Friday, May 24

 

Friday, May 24
Happy Birthday Freya!

YES DAY!

**In a child's world, 'no' is often heard but that's not what they will hear today!
 We will start our day reading Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and then close out the year with the following 'yes' activities:

~No shoes.

~No need to be quiet or walk in a line down the hall.

~Extra recess.

~Sit where they want on the rug.

~Root beer floats.

~Extra playtime with candy!

~No schoolwork!
 Our final computer class is today.
Phy Ed Today 

~We enjoyed celebrating with Hannah yesterday!

~My Wishy Washy Crew...

~PLEASE set a routine to have your child read the passages in the orange folder and practice the Irregular (Heart) Words throughout the summer! It will help them retain  decodable skills, build fluency, and gain automaticity!

~After reading the Irregular (Heart) Words, choose one or two your child could write in a sentence.

~For the passages in the orange folder: (Choose one)

1) Child reads whole passage.

2) Adult reads one sentence, child reads next sentence to the end of the passage.

3) Echo Read: Child reads the sentence after you to the end of the passage.

Of course, reading to them ALL summer is highly encouraged!

~As I write this final update, I know in my heart I have given all that I could to help your child learn and grow. They helped me grow in so many ways too! We became a 'kinderfamily' which will forever be a part of my heart and memories that will be cherished. More importantly, they have given all they could to be such great learners! I want to thank all of you for making our partnership be what it was for the benefit of your child. My hope is that someday they will all say:

All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten!

Happy trails to you, until we meet again... 

Thursday, May 23

 

Thursday, May 23
Happy Birthday Hannah!

 

Activities for Mrs. Wishy Washy include:

1) Mrs. Wishy Washy reader (can sight word)
2) In the story, the animals always say, "Oh lovely mud." How would you describe the mud?
3) Identify the characters and setting in the story.

4)  Cleaning like Mrs. Wishy Washy!
The kids will wear Mrs. Wishy Washy's headpiece so they can scrub our classroom like she does with the farm animals. The kids will get aprons to wear and plenty of water to use in order to get the job done! Here's the chant they say to help squeeze the excess water out of the rag: Wishy washy, wishy washy, shake-shake-shake...

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
mice to rice to race to pace to page to wage to cage to age to sage to stage 

 Irregular Words: who, by, my,  one, once  

    Read: Did Bruce like the rice?
                     The mice in that cage are huge.
                      The stage is a place where Grace shines!
Spell: Do not change a thing.
                Those kids are twice my age!
                There is no space on the page.

Project: A gift for Dad
The 6th graders will help the kids put the finishing touches on their Father's Day gift.
~Happy Father's Day in advance!

Music Today

~Tomorrow is YES Day! Today we will come up with ideas of reasonable and safe things we can say yes to throughout the day. Sounds like a GREAT way to end our year together...
~Report cards will be sent home tomorrow.
~We had fun celebrating with Ben yesterday!

Wednesday, May 22

 Wednesday, May 22
Teach the Teacher...Day 2!
Happy Birthday Ben! (May 30)

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: age, wage, rage, stage
 Segment: page, huge, cage, sage
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: u (short, long) e (short, long), o (short, long), i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) 
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u (long), e (long), o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th, sh, s (s, ss, c)

Blending Drill 

lace to lice to slice to spice to spine to spin to spun to spunk to punk to pun to pin to ping to wing to win to twin to twine to twice
New Concept    
The grapheme G spells /j/ when followed by E.

Math: The Quarter

First, the kids hear a story and view a short clip on YouTube about the quarter. Next, they will sing a few songs about it and finally, explore a real quarter closely. 
Project: Step 2 for Father's Day Gift...

Phy Ed Today 

  

~No extra news for today.

Tuesday, May 21

Tuesday, May 21

Teach the Teacher Day!
My job is in jeopardy...
Look at what these little wonders will be teaching us today:

Kash'Lee: All about Dogs
Austin S.: How Garbage Trucks Work
Isla: How to Draw a Cat
Austyn B.: Flashcard Math
Tom: How to Build a Lego Dinosaur
Nick: How to Draw an Alien
Deanna: Introduce Adrienne & Marinette (Cat Noir & Lady Bug Dolls)
Olivia: How to do Gymnastics
Roman: How to Do Times (Multiplication)
Jackson: How to Draw a Super Hero
Harlyn: How to Groom a Horse
Hannah: How to Make a Book
Maci: How to Draw a Palm Tree
Freya: How to Make a Daisy Chain

Lily: How to Draw a Unicorn

Ben: How to Draw

Leein: How to Make a Paper Airplane

**We will try to get everyone to present their lesson today. If time runs out, we will finish tomorrow.

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
ice to lice to lace to place to pace to face to race to rice to price 

 Irregular Words: who, by, my, one, once
    Read: I use a plate for my rice.
                           Do you want ice for your drink?
                                              What is the price for this nice dress?
Spell: There is no space there.
               Dave kept a fast pace in the race.
            Where did they place your brace?

Math: The Dime
First, the kids hear a story and view a short clip on YouTube about the dime. Next, they will sing a few songs about it and finally, explore a real dime closely. This same routine has been done for the penny and nickel too.
Music Today 

 8th Grade Battle of the Rube Goldberg Machines!
We are heading to the high school this morning to watch the 8th graders test their skills at making a Rube Goldberg Machine.

Where did this idea come from?
Rube Goldberg was an early 20th century Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist. He was
known for his depictions of wacky inventions which did something exceptionally simple through many complicated steps.

~What a FANTASTIC graduation...Hats off to all of you for giving me a priceless gift!
~Have your child wear any Minnesota Timberwolves attire or color tomorrow!

Monday, May 20

 

Monday, May 20

Class of 2036

Happy Graduation Day!

 Story: Graduation Day is Here!  By: Grace Maccarone

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: ice, race, face, space
 Segment: pace, brace, price, grace
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: u, (long, short, yu), e (short, long), o (short, long), i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) 
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u (long), u (yu), e (long), o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh

Blending Drill 

tune to dune to dude to dud to mud to mad to made to mane to mine to fine to file to rile to rule to mule to muse to ruse to rose to those to these
New Concept    
The grapheme C spells /s/ when followed by E.
Phy Ed Today 

Project: Painting
The kids will be painting something for Father's Day.

~Family members can view the livestream of our graduation beginning at 9:15. 
https://www.youtube.com/@maplelakeirishactivities9239/streams
~Teach the Teacher Day is tomorrow!
~Caught on video...Breaking all the rules in the hallway last Friday!

Friday, May 17

 
Friday, May 17

 Track & Field Day!
The children will participate in the 50 meter dash, long jump, softball throw, and a bubble station.

TOP SECRET!!

 Don't tell anyone that we are going to run and scream in the halls while everyone is outside for Track & Field! We are going to take full advantage of this since we have been told all year long to walk and be quiet in the hall.

 😊 At the conclusion of the events, we will resume our normal day with some fun events.

Project: Chicken

NO Computer class this afternoon.

If you are picking up your child today, knock on my exterior classroom door (The one with the sidewalk leading to it.) as other doors of the school will remain locked during the day.
~I am looking forward to celebrating graduation with all of you on Monday!
~Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 16

Thursday, May 16

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
make to cake to cape to cap to tap to tape to tame to time to lime to slime to slim

to slid to slide to side to ride to rode to code to mode

 Irregular Words: who, by, my,  one, once  

    Read: I see he gave Jane one white rose.
                     Should Steve bake the cake at home?
                       Luke could not make them smile once.
Spell: Eve would like to tell one joke.
                Jane made lime cake for me once.
                You should rise and shine, Mike!

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

The kids will sequence the life cycle of a chicken. 

 Literacy Jobs   
Writer's Workshop: I like my teacher because...
Math: The Nickel
We will focus on the nickel today.
Naming the coins and telling their value can be tricky for some kids. Again, keep exposing your kids to coins so they learn their names and values.

Music Today

~For tomorrow, please apply sun screen on your child before school and send a labeled water bottle too.

~Be the Teacher Lessons are due tomorrow.