- Phonemic Awareness: review beginning sounds in words
- Word Building: -ig and -in words
- High-Frequency Words: where, do
- Recognize important details in stories
- Robust Vocabulary: arrives, creeps, nestle, slumbering, delight, blustery
- Writing: work on writing interview questions together and independently
- Read Winter Lullaby By Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
- Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Reading Homework
- Lesson 13 Reading Homework (Due back January 16)
Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week)
- Lesson 14 Red (focuses on basic -it, -ig, and -in words--no sentences)
- Lesson 14 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, where and do)
- Lesson 14 Green (includes more complex sentences)
Math: Unit 3
- Unit 3:
- 3.12: More Attributes: Shape, Size, and Color
- Objectives: sort by shape, size, and color; generate shape patterns; use equal and not equal signs; develop spatial concepts
- Vocabulary: equal sign, is not equal to sign, between, sorting
- 3.13: Build Teen Numbers with Square-Inch Tiles
- Objectives: make teen numbers using 5-groups; graph to compare capacity
- Vocabulary: balance
- 3.14: Attribute Card Activities
- Objectives: sort by shape, size, and color; generate shape patterns; use equal and not equal to signs
- Vocabulary: sort, equal sign, is not equal to sign
- 3.15: Tens in Teens
- Objectives: make teen numbers using centimeter cubes; show teen numbers as a group of ten and extra ones; match partners and totals for teen numbers
- Vocabulary: partners, total
- 3.16: Graph Drawings: Match and Compare
- Objectives: use more and fewer to compare quantities; develop spatial concepts
- Vocabulary: more, less, fewer
- Math Challenge (Optional)
- Monday: 3.12 challenge
- Tuesday: 3.13 challenge
- Wednesday: 3.14 challenge
- Thursday: 3.15 challenge
- Friday: 3.16 challenge
Social Studies:
- Introduction of Maps (continued)
- Finding the United States on a World Map
- Finding Minnesota on a US map
- Introduced to Continents/Oceans
- Exploring Google Maps
Science:
- Exploring Different Types of Weather
- Observing Trees in the Winter
SPECIALS
Monday: music/art
Tuesday: media/PE
Wednesday: art/music
Thursday: gym/media
Friday: music/art
