Monday, December 9

              Monday, December 9

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: fins, sobs, suds, bugs
 Segment: beds, pigs, gums, dogs
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  s /s/, e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: s /s/, e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a

Blending Drill
bet to bets to net to nets to pets to sets to set to sat to bat to bats to bots to tots to
pots to pops to pups to pup 
 New Concept

The grapheme S can spell /z/ at the end of words.

KinderLiteracy: Reindeer

Reindeer by: Katie Marsico is the focus book for the week.

As always, Day 1 we read the story for enjoyment and build an interest in the topic without adding teaching points. 
The comprehension strategy the kids work on this week is Questioning.

 Handwriting: Letter w
(U-Turn Letters: u, w, y)

Literacy Jobs

     KinderMath: Nonstandard Length (Measuring with Cubes)

We are exploring length today with connecting cubes. We will look at how many cubes it would take to measure a variety of smaller objects (marker, book, crayon, etc.). Next, we will decide what to use to measure our classroom...cubes, pieces of paper, or ourselves?

Social Studies: Holidays Around the World
Today we travel to Germany and learn about St. Nicholas Day which was December 6. The tradition is for children to leave their shoes out for sweets & treats to be found the morning of December 6. Our littles will experience a little of that excitement today.

Music Today

~Late start is tomorrow...have your child wear their Irish Pride shirt.
~The book exchange book is due Monday, December 16. Feel free to send it in at any time before then.