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 Nouns

 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!