Friday, December 5

Friday, December 5
Orange Day: Technology  
**The kids will not have technology today as the Irish Pride celebration is being held at that time.

Read Aloud: A Piece of Home  By: Jeri Watts
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  

Moving is hard. After relocating from Korea to West Virginia, Hee Jun struggles to speak English and keep up in school. Slowly, he and his family begin to feel at home and make friends in their new community.

GENRE: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Make and Check Predictions

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Deleting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant j
Irregular Words: all

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Complete Sentences

Literacy Jobs

 Handwriting: Lowercase j
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

KinderMath 

 We begin a new unit today called Numbers 10-19. 
Today's Lesson: About 10...Count it Out
  **A note from the author of this unit... Teen numbers are no easy task for kindergarten students. It is vital when learning teen numbers that your child knows they are teen numbers for one reason only...they all contain ONE group of ten. We want to be sure your child does not think teen numbers are a 1 and a 2. 1 and 2 make 3 and not 12. Your child should know and be able to explain that 10 and 2 make 12, not 1 and 2.  

Phy Ed Today

  Irish Pride Celebration Today at 8:30

 Students of the month for November will be recognized as well as new students to our school. The new character word for the month will be introduced: teamwork. We will end the celebration by singing our Irish Pride song.

~My heart was full last night! There is nothing more precious than to see the kids all dressed up and hear them sing!

~ We are in need of Scotch tape for the gift wrapping center in our classroom. If you have any to spare, we would be so grateful...Thank you!

The Book order is due Wednesday, December 10.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC
~ Christmas in Maple Lake is tomorrow in the downtown area. There will be fun activities available for the kids, chance for prizes, and a visit from Santa and his reindeer!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, December 4

 

Thursday, December 4
Gold Day: (No library, character education, or technology.)

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco
Response to Text: Connect Reading and Writing
Review Power Words: hope, worried, wonderful

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

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

Irregular Word: said
Fluency: Expression

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Possessives

• • Rhyme (recognizing): hip, pack, hot, fog, mat

• • Blending Onset and Rime: r-ap, d-im, h-og, t-ag, c-ot

• • Isolating Phonemes (medial): hip (/short iĭ/), pack (/short aă/), hot (/short oŏ/), fog (/short oŏ/), mat (/short aă/)

• • Blending Phonemes: /r/ /short aă/ /p/ (rap), /d/ /short iĭ/ /m/ (dim), /h/ /short oŏ/ /g/ (hog), /t/ /short aă/ /g/ (tag), /k/ /short oŏ/ /t/ (cot)

• •
  /t/)

 Handwriting: Lowercase i
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

KinderMath: Nonstandard Weight (Weighing with plastic cubes)
~The children will be exploring weight today with connecting cubes. We will look at how many cubes it would take to weigh a variety of smaller objects. (marker, book, crayon, etc.)

Music Today

Dress rehearsal for K-3 is today from 1:50-2:50 with grades 4-6 invited to watch.

~ Everyone should have received an e-learning packet in yesterday's Wednesday envelope. Let me know if you didn't!
~ PLEASE have your child to our classroom by 6:10. I would like to get a class picture with everyone dressed up!

The Book order is due Wednesday, December 10.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC

Wednesday, December 3

Wednesday, December 3
White Day: (No library, technology, or character education.) 

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco

Genre: Fiction
Print Concepts: Concept of a Sentence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes & Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant h
Irregular Words: said

Fluency: expression

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

Literacy Jobs

 Handwriting: Lowercase m
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Phy Ed Today

Time for Kids: Oysters for the Earth

The kids have another rehearsal for their holiday concert from 1:20-2:20 today. Today's rehearsal is for all K-3 students.

~ We are in need of Scotch tape for the gift wrapping center in our classroom. If you have any to spare, we would be so grateful...Thank you!

The Book order is due Wednesday, December 10.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC

Tuesday, December 2

 

Tuesday, December 2
Black Day (Character Education)

Mrs. Weninger will be here teach the children about the Unthinkables, Mean Jean and Professor Pokey Pants. (I'm sorry that I don't have a photo of PPP.)

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco

Genre: Fiction

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Having good friends is an important part of being in a community. Bo and Peter are best friends who do fun activities together. Children make connections to the activities they do with their own friends.

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

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Character Clues

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant h
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

 Handwriting: Lowercase n
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Literacy Jobs
 During "Literacy Jobs" time, there are boxes of educational, independent activities that allow the children to practice skills in letter sounds, upper/lowercase letter matching, letter order, word work, fine motor work and more. The activities are changed every two-three weeks. Our Literacy Jobs time will last about 30 minutes each day while I work with individuals/small groups on phonemic awareness/phonics and reading skills. 
KinderMath: Compare Capacity
One of the activities the kids will do during this lesson is compare a small bowl of rice to a larger bowl full of rice. Which bowl holds more? Which bowl holds less? Using small cups to scoop out the rice, the kids will count how many cups of rice were in the smaller bowl compared to the larger bowl. 

Music Today

In addition to their regular music class today, all of the kindergarten classes will be practicing an additional 1/2 hour for their holiday concert.

~ For those of you who attended Merry Math Night, thank you! We hope you had a wonderful time!

Monday, December 1

            

Monday, December 1

Green Day: Library  

Library from 8:20-8:55.

"DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY..."

The children are making four separate holiday decorations to spread lots of holiday cheer!

~Snowman

~Christmas Tree

~ Stocking

 ~Santa's Head

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

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

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Retell a Story
Introduce Power Words: hope, wonderful, worried

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset & Rime, Deleting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant g
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

Literacy Jobs
 During "Literacy Jobs" time, there are boxes of educational, independent activities that allow the children to practice skills in letter sounds, upper/lowercase letter matching, letter order, word work, fine motor work and more. The activities are changed every two-three weeks. Our Literacy Jobs time will last about 30 minutes each day while I work with individuals/small groups on phonemic awareness/phonics and reading skills. 

Phy Ed Today

Santa Cam has arrived!


 ~The gift wrapping play center is ready to go! The kids will have fun wrapping these items:

Teddy bear

Necklace

Car

Crayons

 Ball

 This center helps the kids determine whether the gift should be wrapped in a small, medium, or large piece of paper. Other skills are: cutting, taping, and writing a friend's names on a tag. The gift is then returned to the wrapper for 're-gifting' to another friend. The fun keeps going on and on!

~ I am looking forward to seeing those of you who are able to attend Merry Math Night this evening! 
~ The BIG turkey surprised the kids and begged that they wouldn't eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Most agreed but I'm not so sure that happened! At least the kids danced along and had lots of laughs and smiles!