Tuesday, November 3

     

Tuesday, November 3
ELECTION DAY!

~The kids will head to the polls and cast their ballot as to who they think should be president, Duck or Farmer Brown! We will then graph their responses and analyze the data!

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Tiny Rabbit's BIG WISH By: Margarita Engle
Connect and Teach: Check for Understanding
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Deleting Words, Blending Onsets and Rime

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant p
Irregular Words: was, you

GRAMMAR
Verb Tenses

 Handwriting: C Stroke

It's the 40th day of school...Zero the Hero will be here!

KinderMath: Compare Sets
The children will do a few activities that work on comparing sets like the following:

Each child will pick a number card and build that amount with cubes. They will compare the towers they build with their math partner to see who has more/less. 

Science: Why Do Builders Need So Many Big Machines?

In this Read-Along lesson, Vivian watches a house being built and wonders why the builders need so many big machines. The lesson includes a short exercise where students act out the “work words” of their favorite machine. 
  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)


~ A few turkeys in disguise have been coming in...they are hiliarious and I can't wait to see more! Please send it in by Thursday, Nov. 5.

Monday, November 2

   

Monday, November 2

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Tiny Rabbit's BIG WISH By: Margarita Engle
GENRE: Fables

Tiny Rabbit wishes to be big but only grows a little. Yet, he develops

powerful ears, allowing him to hear every forest sound. When his tall

ears save him from a lion, he learns to be happy just as he is. Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity

Connect and Teach: Fables

A fable is a type of folktale. Fables usually are short, have talking animals, and take place

outside. They also teach a lesson.

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Words

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant p
Irregular Words: was, you

 GRAMMAR
Verb Tenses

Writer's Workshop: Character and Setting (Day 2)
The kids will draw a different character and setting for today's lesson. It's important to get multiple ideas drawn on paper for when the time comes to write words with their story.

 Handwriting: Rainbow Curve Review

Kindermath: Match Sets to Numerals

We begin a new unit in math called Comparing Numbers. Today, the kids will work on counting objects in sets and match the corresponding numeral. In addition, they will do an activity that works on telling what number comes next within a sequence of numbers.

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

 
(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)

~ Tomorrow is the last day to bring in any candy you want to donate to the troops.
~ The cutest little goblins I've ever seen...wouldn't you agree?

~We now have a bakery play center in our classroom!

Friday, October 30

 

Friday, October 30

READING AND VOCABULARY

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Review Segmenting/Blending/Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

 GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Writer's Workshop: Character and Setting 
For awhile now, the kids have been illustrating different people and objects. Today, they will put the two together as a "character and setting" into one illustration.

Mrs. Marsicek is not availabe for Character Education today.

Party Activities
~ Halloween Bingo
~ Draw a Rhyme 
~ Lace & Decorate a Pumpkin Shape
~ Scratch Offs: Kid style...

~ Spider Ring Race to the Top

~ Costume Parade in the Elementary

**The children will assist in making our Boo Brew Snack Mix:
Ghost Poop: Mini Marshmallows
Ghost Guts: Popcorn
Witches Brooms: Pretzels
Colorful Flies: M & M's
Vampire Teeth: Candy Corn
Bat Eyes: Cheerios
Other activities include: Spooky Stories and a Monster Movement.

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~ I want to thank Maven & Millie's families for donating the mini pumpkins and gourds for everyone in our class! 

~Have lots of fun trick-or-treating tomorrow night!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Thursday, October 29

     

Thursday, October 29

READING AND VOCABULARY

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Print Concepts: Concept of a Sentence

Describe Characters

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

 GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Writer's Workshop: Drawing a Playground

 Handwriting: Rainbow Curve Stroke 
(Numbers 2 and 3 are the only numbers that start with a Rainbow Curve.)

 KinderMath: Number Order 0-10
The kids will continue working on what number comes before or after a given number up to 10. They will use a spinner to land on a number and then write the number that comes before and after. Once again, this is laying the foundation for number sense as we build onto these skills throughout the year.

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

 
(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)

~ The library will be closed today.

~We sure had fun celebrating with Emery yesterday!

~ Thanks in advance for putting your child's costume in a separate bag for tomorrow. Again, our party is from 12:00-1:30 in our classroom. 

Wednesday, October 28

    

Wednesday, October 28
Happy Birthday, Emery!

Big Book: Pete the Cat-Too Cool For School By: Kimberly & James Dean

Genre: Fiction

Connect and Teach: Make Connections
Listening Comprehension

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Snail & Worm Again  By: Tina Kugler

Connect and Teach: Plot: Problem and Solution

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

 GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Writer's Workshop: Drawing a Car
These lessons on illustrating are very detail oriented. The children are learning so much about the craft of drawing step by step and paying attention to detail.

KinderMath: All About Numbers 0-10

The kids will work on a couple of activities to continue number sense of any number 0-10. 
~Counting objects and writing the corresponding number.
~Identifying how many boxes are filled on a Ten-Frame and writing the corresponding number.

  Time for Kids: Play Your Part

Science: What's The Biggest Excavator?
Our first science unit introduces the children to pushes and pulls and how those affect the motion of objects.
 In today's lesson, the kids discover that there are pushes and pulls involved in any kind of work, including the work done by machines. In the activity, Be a Digging Machine, they pretend to use shovels and excavators to dig a hole for a swimming pool.

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~ You will receive an e-learning packet in the Wednesday envelope today. Be sure to keep it in a safe place at your home in case we ever need it. Thank you!
~ Library day tomorrow.