Monday, October 26

    

Monday, October 26

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: Snail & Worm Again  By: Tina Kugler
GENRE: Fiction
Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity Snail and Worm have silly adventures. When Snail finds a feather, he thinks he grew wings. He mistakes a penny for a mirror. When he wishes for a more unique shell, Worm helps him realize how special he already is.

Connect and Teach: Author and Illustrator

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Blending Words

Phonics Focus Skill: Short Vowel i
Irregular Words: I, is

 GRAMMAR
Pronouns

Writer's Workshop: Shape School
The kids will cut/glue/assemble shapes to create a school. This is an additional way for the kids to use shapes (rather than only drawing the shapes) as a setting for stories they will eventually write. 

 Handwriting: Upper and Lowercase Down the Slide Review

KinderMath: Read and Write 9-10 
(We did not get to this on Friday.)

Partners will work on building sets of 9 and 10 using a 10-Frame and comparing with each other who has more/less. Next, the children will hear the story, Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews and see how sets of 9 and 10 dots can be made into different things. The story will be used again on tomorrow so the children can create their own picture using up to 10 black dots.

 To kick off this lesson, the kids will hear the story, Ty's Travels: Lab Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons.
 Then the kids explore some things they do every day that scientists ALSO do: observe, ask questions, do experiments, and share their questions and learning. In the activity, Termite Tester, the kids will virtually observe termite behavior and then do a series of virtual experiments to figure out the answers to their questions. 

  
(Last names A-K: PE, L-Z: Music)

~ We had a special visitor on Friday...Colt's family got a new puppy!