Thursday, December 1

Thursday, December 1
Guided Phonics: o (Day 2)
~Phoneme Discrimination (What two sounds are the same? m-t-m, p-p-s, etc.)

~High frequency words: on, not, mom
~Word building sound: o /o/  
 KinderLiteracy: The Gingerbread Boy 

The kids are making a 'story retell path' today.

Literacy Jobs

KinderWriting: Illustrators Label the Details
This lesson encourages the kids to add more labels to what they illustrate.  

KinderMath: Compare Length

The kids will continue to build their knowledge of comparing sizes. They will compare the length between two items and use 'math talk' to explain the difference. ("The string is longer than the shoe." or "The pencil is shorter than the book.") This is an engaging activity for the children because they get to choose what to measure throughout our classroom.

Music Class Today

~Reminder: The K-3 Holiday Program is Thursday, December 8.
~The book order is due Monday, December 5.

Wednesday, November 30

       Wednesday, November 30

Guided Phonics: o (Day 1)
~Phoneme Discrimination (What sound doesn't belong? m-t-m, p-p-s, etc.)
~High frequency words: on, not, mom
~Word building sound: o /o/  

KinderLiteracy: The Gingerbread Boy 

The children will compare and contrast the story with The Gingerbread Girl.

Literacy Jobs
KinderWriting: Illustrators Label Themselves
Often we place ourselves in a story and our name is a label. We do this to let others know we are part of the story.

Kindermath: Compare Sizes

Today we begin a new unit called Measurement. The lesson focuses on comparing the sizes of two classroom items with each other (eraser & glue stick, pencil & block, etc.). In addition, please read the publisher's article that comes home today that explains how we will be teaching the teen numbers. It will be in the Wed. envelope.

Library Day!

Time for Kids: Landforms all Around

Phy Ed Today

~The book order is due Monday, December 5. Books will arrive before the holiday break!

Tuesday, November 29

                           

Tuesday, November 29
Guided Phonics: n (Day 2)
~Phoneme Discrimination
~High frequency words: in, man, and
~Word building sound: n /n/

 KinderLiteracy: The Gingerbread Boy 

Recall questions for today:
Where does this story take place? 
Who are the characters?
What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story? 
We will clarify the vocabulary words within the story (sniff, threshing, field, strut, dared).

Literacy Jobs

KinderWriting: Illustrators Label Illustrations
The kids begin writing the first letter sound that corresponds to each of their illustrations.

KinderMath: How Many in All?

Using two different colors of cubes, partners each roll a dot cube and build that many with their cubes. They will join the cubes to see how many in all. Using two separate colors helps the kids 'see' how many. This builds the foundation for doing addition later on.
Music Today

~There is still room for your family to join us for the FREE Merry Math Night this Thursday!  If you haven't signed up yet, please email me tongenc@maplelake.k12.mn.us. Be sure to include how many will attend! Again, bring your whole family!
Preparing to 'Deck the Halls' 

The finished look...

Monday, November 28

Monday, November 28

"DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY..."

The children are making four separate holiday decorations to fill the kindergarten hallway so this is sure to heighten our holiday spirit! 

~Jolly Santa Head

~Dazzling Christmas Tree

~Happy Holiday Star
Guided Phonics: n (Day 1)
~Phoneme Discrimination
~High frequency words: in, man, and
~Word building sound: n /n/

 KinderLiteracy: The Gingerbread Boy 

As always, the first read is for enjoyment so we can focus on specific comprehension skills the rest of the week.
The comprehension strategy the kids work on this week is Retell, Problem/Solution.

Literacy Jobs

Phy Ed Today

 ~The gift wrapping play center is ready to go! The kids will have fun wrapping these items:

teddy bear
necklace
car
crayons

 ball

 This center helps the kids determine whether the gift should be wrapped in a small, medium, or large piece of paper. Other skills are: cutting, taping, and writing friends' names. The gift is then returned to the wrapper for 're-gifting' to another friend. The fun keeps going on and on!

Phy Ed Today

~I hope you can make it to Merry Math Night on Thursday!