Tuesday, February 25

Tuesday, February 25

Word Family: -en
Number Word: three
  Language Arts: Through the big book, In the Sea, the children will work on building fluency by doing an Echo-Read (reading it like the teacher). The kiddos will also work on retelling the story.
 Writer's Workshop: We continue our focus on Concepts About Print...~Understand that words carry meaning, are comprised of letters, go from left to right, and have spaces between them.

 Popcorn Word: with
Handwriting: lowercase a

 Daily 5!

Math:  Shape Pictures  
We begin a new unit of Geometry today by hearing the story, The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds. The children will brainstorm all the things they can think of that resemble a particular shape. Their ideas are placed on a poster. Finally, each child will choose a shape and creat something out of it. For instance, they may choose a square and then draw a triangle on top to create a house.
Their work focuses on:
~Developing language to describe and compare 2-D shapes and their attributes.
~Relating 2-D shapes to real-world objects.

 Smart Room 

 
~Tomorrow is Wellness Wednesday...wear your workout clothes.

Monday, February 24

Monday, February 24

Word Family:-en
 Popcorn Word: with
 Number Word: three
  Language Arts:
 Using the Reader's Theater story In the Sea by Cynthia Swain , the children will help build a concept web pertaining to sea life (as pictured below). Through the first reading of this story, they will build concepts about print and build academic/sight word vocabulary.

 Writer's Workshop: Developing Concepts of Print
~Put spaces between words.
~Write from left to right.
~Begin a sentence with an uppercase letter.
~Use end punctuation correctly.

 Daily 5!

 Math: Toss the Chips

The kids toss 10 chips (one side is red, the other is yellow) and count how many red and yellow appear in one toss. They record that data on a grid.
Their work focuses on:
~Decomposing numbers in different ways.
~Using numbers to record how many.

 Smart Room 

 

~Make sure to come to Reading Fun Night this Thursday! We promise a good time with readers ready to share dog stories for you!

Thursday, February 20

Thursday, February 20

 Popcorn Word: was
 Word Family: -et
Number Word Focus: two

  Language Arts: Animals in Their Habitats (Nonfiction Big Book)...Learning about nonfiction text structure (index). The children will also summarize the text by focusing on important ideas.
**This was not done yesterday.
  Writer's Workshop: Using a complete sentence.
 Math: Toss the Chips 
The kids toss 8 chips (one side is red, the other is yellow) and count how many red and yellow appear in one toss. They record that data on a grid.
Their work focuses on:
~Decomposing numbers in different ways.
~Using numbers to record how many.

 DAILY 5!
 A storybook reader is scheduled for 10:10 to read If You Give a Moose a Muffin.

Time For Kids: All About Elephants
Smart Room

~It's Pajama Day tomorrow!
~Remember to turn in your reading minutes.

Wednesday, February 19

 Wednesday, February 19 

 Popcorn Word: was

Word Family: -et
Language Arts: Animals in Their Habitats (Nonfiction Big Book)...Learning about nonfiction text structure (index). The children will also summarize the text by focusing on important ideas.

Math: Vinci Tablets!

Computer Class Today!

DAILY 5!
 Writing: 2 & 3 Letter Words...Watch where to put those in the lines!
  Smart Room 
 Music Today 
   Who is Abraham Lincoln? The children will learn more about him in a book that uses the sight word 'this'. Our plan is to work on it during Quiet Time today so look for it to come home this evening.

~In last week's Wednesday envelope, there was a note about entering a dog story/dog picture contest. The entry due date is this Friday, February 21.
~Look for the small paw included in today's envelope to write down any reading minutes you have done. I will send another one home on Friday.

**We will be seeing sled dogs and a Musher today from 2:15-2:45 as a part of our 'Paws for Reading' theme during I Love to Read Month.
                                    **This was rescheduled from yesterday.