Wednesday, November 26

Wednesday, November 26

Turkey Activities...
~Thanksgiving: story retell bracelet
~Turkey (Dice) Roll
~Where is Turkey? Book
~A BIG turkey is visiting our classroom this afternoon. Rumor has it that it looks A LOT like Mr. Staloch! (4th grade teacher)

Time for Kids: Acts of Service

Music Class Today

~Monday is library day.
~We enjoyed celebrating Bella's birthday yesterday!


~Be sure to check out this week's Maple Lake Messenger as there are helpful tips for preparing your Thanksgiving turkey as told by your child.

~Thank you for sharing your most valued treasure with me...I am very grateful to be their teacher. May your time together with family and friends this holiday weekend be truly special!
See you on Monday!

Tuesday, November 25

                      
Tuesday, November 25
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)
Happy birthday, Bella!

Read Aloud: A Bucket of Blessings By: Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal 
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  

One person—or character—can make a difference for a whole community. In this story, that character is Monkey. When his village faces a drought, Monkey takes charge to find a solution and save his village.

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Retell a Story

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant g
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

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

 KinderMath: Order Weight

As the lesson title suggests, the kids will put objects in order from lightest to heaviest/heaviest to lightest.

Project: Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner
What's on the menu?
~Turkey 
~Mashed Potatoes with a pat of butter
~Stuffing
~Corn
~Green beans
~Cranberries
~Pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Phy Ed Today

~ No extra news for today.

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!