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!

Friday, October 2

               

Friday, October 2

  Irish Pride Celebration Today at 8:30.
 Bringing our elementary students together builds community and school pride! Students of the month for September will be recognized as well as new students to Maple Lake.  The new character word for the month will also be introduced which is kindness. We will end the celebration by singing our Irish Pride song.

Mrs. Marsicek will be here teach the children about the Unthinkables, Topic Twister Meister and Energy Hare-y.

READING AND VOCABULARY
Big Book: Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet By: Donna Maurer
Print Concepts: Book Parts
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes and Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel a
Irregular Words: a, the
 GRAMMAR
Verbs continued...

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...) 

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

  
NO Phy Ed or Music today as we will be attending the high school pepfest.

We are attending the homecoming pepfest in the high school this afternoon. A few years ago, a tradition was started where each high school senior gives a kindergartner an Irish Hanky as a symbol to carry on their Irish Spirit. It's a pretty cool thing to witness!

From Mrs. Thomas:

Hello Families,
We are still looking for a few more volunteers to help make our Book Fair a success! There are just a few spots left, and we would love your help! If you are able to volunteer, please click the link below or scan the QR code to sign up for a time that works for you.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050444ACAD28A5F85-65753878-2026#/

 
~The book order is due Wednesday, October 7...included with the flyer is a $5 coupon. You can place your order here.

Enjoy the weekend ahead!

Thursday, October 1

            

Thursday, October 1

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Schools Around the World By: Clare Lewis
Connect and Teach: Topic and Central Idea

Big Book: Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet  By: Donna Maurer

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel a
Irregular Words: a, the

GRAMMAR
More with Verbs

Library from 9:50-10:20.

Handwriting: Tall Line Down and Short Line Down
Tall Line Down: Start on the "top line" and end on the "writing line".
Short Line Down: Start on the "middle line" and end on the "writing line". 

KinderMath: Less Than
As the title says, today's lesson will give the kids opportunities to compare groups of items and determine which group has less.

It's the 20th day of school already...Zero the Hero, our puppet friend, will be here again!

• • Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Counting Syllables
• • Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant m
• • Handwriting: Manuscript m

• honological Awareness: Teacher’s Choice
• • Phonics Focus Skill: Uppercase Letters U, J, S

• Phonological Awareness: Teacher’s Choice
• • Phonics Focus Skill: Uppercase Letters U, J, S

• Phonological Awareness: Teacher’s Choice
• • Phonics Focus Skill: Uppercase Letters U, J, S   

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~ Tomorrow is Irish Spiritwear Day!

~The book order is due Wednesday, October 7. You can order here.
~We enjoyed celebrating with Maven yesterday!

~Jersey Day Triplets!