Friday, February 7

Friday, February 7
Happy Birthday, River! (February 8)

 Handwriting: Number 19

Literacy Jobs  
 Writer's Workshop: Sentence Stems
The next step in their writing process is using a Sentence Stem. They are used after the kids label their illustration to write a sentence about their picture.
I see the ____.
It is a ____.
I am _____.
He is ____.
Look at the ____.
I like ____.

 KinderMath: Counting By 10's 
To begin the lesson, the kids will hear the story Toasty Toes by Michael Dahl to focus on counting by 10’s. Next, the kids will have time to explore counting to 100 by 10’s in a hands-on way. They will count out 10 objects onto a ten frame, then transfer the ten frame to a small paper plate. They will continue counting out the 10 sets of objects until all 10 paper plates are filled. They will then go back through and count the plates by 10’s to 100.

Project: The kids are making the bear from this story today.

     Music Today  

One Book One School
~Read ch. 5 over the weekend.

~ The book order is due Wednesday, February 12. Order here.  
  ~ I Love to Read month guest reader sign up here. Thank you!
Have a great weekend everyone!    

Thursday, February 6

                                                           

Thursday, February 6

   

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
vet to vest to vent to vend to end to fend to tend to ten to tan to van to Vin 

 Irregular Words: are, was, you     NEW: what, have

                       Read: The dog was at the vet.

                                     Did Vic have his vest on?

                                     What did you and Vin get?

           Spell: Viv vents to Bev.

                         What is in the van?
                                   Val and I have a lot to do!
          KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth 

The kids will use the vocabulary words from the story to illustrate a picture of something to nibble on or pry open.

 Handwriting: Number 18
*We did not get to this yesterday.

Literacy Jobs

Dental Health The kids will make a model of the inside of a tooth.

 KinderMath: Count by 5's   

The kids will listen to the story, Tally O'Malley by Stuart Murphy and focus on counting by 5’s and understanding the use of tally marks. The kids will then get to apply their skills in using tally marks by taking inventory of the classroom. They will walk around the classroom and take inventory of the items listed on the sheet. The kids will continue to work with counting by 5’s and using tallies to do so. Then using popsicle sticks, they will create sets of tally marks to 20. After the sets of tally marks have been made, they will go back through and count the sets; 5, 10, 15, 20 and mark them with pictures of hands.  

D.E.A.R time today: 1:05

   Phy Ed Today 
One Book One School
~Read Ch. 4 of Winter According to Humphrey to your child tonight!

~Tomorrow's Dress up: Dress Like a snow person: (snow skier, snowmobiler, snowman, ice fisherman) 
~The book order is due Wednesday, February 12. Order here. 
~I Love to Read Month readers can sign up here. Thank you! 

Wednesday, February 5

Wednesday, February 5

 Phonemic Awareness 
Blend: vet, vest, vend, shove
 Segment: vend, vast, crave, vents
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  qu, x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k, s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes:  qu, x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k (c, k), s (/s/, /z/)
Blending Drill 
quid to quip to quips to quits to quit to kit to kilt to quilt to wilt to welt to west to quest to west to Wes to yes
 New Concept 
     Letter v

          KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth 

We will be rereading parts of the book to answer some text-dependent questions.

Please view the photo below...

 Handwriting: Number 18

Literacy Jobs

  KinderMath: Count By 5's Part 1

We will begin the lesson by reading Lots of Ladybugs by Michael Dahl to focus on counting by 5’s. It’s important that the kids know and understand that when we are counting by 5’s, we are simply skipping over given numbers to get to the final amount quickly. To help students understand, I will draw a horizontal number line with the 5, 10, 15, and 20 in an alternate color. For the next activity, each pair will need a baggie with 20 items and 4 blank five frames. They will work with their partner to place the items within the 5 frames until all five are filled then count the five filled frames by 5’s. 

Dental Health Today the kids will hear a story about how toothpaste is made. After the story, they will do an interactive activity where they brush away plaque (dry erase marker) on teeth (inside a protective sleeve). A new toothbrush and sample toothpaste for your child will be in the Wednesday envelope.

Library Today

Time for Kids: Rice for Everyone

Computer Class Today
     Music Today  
One Book One School
~Read Ch. 3 of Winter According to Humphrey to your child tonight.

~The book order is due Wednesday, February 12. Order here.
~I am looking for volunteer readers during I Love to Read Month! Please go here to sign-up for a time. Thank you!

Tuesday, February 4

                                                           

Tuesday, February 4

   

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
quest to best to west to wist to wilt to quilt to quit to quip to lip to sip 

 Irregular Words: are, was, you

      Read: Did you quit?
                                             Did you get a quilt from mom?
                                          Quin and Wes are on a quest.

           Spell: He quit the quest.
                               Can you see the squid?
                            The quilt is in the den.

          KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth 

We will focus on the vocabulary words within the story (nibble, savor, fret, perch, pry, fluttered) and answer these questions:
1) Where does the story take place?
2) Who are the main characters?
3) What is the problem?

 Handwriting: Number 17

 Writer's Workshop: Lines
The kids will draw and label a farm today. This time, they will draw a line for each sound they hear before writing the word. For instance, they would draw three lines for barn:
_ _ _: b r n

Literacy Jobs

Dental Health The kids will meet Timmy & Terry Tooth today. These puppets will teach the kids about healthy/unhealthy foods that affect our teeth. There is a little story to go along with the puppets that the kids will make and bring home today. Read the story again using the puppets!

  KinderMath: Count By 2's Part 2

We will start the lesson by reading the story, Eggs and Legs by Michael Dahl which is about counting by 2's and pairs of objects. The students will use 10 pairs of color cubes (2 red, 2 yellow, etc.) and a set of count by 2's number cards. Partners will first make the pairs from the snap cubes. They will then lay out their snap cubes with space between each set of cubes. Next, they will a lay out the number cards under each set to match and lastly, go back through to practice counting the cubes by 2's.
   Phy Ed Today 
One Book One School
~Read Ch. 2 of Winter According to Humphrey to your child tonight!

~I Love to Read Month readers can sign up here. Thank you! 

Monday, February 3

Monday, February 3
I LOVE TO READ MONTH!

 

 Phonemic Awareness 

Blend: quit, quick, quilt, squid
 Segment: queen, quit, quest, squid
 Visual Drill
      Graphemes:  x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k, s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes:  x, y, j, w, l, r, h, k (c, k), s (/s/, /z/), e

Blending Drill 

fox to pox to ox to ex to Lex to lax to Jax to wax to wag to lag to lap to  

yap to yip to sip to six to nix

 New Concept  

Letter Q 

KinderLiteracy: Bear's Loose Tooth 

The kids will listen to Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson.
The topic this week: Dental Health

The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Inferring.

 Handwriting: Number 16

Literacy Jobs  
There are new jobs waiting for the kids...
~CVC Word Search
~Groundhog Write the Room
~Sentence Construction: Build & Write
~Magic Painting: High Frequency Words
~Real/Nonsense Words 

 KinderMath: Numbers to 100
*We begin a new unit today called Numbers to 100 with today's lesson focusing on counting by 2's. 

A stack of 20 unmatched socks will be placed in the middle of our circle. "How many socks do I have? Can I know without counting? How many socks do you need to put on your shoes? When we have two of something we call this a pair or a match." After making the 10 sets of pairs, we will go back and count the socks one-by-one. "Remember Mathematicians always want to get to an answer the most efficient way possible! I will count them by 2’s. When we count by 2’s, we are skip-counting."  I will show the kids how to “whisper” count to 20 by whispering the skipped number and “shouting” the numbers counted by 2’s. For example, 1 (whisper), 2 (shout), 3 (whisper), 4 (shout), etc.

Zero the Hero visits today...Day 90!   

Dental Health
First I will read, I Know Why I Brush My Teeth by Kate Rowan and discuss the importance of having a clean mouth. Next, the kids will become 'teeth' and stand close together so I can 'floss' between them with a piece of yarn. 

     Music Today  

One Book One School
~Read Ch. 1 of Winter According to Humphrey to your child tonight!
Each day I will ask your child a question from the chapter and keep track of our class total of correct answers. At the end of the month, the class that has the most correct answers wins a special prize!

~Watch for a book bag in your child's backpack today or tomorrow. It will come home twice a week so be sure to check their backpacks for it! 

~See you tomorrow morning for Rise & Read...don't forget to wear a hat, scarf and bring a blanket and books to read!

~Friendly reminder: The February lunch menu does not have the Newton Meal listed. It WILL be available everyday.

  ~We still have plenty of room for volunteer readers during I Love to Read Month! Sign 

up here for a time. Thank you!

~We enjoyed celebrating with Emmett last week...