Friday, March 18

         Friday, March 18

Sight Words: one, use

Word Family Focus: -ake, ing

Mrs. Haglin will be in to help the kids post another entry on Kidblog. Again, they are working on sentence structure and the mechanics creating a post.

Math: Decomposing Numbers

Today we will keep working with our number bonds.
Just like yesterday, I will tell you a story and you will use your number bond page.
Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with your partner as I tell the story.
•Allysa had 6 scarves. 3 of them were striped and the rest were not. How many did not have stripes?
•Marek had 9 siblings. 3 of them were sisters. How many brothers did he have?
•Josie picked 10 flowers. 6 were pink and the rest were not. How many flowers did she have that were not pink?
Watch that students are building the stories on their page by moving the cubes to the correct circles.
Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems.
Library Day

DAILY 5

Computer class today.

Music Today
Science: How Many Stars in a Constellation?
Connect: Remember yesterday when we learned that a star pattern is called a constellation?
Teach: Today, I am going to show you that there are many constellations and each constellation has a different number of stars. Did you know that we have 88 constellations and that each of them has a certain number of stars? Today we are going to look at a few constellations and see how many stars are in each one of them. Let’s see. Here is a table of different constellations and how many stars are in each. I can use this table to help me answer my question. I am going to find out how many stars are in Leo. So I have to go down my table until I find “Leo”. Here it is, right here. Then, if I follow the table across like this, point with finger across the row, I can see that Leo has 9 stars. Now, I want to show that information on my graph. So, I am going to go to my graph, and by Leo I am going to color in 9 squares.
 Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I want you to use the table to find how many stars are in each constellation. Then, I want you to color your graph to show what you found out.
Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that our sky is full of constellations and that different constellations have differing amounts of stars.

~Some adorable Leprechauns were in our classroom today...

~Look what the Leprechauns did to our classroom!

~We are searching for the gold...

~We found the pot of gold! Mr. Ness helps get it down.

~A true leprechaun reads to us yesterday...

~Enjoy the weekend...Spring arrives on Sunday!

Thursday, March 17

Thursday, March 17

Word Family: -ing
 Popcorn Word: use
  Language Arts: Continuing our work through the story Children Past and Present, the kids will explore more comparisons/contrasts to life in the past to life presently.

 Writer's Workshop: What would you do if you caught a leprechaun?
 A storybook reader is scheduled for 9:30 to read The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever.

 Daily 5!

Math: Decomposing Numbers

New Concept: Today we will keep working with our number bonds.  

Just like yesterday, I will tell you a story.  Instead of putting numbers together, we will be taking the numbers apart. Today we will do things a little differently.  Watch me as I use my board.  

There were 7 apples...3 of them were green. How many were red? 

Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with your partner as I tell the story. 

•Ricky had 10 cupcakes...6 were chocolate and the rest were vanilla. How many were vanilla?

 • Kayden collected 8 rocks...3 were smooth...The rest were rough. How many rough rocks did he have?
 • Olivia had 9 stars on her chart...6 were red and the rest were blue. How many blue stars did she have?     

Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems. 

PhyEd Today

 Smart Room Highlight: Collecting Gold on the Balance Beam...

 ~Once the gold is collected, the kids walk backwards on the colorful line.

Some Leprechauns may visit our classroom today. It's likely that they will do some shenanigans by leaving their green footprints all over and even mess a few things up in our classroom! We will be on the lookout ALL day for any suspicious activity...

~We will be looking for Leprechauns throughout the day by visiting this site...

http://www.irelandseye.com/leprechaun/webcam.htm

Wednesday, March 16

Wednesday, March 16

 Popcorn Word: use
Word Family: -ing
 Language Arts: We continue to work on comparing/contrasting with the story Children Past and Present.

 Writer's Workshop: The kids write another entry into their Leprechaun Journal. Today Love is on telephone.

  DAILY 5

Smart Room Highlight: Collecting Coins Along the Balance Beam

 Math: Composing and Decomposing Numbers...Day 2
New Concept: Today I want to show you a new word. It is a number bond. We have seen this in some of our math review, but today I want to use it to tell a story. We have learned about these before but they looked like puzzle pieces. These will work the same way, they will just look a little different.
I am going to tell a story and use my number bond as I do.
There was a dog and he found 3 bones in the garden (put cubes in smaller circle). He found 4 bones by the shed (put cubes in the other small circle). How many bones did he find all together? (move all the cubes into the large circle)
Whole Group Explore: Now you will work with your partner as I tell the story.
•Mylee found 4 pink shells and 3 purple shells on the beach. How many did she find in all?
• The horse ate 3 apples and 5 carrots.  How many treats did he get in all?
 • James had 4 red jelly beans and 6 green jelly beans. How many did he have all together? 
Student Application: Students will create their own number bonds to solve the problems.
Music Today
Science: Stars Have a Pattern
Connect: Remember how we learned that stars have different brightness and are different sizes? Those are two of the characteristics of stars.  
Teach: Today, I am going to show you the third thing we are going to learn about stars….stars have a pattern! I bet you know what a pattern is, right? A star pattern is called a constellation. A constellation is like a picture in the sky. Let’s look at some. We can use a star map to help us find them! If you search Google, it is very easy to find a star map online. Show the constellations and have a discussion.  You can talk about the names, how they are like a dot to dot, etc.   
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! You are going to create a constellation!  I have made a pretend star map. You need to make a constellation by connecting the stars, like a dot to dot. Remember, you don’t need to use all of the stars, just enough to make your picture. Just like the ones we saw on the star map, it takes a little imagination to see the “picture”. Remember to give your new constellation a name, just like constellations were named years ago. Older children can also create a story go to with their new constellation!  
Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that the stars in the sky make patterns called constellations.  

~We enjoyed helping Alex celebrate yesterday...

~A BIG thank you to all of you who were able to come last night! What an evening filled with fun activities for your family! Our gift card basket brought in $250!