Wednesday, November 21, 2012

November 26-30


Hello!

Happy Turkey Day!

Here's the breakdown for when we return.



Reading: Lesson 9 (Continuing with this lesson until the first week of December)
  • Phonological Awareness: onset/rime blending
  • Word Building: -ap and -an words 
  • High-Frequency Word: he
  • Reviewing characters in a story and summarizing a story
  • Robust Vocabulary: proceed, announced, gasped, sly, imaginary, active, apparel, voyage, whimper, precisely, gigantic, glum, complained
  • Writing caption sentences
  • Working on word choice in our writing
  • Centers: The Very Hungry Caterpillar listening center, creating an "I like' book, playing rhyming games on the smart board, using iTouches, and describing the beginning, middle, and end of a story


Math:
  • Unit 2: 
    • 2.19: More Numbers 1 Through 10: the +1 Pattern
      • Objectives: build concepts of numbers 1-10, explore the +1 relationship between numbers; develop spatial concepts
      • Vocabulary: up, down, left, right, out, apart, together, rectangle, circle
      • 2.20: Addition and Subtraction Stories: Family Experience
        • Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; write the numeral 10; draw 10 objects
        • Vocabulary: ten, ones
      • 2.21: Numbers 1 through 10: the -1 pattern
        • Objectives: build concepts of 1-10; explore the -1 relationship between numbers
        • Vocabulary: subtraction sign
      • 2.23: More Numbers 1 through 10: the -1 Pattern
        • Objectives: build concepts of numbers 1-10; explore the -1 relationship between numbers
        • Vocabulary: subtract, forward, backward
    • Math Homework: 
    Science:
    • Working on our LEGO engineering unit: building seesaws
      • Investigating pivots, energy, balancing forces, and levers
    Let me know if you have any questions.

    Thanks!