Monday, February 1

Monday, February 1

Sight Word Focus: be

Phonemic Awareness: Segment Phonemes within Words
Stretch out the word and put it back together.  

 /CH/ Digraph: The kids will build /ch/ words that I say

   Handwriting: See photo below...

Literacy Jobs

~In addition to sight word activities, we now have some new literacy jobs that focus on vowels and word families.

 Math: Looking Closer at Hexagons

Honey the Hexagon will help the kids count the sides and vertices of a hexagon and add “hexagon” to the flat shapes poster. Next, we will review all of the flat shapes on the poster. (circle, triangle, square, & rectangle) The kids will expand their knowledge of hexagons by exploring with a game called Fill the Hexagon using pattern blocks. They will roll a cube that has the flat shapes drawn on it and whatever shape it lands on is placed inside the hexagon. 

The kids will also get time to use Geoboards/Geobands to build shapes. (See photo below.)

Library Day

Music Today 

 
~We had fun celebrating Makenzie's birthday...

~Coming home with your child today is weekly reading goal tracker for I Love to Read month. Please help us earn an ice cream party at the end of the month!
~Please email me if you are willing to read a story to our class via Google Meet!

~We received word that we will be able to have a Valentine's party on Friday, February 12. I will send a detailed letter in the Wednesday envelope this week.

Friday, January 29

Friday, January 29

Late Start
Happy Birthday Makenzie!

Phonemic Awareness: Manipulating Ending Sounds
Change the end sound to make a new word. dog-dot, sun-sum, etc.

 Digraph: /ch/
Stretching out words with /ch/: ch-i-n, ch-i-p, s-u-ch, etc.

Literacy Jobs 

   Writer's Workshop: Narratives Can Have a Hook
**We did not get to this yesterday.

We want to grab the reader's attention in a story. The poster below shows ways to do that. 

PhyEd Today

Project: Mexican Fan Ceiling Fan
For I Love to Read month, the kids will make the decoration as seen in the photo above. Each grade level has chosen a country to decorate their hallway area with. Kindergarten has chosen Mexico.

 
~Thanks for the wonderful visits I had with you at conferences! I enjoyed sharing their growth with you!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 28

Thursday, January 28
Sight Word Focus: all

Phonemic Awareness: Segment Phonemes within Words
Stretch out the word and put it back together. 

 /SH/ Digraph: The kids will build /sh/ words that I dictate.

Literacy Jobs 

 Writer's Workshop: Narratives Can Have a Hook

We want to grab the reader's attention in a story. The poster below shows ways to do that. 

 Handwriting: Three Letter Words & Simple Sentence

  Math: Taking a Closer Look at Square and Rectangle

We will focus on rectangles and squares in the story, Circus Shapes by Stuart Murphy. The kids will focus on the number of sides and vertices of each and help me count the them. We will look closely at rectangles and squares to focus on the fact that a square has four equal sides and a rectangle has 2 long and 2 short sides. Next, the kids look closely at the faces of the solid shapes and notice the circle base of the cylinder, cone, and square base of a cube. They will have time to explore finding the flat shapes within the solid shapes. Lastly, the kids will lay their solid shapes flat and then trace around them. Once they lift up the solid shape, they will discover a flat shape. 

Music Today

~I am looking forward to visiting with the rest of you at conferences this evening!
~Tomorrow is a late start day. School begins at 10:15.