Monday, February 1

 Monday, February 1 

Popcorn Word: she
Color Word Focus: brown
Phonics: -am Word Family
 Writer's Workshop: Mrs. Haglin is coming to work with the children on Kidblog. We will let you know when their entries are ready for you to see and comment on!
DAILY 5
~There are new activities for the kids to choose from for Word Work. We are focusing on building sentences, word families, and vowel sounds.

SMART Room: Heart/Valentine theme. I will post pictures of the activities over the next week or so.
PhyEd today
 Math: Making a class book of subtraction equations...

New Concept: The other day we practiced using our whole/part/part
equations and used manipulatives as an subtraction strategy. Today I want
to show you another strategy. It is already one that we are very good at.
You can draw a picture to help you. Let’s say I had this problem in front
of me and I was not sure how to figure it out (5-2). I could just draw a
picture! Draw a simple picture with circles to demonstrate this problem.
Draw 5 of something simple, then cross out 2 of them.
Whole Group Explore: Today you are going to draw pictures to solve
some math equations. We will make this into another class book, so do
your best! The books will have woodland animals which means animals you
might see in the woods.
*It's day 90 so Zero the Hero will be here!

~We received the 'Golden Dustpan' from the custodial staff for keeping our classroom so clean last week!

~We enjoyed celebrating Sullaven's birthday last week...

~We have a Pizza Parlor play place now!

Friday, January 29

     Friday, January 29

Sight Words: this, said

Color Word Focus: pink and purple

 Writer's Workshop: How to make your story come alive and make your reader feel like they're right there.

Handwriting: lowercase g and sentences to copy

DAILY 5
 Math: Subtraction

 New Concept: We used the whole/part-part mat to put numbers together. Today we are going to use them to take numbers apart.  When we take a number apart we use this symbol ( - ). Today we are going to use these boards again. I am going to start by putting 10 cubes on the “whole’” bar.  I will roll a dice (3).  Then I will break 3 off and put it in the first “part” box. Then put the rest in the second “part” box.  Now I can read my math talk card...10 – 3 = 7.  We'll try a few more examples to get the idea.

Whole Group Explore: There are some strategies you can use to help you with addition or adding numbers together like I just did.  We already know how to count on our fingers. One of the other strategies is to use manipulatives such as snap cubes. Today you will use our new BIG math words as we use our whole/part-part board to do addition. While one of you is using the board, the other will be writing the equation down. Take turns. 

Student Application: Students will practice solving  their equations.

Computer class today
No library today as it is being used for the Battle of the Books competition.
  Music Today

~Mrs. Haglin teaching us about Kidblog and what blogging is...

~I sure enjoyed visiting and sharing all that I could with each of you during conferences. Thank you so much for coming!

~Have great weekend!

Thursday, January 28

Thursday, January 28
Happy Birthday Sullaven!

 Sight Word Focus: said
Color Word Focus: purple
Word Family Focus: -an

Reading Workshop: Summarizing

 Writer's Workshop: The kids will be introduced to blogging using Kidblog!

Math: Ipad Cart: Splash Math

DAILY 5

SMART Room 
PhyEd today

~The storybook reader from yesterday looks a bit fishy...

~I am looking forward to visiting with the rest of you at conferences this evening!

Wednesday, January 27

Wednesday, January 27

 Popcorn Word: said
Color Word Focus: purple
Word Family Focus: -an

Reading Workshop: Summarizing

The kids will:
~Summarize what they see in pictures and read in text.~Use fix-up monitoring strategies to understand what they're reading.

 Writer's Workshop: Go back and reread all that you have written. Touch the pages to be sure you included it all. Add a cover page.
 A storybook reader is rescheduled for 9:30 to read Miss Smith Under the Ocean. 

  DAILY 5

 Math: Day 3 Addition Numberlines

  Music Today

Smart Room 

~Conferences are tomorrow evening from 4-7.