Monday, November 25

   
Monday, November 25

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: men, set, fed, met
 Segment: get, ten, pet, bed
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Blending Drill
sub to nub to tub to tug to tag to bag to big to bug to bus to but to cut to cub to
cob to cab to dab to dub 
 New Concept

Letter e (short vowel sound)

 Handwriting: Lowercase j

(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)
 Writer's Workshop: Labeling
Today, we begin a new unit on labeling. To launch the lesson, the mentor text My Map Book by Sara Fenelli will trigger ideas of how labeling gives us information. A silly way to engage the kiddos is to label me! After stretching out words together on sticky notes, the kids will place them on me! 
I will send an introduction letter home in their folder today explaining the unit.

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Order Height
Through a few activities, the children will work on placing items in order from shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest. 
Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving
(We did not get to this on Friday.)

What two groups of people had a fall harvest feast in 1621 at the Plymouth colony?
The Pilgrims and Wampanoag.

Where did the feast take place?

Plymouth Colony.
How long did their harvest feast last?

Three days.

What kinds of food did they eat at the harvest feast?

Corn, cranberries, pumpkin, venison, fish.

Did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag call their feast “Thanksgiving”?
No. People began to call their harvest feast the “First Thanksgiving” hundreds of years later. 

Who helped make Thanksgiving a holiday?

Sarah Hale. She wrote articles and letters to people in the government to ask them to create a Thanksgiving holiday.

Do all people think that Thanksgiving is a happy and joyful holiday?

No. Some people, especially many Native or Indigenous people think of Thanksgiving as a day of sadness.
How can we be respectful of the Native American culture on Thanksgiving?
Learn about their history, not use Native American culture as costumes. 

How can you celebrate Thanksgiving in a respectful way?
Talk about what you are thankful for and learn about the history of Thanksgiving.

Music class today

~My happy and proud illustrators!

Friday, November 22

       
Friday, November 22

Handwriting: Lowercase J
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Literacy Jobs

Writer's Workshop: We are Illustrators!
We will be celebrating this accomplishment by being crowned "Fabulous Illustrators"! Watch for their wonderful work coming home today!
KinderMath: Compare Height
We will explore with a variety of objects to compare their height and encourage the kids to use their math vocabulary...shorter, taller, same as, height.

Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving

What two groups of people had a fall harvest feast in 1621 at the Plymouth colony?
The Pilgrims and Wampanoag.

Where did the feast take place?

Plymouth Colony.
How long did their harvest feast last?

Three days.

What kinds of food did they eat at the harvest feast?

Corn, cranberries, pumpkin, venison, fish.

Did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag call their feast “Thanksgiving”?
No. People began to call their harvest feast the “First Thanksgiving” hundreds of years later. 

Who helped make Thanksgiving a holiday?

Sarah Hale. She wrote articles and letters to people in the government to ask them to create a Thanksgiving holiday.

Do all people think that Thanksgiving is a happy and joyful holiday?

No. Some people, especially many Native or Indigenous people think of Thanksgiving as a day of sadness.
How can we be respectful of the Native American culture on Thanksgiving?
Learn about their history, not use Native American culture as costumes. 

How can you celebrate Thanksgiving in a respectful way?
Talk about what you are thankful for and learn about the history of Thanksgiving.

Time for Kids: Summer

Phy Ed Today

~UFLI Lesson 17 will be in your child's folder today.          

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, November 21

 

Thursday, November 21

Word Work 
sob to cob to cab to tab to tap to tad to sad to bad to bat to bit to but to bun to bin to big

 Irregular Words
the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do   NEW: of
Connected Text
Read: I got a big bag.
                   The pup is in the tub.

                   The bug is in the cab.

Spell: Bob got a dog.

        It is a bad fib.

                  I am on the big bus.

KinderLiteracy: Kindness
The kids will illustrate two of the target vocabulary words from the story...thawed and ripple.

 Handwriting: Lowercase i
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Writer's Workshop: Checklist
Illustrators need a checklist to make sure to check through their work.
1) Draw with pencil.
2) Outline with pencil then color.
3) Colors make sense.
4) Use background colors.

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Order Length
The kids will continue to build their knowledge of comparing sizes as they will be putting objects in order from shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest.

Social Studies: Learning About the Wampanoag (Day 2)

Music Class Today

~Tomorrow is the last day to bring canned vegetables for "Stuff the Turkey".

Wednesday, November 20

 
Wednesday, November 20

Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: sob, fib, tub, bat

 Segment: bus, bad, bit, sub
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t
Blending Drill
fog to cog to dog to dug to dud to did to dig to gig to gag to gap to cap to cop to
cup to cut to gut to gum 
 New Concept
Letter b

Literacy Jobs

 Handwriting: Lowercase m
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Mrs. Weninger will be here teach the children about the Unthinkables, Topic Twister Meister & Energy Hare-y!

KinderMath: Compare Length
The kids will continue to build their knowledge of comparing sizes. They will compare the length between two items and use 'math talk' to explain the difference. "The string is longer than the shoe." or "The pencil is shorter than the book." This is an engaging activity for the children because they will choose what to measure throughout our classroom.

Library Today
Computer class today.

Social Studies: Learning About the Wampanoag

Today we are going to begin learning about another important group of people called the Wampanoag. Native Americans, or Indigenous people, lived in America thousands of years before the Pilgrims and other colonists came. The Indigenous group that lived near where the Pilgrims settled are known as the Wampanoag.

Phy Ed Today

~The canned food collection is happening through Friday. Thank you!

STUFF THE TURKEY

Tuesday, November 19

Tuesday, November 19

Word Work 
mug to tug to dug to pug to pig to dig to dog to dot to cot to cut to gut to got 

 Irregular Words
the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do
Connected Text
Read: Do not gag!
                Mom got a mug.

                    A dog and pig dug.

Spell: I got the gas.

             The gum is fun!

        Gus is a pug.

KinderLiteracy: Kindness

Recall questions for today:
Where does this story take place? 
Who are the characters?
What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story? 
We will clarify the vocabulary words within the story (brilliant, ragged, thawed, ripple, announced). 

 Handwriting: Lowercase n
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Literacy Jobs
 Some skill work includes CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, high frequency word work, identifying missing sounds in CVC words, and much more!

Kindermath: Compare Sizes

Today we begin a new unit called Measurement. The lesson focuses on comparing the sizes of two classroom items with each other (eraser to a glue stick, pencil to a block, etc.). In addition, please read the publisher's article that comes home today that explains how we will be teaching the teen numbers so your child can get a stronger understanding of what a teen number is.

   

It's our 50th day of school...Zero the Hero will visit!

Social Studies: Learning About Pilgrims
Who were the Pilgrims and why did they come to America? 

Music Class Today

~Kindergarten is collecting canned vegetables this week for the "Stuff the Turkey" project! Thanks in advance for any you can donate!

STUFF THE TURKEY