Wednesday, May 14

  

Wednesday, May 14

Look out Be with Me Playseum and Rock Park, we have some SUPER excited kindergarteners ready to have some fun!

~The Wednesday envelope will be sent home tomorrow. 
~The book order is due today...Order here.  
~Tomorrow, the Cheeseburger Sliders WILL NOT be available.  Instead, they will be replaced with Nachos.
~Again, all kindergarteners will participate in Track & Field Day for about 1 1/2 hours that morning. We will resume our normal day after. 
~Although our kindergarten graduation (June 3) is in the morning, the kids will remain at school for the remainder of the day. Be sure to RSVP if you haven't done so!
~The rest of that week will be filled with a lot of fun activities until our last day, June 5. 

Tuesday, May 13

 Tuesday, May 13

Late Start!

Word Work with Manipulative Letters  

rod to rode to rope to hope to hop to mop to mope to mode to code to cope to nope to note to vote 

 Irregular Words: there, where, who, by, my

                Read: The rope fell in the hole.

                                       Cole is on the phone with Dave.

                                        My home is close to those lakes.

Spell: We rode the bikes home.

                                           Do you see a note from Hank?
                                          The phone rang and woke them up.

KinderLiteracy: Butterflies

We'll discuss these vocabulary words (nectar, chrysalis, migration, instinct, generation) and answer these questions:

1) Who is the author? What is their job?

2) What is one fact we heard from the book?

Literacy Jobs 

Music Today

 Irish Pride Celebration today at 10:20.

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

~The book order is due tomorrow. This will be the last order for the year...Order here.  

~It was fun celebrating Paige yesterday!

~ The kids will be wearing their purple tie-dye shirt tomorrow...I have them at school. 
~Be sure to have them wear shoes with socks. An extra labeled water bottle and sunscreen are strongly encouraged since it will be so warm and sunny playing at the park!

Monday, May 12

 Monday, May 12
Happy Birthday, Paige! 

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: rode, note, woke, stove
 Segment: home, rose, stone, globe
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: i (short, long), a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) u, e, 
Auditory Drill

 Phonemes: a (long), i (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e, o

BlendingDrill 
slid to slide to slime to lime to chime to dime to dim to rim to ram to rams to rats to rat to rate to rave to shave to Dave to dive to chive to chide
New Concept   
 Reading and spelling words with the O_E pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Butterflies

The kids will listen to Butterflies by Laura Marsh to build an interest in the topic for this week: Butterflies

The comprehension strategy this week is Visualizing.

 Literacy Jobs 
For the remainder of the year, I will be taking kids for individual assessments during Literacy Jobs. Book bags will not be sent home however, the kids will be reading books from their book boxes every day in addition to their daily literacy work. 

 KinderMath: Survey and Graph
Today's lesson will have the kids continuing to graph and analyze data. However, today they will also learn how to survey their classmates by asking them what animal is their favorite from a group of four choices. After collecting the data, they will analyze their results.

In this Read-Along lesson, Sam wonders why his grandmother wants to keep an old log in her yard—until he begins to meet a few of her friends. The lesson includes a short exercise where students pretend to be lizards eating ants, and discover why old logs are helpful to animals. We will extend the lesson with the optional activity, Animal Visitors, where the kids learn what they could put in a yard or park to attract animals.
Phy Ed Today

~The book order is due Wednesday. This will be the last order for the year...Order here.  
~Late start tomorrow...have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt.

Friday, May 9

  
Friday, May 9

 

Cat-Kite Rule (Day 2)

The UFLI Kite Rule, also known as the Cat-Kite Rule, helps students distinguish between using "c" and "k" at the beginning of words. The rule states that if the vowel in a CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) word is "a," "o," or "u," use "c." If the vowel is "i" or "e," use "k"

Literacy Jobs  
   Math: Intro to Graphing

After hearing The Great Graph Contest by Loreen Leedy, the kids will learn how to use a graph using these four steps: Pose a question, collect data, record the results on a graph, and analyze the data.

(I accidentally posted this as yesterday's math.)

   It's day 150...Zero the Hero will visit!

 Project: Speckled Frog
Music Today

~The book order is due Wednesday, May 14. This will be the last order for the year...Order here.  

~Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful ladies...Enjoy your very special day! 

Thursday, May 8

   

  Thursday, May 8

Word Work with Manipulative Letters  

rip to ripe to ride to rid to hid to hide to hike to bike to bite to bit to kit to kite to site to white to while to whine to shine

 Irregular Words: or, for, there, where, who  NEW: by, my

    Read: Mike likes to ride his bike. 

                        I will get my white kite for Beth. 

                         Jake likes to dive by the tall slide. 

Spell: We drive for six miles.

                                The five kids are not on time.
                                This is where my mom likes to dine.

KinderLiteracy: Frogs
The kids will sequence the life cycle of a frog. 

 Literacy Jobs 
Math: Sort and Analyze Data (Day 2)
We will sort which month our birthdays are in then find out which month has the most/least. How many more/less in one month vs. another, etc.

   Project: Mother's Day Gift (Part 2)
That's all I will tell you. 💚😄

Phy Ed Today

                                                                   

~No extra news for today.

Wednesday, May 7

 

Wednesday, May 7

 
 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: side, mile, size, shine
 Segment: dive, time, pile, dine
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: a (short, long) nk, ng, wh, ph, ch, th, sh, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, s (s, z) u, e, i, o 
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: a (long), nk, ng, ch, th (voiced/unvoiced) sh, k (c, k, ck), u, e, i, o
BlendingDrill 
mad to made to fade to shade to shake to shape to shame to sham to Pam to pal to pale 
to tale to stale to sale to whale 
New Concept   
 Reading and spelling words with the I_E pattern.

KinderLiteracy: Frogs
The kids are answering these questions today...

Literacy Jobs  

    Library Today
 Mrs. Thomas has a fun activity planned for their last visit to the library. They will be eating their way through The Very Hungry Caterpillar story! Be sure to ask them about it when they get home! 
KinderMath: Sort and State Data

Using items from our classroom, the kids will sort them into categories and analyze the data. For example, the kids have a mixture of 8 bear counters, 5 crayons and 3 paperclips. First, they sort their mixture and place the items in vertical columns. Next, they write the total under each column. Last, the analyzing happens...
Which do we have more of? How do you know? How many more crayons are there than paperclips? And so on...     

Music Today

In this lesson, the kids will investigate what their Zinnia plant needs in order to grow. Their seeds have sprouted so now the kids notice that the leaves of the young plants lean toward the light. 

Computer Class Today

~The book order is due Wednesday, May 14. This will be the last order for the year...Order here.