Thursday, April 20

 
                                   Thursday, April 20                      
          Guided Phonics: Blends gr, pr, tr (Day 2)
~Identifying sounds
~Word building sounds:  gr, pr, tr
    KinderLiteracy: Storms
We'll review the vocabulary words...

  Literacy Jobs 

KinderWriting: Authors Write Class Books
(We didn't get to this yesterday.)
Each child will illustrate and write I see ______. on a page to be put into a class book. 
Math: Subtract with a Picture
Today’s lesson will start by reviewing the two previous subtraction strategies we learned: subtracting with fingers and with objects. The kids will work with 10 snap cubes and 1 ten frame to solve problems like this:
There were 8 horses at the farm. Put 8 snap cubes down on your ten frame. 2 horses ran away. Take away 2 snap cubes. How many horses are left?  Next, they will use their fingers to solve problems like this:
There were 10 goats in the pasture. Show me your 10 goats. 6 goats left the pasture. Take away 6 fingers. How many goats are left? Lastly, the kids will use the strategy of drawing pictures to solve subtraction problems like this:
  There were 8 ducks in the pond. 6 ducks flew away. How can I show my ducks flying away? I am going to cross them out. Now, how many ducks are left? I am going to circle the ducks that are left so I can easily see that 2 are left. The kids will illustrate the problem using circles and crossing out the 'take away' part.

We will participate in the statewide tornado drill at 1:45.

 Music Today

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