Friday, March 13

    
Friday, March 13
White Day (No computer class or library.)

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  

Big Book: A Morning with Grandpa By: Sylvia Liu

Genre: Fiction
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.
Connect and Teach: Character Clues

Read Aloud: Getting Rest  By: Sian Smith

Genre: Informational Text

Connect and Teach: Key Details

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph sh

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Complex Sentences

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Dd
(Tall Line Down-Retrace Letters: P, R, B, D, N, M)
 Writer's Workshop: Line for each Letter
Writers write a line for each sound they hear in a word.

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 8

The kids will use 8 connecting cubes to make trains with two different colors like the image below. Again, at this point, we are working on the solid foundation for addition without using symbols.

Music Today

~If you haven't done so, please send a shoebox size box to school on Monday for your child's leprechaun trap!
~Please return the report card envelope if you haven't done so already. Thank you!
Have a fun and safe weekend!  

Thursday, March 12

   
Thursday, March 12
Black Day (No computer class or library.)

Read Aloud: Getting Rest  By: Sian Smith

Genre: Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph sh

Irregular Words: Review

 WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Complex Sentences  Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Bb
(Tall Line Down-Retrace Letters: P, R, B, D, N, M)
 Writer's Workshop: Last
         Writers use the word "last" to write the ending of their story.

 KinderMath: Combining Sets to 7  

Using a Number Bond, your child will sort combos of 7! 

 Phy Ed Today
We will go shopping at the Irish Pride Store today. The kids can choose to spend their tickets or save them for a bigger prize.
~ PTA Bingo Fun Night is tonight...A BIG thank you to those who were able to donate gift cards/treats for tonight's event! 
~Your child will need a shoebox for their leprechaun trap. If possible, please have it here tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 11

  
Wednesday, March 11

Green Day: Library 

Read Aloud: Getting Rest  By: Sian Smith
Genre: Informational Text

Science Connection: Health

This informational text explains that sleep is essential to being healthy

because it helps you grow, heal, and remember things you’ve learned.

The text also includes tips for getting a good night’s sleep.

Connect and Teach: Ask and Answer Questions

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset-Rime, Isolating Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph sh

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review common and proper nouns

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Rr
(Tall Line Down-Retrace Letters: P, R, B, D, N, M)

Time for Kids: Hungry Plants

Math: Combining Sets to 6
While combos of 5 and 10 are the most important when establishing number sense foundation, we still want to cover the additional combos all the way up through 10. Today, we will find out who the Friends of 6 are by working with 6 red/yellow counters as pictured below:

Friends of 6:
0 and 6
6 and 0
1 and 5
5 and 1
2 and 4
4 and 2

Music Today

The Book order is due today!
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC

~Reports cards are coming home today in the Wednesday envelope. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
~Bingo Fun Night tomorrow eve from 5:30-7:15.

~Your child will need a shoebox for their leprechaun trap. If possible, please have it here by Friday. They will be assembling their traps on Monday! If you have any to spare, we could use some extra.

Thank you!

Tuesday, March 10

 
Tuesday, March 10
Orange Day: Technology
Technology class at 8:20. 

Read Aloud: Take Me Out to the Yakyu By: Aaron Meshon

Genre: Fiction

Review Power Words: anthem, cheer, team

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

                      Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime (n-eat, t-ate)

Isolating Phonemes (final), Blending/Segmenting Phonemes
 Substituting Phonemes (quote: change /long oō/ to /short iĭ/: quit ) Fluency: Phrasing and Intonation

 WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Complete Sentences

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Pp
(Tall Line Down-Retrace Letters: P, R, B, D, N, M)

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 5 

We continue to review combos to 5. The children will be playing Spill the Cup. The cup contains 5 red/yellow counters (as pictured below). They will record the results after each 'spill' to see how many landed on red and yellow to make 5. These results will be put into a 'Make 5 Book".

 Phy Ed Today

The kids will get their ice cream/popsicles today! Again, it is for the most minutes read in our grade level during I Love to Read month! Way to go families!!!

The Book order is due tomorrow.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC
~Bingo Fun Night is Thursday! Again, thank you to those of you who were able to donate to the TK/K basket of chance!
~Library day tomorrow...

Monday, March 9

 Monday, March 9

Gold Day (No computer class or library.)

STEM class with Mr. Brown today.

Genre: Song Print Concepts: Concept of a Word

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Long Vowels i and e

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Complete Sentences

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: " Tall Line Down" Letter Kk

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 5

We begin a new unit today, Addition to 10. For these beginning lessons, the kids will be working on combining sets, but each day we will just work to a specific total. Today and tomorrow the kids will work on combinations to 5. The kids will NOT be expected or asked to use symbols (=, +) to represent their thinking. We will use hula hoops & string to create a part-part-whole template. (See the image below.) The kids will stand in the hula hoops to find out how many in all.

 4 monkeys were on the bed (part) and 1 monkey on the floor (part). How many monkeys in all? 5 (whole)

 

Music Today


The Book order is due Wednesday.
Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GXWMC