Friday, April 28

Friday, April 28
Guided Phonics:  sc, sk, sn, sm Blends (Day 2)
~Identifying sounds
~High Frequency Word: for, or
~Word building sounds: sc, sk, sn, sm

KinderWriting: Authors Use Periods
Math: Differences to 10
For today’s lesson the kids will be working on equations within 10 by using the book, Elevator Magic by Stuart Murphy. We will use the vertical number line we used yesterday as it will directly resemble the elevator display from the story. 
There are 10 floors and we are going down 2. What is 10 take away 2?
 We are on the 8^th floor and are going down 3 floors. What is 8 take away 3?
After the read aloud, each kid will have an elevator card, whiteboard and dry-erase marker. I will lead the kids in problems like these and they will record the equation on their whiteboard. 
We are on the 9^th floor and are going down 3 floors. What floor will be on? 
The kids  write 9-3=6 
We are on the 10^th floor and going down 7 floors. 
The kids will write 10-7=3.

Project #1: Springtime Flower

 Music Today
Computer class today.

~We had a great time celebrating with Weston!

~Kindergarten will participate in Track & Field Day on May 19.  More information to come...

Have a nice weekend!  

Thursday, April 27

 Thursday, April 27
Happy birthday Weston!

Guided Phonics:  sc, sk, sn, sm Blends (Day 1)
(I couldn't give this lesson enough time yesterday...we'll get it completed today.)
~Identifying sounds
~High Frequency Word: for, or
~Word building sounds: sc, sk, sn, sm

KinderLiteracy: Seed to Plant
We'll review the vocabulary words...

KinderWriting: Authors Make Mistakes

Brave writers make mistakes! This lesson helps the kids understand that it's ok to make mistakes and continue on!
(Postponed from yesterday...)

  Literacy Jobs 

Math: Subtracting One

Today, the kids will focus on subtracting one with the use of a vertical number line.

Using the Ten in a Bed poem, the kids will raise 10 fingers and subtract one-by-one to notice that the number is getting less by one each time. My goal is to have the kids continue to notice the connection between less and subtraction. We will continue to use the vertical number line to demonstrate a subtraction problem like this: 

5 birds were in a tree. 3 birds flew away. How many birds are left? We will find the number 5 and swoop down 3 spots to see there are 2 birds left.      

Earth Science: Needs of a Plant
The sunflower seeds we planted on Monday are starting to sprout so we'll discuss what plants need to stay alive. Next, the kids will plant grass seed in a cup to continue their study of plant needs.

Phy Ed Today

~We enjoyed celebrating with AJ yesterday!

~Have your child wear blue tomorrow for Autism awareness.

Wednesday, April 26

Wednesday, April 26
Happy birthday AJ!

Guided Phonics: sc, sk, sn, sm Blends (Day 1)
~Identifying sounds
~High Frequency Word: for, or
~Word building sounds: sc, sk, sn, sm
KinderLiteracy: Seed to Plant
The kids will sequence the steps a seed moves through to become a plant.KinderWriting: Authors Make Mistakes
Brave writers make mistakes! This lesson helps the kids understand that it's ok to make mistakes and persevere!
  Literacy Jobs 
 Library Today

Math: Unknown Subtraction Stories (Day 2)

We will continue to work on the difference in unknown problems. The kids will solve the unknown number problem using cubes and then write the subtraction equation. For instance:
I had 8 balloons. My friend had 5 balloons. How many fewer does my friend have?
8-5=3

Time for Kids: My Cool Job

 Music Today

~  No extra news for today.

Tuesday, April 25

 Tuesday, April 25

Guided Phonics: R-Blends Review (Day 3)
~Identifying sounds
~High Frequency Word: are
~Word building sounds: r blends

KinderLiteracy: Seed to Plant
We will focus these vocabulary words within the story (soil, seedling, pollination, germination 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?

KinderWriting: Authors Build Words & Read What They Write
With encouragement, the kids are adding more words to their writing. There are many things to think about as an early writer...recalling sight words as well as other sounds to create words, capitalizing, spacing, syntax, punctuation, etc. After all of that, the author needs to read what was written to be sure it makes sense and has most of the elements mentioned earlier.

  Literacy Jobs 

Math: Unknown Subtraction Stories

We will work on the difference in unknown problems. The kids will show the problem using cubes and write the problem statement. The following is an example of the problems they will work on.
My teacher has 10 flowers and my principal has 7 flowers. How many fewer flowers does my principal have than my teacher? 
It's important the kids are confident in stating how many fewer there are. Again, this can be very difficult for the kids as they are most confident with more.   
   It's day 140...It's time for Zero the Hero to visit!

Phy Ed Today

~The field trip permission form and payment are due tomorrow.  

Monday, April 24

 Monday, April 24

Guided Phonics: 

KinderLiteracy: Seed to Plant

The kids will listen to Seed to Plant by Kristin Rattini to build an interest in the topic for this week: Plants

The comprehension strategy this week is Inferring.
KinderWriting: Authors Create Their Own Storybooks
The kids will create a story about things they like. The story will include 3 pages and a title page where they can place their name as the author and illustrator.

  Literacy Jobs 

Math: Subtraction Stories: Day 2

We will work on more subtraction stories within 10 today. On Friday, the kids used a farm scene to lay the cubes on. Today, they have a pond scene with frogs to use for solving the story problems. 

 Music Today

Earth Science: Living & Nonliving
The kids will identify characteristics that make things living or nonliving. We will plant some sunflower seeds in two clear, plastic bags to see what happens when one is given water and sunlight to grow while the other bag is put in a closet. The kids will be observing what happens over time.

~The field trip permission form and payment are due Wednesday.