Tuesday, October 6

   
                Tuesday, October 6

READING AND VOCABULARY
Read Aloud: I am Rene The Boy By: Rene Colato René, from El Salvador, loves his name. But he feels lost when he learns it’s a “girl's name” in the United States. Through research, he rediscovers a way to make the name his own and share it with Renee, a new girl in his class. Social Studies Connection: Individual Development and Identity
GENRE: Fiction
Connect and Teach: Story Elements (Identify characters, setting, and main events in fiction.)

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Counting Syllables

Phonics Focus Skill: Consonant s /s/
Irregular Word: as

GRAMMAR
Capitalization

Writer's Workshop: Building Shape People

After exploring with pattern blocks yesterday, the kids will build shape people with the blocks today. The idea is to show the kids that various shapes can be used for a head, body, and legs/arms.

KinderMath: Predict Patterns
This lesson will help the children work on what comes next in a variety of pattern sequences. They will use manipulatives from our classroom to create these patterns and build a pattern that their partner has to complete.

 Fire Safety: Stop, Drop, and Roll
The children will learn how to do this technique if their clothes were to catch on fire.

 STEAM with Mr. Brown 

  
(Last names A-K: Music, L-Z: PE)
 
~Have your child wear orange tomorrow as a reminder to be KIND and in recognition of World Unity Day on October 21.

~It looks like it will be a nice walk to the fire station. Parents who are coming with, sign in at the office and you can wait for us in the front entry. We plan to leave at 12:30. 

~The book order is due tomorrow. You can place your order here.