Wednesday, November 27

Wednesday, November 27
Happy Birthday Logan (November 29)

Mrs. Weninger will teach the childen about the Unthinkables, Was Funny Once & Rule Police. (No photo available for Rule Police.)

Turkey Activities...
~Thanksgiving: story retell bracelet
~Turkey Tracks Number Order
~Turkey Countdown Book
~Project: Thankful Turkey

Computer class today.

Time for Kids: Let's Get Moving!

Music Class Today

 Library Day

~A BIG turkey is visiting our classroom this afternoon. Rumor has it that it looks A LOT like Mr. Staloch! (4th grade teacher)
~Be sure to check out this week's Maple Lake Messenger as there are helpful tips for preparing your Thanksgiving turkey as told by your child.
~Thank you for sharing your most valued treasure with me...I am grateful to be their teacher. May your time together with family and friends this holiday weekend be truly special!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 26

Tuesday, November 26

Word Work 
men to ten to pen to pet to met to set to get to bet to beg to bug to tug to pug to peg 

 Irregular Words
the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of
Connected Text
Read: The pet did not beg.

            I get to the gig at ten.

               The men set up the bed.

Spell: I met him at ten.

             Meg can set it up.
        Deb, get a pen!

 Handwriting: Short Line Down Letters Review
(r, n, m, i, j, p)

 Writer's Workshop: Labeling our Classroom

The kids will have a chance to label one thing in our classroom today! It will be their turn to stretch out the word and write the sounds they hear on a sticky note and place it on the item. For instance they may write pencil as "p, psl, or pensl." 
(We did not get to this last week.)

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Compare Weight

The kids will compare multiple objects and decide which one weighs more or less.
The kids in order from shortest to tallest from yesterday's lesson...

Project: Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner
On the menu?
~Turkey 
~Mashed Potatoes with a pat of butter
~Stuffing
~Corn
~Green beans
~Cranberries

~Pumpkin pie with whipped cream
(The deliciousness will come home tomorrow! 😃)

~Tomorrow is Pajama Day in Kindergarten...Have your child wear their PJ's!

Monday, November 25

   
Monday, November 25

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: men, set, fed, met
 Segment: get, ten, pet, bed
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Blending Drill
sub to nub to tub to tug to tag to bag to big to bug to bus to but to cut to cub to
cob to cab to dab to dub 
 New Concept

Letter e (short vowel sound)

 Handwriting: Lowercase p

(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)
 Writer's Workshop: Labeling
Today, we begin a new unit on labeling. To launch the lesson, the mentor text My Map Book by Sara Fenelli will trigger ideas of how labeling gives us information. A silly way to engage the kiddos is to label me! After stretching out words together on sticky notes, the kids will place them on me! 
I will send an introduction letter home in their folder today explaining the unit.

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Order Height
Through a few activities, the children will work on placing items in order from shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest. 
Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving
(We did not get to this on Friday.)

What two groups of people had a fall harvest feast in 1621 at the Plymouth colony?
The Pilgrims and Wampanoag.

Where did the feast take place?

Plymouth Colony.
How long did their harvest feast last?

Three days.

What kinds of food did they eat at the harvest feast?

Corn, cranberries, pumpkin, venison, fish.

Did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag call their feast “Thanksgiving”?
No. People began to call their harvest feast the “First Thanksgiving” hundreds of years later. 

Who helped make Thanksgiving a holiday?

Sarah Hale. She wrote articles and letters to people in the government to ask them to create a Thanksgiving holiday.

Do all people think that Thanksgiving is a happy and joyful holiday?

No. Some people, especially many Native or Indigenous people think of Thanksgiving as a day of sadness.
How can we be respectful of the Native American culture on Thanksgiving?
Learn about their history, not use Native American culture as costumes. 

How can you celebrate Thanksgiving in a respectful way?
Talk about what you are thankful for and learn about the history of Thanksgiving.

Music class today

~My happy and proud illustrators!

Friday, November 22

       
Friday, November 22

Handwriting: Lowercase J
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Literacy Jobs

Writer's Workshop: We are Illustrators!
We will be celebrating this accomplishment by being crowned "Fabulous Illustrators"! Watch for their wonderful work coming home today!
KinderMath: Compare Height
We will explore with a variety of objects to compare their height and encourage the kids to use their math vocabulary...shorter, taller, same as, height.

Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving

What two groups of people had a fall harvest feast in 1621 at the Plymouth colony?
The Pilgrims and Wampanoag.

Where did the feast take place?

Plymouth Colony.
How long did their harvest feast last?

Three days.

What kinds of food did they eat at the harvest feast?

Corn, cranberries, pumpkin, venison, fish.

Did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag call their feast “Thanksgiving”?
No. People began to call their harvest feast the “First Thanksgiving” hundreds of years later. 

Who helped make Thanksgiving a holiday?

Sarah Hale. She wrote articles and letters to people in the government to ask them to create a Thanksgiving holiday.

Do all people think that Thanksgiving is a happy and joyful holiday?

No. Some people, especially many Native or Indigenous people think of Thanksgiving as a day of sadness.
How can we be respectful of the Native American culture on Thanksgiving?
Learn about their history, not use Native American culture as costumes. 

How can you celebrate Thanksgiving in a respectful way?
Talk about what you are thankful for and learn about the history of Thanksgiving.

Time for Kids: Summer

Phy Ed Today

~UFLI Lesson 17 will be in your child's folder today.          

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, November 21

 

Thursday, November 21

Word Work 
sob to cob to cab to tab to tap to tad to sad to bad to bat to bit to but to bun to bin to big

 Irregular Words
the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do   NEW: of
Connected Text
Read: I got a big bag.
                   The pup is in the tub.

                   The bug is in the cab.

Spell: Bob got a dog.

        It is a bad fib.

                  I am on the big bus.

KinderLiteracy: Kindness
The kids will illustrate two of the target vocabulary words from the story...thawed and ripple.

 Handwriting: Lowercase i
(Short Line Down Letters: r, n, m, i, j, p)

Writer's Workshop: Checklist
Illustrators need a checklist to make sure to check through their work.
1) Draw with pencil.
2) Outline with pencil then color.
3) Colors make sense.
4) Use background colors.

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Order Length
The kids will continue to build their knowledge of comparing sizes as they will be putting objects in order from shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest.

Social Studies: Learning About the Wampanoag (Day 2)

Music Class Today

~Tomorrow is the last day to bring canned vegetables for "Stuff the Turkey".