Thursday, November 12

        
Thursday, November 12

Big Book: Map My Neighborhood  By: Jennifer Boothroyd
Genre: Informational Text
Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Grandma is coming for a visit! So her granddaughter decides to make her a map of the neighborhood. The book follows the steps she takes, including drawing symbols, making a key, and adding a compass rose. Connect and Teach: Text Features

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: Places in my Community By: Bobbie Kalman
GENRE: Informational Text
Connect and Teach: Key Details

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant f
Irregular Words: of, for

 GRAMMAR
Questions

~ Library is from 9:50-10:20.

 Handwriting: Lowercase o
Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).

KinderMath: Compare Numerals
(We did not get to this yesterday.)
The children will be working with number cards and connecting cubes to compare numbers. This lesson involves the children using 'Math Talk' with the words more, less, and same. We will be going back and forth between more and less in the activities so the kiddos will have to think carefully!

 

(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~Have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt tomorrow!
~Kindergarten is continuing to collect pancake mix for the "Stuff the Turkey" project! Thanks in advance for any you can donate!

~Pictured below are a couple of Veterans Day projects proudly displayed in our hallway!

Wednesday, November 11

  

Wednesday, November 11
Happy Veterans Day

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: Places in my Community By: Bobbie Kalman

GENRE: Informational Text

Connect and Teach: Informational Texts

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset & Rime: f-un, b-ed, Counting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant r
Irregular Words: of, for

GRAMMAR
Questions: Questions often begin with words such as who, what, when, where, why, and how.

 ~ In a video, Iraqi War Vet, Sean Nies, will explain what a veteran is and what his job was when he served in Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Sean was a Seabee in the Navy and his rank was First Class Petty Officer. His wife was a former teacher here at MLE. See his message here.

Writer's Workshop: Coloring Checklist
Illustrators need a checklist to make sure to check through their work.
1) Draw with pencil.
2) Outline first, then color.
3) Colors make sense.
4) Use background colors.
One final checklist of all the illustrations the children have completed so far...tomorrow we celebrate becoming illustrators!

KinderMath: Compare Numerals
The children will be working with number cards and connecting cubes to compare numbers. This lesson involves the children using 'Math Talk' with the words more, less, and same. We will be going back and forth between more and less in the activities so the kiddos will have to think carefully!
   Time for Kids: Insects

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

 

(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)

~ The book order is due today...You can order here until 8pm tonight.
~ Library day is tomorrow. 
~Pancake mix donations will be accepted through November 20. Thank you!
~ The Turkeys are definitely disguised enough to stay off the dinner table...they are hilarious!

Tuesday, November 10

          
Tuesday, November 10

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: Places in my Community By: Bobbie Kalman
Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community In this text, children discover important places in their community, ranging from homes and workplaces to schools and shops. They also meet key community members like firefighters and veterinarians.
GENRE: Informational Text

Connect and Teach: Informational Texts

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant r
Irregular Words: of, for

GRAMMAR
Questions: A question is a type of sentence that asks. Questions often begin with words such as who, what, when, where,

why, and how.

 Handwriting: Lowercase c
The next several lessons will focus on Lowercase c Stroke letters (c, o, a, d, g, q, s, f).
(We did not get to this last week.)

Kindermath: Same Number

~I show a number and the children count their objects to make it the same.
~Using a variety of number set cards, partners take turns turning over two cards to see if they contain the same number of items. 

Projects: Making a Veteran & Fingerpaint an American Flag

 

(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~ The book order is due tomorrow...You can order here.
~Kindergarten is collecting pancake mix to put in Thanksgiving baskets for families in need. Thank you!

Monday, November 9

                                                       

Monday, November 9

**We will be honoring our Veterans all week.
Today, the kids will learn what it means to be a Veteran.

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

Review Power Words: enormous, height, wish

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

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

Irregular Words: was, you
Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction

GRAMMAR
Verb Tenses 

Writer's Workshop: Adding Details
 The kids will learn how adding more details to their illustration will make it more interesting.

Kindermath: One Less

The kids will work on this concept by playing the game of Concentration. The picture below tells how they will play but it will be One Less. 

The other One Less activity planned is described below.

 This promotes math skill work of: compare, greater, less, same. 

For STEAM today, Mr. Brown will join me in our classroom during STEAM time to help me with our science lesson today.
In this lesson, students explore the strength of pushes and pulls in order to solve a tricky problem. In the activity, Don't Crush That House, students investigate how to adjust a model wrecking ball's force so they can knock down a wall of cups. The challenge: they can't knock down the paper houses right behind the cups! See the picture below...

 

(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)

~ The book order is due Wednesday...You can order here.
~ We enjoyed celebrating with Hazel H. last week!