Wednesday, April 29

 

Wednesday, April 29
Orange Day: Technology
Technology class at 8:20.  

Big Book: Ants By: Lisa J. Amstutz Genre: Informational Text

Review Power Words: sunshine, cocoon, colony

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Isolating Phonemes (initial), Blending Onset and Rime (s-uch, p-ing), Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes (such change /ch/ to /ng/: sung)

Phonics Focus Skill: Review Digraphs

Irregular Words: Review
 WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Complete Sentences Review

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  

 Literacy Jobs 
Math: Differences to 10
For today’s lesson the kids will be working on equations within 10 by using the book, Elevator Magic by Stuart Murphy. We will use the vertical number line we used yesterday as it will directly resemble the elevator display from the story. 
There are 10 floors and we are going down 2. What is 10 take away 2?
 We are on the 8^th floor and are going down 3 floors. What is 8 take away 3?
After the read aloud, each kid will have an elevator card, whiteboard and dry-erase marker. I will lead the kids in problems like these and they will record the equation on their whiteboard. 
We are on the 9^th floor and are going down 3 floors. What floor will be on? 
The kids  write 9-3=6 
We are on the 10^th floor and going down 7 floors. 
The kids will write 10-7=3.

Pushes & Pulls: Why do builders need so many big machines?
In this Read-Along lesson, Vivian watches a house being built and wonders why the builders need so many big machines. The lesson includes a short exercise where the kids act out the “work words” of their favorite machine. If time allows, the kids will watch short videos of construction equipment and practice using work words to describe what the machines are doing.

Time for Kids: Global Games

   Phy Ed Today  

 
~Tomorrow is library day.