Thursday, October 30

Thursday, October 30
White Day: (No library, technology, or character education.) 

READING AND VOCABULARY

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Response to Text: Connect Reading to Writing

Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Review Segmenting/Blending/Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Party Activities
~Halloween Bingo
~Draw a Rhyme 
~Lace & Decorate a Pumpkin Shape
~Bead a Bracelet: Halloween Style

~Costume Parade in the Elementary

**The children will assist in making our Boo Brew Snack Mix:
Ghost Poop: Mini Marshmallows
Ghost Guts: Popcorn
Witches Brooms: Pretzels
Colorful Flies: M & M's
Vampire Teeth: Candy Corn
Bat Eyes: Cheerios
Other activities include: Spooky Stories and a Monster Movement.
Phy Ed Today

~Have lots of fun trick-or-treating tomorrow night!

~ No school tomorrow...staff workshop.
Have a fabulous weekend!

Wednesday, October 29

    

Wednesday, October 29

Black Day (Character Education) 

Mrs. Weninger will NOT be here today.

READING AND VOCABULARY

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Print Concepts: Concept of a Sentence

Describe Characters

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Pronouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase a
Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).
Writer's Workshop: We are Illustrators!
We will be celebrating this accomplishment by being crowned "Fabulous Illustrators". Watch for ALL their wonderful work coming home today!

KinderMath: Comparing Sets One to One

The kids will work on counting objects in a set and then comparing that amount with their partner's set. This promotes math skill work of: compare, greater, less, same.

Time for Kids: More than a Pet 

Project: My Pumpkin 
The kids will cut/assemble/glue a pumpkin buddy then be guided in writing three descriptive words about a small pumpkin they will look at.

Music Today

~Thanks in advance for putting your child's costume in a separate bag for tomorrow. Again, our party is from 12:00-1:30 in our classroom.

Tuesday, October 28

   
Tuesday, October 28

Green Day: Library  

Library from 8:20-8:55.

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Genre: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Make Connections
Listening Comprehension

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Snail & Worm Again  By: Tina Kugler

Connect and Teach: Plot: Problem and Solution

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Pronouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase o
Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).

Writer's Workshop: Coloring Checklist
Illustrators need a checklist to make sure to check through their work.
1) Draw with pencil.
2) Outline first, then color.
3) Colors make sense.
4) Use background colors.
One final checklist of all the illustrations the children have completed so far...tomorrow we celebrate becoming illustrators!

KinderMath: Compare Sets
The children will do a few activities that work on comparing sets like the following:

Each child will pick a number card and build that amount with cubes. They will compare the towers they build with their math partner to see who has more/less. 

Phy Ed Today

~ Have your child wear orange tomorrow.

Monday, October 27

   
Monday, October 27
Orange Day: Technology  
Technology class at 8:20. 

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Snail & Worm Again  By: Tina Kugler
Introduce Power Words: reflection, shell, stripe

Connect and Teach: Check for Understanding

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Deleting Words, Blending Onset and Rime

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Pronouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase c
The next several lessons will focus on Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).

Writer's Workshop: Adding Details
 The kids will learn how adding more details to their illustration will make it more interesting to look at.
(We did not get to this on Friday.)

Kindermath: Match Sets to Numerals

We begin a new unit in math called Comparing Numbers. Today, the kids will work on counting objects in sets and match the corresponding numeral. In addition, they will do an activity that works on telling what number comes next within a sequence of numbers.

Music Today

~ A big thank you to Wright-Hennepin for the nightlight donation that was sent in your child's Wednesday envelope last week.

Friday, October 24

    

Friday, October 24
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Snail & Worm Again  By: Tina Kugler
GENRE: Fiction
Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity Snail and Worm have silly adventures. When Snail finds a feather, he thinks he grew wings. He mistakes a penny for a mirror. When he wishes for a more unique shell, Worm helps him realize how special he already is.

Connect and Teach: Author and Illustrator

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Words

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Writer's Workshop: Adding Details
 The kids will learn how adding more details to their illustration will make it more interesting to look at.

 KinderMath: Number Order 0-10

The kids will continue working on what number comes before or after a given number up to 10. They will use a spinner to land on a number and then write the number that comes before and after. Again, this is laying the foundation for number sense as we build onto these skills throughout the year.

Project: After hearing the story, Crankenstein, the kids will make a Frankenstein.

What Should My Teacher Be For Halloween?

The kids will each decide what they think I should be for Halloween and draw a picture of it. Oh, my...
Phy Ed Today

~ The Halloween Carnival sponsored by the MLE PTA is from 3-5 tomorrow in the elementary cafeteria.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, October 23

    

Thursday, October 23
White Day: (No library, technology, or character education.) 

READING AND VOCABULARY
Big Book: ABC I Like Me!  By: Nancy Carlson
Response to Text: Connect Reading and Writing

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Review Segmenting/Blending/Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Review Nn & Dd
Irregular Words: to, do
Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Corrections

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Prepositions

 Handwriting: C Stroke Review
After today, the strokes for all the letters and numbers have now been introduced. The next lesson will focus on specific letters that have the same strokes in common.

Writer's Workshop: Big Line
The kids will learn how to separate their paper with a big line to add more details for the setting. For instance, an illustration of ocean water and the sky is split into two parts: The top is the sky and the bottom is the water.

 KinderMath: All About Numbers 0-10

The kids will work on a couple of activities to continue number sense of any number 0-10. 
~Counting objects and writing the number.
~Identifying how many boxes are filled on a Ten-Frame and writing the corresponding number.

Music Today

~Their fine dining experience yesterday!