Tuesday, March 3

 
Tuesday, March 3
Orange Day: Technology
Technology class at 8:20.   
Dr. Seuss Week!
Featured Book...

Wear a crazy hat and/or red & white day!
 Project: The Cat in the Hat

Big Book: In Our Country  By: Susan Canizares

Genre: Informational Text

Review Power Words: America, plain, sea Review Big Idea Words: belong, country, right

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness: Blending Onset and Rime (n-eat, t-ate)
Isolating Phonemes (medial), Blending/Segmenting Phonemes
 Substituting Phonemes (quote: change /long oō/ to /short iĭ/: quit ) WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Irregular Plural Nouns  Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: C Stroke Upper/Lowercase Letters: Qq
KinderMath: Find Differences of Sets to 10
In today’s lesson, the kids will be going further than simply comparing two sets as more or less. They will be working on stating how many the difference between two sets is. For this activity, each pair will need two sets of number cards 1-10 and 20 snap cubes. Each partner will pull a card and build that amount of cubes. Students will then “make friends” with their cubes so they can easily see how many more/fewer. Again, the kids will focus on stating the amount that the difference is. 
Music Today
~Mrs. Tongen will not be in school today but The Cat in the Hat will be...hehe...
~Any tickets/gift certificate/treats you can donate toward the PTA Baskets of Chance fundraiser is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
~Wacky Wednesday tomorrow! Have your child dress in any wacky way...including their hair!
~Library day tomorrow...
~Dr. Seuss dress up days...

Monday, March 2

 
Monday, March 2
Dr. Seuss Week!
Featured Book...

It's Pajama Day!
Project: Sleepyhead...zzz...

Gold Day (No computer class or library.)

Big Book: In Our Country  By: Susan Canizares

Genre: Informational Text
Print Concepts: Concept of a Word

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Long Vowels e and o

Irregular Words: two, who

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: C Stroke Upper/Lowercase Letters: Oo
It was just too busy to get to this last Friday!
KinderMath: One More, One Less
Most of the children are confident with one more but less confident with one less. This lesson will help increase their confidence with this concept.
• Activity One: Pairs will work together ordering numeral cards (9-20) needed for activity two.
• Activity Two: Commands will be said like, “Find the number that is one more than 12. Find the number that is one less than 20.”
• Activity Three: Pairs will need these number cards and 40 snap cubes. The kids will place a number in the middle. One partner will show the set that is ONE LESS using cubes, and the other partner will show a set that is ONE MORE with cubes. 
 Phy Ed Today
~Wear a crazy hat and/or red & white tomorrow!
~Angie Weber (Isabelle's Grandma) was our final guest reader on Friday...

~The kids were "glowing" with excitement to attend the Glow Party!

~Dr. Seuss dress up days...

Friday, February 27

 
Friday, February 27
White Day (No computer class or library.)

*Mr. Meyer's College English class will be visiting us one more time as Reading Buddies from 8:20-8:50 this morning. 

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: America the Beautiful: Together We Stand  By: Katharine Lee Bates
GENRE: Poetry/Song
Connect and Teach: Describe Connections
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Long Vowels e and o

Irregular Words: two, who

Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction
WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Signal Words

Big Book: In Our Country  By: Susan Canizares

Genre: Informational Text
Social Studies Connection: History and Symbols Using gorgeous photographs, this book highlights the many different landforms and bodies of water across the United States. The simple text ends with a call to care for our country.

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: C Stroke Upper/Lowercase Letters: Oo

KinderMath: Compare Numbers 11-20 

Today’s lesson will focus on students comparing numbers 11-20 again. However, this time the kids will also be focusing on the numeral itself. We will use the same counting book How Many Snails?  to count sets of objects, and write the matching numeral that goes with each set. For example...How many star fish are there? {17} How many dogs are there? {15} Both numbers will be written on the board. The kids will explain their thinking with question probes like, How do you know? and Can you prove that? 
 Phy Ed: The kids will not have phy ed today so they can attend the Glow Party at that time.

Spanish Class

Today's focus is body parts and a review of the abc's, numbers and colors.

I Love to Read Month Glow Party Reward Day!

Our class WON the ice cream party for the most minutes read in our grade level...5,360!
The ice cream will be served sometime in March...
~Thank you for your participation in such an awesome I Love to Read month! 

~Marie Halloran (substitute paraprofessional/secretary) read to the children yesterday...

~They were also lucky to have Jen Rasset (School Board member) read too!

~Kindergarten has a Dr. Seuss theme planned for all of next week. Your child is bringing home a list of dress-up days to coordinate with Dr. Seuss books that will be featured. Monday's book is The Sleep Book so all the kids can wear their pajamas to school!

Have a super weekend!    

Thursday, February 26

Thursday, February 26
Black Day (No computer class or library.)
D.E.A.R time today: 8:25

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: America the Beautiful: Together We Stand  By: Katharine Lee Bates

GENRE: Poetry/Song
Connect and Teach: Picture it!

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes
Phonics Focus Skill: Long Vowel o
WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Irregular Plural Nouns (foot-feet, child-children)

 Literacy Jobs 
 Handwriting: C Stroke Upper/Lowercase Letters: Cc  Music Today 
 KinderMath: Compare 'Some Extra'

The kids will be focusing on the “extras” of a teen number (15 is 10 and 5 extras; 16 is 10 and 6 extras, etc.). Using the story, How Many Snails? by Paul Giganti, the kids will count the cupcakes with sprinkles and show that on their ten-frame. “We counted 13 cupcakes with sprinkles. Next, they will count the cupcakes with white icing. “How many cupcakes did we count with white icing? 14. ”Now, just state the extras that are off your ten frame board. 3, 4. So, what is more: 3 or 4? So, the cupcakes that were ten four or 14 is more." The same type of statements like above will be repeated throughout the book for the children to show on their ten-frame.

Project: Decorate a Shamrock

Spanish Class The children will learn animal names and revisit letters, numbers, and colors.

~Your child can wear neon or bright colors for tomorrow!

Wednesday, February 25

 
Wednesday, February 25

Green Day: Library  

READING AND VOCABULARY

Read Aloud: America the Beautiful: Together We Stand  By: Katharine Lee Bates
GENRE: Poetry/Song

Social Studies Connection: History and Symbols “America the Beautiful” honors our country’s wondrous, diverse landscapes. The illustrations in this book, each by a different artist, highlight America’s equally diverse—and beautiful—people. Connect and Teach: Poems

In this biography, children learn about the life and leadership of American hero Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrations depict life when Dr. King was a child and the impact of his message of equality.

History and Symbols

In this biography, children learn about the life and leadership of American hero Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrations depict life when Dr. King was a child and the impact of his message of equality.History and Symbols

In this biography, children learn about the life and leadership of American hero Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrations depict life when Dr. King was a child and the impact of his message of equality.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

Science Connection: Health

This informational text provides facts on how to take care of your body.

Children learn more about exercising and eating well. They also learn why it is important to practice healthy living.

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Onset and Rime

Phonics Focus Skill: Long Vowel e
Irregular Words: who, two

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Irregular Plural Nouns (man-men, person-people) Literacy Jobs
 KinderMath: Decomposing 11-20
This lesson is the foundation for students to compare teen numbers. We will review that a teen number is 10 and some extras. We will then work on comparing the “extras” before we move into comparing teen numbers for their numeral only. Using a Ten Frame, I will show a full ten-frame and ask, “How many do we see here? 10! How did you know that? What if I do this? (Some objects will be moved outside of the ten frame but still in a group.) How many do I have? I still have 10. Just because I moved them outside of the ten-frame, there are still 10 because I didn’t add any or take any away. Now what if I do this?” (I will add 3 additional objects to the OUTSIDE of the filled ten-frame) and ask, “How many do I now have? 13! You knew there were 10 and counted on...11, 12, 13.” I'll write the number 13 on the board and explain that the 1 stands for ONE group of 10 and the 3 stands for the EXTRAS. I will continue the same routine with the numbers 12, 14, and 15. 

Time for Kids: Animals Talk Too
 Phy Ed

Spanish Class

Today they will introduce animals, color names and hear a popular children's story read in Spanish. They will also review each child's Spanish name, the abc's, and numbers.

~If you didn't return the permission paper for Friday's Glow Party with your child today, be sure to send it with them tomorrow. ~The children enjoyed hearing a story from Adam (Isabelle's Dad) yesterday!