Tuesday, February 1

Tuesday, February 1

Wahoo! It's I Love to Read Month!

Sight Word Focus: have

KinderLiteracy: A Bad Case of Stripes 

We will focus on the vocabulary words within the story (fret, ointment, contagious, lawn, sob) and answer these questions:

1) Where does the story take place?

2) Who are the main characters?

3) What is the problem? How was the problem solved?

KinderPhonics: Short e Vowel Sound (Medial Position)

Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate Ending Sounds

Changing the ending sound in a word to make a new word. 

 Writer's Workshop: Narratives
Narratives use words like I, me, and my...

Literacy Jobs  

 Zero the Hero visits today for Day 90! 

  KinderMath: Count By 2's Part 2

We will start the lesson by reading the story, Eggs and Legs by Michael Dahl which focuses on counting by 2's and pairs of objects. Why would we want to count by 2’s? Would we always count items by 2’s? Each pair of students will use 10 pairs of color cubes (2 red, 2 yellow, etc.) and a set of count by 2’s number cards. Partners will first make the pairs from the snap cubes. Then they will lay out their snap cubes with space between each set of cubes. Next, they will lay out the number cards under each set to match and lastly, go back through and practice counting the cubes by 2’s.

               

Will the groundhog see his shadow? We will make predictions today and graph the results tomorrow.

Phy Ed 

~The 'Readopoly' board (for I Love to Read month) will be in your child's folder today. Please keep it on the 'Return to School' side all month long and I will check for your signatures of the stories you read to them. 

Monday, January 31

Monday, January 31

Sight Word Focus: when

KinderLiteracy: A Bad Case of Stripes
The kids will listen to A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon to build an interest in the topic this week: Be Yourself/Body.
The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Connections/Inferring.

KinderPhonics: Short o Vowel Sound

Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate ENDING Sounds
Changing the ending sound in a word to make a new word: cap to can, rat to rap, etc.
 Writer's Workshop: Introduction to 'Narrative' Stories
Simply put, the children will start writing about something real about themselves. 

Literacy Jobs 

          ~A few new activities are available during this independent learning time. 

~Short Vowel Sorts
~Sight Word Work
~New Ipad Stories 
 KinderMath: Numbers to 100

*We begin a new unit today called Numbers to 100 with today's lesson focusing on counting by 2's.
A stack of 20 unmatched socks will be placed in the middle of our circle. "How many socks do I have? Can I know without counting? How many socks do you need to put on your shoes? When we have two of something we call this a pair or a match." After making the 10 sets of pairs, we will go back and count the socks one-by-one. "Boys and girls, remember Mathematicians always want to get to an answer the most efficient way possible! I will count them by 2’s. When we count by 2’s, we are skip-counting."  I will show the kids how to “whisper” count to 20 by whispering the skipped number and “shouting” the numbers counted by 2’s. For example, 1 (whisper), 2 (shout), 3 (whisper), 4 (shout), etc.

 Music Today 

~I look forward to seeing those of you who are able to make Rise & Read tomorrow morning...What a GREAT way to kick-off I Love to Read Month!

Friday, January 28

 

Friday, January 28    
Kindermath: Positional Words
Today's lesson focuses on positional words, so I will have them stand next to a table/chair and follow my prompts as they stand next to, under, on, etc.
After engaging in this activity, we will wrap up the shape unit by making a fun positional shape monster. 

Computer class this afternoon.

 Library Today

Projects
Puffy Snowman made with shaving cream & glue.
Snowglobe-your child will be inside....

Phy Ed Today

~It was so nice to chat with all of you at conferences....Thank you for coming!

 ~PLEASE view this video that explains all the activities planned for I Love to Read month!
~Mrs. Thomas has given each child a discarded book from the library to keep. It will be coming home with them today.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 27

Thursday, January 27

Sight Word Focus: have

KinderLiteracy: The Snowy Day  
The kids will work on sequencing and retelling the story.

KinderPhonics: Short i Vowel Sound (Medial Position)
Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate Beginning Sounds
Changing the beginning sound in a word to make a new word.
 Literacy Jobs  

KinderMath: Comparing Solid & Flat Shapes
This lesson will have children feeling for flat/solid shapes. Student pairs will play Guess the Shape with their partner. “Simon says get a shape that has three equal sides,” or “Simon says get a shape that has no sides AND can roll.” Is the shape flat or solid?" How many sides do you feel? Does the shape have any corners? Is the shape round or straight? Would the shape roll or stack?   
 Music Today

 

~ Our second evening of conferences is from 4-7 tonight. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of you who are scheduled!

Wednesday, January 26

Wednesday, January 26

Late Start!

Sight Word Focus: when

KinderLiteracy: The Snowy Day  

We will be rereading parts of the book to answer some text-dependent questions.

Please view the photo below...

KinderPhonics: Short i Vowel Sound

Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate Beginning Sounds

Literacy Jobs  

Phy Ed Today

Time For Kids: Measuring Time 

~Some of you may not receive the Wednesday envelope today.