Tuesday, January 27

Tuesday, January 27

Popcorn Word: but
Color Word Focus: black
Phonics: -at Word Family
 Language Arts:  Using the poster Fun at the Beach, the children will work on summarizing what they see in the picture and read in the text.

 Writer's Workshop: Learning More About Book Reviews
After reading the story Where's Molly?, the kids will show a happy/sad face to express their opinion about each of these story elements: characters, story events, illustrations.
They will be given time to write independently on a topic of their choice in their journal.
 Handwriting: lowercase g

SMART Room Highlight: Jump the Lines
~Keeping both feet together, the kids jump over the lines while turning their bodies...

DAILY 5: EVERYONE in our class is READING! It's now time to introduce the last component of DAILY 5-Read to Someone. Partners read books from their browsing boxes to each other. This has to be one of the most precious things to watch! Again, the other 4 components of DAILY 5 are:
~Word Work
~Listen to Stories on CD
~Work on Writing
~Read to Self
 Math: Building Addition Problems 

The kids select a number card and place that many in a row. A dot cube is rolled to determine how many to add to that set.
The last step is to write it: ___ + ___ = ___. 
**Zero the Hero comes today! Day 90.
 PhyEd Today

~Wellness Wednesday is tomorrow...have your child wear their workout clothes.
~Again, check out Mrs. Weninger's blog to learn more about the Haiti project we are participating in!http://mrsweninger.blogspot.com/