Thursday, March 1

 Thursday, March 1

Popcorn Word: will
Number Word Focus: five
 Word Family: -et
Reader's Workshop: Using the poster Homes, the kids will...

~Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers and clues and evidence in a text.
~Use signal language to identify comparisons and contrasts.
~Answer text dependent compare-and-contrast questions.

 Handwriting: Number 5
DAILY 5

Math: Decomposing Numbers Using a Number Bond

New Concept: Today we will keep working with our number bonds.

Just like yesterday, I will tell you a story. Instead of putting numbers together, we will be taking the numbers apart. Today we will do things a little differently. Watch me as I use my Number Bond.

There were 7 apples. 3 of them were green. How many were red? As you tell the story, move the cubes to the correct circle.

Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with your partner as I tell the stories.

•Ricky had 10 cupcakes. 6 were chocolate. The rest were vanilla. How many were vanilla? 
•Kayden collected 8 rocks. 3 were smooth. The rest were rough. How many rough rocks did he have?

•Olivia had 9 stars on her chart. 6 were red and the rest were blue. How many blue stars did she have?   

Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems.

Music Today
Project: Thing 1 & Thing 2

~Have your child wear red tomorrow for Dr. Seuss Day. They will be my little Thing 1's and 2's.

Wednesday, February 28

 Wednesday, February 28

Popcorn Word: will
Number Word Focus: five
 Word Family: -et

Reader's Workshop: Comprehension Strategy: Compare & Contrast
Through the poster What is Soft? What is Hard? the children will determine important text, such as compare-and-contrast signal language.

DAILY 5

Math:

Today we will keep working with our number bonds.
Just like yesterday, I will tell you a story and you will use your number bond page.
Whole Group Explore:  Now you will work with your partner as I tell the story.

•Mylee found 4 pink shells and 3 purple shells on the beach. How many did she find in all?
•The horse ate 3 apples and 5 carrots. How many treats did he get in all?
•James had 4 red jelly beans and 6 green jelly beans. How many did he have all together?
Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems.
*Zero the Hero visits today...Day 110!

Time for Kids: New Inventions

                                                    PhyEd Today

~The book order is due Wednesday, March 7.
~Our Dr. Seuss day will be on Friday. A note is coming home in the Wednesday envelope explaining what we plan to do.

Tuesday, February 27

 Tuesday, February 27

Popcorn Word: one
Number Word Focus: four
 Word Family: -en

Reader's Workshop: Using the poster My Dog and My Cat, the children will identify comparisons and contrasts in photographs and text. They will also determine important text, such as compare-and-contrast signal language.

 Handwriting: Number 4

DAILY 5

New Concept: Today I want to show you a new word. It is called a number bond. We have seen this in some of our math review, but today I want to use it to tell a story. We have learned about these before but they looked like puzzle pieces. These will work the same way, they will just look a little different. I am going to tell a story and use my number bond as I do.
There was a dog and he found 3 bones in the garden (put cubes in smaller circle). He found 4 bones by the shed (put cubes in the other small circle). How many bones did he find all together? (move all the cubes into the large circle)
Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with your partner as I tell the story.
•My bracelet had 6 yellow beads and 2 red beads. How many beads did they have in all?
•The boy caught 5 fish by the bank and 2 fish by the bridge. How many fish did he catch in all?
•The bird found 3 worms in the leaves and 6 worms in the grass. How many worms did she find all together?
Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems.

Music Today

~We enjoyed celebrating with Bailey yesterday...

~Wellness Wednesday is tomorrow.