Wednesday, November 7

Wednesday, November 7
Letter Study: Pp

Sight Word Focus: can
 Handwriting: Letter P
Reading Skills: Using the poster My Tomato Plant, the kids will identify the sequence of events by focusing in on the signal words...first, next, then, now.

  Writer's Workshop: Choosing a Writing Topic

DAILY 5
 Our goal is 10 minutes of uninterrupted writing time. Each component of the DAILY 5 is critical to practice so that the children become independent in their skill development. Eventually, all the components will be happening at the same time with students participating at various ones. The components are:

Read to Self
Work on Writing
Word Work
Listen to Stories
Read to Someone

Math: Measuring

New Concept: We have been making comparisons of objects. Bring two  students up and compare heights. Sort the students into the category of shorter, longer/taller, and same. Select two students who are about the same height. Show the students how they are the about the same. Then ask one student to stand on a small step stool or a few blocks. Is child 1 now taller than child 2? Many will say yes. Explain that child 1 is still the same height, but we are not measuring correctly. 
Whole Group Explore: Today you are going to measure a few things in the room. You will need to be sure that you line up the bottom of the object and be comparing or measuring using a craft stick. You will be on a hunt for things in the room that are longer/taller, shorter, or the same and draw a picture and/or label the items you find. 
Student Application: Students will practice tracing and writing 5, 6, 7  
Students will color the objects that are taller/longer.  
Students will draw a scarecrow that is taller.

 PhyEd Today
 Social Studies
Today we are going to begin learning about people and events that we celebrate. First, what does the word “celebrate” mean? Tell students that celebrate could mean to have a party, but it could also mean to learn and understand what something is. We celebrate people and events from long ago when we learn about why they were important.
Read Learn & Celebrate and discuss things that we celebrate (people and events). Now that you know that we celebrate important people and events from the past, we are going to do an activity where we sort picture cards into these two categories. If the picture is an example of a person or group of people that we celebrate, we will put it in the “people” category. If it is an event from the past that we celebrate, we will put it in the “event” column.

~In the Wednesday envelope will be a breathing technique that Mrs. Weninger taught to your child last Friday. She plans to send home these Mindful Movement breathing techniques in the Wednesday envelope over the next few weeks.
~We enjoyed celebrating with Carlene yesterday...

~The kids liked the storybook reader too...

~The results of our vote yesterday...

~The book order is due Wednesday, November 14. Your child's sponsored book this month is: