- Phonemic Awareness: Identify middle sound in words
- Letters: Ww, Xx
- High-Frequency Words: Review
- Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill, fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously
- Identifying beginning, middle, and end of a story
- Using graphic organizers to help with story comprehension
- Writing: story response, working on adding "voice" to our writing
Reading Homework
- Lesson 17 Homework (Due Back February 12)
Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week)
- Lesson 18 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter W and X)
- Lesson 18 Blue(includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words. It also focuses on basic CVC -ix and -ox words)
- Lesson 18 Green(includes more complex sentences)
Center "I Can" Statements (What we hope students "can do" during weekly centers)
- I can choose a book that is perfect for me to read (Free Read Center)
- I can carefully write and use uppercase and lowercase Ws and Xs, and find my best examples (handwriting center)
- I can work on writing my numbers to 100, work on finding missing numbers, and make partners of 10 (math center). I can make a choice on what I need to work on.
- I can record or draw directions on how to do something (creation center)
- I can write, read and use sight words and CVC words (word work)
- I can listen to a story and illustrate at least 2 examples of "opposites" (listening center)
- I can paint or draw what life is like in lakes during Minnesota winters (science center)
- I can illustrate my own fictional "space adventure" story (author/illustrator center)
- I can choose an activity that will help me become a better learner (my choice center)
Math: Unit 4
- Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
- 4.5: Practice with Teen Numbers and Partners
- Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number; identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
- Vocabulary: teen equation, partner
- 4.6: Patterns with Shapes and Repeating Patterns
- Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and actions; find sets of partners for 10
- Vocabulary: triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, pattern, alike, different, partner
- 4.7: Count, Match, and Compare with Math Drawings
- Objectives: explore addition and subtraction through buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
- Vocabulary: addition, subtraction, extra, less, more, fewer
- 4.8: More Teen Numbers and Equations
- Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number; identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
- Vocabulary: teen equation, partner
- Math Challenge (Optional)
- Monday: 4.5 challenge
- Tuesday: 4.6 challenge
- Wednesday: 4.7 challenge
- Thursday: 4.8 challenge
- Friday: NO SCHOOL
Social Studies:
- Digital Citizenship, posting safe content on the internet (we are using our class Twitter account for this) and some websites such as netsmarts.
Science:
- Exploring Mars on Google Earth, Researching Planets
- Exploring MN lakes during the winter
SPECIALS
Monday: gym/media
Tuesday: music/art
Wednesday: media/gym
Thursday: art/music
Friday: NO SCHOOL
Valentine's Day Party: Thursday, February 12th (1:30-2:30)
