Friday, March 13

    
Friday, March 13
White Day (No computer class or library.)

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.

Social Studies Connection: Perseverance

In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to  

Big Book: A Morning with Grandpa By: Sylvia Liu

Genre: Fiction
Social Studies Connection: Perseverance
In this fiction text, children meet a young girl named Mei Mei and her grandpa, Gong Gong. Gong Gong teaches Mei Mei how to do tai chi, and she works hard to figure out the complex hand, arm, and leg movements. Mei Mei teaches Gong Gong how to do yoga, and he works hard to learn the different poses. Even though they both struggle to learn new things, they persevere.
Connect and Teach: Character Clues

Read Aloud: Getting Rest  By: Sian Smith

Genre: Informational Text

Connect and Teach: Key Details

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes

Phonics Focus Skill: Digraph sh

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Review Complex Sentences

 Literacy Jobs 

 Handwriting: Letter Dd
(Tall Line Down-Retrace Letters: P, R, B, D, N, M)
 Writer's Workshop: Line for each Letter
Writers write a line for each sound they hear in a word.

KinderMath: Combining Sets to 8

The kids will use 8 connecting cubes to make trains with two different colors like the image below. Again, at this point, we are working on the solid foundation for addition without using symbols.

Music Today

~If you haven't done so, please send a shoebox size box to school on Monday for your child's leprechaun trap!
~Please return the report card envelope if you haven't done so already. Thank you!
Have a fun and safe weekend!