Friday, March 25

Friday, March 25

KinderPhonics: L Blends /pl/
Phonemic Awareness: Deleting Phonemes
Delete first sound to make a new word: bring to ring
Literacy Jobs  
Music Today

Computer class this afternoon.

 Library Today

Project: Crayon w/ Watercolor Ocean Scene

~Have a wonderful Spring Break!

I'm looking forward to returning on the 4th!!

Thursday, March 24

 Thursday, March 24

Sight Word Focus: from

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins

We'll review the vocabulary words again...

KinderPhonics: L Blends /fl/
Phonemic Awareness: Deleting Phonemes
Delete first sound to make a new word: cape to ape
Literacy Jobs  

Math: Add with Fingers
Adding with our fingers is a strategy that can help build addition fluency. The kids will do some fun activities involving their fingers including this Funny Fingers interactive activity.

Time for Kids: Counting Time

 Phy Ed Today

~Tomorrow is Miss Athman's last day. I'm so appreciative for everything she did with the kids while I was recovering. I am super excited to be with the kids again on April 4!

Wednesday, March 23

 

Wednesday, March 23

Sight Word Focus: with

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins

The kids are answering these questions today...

KinderPhonics: L Blends /sl/
Phonemic Awareness: Deleting Phonemes
Delete one sound to make a new word:
Block. Delete /b/. Lock.
Train. Delete /t/. Rain.
and so on...
 Writer's Workshop: The Pigeon Needs a Bath
Today's lesson helps us to think about how opinion stories can be written from all kinds of things we see, hear and read. After hearing the story, The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems, the kids will give their opinion and reasons why the pigeon does/does not need a bath.
Literacy Jobs 
Math: Add with Objects
We begin a new unit today called Addition Word Problems. The kids will work with snap cubes to solve simple word problems..."I had 3 pencils and 2 crayons. How many in all?" "I had 2 chairs and 6 more chairs. How many chairs in all?", etc.

Music Today

~No extra news today.

Tuesday, March 22

Tuesday, March 22

Sight Word Focus: was

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins
Vocabulary word focus: calf, equator, mammal, oxygen, predator, prey
1) Who is the author? What is their job compared to the illustrator?
2) What is one fact we learned from the text?

KinderPhonics: Long Vowel Review
Phonemic Awareness: Deleting Phonemes
Delete one sound to make a new word:
Brush. Delete /b/. Rush.
Clean. Delete /c/. Lean.
and so on...
 Writer's Workshop: Giving Two Reasons
Again we are going to talk about using the word ‘because’ and giving two reasons to back up our opinion.
When we give our opinion it is always best to give a reason why but two reasons are even better. 
Literacy Jobs  

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 10

This is the last day of this unit where we use the terminology 'and' & 'make'. The kids will be combining numbers that make 10 by using the story Ten for Me by Barbara Mariconda, a number bond board and connecting cubes. 
 Phy Ed Today

KinderScience: Learning about Seasons

~No extra news for today.

Monday, March 21

       Monday, March 21
Happy Spring!

Sight Word Focus: what

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins
The kids will listen to Dolphins by Melissa Stewart to build an interest in the topic for this week: Dolphins
The comprehension strategy this week is Questioning.

KinderPhonics: Long Vowels Review
Phonemic Awareness: Deleting Phonemes
Delete one sound to make a new word:
Mice. Delete /m/. Ice.
Face. Delete /f/. Ace.
and so on...
 Writer's Workshop: Using the Word Because
This lesson is an introduction to the reason why we use the word because when writing an opinion. It helps to further explain our thoughts. An example...
I like cats becuz tha r cuet.

Literacy Jobs 

KinderMath: Combos to 10

The kids will be doing a couple of hands-on activities to work on combining numbers to make 10. First, they will play Spill the Cup with 10 red/yellow chips inside to find as many combos to 10 they can. Next, they will play Flip the Cup which follows the same idea except the kids will have cups to turn over to make combos to 10.
See photo below.

Music Today

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