Thursday, January 23

 

Thursday, January 23

**Happy Birthday, Brinley!  

KinderLiteracy: Ron's Big Mission

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

 Handwriting: Number 11

Literacy Jobs

 KinderMath: Taking a Closer Look at Square and Rectangle  

Today we will focus on rectangles and squares in the story, Circus Shapes by Stuart Murphy. After focusing on the attributes of rectangles and squares, the kids will look closely at the faces of the solid shapes and notice the circle base of the cylinder, cone, and square base of a cube. They will have time to explore finding the flat shapes within the solid shapes. Lastly, the kids will lay their solid shapes flat and then trace around them. Once they lift up the solid shape, they will discover a flat shape. 

 Project: Martin Luther King (cut/assemble/glue)
These are the songs we have been singing this week...
Dr. King
We Will Rise Up
Sing about Martin

Music Today

~We enjoyed celebrating Lilly's birthday yesterday...


~Reminder: No school tomorrow, January 24...Teacher Workshop Day.

Wednesday, January 22

Wednesday, January 22

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
jet to jot to job to jog to jug to bug to bag to wag to wig to jig to Jim to jam

 to Jan 

 Irregular Words: from, look, book, are   NEW: was

Read: Jeb and I jog.
                   He got me red jam.
                     I was just a bit mad.

Spell: Jan got the job!
           The jet was fast.
             Did Jon jump up?

KinderLiteracy: Ron's Big Mission
We will focus on the vocabulary words within the story (important, nervous, serious, budge, tucked) and answer these questions:
1) Where does the story take place?
2) Who are the main characters?
3) What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. 

 Handwriting: Number 10

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: A Closer Look at Circles and Triangles 

We will begin the lesson by talking about the differences between the circle and triangle and then the kids will look around the classroom for things that are shaped as circles and triangles.

We will review the attributes of a circle and triangle and illustrate several different triangles on the board. The kids 
will work to sort shape cards into a category displaying triangles and another category that are not triangles. 

MLK Activity: This activity will show the kids that even though we look different on the outside, all of us look the same on the inside.  

Library Today
Computer Class Today

 Phy Ed Today 

~Rise & Read RSVPs are due tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 21

 

Tuesday, January 21
NO SCHOOL due to the dangerously cold temperatures.

**Happy Birthday, Lilly...We will celebrate tomorrow!**

~Have your child do their UFLI homework today and snuggle in and read lots of stories!

Monday, January 20

Monday, January 20

*WEATHER RELATED LATE START*

All this week we will learn who Martin Luther King, Jr. was and how this man impacted and influenced our nation. 

 
 Phonemic Awareness
Blend: jot, jig, jet, jump
 Segment: jog, jet, job, just 
Visual Drill
      Graphemes: w, l, r, h, k, s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g, u, c, d, o, n, i, f, p, t, s, m, a
Auditory Drill
 Phonemes: w, l, r, h, k (c, k), s (/s/, /z/), e, b, g

Blending Drill

wet to wed to weld to welt to wept to kept to lept to let to lit to wit to win to twin to twig to swig to wig
 New Concept  
Letter j   

KinderLiteracy: Ron's Big Mission

The kids will listen to Ron's Big Mission by Corrine Naden

The comprehension strategy worked on this week is Inferring/Connections.

 Writer's Workshop:  I Have a Dream
With guidance, the kids will write a simple sentence about being kind.

Literacy Jobs  

Music Today

Story: Martin Luther King, Jr. By: Marion Dane Bauer 

~To see the video I will show the kids about Martin Luther King, Jr. click here.  

 ~We are so thankful for our paraprofessionals that work so hard to make school for your child a safe and fun place to learn! Happy Para Professional week to Alison, Shelby, Susie, & Kim!

  

~We enjoyed celebrating Ben's 1/2 birthday! 

~If you have any to spare, we are in need of AA & AAA batteries. Thank you! 

Friday, January 17

 

Friday, January 17
Happy 1/2 Birthday Ben (July 10)

 Handwriting: Number 9
 
Literacy Jobs

Project: Polar Bear

KinderMath: Constructing Solid Shapes 

 Using a cube, sphere, cylinder and cone, the kids will help determine and talk about which shapes will roll, stack, and slide. I will point out how the cylinder and cone can only slide on their flat side which we call the face. Lastly, they will explore which shapes are able to stack and why a cone can only be placed on a stack with nothing on top of it. 

 We are going shopping at the Irish Pride Store this afternoon. Your child has the choice to spend their tickets or save them for a bigger item.

 Phy Ed Today 

~Friendly reminder to keep having your child do their UFLI homework. I recently reminded them that I will have something that flies to give them at the end of the school year! :)

Stay warm this weekend!

Thursday, January 16

 
  Thursday, January 16

                  

Word Work with Manipulative Letters 

(Deleting, adding, or changing ONE letter to make a new word.)
web to wed to fed to led to let to wet to west to went to dent to den to ten to tin

 to win to twin to twig

 Irregular Words: from, look, book, are

Read: The twig got wet.
               Did Brad swim fast?
                     Ken and Ben are twins.

Spell: The web got wet.
              The wind lifts it up.

                 Glen said he can win!

 Handwriting: Number 8

KinderLiteracy: Polar Bears
The kids will be involved in a discussion on the vocabulary questions seen in the photo below.

Literacy Jobs

KinderMath: Comparing Solid Shapes

We will read Jack the Builder by Stuart Murphy and focus on the solid figures and their attributes, like their shape, size, roundness, & corners. After the read aloud, we will create a solid shapes poster like the one pictured below.

Next, we will play “Get in the Shape.” For this activity, students will pretend like they are “stuffed” in the shape. For example, they will pretend to get into a cylinder...How do the walls feel? What does the top feel like? What shape are you standing on? {circle bottom} We will continue with the remaining solid shapes.   

Zero the Hero visits today...Day 80!

Music Today

Pushes & Pulls: How Can You Knock Down the Most Bowling Pins
In this Read-Along lesson, Daniel worries he won’t do well at a friend’s Bumper Bowling party…until he figures out an unexpected way to win. The lesson includes a short exercise where students act out bumper bowling.
We didn't get to this yesterday!

Students in the high school drama class wrote a play and will be performing it for us at 2:10 today. 

~No extra news for today.