- Phonemic Awareness: review phoneme isolation, identity, categorization, blending, segmentation
- Letters: Uu
- High-Frequency Words: and, there
- Robust Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous
- Comprehension: pointing out important details, using graphic organizers
- Literature: Reading Whose House? by Barbara Seuling, Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley, and How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? by Julius Lester
- Writing: friendly letters
Reading Homework
- Lesson 24 Homework (Due Back April 17)
Guided Readers
- Lesson 25 Red (focuses on recognizing words that start with U)
- Lesson 25 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words (and, there). It also focuses on basic CVC words)
- Lesson 25 Green (includes more complex sentences)
Center "I Can" Statements (What we hope students "can do" during weekly centers)
- I can choose a book at my level and read by myself and/or to a partner for 10-15 minutes. We use Raz Kids and guided readers (Free Read Center, iPad Center)
- I can write 1 or more sentences about something I care about. (writing/journal center)
- students choose from a journal of their choice (vacation, family, friends, animals, sports/activities, fiction stories)
- students can also choose to work on writing sight words/CVC words they know and don't know to help identify what they still need to work on
- I can choose a game/writing activity to review reading, writing, and using sight words. (word work)
- iPad app called SkyFish is also used (works on reading/building CVC words)
- I can create an original umbrella design and think of other words that start with Uu (art center)
- I can identify important details and transfer them to a graphic organizer. (listening center/story response)
- I can use DreamBox (math app) to choose a math adventure that's right for me (math center)
- I can identify and write the letter Z,Y, and U, showcasing my very best work (handwriting center)
- I can choose an activity that will help me become a better learner (my choice center)
Math: Unit 5
- Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
- 5.14: Introduction to Counting and Grouping Routines
- Objectives: count by ones from 100-120; count by fives to 50; extend repeating geometric patterns, including rotations
- Vocabulary: one hundred, repeating pattern
- 5.15: Practice: Number and Body-in-Space Activities
- Objectives: equalize groups by adding; find partners of 7,8, and 9; reinforce numbers and patterns with body movements
- Vocabulary: more, less, equal, unequal, pattern
- 5.16: Add Partners to Find Totals
- Objectives: show numbers 1-20 as tens and ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; find the total of two partners
- Vocabulary: partner, total, more, fewer
- 5.17: Story Problems: Totals Under 10
- Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; take away objects to make two groups equal
- Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal
- 5.18: Subtract to Make Equal Groups
- Objectives: add or take away objects to make two groups equal
- Vocabulary: front, forward, back, ahead, left, right, over, add, subtract, equal
- Math Challenge (Optional)
- no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.
Science:
- Observing signs of spring
- Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
- Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
- Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made
Social Studies:
- Reading Time For Kids, talking about current events we have heard about during the week
- Skyping with "mystery kindergarteners" from another state, comparing our schooling experience
SPECIALS
Monday: gym/media
Tuesday: music/art
Wednesday: media/gym
Thursday: art/music
Friday: gym/media
