Friday, April 21

Friday, April 21
Happy Earth Day tomorrow!

Guided Phonics: R-Blends Review (Day 1)
~Identifying sounds
~High Frequency Word: are
~Word building sounds: r blends
Math: Minus Sign
The kids are working hard to gain an understanding of subtracting and it's time to focus on this abstract symbol. To begin the lesson, the kids will hear the story, If You Were a Minus Sign by: Trisha Speed Shaskan. Next, the kids will hold up the minus sign or equal sign of where they belong in the statement when acting out the following scenarios...
*There were 5 kids at the park, but then 4 of the kids walked home, (5 – 4 = 1).
* 6 dogs were in the yard but 4 dogs ran away, (6 – 4 = 2).
* 5 butterflies were on the flower but 2 butterflies flew away, (5 – 2 = 3).
 
Project #1: Paper Plate Earth

Project #2: Puffy Paint Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm in a Cup
The kids will love this experiment!

Fill a cup half full of water to represent the sky then add shaving cream on the water for clouds. Next, add a few drops of blue food coloring onto the top of the cloud to represent water droplets. As a cloud gets full and heavy the water starts to fall from the sky as rain. I'll simplify the concept of lightning by explaining the frozen water in the cloud bumps into each other and causes an electrical charge. That electrical charge can turn into lightning. We'll use bent paperclips to represent lightning in the cup.

Computer class today.
PE Today

~The field trip permission form and payment are due Wednesday, April 26. 

Have a nice weekend!