Monday, April 27

         

Monday, April 27
White Day (No computer class or library.)

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

Big Book: Ants By: Lisa J. Amstutz Genre: Informational Text Connect and Teach: Text Features

Read Aloud: Please Don't Step on Me By: Elly-Kree George
Genre: Persuasive Text

Connect and Teach: Opinions and Reasons FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Substituting Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Review Digraphs

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Complete Sentences Review

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Down the Slide Letters Review
(Down the Slide Letters: V, W, X, Y)

Math: Unknown Subtraction Stories
We will work on the difference in unknown problems. The kids will show the problem using cubes and write the problem statement. The following is an example of the problems they will work on.
My teacher has 10 flowers and my principal has 7 flowers. How many fewer flowers does my principal have than my teacher? 
It's important the kids are confident in stating how many fewer there are. Again, this can be very difficult for the kids as they are most confident with more.
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~ No extra news for today.

Thursday, April 23

 

Thursday, April 23
Black Day (No computer class or library.)

Big Book: Please Don't Step on Me By: Elly-Kree George Genre: Persuasive Text Connect to Teach: What is Most Important? Introduce Power Words: sunshine, cocoon, colony

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph Review
Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Complete Sentences Review

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to  

Workshop: "How To" Celebration
The "how to" unit has come to an end and it's time to celebrate! The kids will tell their stories to one another and then dance to some celebratory music with disco ball lights! Watch for their work to come home today and I encourage you to have them tell their stories to you!

 Literacy Jobs 

Math: Subtraction Stories Day 2

We will work on more subtraction stories within 10. Today, they have a pond scene with frogs to use for solving the story problems.   

Project: Earth Day Wreath

               ~ The kids picked up a lot of garbage yesterday...our school grounds look so good now! Today we are going to look through what we found and sort out anything that can be recycled.

~The River City Readers were fantastic! They sure kept the attention of the children through their storytelling animation and captivating voices!

Music Today 

 
~ No school tomorrow...Teacher Workshop Day.
~ Just for fun...have your child wear Minnesota Timberwolves attire/colors on Monday.
Have a great weekend!  

Wednesday, April 22

 
Wednesday, April 22
Happy Earth Day!

Green Day: Library 

Read Aloud: Please Don't Step on Me By: Elly-Kree George Genre: Persuasive Text Science Connection: Properties of Objects In this persuasive text, the author argues for not stepping on small animals and insects we find outside because they are beautiful and helpful to people. The text inspires children to look closely at reasons before having an opinion about something!

Connect and Teach: Persuasive Texts

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to  

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime, Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph Review

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Complete Sentences
 Literacy Jobs 

The River City Readers are a group of dedicated older adults who love to read books and tell stories to children and others alike. They will be here this morning entertaining the children with their storytelling.

Math: Subtraction Stories

We will work on subtraction stories (within 10) by using a farm scene and 10 cubes. The kids will use a farm scene to lay cubes on as the stories are told. Again, subtraction word problems require a lot of listening comprehension skills. These skills will at times need more practice than the subtraction itself.
   It's day 140...It's time for Zero the Hero to visit!

Time for Kids: Amazing Places 

Math: Subtract with a Picture
Today’s lesson will start by reviewing the two previous subtraction strategies we learned: subtracting with fingers and with objects. The kids will work with 10 snap cubes and 1 ten frame to solve problems like this:
There were 8 horses at the farm. Put 8 snap cubes down on your ten frame. 2 horses ran away. Take away 2 snap cubes. How many horses are left?  Next, they will use their fingers to solve problems like this:
There were 10 goats in the pasture. Show me your 10 goats. 6 goats left the pasture. Take away 6 fingers. How many goats are left? Lastly, the kids will use the strategy of drawing pictures to solve subtraction problems like this: There were 8 ducks in the pond. 6 ducks flew away. How can I show my ducks flying away? I am going to cross them out. Now, how many ducks are left? I am going to circle the ducks that are left so I can easily see that 2 are left. The kids will illustrate the problem using circles and crossing out the 'take away' part.    
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We care about our Earth!

Today, the kids will hear the story of Travis Trash & Recycle Ron, two boys who have very different views on caring for our earth.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to

                 We plan to pick up trash around the school and go on an Earth Day scavenger hunt today.  

~ Just for fun, have your child wear Minnesota Twins attire tomorrow!

Tuesday, April 21

Tuesday, April 21
Orange Day: Technology
Technology class at 8:20.  

Big Book: Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees By: Betsey Chessen Genre: Informational Text Response to Text: Connect Reading and Writing Review Power Words: curious, observe, study

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes (medial), Blending Onset and Rime (wh-ip, s-ong), Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes (hung change /ng/ to /t/: hut)

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph ng

Irregular Word: what
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Strong Adjectives and Verbs

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to  

Workshop: How To Checklist

• Did I tell the reader what supplies they will need?

• Did I use the words first, then, next, and last?

• Did I start my sentence with a capital letter?

• Did I use finger spaces between my words?

• Did I add punctuation at the end?

 Literacy Jobs 
Math: Minus Sign

The kids are working hard to gain an understanding of subtracting and it's time to focus on this abstract symbol. To begin the lesson, the kids will hear the story, If You Were a Minus Sign by: Trisha Speed Shaskan. Next, the kids will hold up the minus sign or equal sign of where they belong in the statement when acting out the following scenarios...

*There were 5 kids at the park, but then 4 of the kids walked home, (5 – 4 = 1).

* 6 dogs were in the yard but 4 dogs ran away, (6 – 4 = 2).

* 5 butterflies were on the flower but 2 butterflies flew away, (5 – 2 = 3).

We Love our Earth!
This week we will do activities that promote caring for our earth.
Today the kids will learn about 'Litter' Red Riding Hood who thinks it is okay to drop her garbage on the ground instead of putting it in the trash can. The story explains how it hurts animals, our environment, and people. At the conclusion of the story, the kids will sequence the events as they occurred in the story.

Music Today 

 
~Tomorrow is library day.
~ If you have any spare crew socks (with holes) laying around. We'll take them! We plan to make sock puppets later this week. 😀
~ No school on Friday...Teacher Workshop Day.