Monday, March 7

 Monday, March 7
  Popcorn Word: with

Number Word Focus: nine
 Word Family:  -op

 Reader's Workshop: Using the poster Big and Small, the children will work on comparisons and contrasts in photographs and text. They will also compare and contrast signal words in text.

 Writer's Workshop: Let's Meet Spaceman! Spaceman is a clothespin that has an astronaut sticker on it. I will model how to move him after a word is written to show the space.

Math: New Concept:
The other day I talked about picking out tiles for my house. Let’s pretend that I decided on the 1” squares. Now I need to figure out how many tiles I need for my kitchen and my bathroom. These rooms are not the same size. Imagine this is the shape for my kitchen and this is the shape for my bathroom. Do you know which one will have a bigger area? Can you tell by looking at them? Let’s measure to find out. Write the number of cubes you had for each room. Which room required more? Which room required fewer? How many do I need all together?
Whole Group Explore: Now you are going to do a similar activity.
Students will cut, glue, and count the “tiles” to determine which room needed more tiles and how many were needed in all.
Student Application: Students will cover the area of the rug with dogs.
DAILY 5
PhyEd Today

 Smart Room Highlight: Matching Number Words To Their Number

Science: Do Stars Stay the Same Size?

Connect: Remember when we learned that not all stars are the same size? Teach: Today, I am going to show you how stars grow and how they can get bigger. Did you know that stars begin their life in a Nebula? A Nebula is a cloud full of dust and gas. The clouds spin and swirl and stars are formed. Sometimes you might hear it called a “Star Nursery”. I have a red balloon. We are going to pretend that it is a cooler star. A chemical reaction is occurring inside the balloon star and giving off energy. As it does, the star grows. Blow up balloon. Now, it is a stable star. It burns energy during its life. But as it gets older, there isn’t enough energy inside to keep the star the same size anymore. So, it starts to shrink. Gently push on the star as you release the air. But, some stars do not shrink. Here is a blue balloon for a massive hot star. It starts off the same way, it emits energy and grows to become a stable star. Just like the red star, when it gets older there isn’t enough energy inside to keep the star the same size. BUT, instead of shrinking, it becomes so hot that it explodes. Use a pin to pop the balloon. This is called a black hole.
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I want you to work with your partner. One of you will be the red star and one will be the blue star. You are going to each blow up your balloon to demonstrate how balloons grow. Then you will either shrink or explode, depending on which color star you are. To pop the star, invite the children to sit on it! Each child will complete the recording pages. Link: Remember boys and girls today, and everyday, good scientists know that when star collect dust particles from the dust clouds, they can grow.

~Late start is tomorrow...Have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt.
~Trash to Cash collection is tomorrow.
~The book order is due Wednesday.