Thursday, October 8

    

                Thursday, October 8

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: I am Rene the Boy By: Rene Colato

Connect and Teach: Plot: Problem and Solution

Big Book: Being Different Rocks!
Genre: Persuasive Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant /b/

Irregular Word: as

 GRAMMAR

Punctuation

~Library time with Mrs. Thomas is from 9:50-10:20.

~The kids will be visiting the Book Fair today to see all the amazing books for sale. Our class is scheduled to shop on Tuesday, October 13 but you are welcome to come at any additional time when it's convenient for you. Ewallet is the safest and most convenient way to pay but if you choose to send cash, please send it in a sealed envelope with your child's name and amount on the front. Thank you!

KinderMath: Read and Write 6
We begin a new unit today called Numbers 1-10. Today's lesson focuses on understanding what the number 6 is and how it can be represented in multiple ways. (writing the numeral, 6 fingers, tallies, number word, 6 objects, counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. etc.) We will be using the story Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh to help with counting and playing two games that involve counting: Roll & Count and Roll & Fill. 

 Fire Safety: Stay Low and Go

The children will learn why we never hide and get out safely.

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

  
(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)
 
~I decided to keep their purple shirts at school.
~What a fun day at the fire station! 

Wednesday, October 7

     

  Wednesday, October 7

**Walking Field Trip to the Fire Station** 

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: I am Rene the Boy By: Rene Colato

Connect and Teach: Check for Understanding
Introduce Power Words: participate, pronounce, research

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Alliteration (Listen if two words begin with the same sound.)  Blending Words (EX: sun-shine: sunshine)

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant s /s/

Irregular Word: as

 GRAMMAR

Capitalization

Writers Workshop: Drawing a Shape Person
Teaching the kids the way to draw a person with simple shapes will help them do it efficiently and effectively. This will make the process easier when the time comes to add illustrations to their written stories.

Handwriting: ez Across/Tall Line Down & Short Line Down Review

Time for Kids: Communities

Your child was gifted a subscription to Time for Kids from parents of my kindergarteners last year! Through the magazine and digital lessons, the kids will experience their world beyond our classroom walls! Your child will receive a single copy to help spark their engagement in our discussions and when brought home, the opportunity is there for you to engage in conversation about the content in that particular issue

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music) 

Depending on what time we get back from the fire station, the kids may or may not have PE/music.

~Library day is tomorrow...if you haven't done so, please return your child's book so they can get a new one!
~The book order is due today. You can place your order here until 8pm.

~Your child will have their purple tie-dyed shirt coming home with them today. Keep them handy as they will be wearing them a few times throughout the year. 😀

Tuesday, October 6

   
                Tuesday, October 6

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: I am Rene The Boy By: Rene Colato René, from El Salvador, loves his name. But he feels lost when he learns it’s a “girl's name” in the United States. Through research, he rediscovers a way to make the name his own and share it with Renee, a new girl in his class. Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity
GENRE: Fiction
Connect and Teach: Story Elements (Identify characters, setting, and main events in fiction.)

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Counting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant s /s/
Irregular Word: as

GRAMMAR
Capitalization

Writer's Workshop: Building Shape People

After exploring with pattern blocks yesterday, the kids will build shape people with the blocks today. The idea is to show the kids that various shapes can be used for a head, body, and legs/arms.

KinderMath: Predict Patterns
This lesson will help the children work on what comes next in a variety of pattern sequences. They will use manipulatives from our classroom to create these patterns and build a pattern that their partner has to complete.

 Fire Safety: Stop, Drop, and Roll
The children will learn how to do this technique if their clothes were to catch on fire.

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

  
(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)
 
~Have your child wear orange tomorrow as a reminder to be KIND and in recognition of World Unity Day on October 21.

~It looks like it will be a nice walk to the fire station. Parents who are coming with, sign in at the office and you can wait for us in the front entry. We plan to leave at 12:30. 

~The book order is due tomorrow. You can place your order here.

Monday, October 5

           

Monday, October 5   
*FIRE SAFETY WEEK*   

READING AND VOCABULARY
Response to Text: Connect Reading and Writing
Power Words: Review city, country, map
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness: Review Segmenting/Blending/Isolating Phonemes
Phonics Focus Skill: Review Short Vowel a
Irregular Words: Review a, the
WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Verbs

Handwriting: Handwriting: ez Across
A horizontal line starting on the left.

Writers Workshop: Writing with Illustrations

This is a four week illustration unit to help kindergarten writers become confident in their

drawing and coloring skills. They will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.

This illustration study sets kindergarten students up for success for the rest of the year during Writers Workshop. Students can reference their directed drawings folder throughout the year if they forget how to draw an object already taught.
**Today, the children will explore with pattern blocks in preparation for purposeful use of these materials for the next lesson on how to create a shape person.

KinderMath: Identify Patterns
The kids will work with colored cubes to create patterns as well as doing a variety of patterned body movements. (stomp, clap, clap stomp, clap, clap...)  (clap, wave, clap, wave...) We are continuing this lesson from Friday.

Fire Safety: The kids will learn about the importance of 911.

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music) 

 
~The book order is due Wednesday...included with the flyer is a $5 coupon. You can place your order here.

~Here is the video of the senior class passing on the Irish spirit to the kindergartners. It was such a heartwarming thing to watch!