Friday, October 26

                    Friday, October 26
Letter Focus: Letter Review (L, M)

Sight Word Review: in, do

DAILY 5

We are learning how to 'Read to Self' by building stamina for reading behaviors. This takes time and practice to develop. Yesterday, the kids made it 3 minutes of uninterrupted reading on their own! Our goal is about 7-10 minutes.
A storybook reader is scheduled for 9:00 to read Scaredy-Cat Splat.

Character Education: Mrs. Weninger plans to finish the story I AM PEACE with the children today. If there is time, she may teach some breathing techniques to calm our bodies. To view the story, go here.

Library Day
Music Today
Math: Number Order

Today we are going to talk about ordering numbers. First I want to lay my number cards (1 - 5) out in order. “2 is more than 1, 3 is fewer than 5.”  Embedding this language will help students contextualize this vocabulary for future use. I want to be sure I put them in the right order, so I will need to go back and recount to make sure they are right. Now I want to start building trains of cubes to match the number I have.  So for 1, I will just lay down one cube.  For 2, I know that 2 is 1 more, so I will snap 2 cubes together. I know that 3 is one more than 2, so I will need 3 cubes.   Continue until you have trains laid out for 1-5. 

Whole Group Explore: Today, you and your partner will make number trains for 1 - 5.   You will get to be a little creative. Instead of using cubes, your partner and you will use leaves. You will color and cut the leaves out and create a leaf train.     

Student Application: Students will complete their own leaf train response sheet to match the one they created with their partner.  
Project: Scarecrow

~There will be a math number sheet coming home today for practice. The reason behind writing their numbers accurately is to train the brain to make the strokes automatic so it becomes a part of their muscle memory. Please have your child write in pencil and pay close attention to where the lines are. It can be returned when they are finished. Thank you!

Have a GREAT weekend!