Tuesday, March 28

Tuesday, March 28

If possible, have your child read out loud one or more books from their book bag each day for the remainder of this week. This builds fluency, automaticity, and is just plain fun for making time together to celebrate their reading journey! Log what they read (in the communication journal) and they will get to have lunch in our classroom! They can read the books multiple times.

Happy Reading!😃

Friday, March 24

 
Friday, March 24
Guided Phonics: Open Syllables (Day 1)
~Identifying sounds
 ~High frequency words: he, be, we, me, she
~Word building sound: open syllables
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.
Computer class this afternoon.

Phy Ed  

Project: Crayon w/ Watercolor Dolphins

~Your child will be bringing home their book bag filled with books to read over break. These books have been previously read to you and will continue to help your child with automaticity in word recognition and fluency.

Have a WONDERFUL Spring Break!   

Thursday, March 23

  
   Thursday, March 23
Guided Phonics: ll, ss, ff, zz (Day 2)
~Identifying sounds
 ~High frequency words: well, fell, tell
~Word building sound: ll, ss, ff, zz

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins
We'll review the vocabulary words from the story...

Literacy Jobs 
KinderWriting: Authors Spell Their Best

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.  

Music Today  

~No extra news for today.

Wednesday, March 22

  
   Wednesday, March 22
Guided Phonics: ll, ss, ff, zz (Day 1)
~Identifying sounds
 ~High frequency words: well, fell, tell
~Word building sound: ll, ss, ff, zz

KinderLiteracy: Dolphins
The kids are answering these questions today...

Literacy Jobs 

 Library Today

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 like the photo below.

 

KinderWriting: Authors Can Add 's' 

 Phy Ed Today

Time for Kids: Babies are Born

~We crushed it with Rock your Socks yesterday! What fun it was to keep our shoes off for most of the day!

~A BIG thank you goes out to Finn's family for donating a bag of colorful Goldfish crackers to each child for snack!

Tuesday, March 21

       Tuesday, March 21

World Down Syndrome Day

Let's Rock our Socks!

Guided Phonics: ll, ss, ff, zz (Day 1)

~Identifying sounds

 ~High frequency words: well, tell, bell

~Word building sound: ll, ss, ff, zz

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?

Literacy Jobs 

KinderWriting: Authors Label  With Words 

The kids are getting stronger day by day with writing! 

 Math: Combos to 10

Combos to 10 are so vitally important in setting a solid foundation our kids will need for first grade. Today, the kids will be building all the possible combinations to 10 with connecting cubes, similar to the picture below.

 
Music Today 

~We had fun celebrating with Hazyl yesterday!

~PTA Bingo Fun Night is Thursday, April 13.

Monday, March 20

       Monday, March 20
Happy 1st Day of Spring!
Happy birthday Hazyl!

Guided Phonics: ll, ss, ff, zz (Day 2)
(We were unable to do this lesson last Thursday because of the early dismissal.)
~Identifying sounds
 ~High frequency words: miss, off

~Word building sound: ll, ss, ff, zz

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.

Literacy Jobs 

KinderMath: Adding 0 and 1

In today's lesson, the kids will work on the concept of adding on 0 and 1. This will be done by using a 'life-size' number path (1-10) on our classroom floor. Each child will have a turn to show what happens when we add 1 more by hopping to that number. For instance, if they are standing on 3 and I say, "Add 1",  they would hop to 4. Next, the kids will take turns to show what happens when I say, "Add 0".  Again, the lesson within this entire unit is laying the foundation for using +, -, = symbols. 

  It's day 120 and Zero the Hero visits!

KinderWriting: Writers Build More Words

 Phy Ed Today

~I wish all of you could have experienced the joy and excitement when the kids created their leprechaun traps! Unfortunately, the leprechauns outwitted all of us!

~World Down Syndrome Day is tomorrow, March 21st. Let's Rock our Socks by wearing the craziest of mismatched socks we can! ~Bingo Fun Night has been scheduled yet again. The new date is Thursday, April 13.