Monday, December 10

Monday, December 11
Letter Study: Yy

 Popcorn Word: when

 Language Arts: Reader's Theater We Like Fruit

We will work on concepts of print with teaching points like this...

 Looking at the cover of a book can help you summarize and synthesize information you will learn in the book. What clues do you see that can help you summarize what this book is about? Are all fruits the same? How can you tell?

Read the title.

Ask: Who can come up and point to the title of the book?

Read the name of the author.

Ask: Who would like to find the author's name on this book cover?

Display the inside front cover of the book. Read the question aloud. Invite students to share the names of their favorite fruit. Ask: How can this picture help summarize what this book is about in one word? What words can you use to describe the fruit?

Point out the title page.

Ask: How many words are there in the title? Which is the first word? Which way do we read the title?

Point to each word as you read the title. Have children read it chorally as you point to each word again.

Ask: How many letters are in the first word? Which is a capital letter? Which is a small letter? Continue with the other words in the title.

Point to the character group icons.

Say: What do these icons tell us?

Point to and read the setting of the script.

Say: An orchard is land where plants and trees grow. What does the setting tell us? What do you think the settings in this book will look like?

 Writer's Workshop: Weekend News...This will be done each Monday from now on. It's another chance to make connections to themselves and put those thoughts down on paper. 
DAILY 5 

Math: Whole/Part-Part
New Concept: We have been working on putting numbers together and breaking them apart. I want to try it a different way. I am going to give you a whole number and one of the parts. You have to figure out the other part. "I had 5 pumpkins. 3 of them were tall. Some were not tall. How many were not tall?"
  Several examples will be provided using the whole/part-part mat. 
Whole Group Explore: Now I will tell you some stories and you build it on your mat.
 • I saw 7 bats. 3 of them were brown. The rest were black.  How many were black?
 • There were 8 scarecrows in a field. 5 of them had red shirts. The rest had blue shirts. How many had blue shirts?
• In the field there were 9 deer. 5 of them were bucks and the rest were does. How many were does?
 Student Application: Students will practice completing their whole/part/part frames.

Music Today

Computer Class Today

This afternoon, the children will plant their own candy cane garden. ..Special ingredients:
~A Tic Tac imprinted with a candy cane
~Lots of Sugar!

     

~We enjoyed celebrating with Hailey on Friday...

~Late start is tomorrow. Wear your Irish Pride shirt
~If you have not done so, please return the gingerbread boy/girl and journal page.
.Bring your Trash for Cash collection tomorrow!