Tuesday, April 1

Tuesday, April 1

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
pack to sack to snack to slack to black to block to lock to lick to pick to sick to stick to 

stuck to tuck to truck to trick to tick 

 Irregular Words: your, want, go, no, so   NEW: goes, says
    Read: Mom packs the best snacks.
                    The duck got stuck in the muck.
                           I want to pick up a stick and a brick.
Spell: The clock goes tick tock.
             Jack has a big black truck.
                    I want to go to the track to run.

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?

Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Upper/Lowercase Xx & Words that Rhyme with Car
 Writer's Workshop: "Then"

Writer's use the word "then" for the middle of their stories.

KinderMath: Combos to 10

The kids will be doing a couple of hands-on activities to work on combining numbers to make 10. First, they will play Spill the Cup with 10 red/yellow chips inside to find as many combos to 10 they can. Next, they will play Flip the Cup which follows the same idea except the kids will have cups to turn over to make combos to 10 like the photo below.

 Music Today

~Have your child wear blue tomorrow as it is recognized as World Autism Day to spread kindness and increase autism awareness during the month of April. 

~Since it's April Fools Day, I decided I would give the kids what they think would be brownies but will actually be brown 'Ee's. It's going to be a silly, fun day! Hehe...

Monday, March 31

Monday, March 31

 

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: rock, luck, sack, stick

 Segment: pick, duck, slick, black
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes: ff, f, ll, l, ss, zz, z, s, z, u, e, i, o, a

Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u, e, i, o, a, f (f, ff), l (l, ll), s (s, ss), z (z, zz)

Blending Drill  

all to ball to bull to pull to full to fall to mall to small to stall to  

tall to toll to troll to stroll to troll to trolls to rolls to polls 

 New Concept  

 The grapheme CK spells /k/

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.
Literacy Jobs 
There lots of new activities ready for the kids to engage with!
~High-frequency word painting
~Label a robin
~Roll & Read: make nonsense/real CVC words
~Race to the Top: 4-letter words
~Read & build sentences

 Math: Combine Sets to 10 (Part 1)

Combos to 10 are so vitally important in setting a solid foundation our kids will need for first grade. Today, the kids will be building all the possible combinations to 10 with connecting cubes, similar to the picture below.

(We did not get to this before break.) 

In this lesson, students learn why spring is the best time for babies to be born. In the activity, Build A Bird Nest, students make a model of a bird nest and notice how birds can change their environment to meet their needs when they build their nests.

   Phy Ed Today 
 
~We enjoyed celebrating with Sari before break!

Friday, March 21

  
Friday, March 21
Happy Birthday, Sari! (March 22)

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 
all to ball to bull to full to pull to poll to roll to troll to toll to tall to fall to call to mall to small

 Irregular Words: your, want  NEW: go, no, so
                              Read: No, do not pull on the net.
                                                        The small ball rolls off the tall wall.
                                                                  So, did your dad want to go to the mall?
                      Spell: No, the bin is not full.
                                      I want to go to the mall.
                                      Can you go get the ball?

 Handwriting: Upper/lowercase Ww, Sentence, High-Frequency Words
Literacy Jobs 
Directed Drawing: Leprechaun

 Math: Combine Sets to 10 (Part 1)

Combos to 10 are so vitally important in setting a solid foundation our kids will need for first grade. Today, the kids will be building all the possible combinations to 10 with connecting cubes, similar to the picture below.

In this lesson, students use observations of the four classic seasons to spot patterns and thereby determine the seasons’ order. In the activity, Circle of Seasons, students make observations of the four classic seasons of the temperate zone: snowy winter, warm spring, hot summer, and cool autumn with colorful leaves. Students spot patterns and determine the order of the seasons.
(We didn't get to this yesterday.)

Music Today

~No extra news for today.

Have a WONDERFUL Spring Break!   

Thursday, March 20

 
 Thursday, March 20
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: miss, fell, still, staff,

 Segment: hill, toss, press, gloss
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes: f, i, a, m, s (/s/, /z/), t, p, f, n, d, c, g, b, k, h, r, l, w, j, y, x, qu, v, z
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: u, o, i, a, k, r, l, w, j, y, x, qu, v, z 

Blending Drill 

less to bless to Bess to bell to yell to well to quell to quill to will to sill to  

still to stiff to tiff to tizz to fizz to fuzz to buzz 

 New Concept 

           The vowels A, O, U make a different sound when followed by LL.

KinderLiteracy: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato

Vocabulary word review...

Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Vv & Words that Rhyme with Fox
 Writer's Workshop: First

Writers start their stories with the word“first”.

                     KinderMath: Adding 0 and 1

In today's lesson, the kids will work on the concept of adding on 0 and 1. This will be done by using a 'life-size' number path (1-10) on our classroom floor. Each child will have a turn to show what happens when we add 1 more by hopping to that number. For instance, if they are standing on 3 and I say, "Add 1",  they would hop to 4. Next, the kids will take turns to show what happens when I say, "Add 0".  Again, the idea within this entire unit is laying the foundation for using +, -, = symbols. 

In this lesson, students use observations of the four classic seasons to spot patterns and thereby determine the seasons’ order. In the activity, Circle of Seasons, students make observations of the four classic seasons of the temperate zone: snowy winter, warm spring, hot summer, and cool autumn with colorful leaves. Students spot patterns and determine the order of the seasons.
Phy Ed 

~Wear mismatched socks tomorrow for World Down Syndrome Day!

Wednesday, March 19

     
Wednesday, March 19
KinderLiteracy: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
The kids are answering these text dependent questions today...

Literacy Jobs   

 

 Handwriting: Letter Ee, Sentence & Name
KinderMath: Combining Sets to 9

Partner A will build a train with two colors while partner B will write what was built. For instance, partner A builds a train with 3 red and 6 blue. Partner B will write 3 and 6 make 9. They will take turns being the builder and writer to find all the combinations for 9.

                                   Library Today

Time for Kids: Cave Living

Computer Class Today

Our school nurse, Amity, will be doing a lesson on dental hygiene this morning. Your child will receive a bag from Delta Dental with hygiene items to keep!
Music Today

~No extra news for today.