Friday, January 9

Friday, January 9

  Irish Pride Celebration Today at 8:30

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

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: Jack & the Hungry Giant By: Nancy Carlson
GENRE: Fairy Tale
Science Connection: Health
In this modern-day fairy tale, a giant gives Jack a lesson in healthy, balanced eating. The story highlights the importance of eating from all five food groups and may introduce children to new foods.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Connect and Teach: Fairy Tale

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Deleting Syllables, Blending Onset and Rime

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant y
Irregular Words: Review

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Strong Words
 Writer's Workshop: Sentence Stems (Day 2)
This lesson continues to focus on simple phrases that help the children write a thought about the illustration.
I see the
It is a
I am
He is
Look at the
I like

Literacy Jobs

Project: Catching a Snowflake

 Phy Ed Today 

The Book order is due Wednesday, January 14.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 8

  

             Thursday, January 8
Orange Day: Technology  
Technology class at 8:20. 

Big Book: Stretch By: Doreen Cronin

Review Power Words: muscles, relaxing, take care

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness Review: Rhyme (recognizing), Isolating Phonemes (middle) Blending/Segmenting Phonemes, Blending Onset and Rime: p-in, b-at, etc.

Irregular Words: does, are

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review conjunctions: and, but, or, because

Literacy Jobs

 Handwriting: Lowercase x
 Writer's Workshop: Sentence Stems
The next step in the writing process is using a Sentence Stem. Sentence Stems are used  in order to write a complete sentence about their picture.
I see the ____.
It is a ____.
I am _____.
He is ____.
Look at the ____.
I like ____.

KinderMath: About 17
The kids will work with their partners to fill a teen number ten frame board to represent a teen number. I will show the number 17 and the kids fill their ten frame board to match. I will also do this with the numbers 11-16. Next, the kids will show their partner a hide ten card set and their partner will state what they see...“10 and 5, 15!” Finally, the kids will be using the Teen Number “and some more” cards to quiz their partners.

(U-Turn Letters: u, w, y)Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Music Today

~Have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt tomorrow.
~ It's ALWAYS a great time when we get to eat lunch in our classroom!

The Book order is due Wednesday, January 14.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC

Wednesday, January 7

 
             Wednesday, January 7
Gold Day: (No library, technology, or character education.)

Big Book: Stretch  By: Doreen Cronin

Genre: Fiction

Print Concepts: Directionality

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending & Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant s /z/
Irregular Words: does, are

Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Conjunction: because

Literacy Jobs
Again, we have new, independent jobs the kiddos get to choose from...
~Fishing for color words
~Write the Room: winter words
~Working with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words
~Fine motor work using push pins
~Building sentences 

 Handwriting: Lowercase v
 Writer's Workshop: Adding More Sounds
Not long ago, 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 train.

   Kindermath: About 16: Draw it 

In addition to doing activities about 16, the kids will draw and label a set of ten and some more to the following word problems:

I see 10 red cards and 5 black cars. 

  I have 10 dolls and 2 babies.

I saw 10 snakes and 4 lizards.

My mom has 10 shirts and 6 shoes.  

(U-Turn Letters: u, w, y)Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

 Phy Ed Today 

The Book order is due Wednesday, January 14.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC
~ If you haven't done so, please return your child's water bottle!

Tuesday, January 6

Tuesday, January 6

~ Be safe out there today!
~ This is NOT an e-learning day...no schoolwork will be due. 
~ If you haven't done so, please return your child's water bottle and their holiday homework.
~ We will have lunch in our classroom tomorrow.
~ Happy New Year!

Monday, January 5

Monday, January 5
WELCOME BACK!!
~ I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday break with your family!
Gold Day: (No library, technology, or character education.)

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

Big Book: Stretch  By: Doreen Cronin

Genre: Fiction
Science Connection: Health In this fiction text, children build on their knowledge about being fit as animals stretch across the pages. The rhyming and unconventional

layout of the text help children feel like everything is in motion. Connect and Teach: Author and Illustrator

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: Get Up and Go!  By: Nancy Carlson
GENRE: Informational Text

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Connect and Teach: Key Details

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant s /s/
Irregular Words: are, does

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Conjunction or

Literacy Jobs

New jobs await the kiddos...
~Fishing for color words
~Write the Room: winter words
~Working with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words
~Fine motor work using push pins
~Building sentences 

Squirrel's New Year's Resolution By: Pat Miller and illustrated by Kathi Ember. 

Squirrel knows that New Year's Day is a great day for making resolutions. But what does it mean to make a resolution, anyway? As she makes visits around the forest she learns about New Year's resolutions and helps her friends get started on theirs. If only she can think of a resolution of her very own.

Music Today

Projects: New Year's Resolution Wand & New Year's Eve Kid

The Maple Lake Veterinary Clinic now has another location right in our classroom...lol!
I'm confident the animals will be in the best care!

~ Return your child's completed holiday homework to have lunch in our classroom tomorrow.

~ Please return your child's water bottle!
~ We enjoyed celebrating Dawson's birthday!


~Patiently waiting to open their gift from me...

~It looks like they liked their gifts!