We are also starting a 12 week pilot with new Android devices called Vincis. A parent letter is coming home today (1-31-14) explaining how it will work. We will only be focusing on math and will use the devices two times a week for 30 minutes. The "curriculum" is primarily game based and will focus on Kindergarten benchmarks. We can't wait to use them!
Thanks to our wonderful PTA, Adventures in Art will also start on Tuesday afternoon. Parent volunteers will come in on four different afternoon to teach us about interesting pieces of art. We will also get to create fun art projects that are related to the piece.
Here's what we'll be covering in K-1 this week.
Reading: Lesson 16
- Phonemic Awareness: review final sounds in words
- Letter: Ll and Hh
- High-Frequency Words: one, see
- Work on using story structure to better understand a story
- Identify the setting of a story
- Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill
- Reread Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo By Kevin Lewis and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
- Writing commands and working on word choice
- Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Reading Homework
Math: Unit 4 - Lesson 15 Homework (Due Back February 7)
- Lesson 16 Homework (Will come home February 7, Due back Thursday, February 13)
Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week)
- Lesson 16 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter Ll and Hh and the sound they make)
- Lesson 16 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, one and see. It also focuses on basic CVC words and reviews previous sight words)
- Lesson 16 Green (includes more complex sentences)
- Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
- 4.1: Numbers 1-10 and Math Stories: Grocery Store Scene
- Objectives: establish links between math and the real world
- Vocabulary: story problem
- 4.2: Find Partners of 10
- Objectives: identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
- Vocabulary: partner
- 4.3: Teen Numbers and Equations
- Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number
- Vocabulary: equal sign, plus sign, equation
- 4.4: Addition and Subtraction Stories: Grocery Store Scenario
- Objectives: explore addition and subtraction in buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; practice repeating patterns
- Vocabulary: addition, total, subtraction, plus sign, minus sign
- Math Challenge (Optional)
Let me know if you have any questions
