Wednesday, April 5
Popcorn Word: which
Word Family: -ot
SMART Room Highlight: 'I Spy'
Word Family: -ot
Reader's Workshop:
We will work on retelling Teddy on the Move today.
Writer's Workshop: We begin a unit on Informational Text today. We will launch this type of genre by writing about something they really know about.
DAILY 5We will work on retelling Teddy on the Move today.
Writer's Workshop: We begin a unit on Informational Text today. We will launch this type of genre by writing about something they really know about.
Math: Counting On...
New Concept: One of the things that mathematicians do is they think of ways to find the answers as efficiently as possible. This means they look for ways to save time! Today we are going to play a new game that will help you save time and be efficient when counting. It is called “Count On!” Watch while I show you how to play. Player 1: will pull out a card [3] and then drop 3 cubes in the cup as they count “1, 2, 3”. Player 2 will pull out another card [5] and count on as the drop the cubes in the cup. It will sound like this “4, 5, 6, 7, 8.” Then you will check to see if you counted on correctly. Demonstrate how you would check using the 10 frame and recounting the total number.
Whole Group Explore: Today you will get to play “Count on” with your partner.
For some this will be an easy task. Others will need more support to count on (vs counting all).
Student Application: Students will write numbers that come next.
Music Today
Music Today
Science: How Bright is a Star? (We ran out of time for this yesterday...)
Connect: Remember when we made this chart of all the things we knew about stars? Teach: Today, I am going to show you one thing (physical attribute) about stars—some stars are brighter than other stars. Let me show you what I mean. Collect 3 different sizes of flashlights/lanterns that have various sizes of bulbs. Be sure all batteries are new! This will show how the flashlights with more energy, or larger bulbs, are brighter. I am wondering which of these flashlights is the brightest? That’s my question. So now I have to make my hypothesis. So, let’s see. If I look at these flashlights, I can see that they have different sizes of bulbs. I know that larger bulbs have more energy. Stars with more energy are brighter. So I am thinking that the flashlights with more energy are going to make a brighter light. Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I want you to draw on your paper your hypothesis.
Teach: Now let’s conduct our experiment. I am going to shine the first light onto a piece of black paper. I want to measure how bright the light is. The farther away you can see the light, the brighter the light. I am going to keep backing up until I can’t see the light on the paper anymore. Back up, holding the light so that it shines on the black paper. Now I am going to use my tape measure to see how far away you can still see the light. Using the tape measure, measure the distance of the ray.
Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that when a star has more energy, it is brighter.
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