Thursday, February 1

Thursday, February 1
SPLISH SPLASH...It's a Reading Bash!

Happy I Love to Read Month!

"DECK THE HALLS WITH SPLISHY SPLASHY..."

The children are making three separate beach-type decorations this morning:

~ Starfish with Mrs. Schrupp

~Tropical Fish with Mrs. Spaulding
~Sea Turtle with me

   

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
vet to vest to vent to vend to end to fend to tend to ten to tan to van to Vin 

 Irregular Words: are, was, you     NEW: what, have

                       Read: The dog was at the vet.

                                     Did Vic have his vest on?

                                     What did you and Vin get?

           Spell: Viv vents to Bev.

                         What is in the van?

                                   Val and I have a lot to do!

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

We will revisit the vocabulary words from the story (craters, glow, neighbor, rock) and compare/contrast the story to Papa, please get the moon for me by Eric Carle.

 Writer's Workshop: Add More Sounds 
*We did not get to this on Tuesday.
 I will draw a fiction story about a dog (character) at the park (setting). The kids will watch as I model how to count the sounds on my fingers for each label I write. "I want to label the collar on my dog. Let's listen to how many sounds are in the word and put a finger up for each sound /c/ /o/ /l/ /r/. I have 4 fingers up so now I need to write 4 lines and say it again slowly and write each sound I hear."
 The kids will then try that strategy on their own.

Literacy Jobs  

               

    Will the groundhog see his shadow? The kids will make predictions today and graph the results tomorrow.
                                                     Music Today 

  ~ Family members are invited to read if you can't...We would LOVE to have as many readers visit us for I Love to Read month as possible! Please go here to sign up! 

Wednesday, January 31

Wednesday, January 31

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: vet, vest, vend, shove
 Segment: vend, vast, crave, vents
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  qu, x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k, s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes:  qu, x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k (c, k), s (/s/, /z/)
Blending Drill 
quid to quip to quips to quits to quit to kit to kilt to quilt to wilt to welt to west to quest to west to Wes to yes
 New Concept 
     Letter v

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

We will be rereading parts of the book to answer some of these text-dependent questions...

Literacy Jobs  

  KinderMath: Numbers 50-79  

The kids will explore a 100's chart and take note of certain aspects. What do you notice about the numbers going across this row? All of the numbers have a 5 in them. Find the number 52 on your 100's chart. When finding 52, I know I find the number that shows 5 tens and 2 extras. Next, the kids will be directed in ordering numbers 50-79. The numbers 54, 62, and 71 will be written on the board. What number could I look at to help me order these? Should I look at the tens or the extras?  Last, each pair will get the number cards 50-79 to put in order. 
   Phy Ed Today 

Library Day!

Time for Kids: Suited for Space

Project: Jellyfish (In preparation for decorating the hall tomorrow.)

 
~See you tomorrow morning for Rise & Read...don't forget to bring a beach towel and books to read!

  ~We have plenty of room for volunteer readers for our class during I Love to Read Month! Please go here to sign-up for a time. Thank you!

Tuesday, January 30

Tuesday, January 30

   

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
quest to best to west to wist to wilt to quilt to quit to quip to lip to sip 

 Irregular Words: are, was, you

      Read: Did you quit?
                                             Did you get a quilt from mom?
                                          Quin and Wes are on a quest.

           Spell: He quit the quest.
                               Can you see the squid?
                            The quilt is in the den.

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

 Focus vocabulary words within the story (craters, glow, neighbor, rock) and answer these questions:
1) Who is the author?
2) What is their job compared to the illustrator?
3) What is one fact we learned from the text?

s the shape round or straight? Would the shape roll or stack?  
 Writer's Workshop: Add More Sounds
 I will draw a fiction story about a dog (character) at the park (setting). The kids will watch as I model how to count the sounds on my fingers for each label I write. "I want to label the collar on my dog. Let's listen to how many sounds are in the word and put a finger up for each sound /c/ /o/ /l/ /r/. I have 4 fingers up so now I need to write 4 lines and say it again slowly and write each sound I hear."
 The kids will then try that strategy on their own.

Literacy Jobs  

   KinderMath: Numbers 30-49 
The kids will watch as I build THREE ten sticks with cubes and count by 10's to 30. I'll lay down 6 additional cubes and ask, Now how many do I have? 30 and 6, 36! In addition, the kids will use ten frames to count up to 49. I will turn over a number card. It is a 4 and a 2. I know the first number tells me how many TENS I need. I know the second number tells me how many “extras” I need. I will then lay down 2 extra cubes to make 42. They will continue practicing this skill with various numbers between 30-49.

 

 Science: Making Moon Craters 
The kids will explore dropping marbles into kinetic sand to see how craters are made.
Music Today   

  

~I am looking for volunteer readers during I Love to Read Month! Please go here to sign-up for a time. Thank you!
 ~Thursday morning at 7:30 is Rise & Read to kick off I Love to Read month! 

Monday, January 29

Monday, January 29

 

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: quit, quick, quilt, squid
 Segment: queen, quit, quest, squid
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k, s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes:  x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k (c, k), s (/s/, /z/), e

Blending Drill 

fox to pox to ox to ex to Lex to lax to Jax to wax to wag to lag to lap to  

yap to yip to sip to six to nix

 New Concept 

Letter Q 

KinderLiteracy: Moon 

The kids will listen to Moon by Melanie Mitchell.
The topic this week: moon.

The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Connections.
 Writer's Workshop: Making Sound Lines
This lesson focuses on making a line for each sound your child hears in a word when labeling. It's a visual way for them to see how many sounds are in that particular word.

Literacy Jobs  

        KinderMath: Numbers 20-29

Today’s lesson focuses on the first of a few lessons  that will seem to be duplicates of each other. Kindergarten students need A LOT of hands-on work to understand numbers to 100. We want to make sure the kids have a FIRM  understanding of a “ten” so when they see 45 they  see 4 tens and 5 extras. Build Numbers to 29: For this activity, the kids use 29 snap cubes and build TWO 10 sticks. The rest of the cubes will be added to the two 10 sticks for each number l give them to create. They will build each number in the 20's as I say it. (Numbers will be stated out of order.) 
Zero the Hero visits today...Day 90!

   Phy Ed Today 

 Science: Fizzy Moons 

Today, we will make a mixture of baking soda and colored water to shape into moons. These will need to be frozen and after about 1/2 hour in the freezer, we will drop vinegar over them and watch the magic happen!

 

~I am looking for volunteer readers during I Love to Read Month! Please go here to sign-up for a time. Thank you!

Friday, January 26

        

Friday, January 26

 KinderMath: Counting By 10's 

To begin the lesson, the kids will hear the story Toasty Toes by Michael Dahl to focus on counting by 10’s. Next, the kids will have time to explore counting to 100 by 10’s in a hands-on way. They will count out 10 objects onto a ten frame, then transfer the ten frame to a small paper plate. They will continue counting out the 10 sets of objects until all 10 paper plates are filled. They will then go back through and count the plates by 10’s to 100.

 Computer Class today    

 

Projects
Puffy Snowman & Peter from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Both are made with shaving cream & glue.

We will be watching The Snowman movie this afternoon. The entire story is told through music.

Music Today   

~It was so nice to chat with all of you at conferences....Thank you for coming!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday, January 25

  

Thursday, January 25

   

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
six to fix to fox to box to ox to ax to max to tax to wax to wag to wig to big 

 to beg to bet to net to next

 Irregular Words: look, book, are, was    NEW: you

      Read: Are you next?

                         Lex can fix the box.
                      Did Max text you?

Spell: Lex has six cats.
          Look at Dax flex!

          Did you text me?

KinderLiteracy: The Snowy Day  
The kids will work on sequencing and retelling the story. 
 Writer's Workshop: Characters and Setting

Literacy Jobs

  KinderMath: Count by 5's   

The kids will listen to the story, Tally O'Malley by Stuart Murphy and focus on counting by 5’s and understanding the use of tally marks. The kids will then get to apply their skills in using tally marks by taking inventory of the classroom. They will walk around the classroom and take inventory of the items listed on the sheet. The kids will continue to work with counting by 5’s and using tallies to do so. Then using popsicle sticks, they will create sets of tally marks to 20. After the sets of tally marks have been made, they will go back through and count the sets; 5, 10, 15, 20 and mark them with pictures of hands.     

 Phy Ed Today 
 

~Still the best...they love your children! Happy Paraprofessional Week!

~Yesterday, the kids were treated to a "book tasting" experience during their library time with Mrs. Thomas. She was ready to "serve" them some delicious books that they could "order" and "take out" for enjoyment at home. The kids had so much fun! 

~Last call for any spare change to bring for I Love to Read month prizes. Thank you so much for helping with this fundraiser!
 

 ~I am looking forward to visiting with those of you who are scheduled for conferences this evening!