Reading: Lesson 28
- Phonemic Awareness: review all concepts
- Word Building: -ug and -up words
- High-Frequency Words: review
- Robust Vocabulary: dare, gleaming, splendid, cautiously, festival, disaster
- Comprehension: distinguish between reality and fantasy, work on generating questions about a story
- Literature: Reading I Wish I Were A Pilot by Stella Blackstone and The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres
- Writing: Thank-You Note
Reading Homework
Math: Unit 6
Guided Readers
- Lesson 28 Red(focuses on -up and -ug words)
- Lesson 28 Blue(includes short sentences that focuses on sight words and -up and -ug words. It also focuses on other basic CVC words)
- Lesson 28 Green(includes more complex sentences)
Center "I Can" Statements (What we hope students "can do" during weekly centers. We talk individually and as a group about learning missions of the centers)
- I can choose a book at my level and read by myself and/or to a partner for 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 or observed. (writing/journal center)
- students are observing our class fish and work together to write about their observations.
- students are also using gathered research to help their writing/observations
- 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)
- also various sight word games available, as we have introduced them all!
- I can create a piece of artwork using things found in nature and things that are human made. I can talk about the difference between the two (creation station)
- I can identify and choose how to illustrate the main idea of a story and talk about my favorite part. (listening center/story response)
- I can use DreamBox (math app) to choose a math adventure that's right for me (math center)
- I can pick a letter and use a graphic organizer to show different things that start with that letter (handwriting center)
- I can choose an activity that will help me become a better learner (my choice center)
- various math and reading activities available
- Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers
- 6.4: Practice: Show and Write Times
- Objectives: show on-the-hour times on a clock; read a clock and write the time to the hour
- Vocabulary: clock, digital clock, hour hand, minute hand, hour, minute
- 6.5: Time In Our World
- Objectives: explore time as it relates to daily activities; read a clock and write the time to the hour
- Vocabulary: clock, digital clock
- 6.6: Time to the Half-Hour
- Objectives: show half-hour times on a clock; read and write the time
- Vocabulary: half-hour, clock, digital clock
- 6.8: Introduction to Measurement
- Objectives: explore measuring tools and how they are used; measure length using Square-Inch Tiles
- Vocabulary: measure, inch, foot, estimate, length
- 6.9: Measurement in Centimeters
- Objectives: measure length using centimeter cubes
- Vocabulary: centimeter, length, measure
- Math Challenge (Optional)
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 kindergarteners from another Virginia, comparing our schooling experience
- Using maps to compare our locations
- We will Skye with them every Monday
SPECIALS
Monday: art/music
Tuesday: gym/media
Wednesday: music/art
Thursday: media/gym
Friday: NO SCHOOL
