
Tuesday, May 12

Big Book: Earthworms By: Lisa J. Amstutz
Genre: Informational Text
Science Connection: Plants: Basic Needs and Life Cycle This informational text uses photographs and labels to take a close look at earthworms, including how their bodies work, how they live, and how they help plants grow. Connect and Teach: Make and Check Predictions
Read Aloud: Up and Down in the Garden and in the Dirt By: Kate Messner Genre: Informational Text
Connect and Teach: Compare and Contrast
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness: Blending Phonemes, Segmenting Phonemes
Phonics Focus Skill: Initial r-Blends
Irregular Words: Review
WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Review Possessives
Review Possessives
This is the last handwriting lesson for the year!
KinderMath: Reading Bar Graphs (M & M Math)
The kids will sort their Skittles, tally them up, and then transfer their data onto their bar graph. Once their graph is completed, they will compile the data to analyze the graph asking these questions: “Which has the most? Least? How many more? How many fewer?”
Music Today
Why Would You Want an Old Log in Your Backyard?
In this Read-Along lesson, Sam wonders why his grandmother wants to keep an old log in her yard—until he begins to meet a few of her friends. The lesson includes a short exercise where students pretend to be lizards eating ants, and discover why old logs are helpful to animals. We will also learn what they could put in a yard or park to attract animals.



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