Monday, November 3

   

Monday, November 3
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Tiny Rabbit's BIG WISH By: Margarita Engle
GENRE: Fables

Tiny Rabbit wishes to be big but only grows a little. Yet, he develops

powerful ears, allowing him to hear every forest sound. When his tall

ears save him from a lion, he learns to be happy just as he is. Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity

Connect and Teach: Fables

A fable is a type of folktale. Fables usually are short, have talking animals, and take place

outside. They also teach a lesson.

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Words

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant p
Irregular Words: was, you

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Verb Tenses

 Handwriting: Lowercase a
Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).
(We did not get to this last week.)
 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.

Kindermath: One More

The kids will work on the concept of one more playing the game Dump the Cup and Compare. To play the game, the kids dump a cup that contains 10 two-sided colored chips as shown below and compare who has more/less by lining the chips up one to one.

 Music Class Today

~ The cutest little goblins I've ever seen...wouldn't you agree?