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

Monday, November 14, 2016

Monday, November 14

Monday, November 14

Letter Study: Rr

Popcorn Word: he

Reading Workshop: The Life Cycle of a Frog

The children will be exposed to a variety of skills with this big book:
~Build academic vocabulary and concepts related to frogs.
~Determine text importance.
~Use a graphic organizer.
~Identify nonfiction text features: table of contents and glossary.

Writer's Workshop: We continue to build routines for a successful writing time.

DAILY 5

Check out this informative blogpost (October 5, 2016 post) about the 3 ways children read here.

Math: Measurement

New Concept: Remember when we measured our friends? Some were taller than ____, some were shorter than ____, and some were the same. Sometimes you want to put items in order, so you might start with the tallest and go towards the shortest. Sometimes you might start from the shortest and go towards the tallest. Call 3-4 students to stand up and put them in order from shortest to tallest. I can estimate who will be shorter but then I need to measure. I need to be sure that their feet are lined up and no one is standing on their toes.

Whole Group Explore: Today you and your partner will put straws in order. You can make them go from shortest to longest or longest to shortest. It is up to you, but you have to label it correctly. It is really important that you remember to line up the bottom of your straws.

Student Application: Students will count and write their numbers 5, 6, 7.

Students will order the sunflowers from shortest to tallest.

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger will introduce two more 'Unthinkables' to the kids today.

Music Today
Little Thinkers Unit 1: Citizenship

Social Studies: Working Hard
This lesson helps us understand how to work hard and do our best.
We will create the following anchor chart to guide our thoughts and actions.