Thursday, October 29

Thursday, October 29

Letter Focus: Mm
 Sight Word Focus: to

 Handwriting: Letter M

Language Arts
We are rereading the Three Little Pigs to build fluency and develop "Tier Two Vocabulary" by focusing in on sound words (slammed, knocked, whispered, bump, thump, splash). We will also create a list of things we would ask the wolf if we were a pig.

DAILY 5

Math: Decomposing (taking apart) the #9 in a variety of ways and drawing those varieties. The kids are starting to really grasp this concept.

Scientists Have Tools to Help Them Measure 
Teach: Today I am going to show you how to find that information in a nonfiction book. Have you ever heard of an index? An index is one feature that we can find in a nonfiction book. Do you know what you do with an index? Give kids time to share their thinking with their partners. An index is found in the back of a book and tells you what pages you can find certain information. What was one of the tools that we learned about yesterday? Yes, a ____. Let’s see if we can find it in the Index. Look here it is on page ___. Let’s turn to that page and see what the author tells us.  Some of the tools are on more than one page.

Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. Let’s see if you can figure out what pages we can find information by using the index. Photocopy an index for each child. As you identify the various tools from yesterday, invite the children to find it on their index. So what page can we read about a _____. Yes, that’s right. Use your highlighter and highlight that page number. 
 Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday good scientists know we have many tools. We can read about those tools in nonfiction books and use an index to help us find the tools we want to learn about. 

SMART Room

PhyEd Day

~A friendly reminder to have your child bring a non-violent costume for tomorrow.

Friday, October 30

Friday, October 30
Letter Study Review: Ll & Mm
 Popcorn Word Review: on & to

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger will introduce the "Unthinkable" called "Braineater" and review the parts of being a SOCIAL DETECTIVE. 

Library Day

Math: Position Words Pumpkin Book & Fill-a-Pumpkin Dice Roll

Academic Halloween Party Activities
~Halloween Phonics Bingo
~~Draw-a-Rhyme: Spooky Monster
~Ipads...Halloween Activities
~Decorate a Pumpkin Shape
**At 2:00, we will go on a costume parade throughout the elementary hallways.

 
**The children will assist in making the "FRANKENtreat" pudding snack (See Picture above) and hear spooky stories.

~Have a fun and safe night of trick-or-treating!
~Keep having your child practice their sight words! If you need a list, let me know what list number to send home with your child.

Wednesday, October 28

Wednesday, October 28

Letter Study: Mm
Sight Word Focus: to

Language Arts: Visualizing & Analyzing Characters in The Three Little Pigs
The kids will:
~Retell story events.
~Identify and vote on favorite characters.
~Reflect on analyzing characters.
~Build oral language and vocabulary through whole-group discussion.
DAILY 5
The 5 components are:
~Read to Self
~Work on Writing
~Word Work
~Listen to Reading
~Read to Someone
**The kids have learned how to do the top three.
A storybook reader is scheduled for 9:30  to read Scaredy-Cat Splat!

Math: Decomposing (taking apart) the #8 in a variety of ways and drawing those varieties.

Project: We will make a silly Frankenstein after hearing a story about this fictional character. 

SMART Room

~The book order is due Wednesday, November 4.

Tuesday, October 27

                                       Tuesday, October 27

Letter Study: Ll
Popcorn Word: on

Comprehension Strategies: Visualizing & Analyzing Characters
 Again, using the story "The Three Little Pigs", the kids will work on retelling the story events, visualizing and analyzing the characters during the reading. 

DAILY 5
The children have four choices for Word Work:
~Alphabet puzzle

~Letter sound/picture match-up

~Beginning sounds magnetic game

~Finding our classmates' names

Handwriting: L

SMART Room: It's so fun to watch the kids learn while moving!
Math: Decomposing (taking apart) the # 7 in a variety of ways and drawing those varieties.
 PhyEd today

Scientists Have Tools to Help Them Measure 
Connect: Remember yesterday when we said that a scientist makes a conclusion? Teach: Today I am going to show you some tools that a scientist might use to help them collect data. Sometimes a scientist needs to measure things in their experiment so that they can compare two items. For example, if they want to compare how much two things weigh, they might use a scale. Display all of the tool clip art pictures. Say, Let’s see if we can match the words with the pictures. Show each name and work together to match the names to the correct tools.
 Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! Now, let’s play a game. I am going to read you an experiment, you tell me which tool you think the scientist should use. Read each of the experiment cards.
 Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday good scientists know we have many tools. Some of the tools help the scientist to collect data by measuring. 

 
~Wellness Wednesday tomorrow. Have your child wear their workout clothes.