Monday, November 24

           
Monday, November 24
White Day: (No library, technology, or character education.) 

READING AND VOCABULARY
 Big Book: The Alphabet from the Sky By: Benedikt GroB & Joey Lee
Response to Text: Connect Reading and Writing
Review Power Words: busy, help, neighborhood

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness Review: Isolating Phonemes (initial sound), Blending/Segmenting Phonemes, Producing Rhymes, Blending Onset and Rime: p-in, b-at, etc.

Irregular Words: from, your
Fluency: Reading Rate Accuracy and Automaticity

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Possessives

 Handwriting: Lowercase h
Tall Line Down letters (l, t, b, k, h).

      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. 

KinderMath: Compare Weight

The kids will compare multiple objects and decide which one weighs more or less.

The kids in order from shortest to tallest from Friday's lesson...

Music Class Today

   
~We enjoyed celebrating Gavin's birthday on Friday!

~ Kindergarten and 5th grade collected the most items for Stuff the Turkey contest and 
    will receive ice cream today...Thank you!

Friday, November 21

                      
Friday, November 21
Happy birthday, Gavin! (Tomorrow)
Black Day (Character Education)

We will not have Character Education as Mrs. Weninger is involved with a student shopping event for Thanksgiving food baskets.

Big Book: The Alphabet from the Sky  By: Benedikt GroB & Joey Lee

Genre: Alphabet Book

Print Concepts: One to One Correspondence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel o
Irregular Words: from, your

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Posessive Pronouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase k
Tall Line Down letters (l, t, b, k, h).

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: 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.
                      Project: Turkey

Phy Ed Today

~ No extra news for today.
Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, November 20

             

Thursday, November 20

Green Day: Library  

Library from 8:20-8:55.

Big Book: The Alphabet from the Sky  By: Benedikt GroB & Joey Lee

Genre: Alphabet Book

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community

In this book, satellite photos show a bird’s-eye view of communities

across the United States. Children will discover that streets, buildings,

and landforms combine in unique ways to create hidden letters!
Connect and Teach: Text Features

Read Aloud: Quinito's Neighborhood  By: Ina Cumpiano

GENRE: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Describe Characters

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel o
Irregular Words: from, your

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Posessive Pronouns

 Writer's Workshop: Adding More Sounds

Yesterday, we learned a new strategy when labeling our pictures which is

counting how many sounds we hear and draw lines for each sound.

This way helps them know how many letters they will need to write. Today, I am

going to continue teaching them how to count the sounds they hear by labeling parts of a pre-drawn playground.

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.
(We didn't get to this yesterday.)

   

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

~Tomorrow is the last day to bring pancake mix for Stuff the Turkey. Thank you so much for those who were able to help!

Wednesday, November 19

             

Wednesday, November 19
Orange Day: Technology  
Technology class at 8:20. 

Read Aloud: Quinito's Neighborhood  By: Ina Cumpiano
Introduce Power Words: busy, help, neighborhood

GENRE: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Character Clues

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Syllables, Blending Onset and Rime: (r-un, b-ed)

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel o
Irregular Words: from, your

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Posessive Nouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase b
Tall Line Down letters (l, t, b, k, h).
 Writer's Workshop: Drawing Lines for Sounds
I will model orally stretching out the word barn and put up my fingers with how many sounds we hear. “I want to label my barn but I don’t know how to write the word barn. I am going to say it slowly and each sound I hear I will put up a finger. That way, I will know how many sounds I will write. /b/ (one finger), /r/ (two fingers), /n/ (three fingers). I have 3 fingers up so I know I need to draw three lines. Now I am going to say it again slowly and see if I can figure out what the three letters I need to write are.” The kids will practice this again by trying to label a pre-drawn picture of a mountain scene. (setting)

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.

Time for Kids: Pet Project

Phy Ed Today

~ Kindergarten is continuing to collect pancake mix for the "Stuff the Turkey" project until Friday, November 21. Thank you!

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Quinito knows everyone in his neighborhood! He takes readers on a tour, describing every family member’s and neighbor’s job or role.

Children learn that every community member makes valuable contributions.

Tuesday, November 18

            
Tuesday, November 18
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)

Read Aloud: Quinito's Neighborhood  By: Ina Cumpiano
Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community 

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Quinito knows everyone in his neighborhood! He takes readers on a tour, describing every family member’s and neighbor’s job or role.

Children learn that every community member makes valuable  

Contributions.

GENRE: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Make and Check Predictions

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Deleting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel o
Irregular Words: from, your

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Posessive Nouns

 Handwriting: Lowercase t
Tall Line Down letters (l, t, b, k, h).
 Writer's Workshop: Using an ABC Strip (Day 2)

Yesterday I explained how we can use an ABC strip to help us remember how to find a sound that we may have forgotten how to write. The kids will practice this again by trying to label a pre-drawn picture of a castle. (setting)

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: People and Events that We Celebrate
Beginning today, the kids will learn how the Thanksgiving tradition began. Our lesson today will focus on why we have celebrations and traditions.

 Music Class Today

~ No extra news for today.

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Quinito knows everyone in his neighborhood! He takes readers on a tour, describing every family member’s and neighbor’s job or role.

Children learn that every community member makes valuable contributions.