Thursday, February 2

  
Thursday, February 2
Happy Groundhog's Day!
 Will the groundhog see his shadow? We will look at our predictions from yesterday and discuss the results.
 Stories: Ten Grouchy Groundhogs!  By: Kathryn Helig
                     Double Trouble Groundhog Day  By: Bethany Roberts
Projects:   
~ Groundhog Head
                 ~Groundhog pop-up puppet.

Guided Phonics: x (/ks/) (Day 2)

~Identifying Sounds

 ~High frequency words: six, box

~Word building sound: x (/ks/)  
KinderLiteracy: Moon 

We will revisit the vocabulary words from the story (craters, glow, neighbor, rock).

KinderWriting: Authors Write Words
Literacy Jobs  

 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. "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 

~The book order is due Wednesday, February 8.
~Wear anything flannel tomorrow!
~Read chapter 2 tonight!