- Phonemic Awareness: phoneme deletion
- Word Building: -un and -ut words
- High-Frequency Words: give, little
- Robust Vocabulary: lively, peek, arise, clever, boastful, quarrel
- Comprehension: important details in a story; using and understanding the structure of a story
- Literature: Reading Good Morning, Little Polar Bear by Carol Votaw, Clever Tortoise by Francesca Martin, and How Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac
- Writing: friendly letters continued
Reading Homework
Guided Readers
- Lesson 26 Red (focuses on recognizing CVC words with short u sound in the middle )
- Lesson 26 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words (give, little). It also focuses on basic CVC words)
- Lesson 26 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 read, write, and use CVC words and recognize words I know and words I need more help with. (word work)
- iPad apps called SkyFish and Word Wizard are also used (works on reading/building CVC words)
- I can create a model of a habitat for animals, insects, and plants living in our area (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 choose a topic (adding, subtracting, teen numbers, shapes, writing numbers, etc) that we are working on in math and choose an activity that will help me become better at it (Math Review)
- I can choose an activity that will help me become a better learner (my choice center)
Math: Unit 5
- Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
- 5.19: More Vertical Graphs and Comparisons
- Objectives: sort and graph objects; read vertical graphs and compare quantities; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones
- Vocabulary: graph, more than, less than, most, least, teen number
- 5.20: Practice: Pattern Block and Attribute Card Activities
- Objectives: generate repeating patterns; show geometric patterns and turns; practice 10-partners and 6-partners
- Vocabulary: pattern, rectangle, circle, triangle, square, partners
- 5.21: Teen Numbers, Partners, and Equations
- Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; develop spatial concepts
- Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal
- 5.22: More Horizontal Graphs and Comparisons
- Objectives:sort and graph objects; read horizontal graphs and compare quantities; add or take away objects to make two groups equal
- Vocabulary: horizontal graph, more, less, most, least, equal
- 5.23: More Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game
- Objectives: take away objects to make two groups equal; realize that the 1 in teen numbers means 1 ten.
- Vocabulary: subtract, equal, teen number, ten, one
- Math Challenge (Optional)
- no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.
Science:
- Continuing to observe 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
- Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish
Social Studies:
- Skyping with "mystery kindergarteners" from another state, comparing our schooling experience
- Using maps to compare our locations
SPECIALS
Monday: music/art
Tuesday: media/gym
Wednesday: art/music
Thursday: gym/media
Friday: music/art
