Mrs. Tongen's 'K'olorful K-Kids: Monday, December 14

Monday, December 14

Letter Study: Yy

Popcorn Word: at

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...
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Writer's Workshop: Using Resources to help write words (ABC chart)

Smart Room
DAILY 5
Math:
New Concept: We have been working on putting numbers together and breaking them apart. We have been starting with the larger number and breaking it into parts, but today I want to do it a little different. I am going to pretend that these cubes are candy corn. I’m going to tell you a little story. “I love candy corn. We have a dish of them in my house. I walked by it and grabbed 3 pieces. (Put 3 cubes on your “part” side of the mat). Then I walked by again and took 2 more. (Put 2 cubes on the other side of your “part” mat). How many did I have all together?” Now let’s read my mat using the math talk card. Now I want to make a row of 5 for my whole row.
Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with a partner but let’s sit together while I tell you some stories and you build it on your mat.
•There were 4 crows on a scarecrow. 3 more flew in and landed right on his other arm. How many are there now?
•There were 2 little bats hanging upside down in a cave. Along came 5 bats who joined them. How many bats are in the cave now?
•I saw 4 turkeys eating corn in a field. They invited 4 more to join them. How many turkeys do we now have?
Student Application: Students will practice putting together their parts into whole while writing their numbers. They will also write the number combinations.