Monday, May 13

 Monday, May 13

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: fuse, rude, mute, tube
 Segment: use, June, cute, dude
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: 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) u
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: e (long), o (long), a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e, o

Blending Drill 

tan to can to cane to case to came to tame to time to Tim to til to tile to mile to pile to pole to pose to chose to those to these 
New Concept    
Reading and spelling words with the U_E pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Chickens

The kids will listen to Chickens by David Schwartz to build an interest in the topic for this week: Chicken Life Cycle

The comprehension strategy this week is Questioning.

Writer's Workshop: Memory Book Title Page
The kids will write some facts to put in their memory book:
School: Maple Lake Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Tongen 
Principal: Mrs. Harlan & Mr. Dockendorf
Year: 2023-2024

 Literacy Jobs 
~The final week of individual assessments will be happening during this time.

Math: Times of Day
Everyday since the beginning of May, the kids have worked on 'time to the hour' in their calendar book. Today, we will focus on the different times of the day (morning, afternoon, night). 
Phy Ed Today 

  
~Late start is tomorrow and your child can wear red, white and/or blue for the staff vs 6th grade kickball game in the afternoon. (This replaces the green Irish pride shirt.)
~Graduation RSVPs are due Wednesday.
~Be the Teacher Lessons are due Friday.