Monday, February 29 
Popcorn Word: was
Number Word Focus: seven
Word Family: -ig
Reader's Workshop: We will use this time today to learn about all the new activities for Word Work in Daily 5.
Writer's Workshop: The children will work on more "How-To's".
DAILY 5
DEAR 9:30-9:45
New Concept: Show a variety of containers. Another way we can measure is by finding out how much something can hold. A word for this is capacity. Hold up a medium size container. I am going to see how many scoops (cups) of rice this container will hold. Count with me. Use a scoop or cup to fill your container. You will want to have your container hold between 6-10 scoops, so select a scoop (cup) that will yield that.
Now hold up another container that has a lower capacity than your first one. Question students about whether the smaller container will hold more or less. Guide students to use the language of higher or lower capacity (vs there is less rice).
Whole Group Explore: Now you will explore with your partner. Allow students to explore filling their containers, then transferring the rice to another container. After a period of exploration, stop students and say, See if you can order your containers from the highest capacity to the lowest capacity.
Science: The Color of Stars
Connect: Remember when we learned the difference between intrinsic brightness and apparent brightness? Intrinsic Brightness is how much energy a star has and how bright a star really is. Apparent Brightness is how bright a star appears to us on Earth.
Teach: Today, I am going to show you how stars are different colors. When I think about drawing a star, I color the star yellow. But did you know that stars are actually different colors depending on how much energy they have or how hot they are? Scientists use a number scale to tell you how hot the star is. We are going to play a little game. Show the Star Number Scale chart. (This is a VERY simplistic way to demonstrate a VERY complex concept!) Let’s see, a blue star is 1 point… Continue explaining the chart. So, let’s look at this card. It shows 2 blues. A blue is 1 so let me count out 1 cube. Continue counting out the cube for the other blue star. Now, let me do the same thing for a second card. Did you notice that the hottest star is a 1 and the coolest star is a 5? When you count all the cubes for each pattern of stars, the pattern with the lower number will be the hottest!
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I am going to show you two groups of stars that I made. I want you to decide which group you think is hotter using the chart just like I did. The younger the children the more step by step the process should be! Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that not all stars are yellow. The color of the star is determined by how hot the star is.
Science: The Color of StarsConnect: Remember when we learned the difference between intrinsic brightness and apparent brightness? Intrinsic Brightness is how much energy a star has and how bright a star really is. Apparent Brightness is how bright a star appears to us on Earth.
Teach: Today, I am going to show you how stars are different colors. When I think about drawing a star, I color the star yellow. But did you know that stars are actually different colors depending on how much energy they have or how hot they are? Scientists use a number scale to tell you how hot the star is. We are going to play a little game. Show the Star Number Scale chart. (This is a VERY simplistic way to demonstrate a VERY complex concept!) Let’s see, a blue star is 1 point… Continue explaining the chart. So, let’s look at this card. It shows 2 blues. A blue is 1 so let me count out 1 cube. Continue counting out the cube for the other blue star. Now, let me do the same thing for a second card. Did you notice that the hottest star is a 1 and the coolest star is a 5? When you count all the cubes for each pattern of stars, the pattern with the lower number will be the hottest!
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I am going to show you two groups of stars that I made. I want you to decide which group you think is hotter using the chart just like I did. The younger the children the more step by step the process should be! Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that not all stars are yellow. The color of the star is determined by how hot the star is.
~We will dress up on Wednesday, March 2 like Things 1 & 2 so if you can please have your child wear red, that would be great!
Sight & Number Words: each, his, five, six
Kidblog: 
Math: The kids will work in Splash Math on the Ipads. Remember, you have until March 23 to log in from home. After that, our free subscription expires.
Spanish: 8:15-8:50
