Tuesday, December 2

 

Tuesday, December 2
Black Day (Character Education)

Mrs. Weninger will be here teach the children about the Unthinkables, Mean Jean and Professor Pokey Pants. (I'm sorry that I don't have a photo of PPP.)

Big Book: Bo and Peter  By: Betsy Franco

Genre: Fiction

Social Studies Connection: Neighborhood/Community Having good friends is an important part of being in a community. Bo and Peter are best friends who do fun activities together. Children make connections to the activities they do with their own friends.

Read Aloud: A Bucket of Blessings By: Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal 

GENRE: Fable

Connect and Teach: Character Clues

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes, Blending Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant h
Irregular Words: said

WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Subject-Verb Agreement

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

Literacy Jobs
 During "Literacy Jobs" time, there are boxes of educational, independent activities that allow the children to practice skills in letter sounds, upper/lowercase letter matching, letter order, word work, fine motor work and more. The activities are changed every two-three weeks. Our Literacy Jobs time will last about 30 minutes each day while I work with individuals/small groups on phonemic awareness/phonics and reading skills. 
KinderMath: Compare Capacity
One of the activities the kids will do during this lesson is compare a small bowl of rice to a larger bowl full of rice. Which bowl holds more? Which bowl holds less? Using small cups to scoop out the rice, the kids will count how many cups of rice were in the smaller bowl compared to the larger bowl. 

Music Today

In addition to their regular music class today, all of the kindergarten classes will be practicing an additional 1/2 hour for their holiday concert.

~ For those of you who attended Merry Math Night, thank you! We hope you had a wonderful time!