Tuesday, March 1

Tuesday, March 1

Sight Word Focus: had

KinderLiteracy: Enemy Pie
We will focus on the vocabulary words within the story (enemy, recipe, squinted, surprised, mumbled) and answer:
1) Where does the story take place?
2) Who is the main character?
3) What is the problem? How was the problem solved?

KinderPhonics: Digraph /ck/
Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate Medial Sounds
Rain- /a/: Rat; Men- /ea/: Mean, etc.
 Writer's Workshop: Add Action Words
The children will learn another way to make their story more interesting...using verbs.
Literacy Jobs  
Again, Book Club will resume when assessments for report cards are completed.

KinderMath: Combining Sets Up to 20
We will again be focusing on combining sets but this time to 20. Again, this is not a 'true' addition lesson but rather getting the kiddos to become confident in combining two sets of objects for a total or 'in all'. We will also work on counting on to combine. We want to teach the importance and reason behind counting on, especially with larger numbers. For example...How many brown dogs? (11) How many black dogs? (4) How many dogs in all?
*Count on from 11...*11*, 12, 13, 14, 15.  There are 15 dogs in all.

Project: In preparation for Dr. Seuss Day, the kids will be making a headband of Things 1 or 2 that they need for tomorrow.

 Phy Ed Today

~Today is a BIG day for Early Educators as donations are being doubled. Any help would be appreciated!
Pay it Forward

~We are hoping to know by the end of the day if we get the bounce house on Friday!
~Have your child wear red for Dr. Seuss Day tomorrow.

Monday, February 28

Monday, February 28

Sight Word Focus: not

KinderLiteracy: Enemy PieThe kids will listen to Enemy Pie by Derek Munson to build an interest in the topic for this week: Friendship.
The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Inferring.Story Elements: Problem/Solution

KinderPhonics: th, sh, ch Review
Phonemic Awareness: Manipulate Medial Sounds
Coat- /a/: Cat; Met- /ea/: Meat, etc.
 Writer's Workshop: Add Describing Words
The children will learn another way to make their story more interesting...using adjectives.
Literacy Jobs  
Again, Book Club will resume when assessments for report cards are completed.KinderMath: Find Differences of Sets to 10
In today’s lesson, the kids will be going further than simply comparing two sets as more or less. They will be working on stating how many the difference between two sets is. For this activity, each pair will need two sets of number cards 1-10 and 20 snap cubes. Each partner will pull a card and build that amount of cubes. Students will then “make friends” with their cubes so they can easily see how many more/fewer. Again, the kids will focus on stating the amount that the difference is.

  Music Today

~We are looking forward to a final count of completed Readopoly boards. We are hoping for the school-wide goal of 150 completed boards in order to have the bounce house on Friday!

Friday, February 25

Friday, February 25

 

Sight Word Focus: had

KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth
We are applying the vocabulary words through questions and actions:

1. Which would you prefer to nibble on – carrots or ice cream?

2. Do you think Bear would savor bugs or blueberries?
3. Share about a time you may have fretted about something.

4. Which of these animals do not perch on branches–canary, fish, or owl?  Defend your answer.

5. Pretend to pry open a large box.
6. Using your arms flutter around the room.

 KinderMath: One More, One Less
Most of the children are confident with one more but less confident with one less. This lesson will help increase their confidence with this concept.
• Activity One: Pairs will work together lining numeral cards (9-20) needed for activity two.
• Activity Two: Commands will be said like, “Find the number that is one more than 12. Find the number that is one less than 20.”

• Activity Three: Pairs will need these number cards and 40 snap cubes. The kids will place a number in the middle. One partner will show the set that is ONE LESS using cubes, and the other partner will show a set that is ONE MORE with cubes.

Project: Bear's Loose Tooth Craft

Computer class this afternoon.

 Library Today

 Phy Ed 

~A fun day celebrating with Eliana!

~Last chance for the Readopoly boards to be completed this weekend. We hope to reach our school-wide goal of 150 completed boards on Monday!
Have a fabulous weekend! 
~UPDATE: My surgery went well and I was able to come home yesterday. Now to recover so I can get back to my favorite little humans!

Thursday, February 24

Thursday, February 24

                Happy Birthday, Eliana!     

Sight Word Focus: not

KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth
We will focus on the vocabulary words within the story (nibble, savor, fret, perch, pry, fluttered) and answer these questions:
1) Who is the author? What is their job compared to the illustrator?
2) What is one FACT we heard from the book?

KinderPhonics: Digraph ch

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation

I state a word and the kids take it apart.

blot- /b/  /l/  /o/  /t/

slush- /s/  /l/  /u/  /sh/

 Writer's Workshop: If I was the President, I would __________.

Literacy Jobs  

 Again, Book Club will not be in session this week and next as we will be assessing for report cards during this time. Your child will read books from their book box throughout the week.

 KinderMath: Compare Numbers 11-20

Today’s lesson will focus on students comparing numbers 11-20 once again. However, this time the kids will also be focusing on the numeral itself. We will use the same counting book as yesterday (How Many Snails?) to count sets of objects, and write the matching numeral that goes with each set. An example...

How many star fish are there? {17} How many dogs do are there? {15} Both numbers will be written on the board. The kids will explain their thinking with question probes like, How do you know? and Can you prove that?
               Music Today  

~Bingo Fun Night is this evening...Hope you can make it!

~Wear a jersey or sport shirt tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 23

     
              
        Wednesday, February 23 

Sight Word Focus: that

KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth

The kids will listen to Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson to build an interest in the topic for the next few days, Dental Health.
The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Inferring

KinderPhonics: Digraph ch

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation

I state a word and the kids take it apart.
blot- /b/  /l/  /o/  /t/
slush- /s/  /l/  /u/  /sh/

 Writer's Workshop: Spaceman
Spaceman comes again today! He helps us remember to make spaces between our words. Each child will get their own to use!

Literacy Jobs  
~New activities include: sight word work, sentence building, CVC word work, writing, and more...
~Book Club will not be in session this week and next as we will be assessing for report cards during this time. Your child will read books from their book box throughout the week. 

KinderMath: Compare 'Some Extra'

The kids will be focusing on the “extras” of a teen number (15 is 10 and 5 extras/16 is 10 and 6 extras). Using the story, How Many Snails? by Paul Giganti, the kids will count the cupcakes with sprinkles and have their partner show that on their ten-frame. “We counted 13 cupcakes with sprinkles. Can you say that the 'say ten way'? Yes, ten three!” Next, they will count the cupcakes with white icing. Have the other partner show that number on their ten-frame. “How many cupcakes did we count with white icing? Yes, 14 cupcakes! Can you say that the 'say ten way'? Yes, ten four!”Now, just state the extras that are off your ten frame board. 3! 4! So, what is more: 3 or 4? Yes, 4! So, the cupcakes that were ten four or 14 is more! 14 is more than 13!”  The same statements above will be repeated throughout the book for the children to show on their ten-frame.

Time for Kids: A Way With Words

 Phy Ed 

   

~A lunch option change for tomorrow: Spaghetti replaces Pizza Dippers.  

~We had fun celebrating with Wyatt last Friday...

 

~ Bingo Fun Night hosted by our PTA is tomorrow night! A BIG thank you to those who donated gift cards for our theme basket!