Friday, April 5, 2013

April 8-12

Hello!

Just a reminder that Kindergarteners should leave their rest stuff at home for the time being.  We will see where we stand in a few weeks, but again, we want to continue to be proactive and make sure we can do everything to prevent lice from spreading.  Thanks for your support with this! Remember, we have only had a few cases, so there is no need to be overly concerned or worried.  We are just trying to take preventative measures.

Now to the good stuff.  Here's what we'll be covering this week.

Reading: Lesson 23
  • Phonemic Awareness: phoneme segmentation
  • Word Building: -et and -eg words
  • High-Frequency Words: she, good
  • Robust Vocabulary: appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly 
  • Comprehension: Working on main ideas of stories and generating good questions about stories
  • Literature: Reading My Teacher Can Teach...Anyone! by W. Nikola-Lisa, Bravo, Maurice by Rebecca Bond, and Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail
  • Writing: Stories
Reading Homework
Math: Unit 5 
  • Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
      • 5.9: Review Partners of 2,3,4,5,6 and 10
        • Objectives: find all the partners of 2,3,4,5,6, and 10; reinforce numbers and patterns with spatial movements; view teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; practice finding 10-partners
        • Vocabulary: Tiny Tumbler, Math Mountain, known partner, unknown partner
      • 5.10: Partners of 6,7,8, and 9
        • Objectives: visualize teen numbers in sequence as a ten and extra ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; identify partners for the number 6
        • Vocabulary: partner, pattern
      • 5.11: Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game
        • Objectives: solve addition and subtraction story problems; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; use the equal and not equal signs in comparing
        • Vocabulary: equal signe, not equal sign, equal, unequal
      • 5.12: Tens in Teen Numbers Book
        • Objectives: visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; find 10-partners
        • Vocabulary: teen numbers, extra ones
      • 5.13: Partners of 10: Class Project
        • Objectives: relate 10-partner drawings to addition equations; find patterns in the partners of 10
        • Vocabulary: rectangle, pattern
            • Math Homework: 
              • Monday: 
              • Tuesday: 5.10
              • Wednesday: 
              • Thursday: 5.12
              • Friday: 
            • Math Challenge (Optional)
              • no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.
            Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!