Friday, January 31

Friday, January 31
Happy Groundhog's Day on Sunday!

 Sight Word Review: all, this
 Reading Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Library Day
 Literacy Jobs 

 ~Groundhog color word book

Math: Groundhog themed math activities...
~Dice Roll
~Prediction: Will he see his shadow? We will graph what we think will happen and revisit it on Monday to check if our predictions were right.
  Stories: Ten Grouchy Groundhogs!  By: Kathryn Helig
                     Double Trouble Groundhog Day  By: Bethany Roberts

Project: "Groundhog, where is Spring?" The children are making a pop-up groundhog puppet.

PhyEd Today
 
~We enjoyed celebrating with Charlotte yesterday...

~Our storybook reader...

Have a GREAT weekend and good luck to any of you in the fishing contest!

Thursday, January 30

Thursday, January 30

Happy Summer Birthday Charlotte! (July 28)

Reading Workshop: Comprehension-Answering Text-Dependent Questions

  Reading Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Sight Word Focus: this
 storybook reader is scheduled for 8:50 this morning to read Not Quite Narwahl.

 Literacy Jobs

                     Writer's Workshop:  Authors Write About What They Can Do

 Math: Counting By 2's

Place a stack of 20 socks {unmatched} into the middle of the circle. Ask, How many socks do I have here? Can I know without counting? No!

How many socks do you need to put on your shoes? Two! When we have two of something we call this a pair or a match. Will you help me make pairs with my socks?
After making the 10 sets of pairs, go back and count the socks one-by- one. Then ask, Boys and girls, remember mathematicians always want to get to an answer the most efficient way possible! Would you like me to show you a quicker way to count my socks? I will count them by 2’s.”

 Count the socks by 2’s. When we count by 2’s, we are skip-counting. Skip-counting means we are skipping over a number to get there quicker. It is kind of like a pattern!

 Show students how to “whisper” count to 20. This simply means we whisper the skipped number and “shout” the numbers counted by 2’s. For example, 1 (whisper), 2 (shout), 3 (whisper), 4 (shout), etc.
Music Today

 Project: Shaving Cream Snowman

 
~I am looking forward to visiting with the rest of you at tonight's conferences!