Theater We Like Fruit
We will work on concepts of print with teaching points like this...

 Looking at the cover of a book can help you summarize and synthesize information you will learn in the book. What clues do you see that can help you summarize what this book is about? Are all fruits the same? How can you tell?

Read the title.

Ask: Who can come up and point to the title of the book?

Read the name of the author.

Ask: Who would like to find the author's name on this book cover?

Display the inside front cover of the book. Read the question aloud. Invite students to share the names of their favorite fruit. Ask: How can this picture help summarize what this book is about in one word? What words can you use to describe the fruit?

Point out the title page.

Ask: How many words are there in the title? Which is the first word? Which way do we read the title?

Point to each word as you read the title. Have children read it chorally as you point to each word again.

Ask: How many letters are in the first word? Which is a capital letter? Which is a small letter? Continue with the other words in the title.

Point to the character group icons.

Say: What do these icons tell us?

Point to and read the setting of the script.

Say: An orchard is land where plants and trees grow. What does the setting tell us? What do you think the settings in this book will look like?

Then we will create a chart similar to this regarding fruit...

 Writer's Workshop: The kids will be writing about the Elf on the Shelf in their journal.
 A storybook reader is scheduled for 10:10 to read The Year Without Santa Claus.

Smart Room 
DAILY 5
Math: More Work with Ten Frame Fun
The kids will roll a dot cube to find out how many counters to place on a ten frame. The idea is to focus on how many more are needed to fill the frame to make 10. For instance, if a 3 is rolled, how many more do we need to make 10?  PhyEd Today
 Time For Kids: A Season of Giving

~The book for our exchange is due Friday. 
~Look who arrived in our classroom today...He is ready to do some shenanigans this week!

~Our Classroom Wish List 

Cardstock: Primary colors
Double AA Batteries
Self-Adhesive Velcro