1.28.2013

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 28 - Feb. 1


  • M - Music/P.E. & Computer with Mrs. Couser
  • T - Art
  • W - P.E./Music
  • Th - Music/P.E.
  • F - $Dollar Day to wear Animal Print and Wiskers!!!  Art & Media with Mr. Lohtka! (Please remember to bring back your library books!) & Read - A- Thon Kick-off for February!
Star of the Week: Olivia! 

Reading: Lesson 15
  • Phonemic Awareness: Review beginning and middle sounds in words
  • Letter: Oo
  • Sight Words: you, look
  • Word Families: -on, -og, -ot
  • Review how to draw conclusions while reading
  • Robust Vocabulary: creeps, fading, warn, blustery, prefer, delight, slumbering, nestle
  • Writing: Using exclamations as an ending mark
  • Reread Winter Lullaby By Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
  • Center: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Reading Homework

Math: Unit 4 (Unit 3 Test on Tuesday, January 29th)

  • Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
    • 4.1: Numbers 1-10 and Math Stories: Grocery Store Scene
      • Objectives: establish links between math and the real world
      • Vocabulary: story problem
    • 4.2: Find Partners of 10
      • Objectives: identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
      • Vocabulary: partner
    • 4.3: Teen Numbers and Equations
      • Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number
      • Vocabulary: equal sign, plus sign, equation
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday:
    • Tuesday: 
    • Wednesday: 4.3
    • Thursday: 
    • Friday: 
  • Math Challenge (Optional)


1.23.2013

Schedule for the Week of January 21-25

  • M- No School (Teacher Workshop) - in honor of MLK!!
  • T- P.E./Music
  • W- Field Trip to STAGES Theater!!
  • Th- Art
  • F- $Dollar Day to wear your P.J.s!! Music/P.E. & Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)
Reading: Lesson 14
  • Phonemic Awareness: review beginning sounds in words
  • Creating Words ending with -ig, -in, -it (examples: fig, fin, fit!)
  • Review Letters: Bb, Kk
  • Sight Words: where, do
  • Practice identifying 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, Thursday, and Friday
Reading Homework

Math: Unit 3 (Unit Test on Monday, January 28th)

  • Unit 3: 
    • 3.21: More Teen Numbers with Classroom Objects
      • Objectives: group the ten inside teen numbers; match partners and totals for teen numbers; use the words more and fewer to compare quantities
      • Vocabulary: more, less, fewer
    • 3.22: More Attribute Card Activities
      • Objectives: sort by shape, size, and color; generate shape patterns; use equal and not equal to signs
      • Vocabulary: sort, equal to sign, is not equal to sign
    • 3.24: Shapes in a Garden Scene
      • Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; identify and count shapes
      • Vocabulary: oval, trapezoid, rectangle, hexagon, circle, square, diamond, triangle
    • 3.25: Use Mathematical Processes
      • Objectives: apply mathematical concepts and skills in meaningful concepts
      • Vocabulary: 
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday: 
    • Wednesday: 3.22
    • Thursday: 3.24
    • Friday: 3.25

1.16.2013

Schedule for the week of January 14-18

  • M - Music/P.E. and Computer with Mrs. Couser
  • T - Art
  • W- Music/P.E.
  • Th- Music/P.E.
  • F- $Dollar Day to have your photo taken in the Photo Booth!! Art and Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)
 Star of the Week: Maya!!

Reading: Lesson 13

  • Phonemic Awareness: review final and middle sounds in words
  • Letters for the Week: Bb, Kk
  • Sight Words: for, me
  • Practice using graphic organizers
  • Work on formulating questions after reading a story
  • Robust Vocabulary: fading, perhaps, prefer, warn, whirl, property
  • Questions: work on writing questions together and independently 
  • Read What Will the Weather Be Like Today? By Paul Rogers and When A Storm Comes Up by Allan Fowler
  • Literacy Centers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Reading Homework
Math: Unit 3
  • Unit 3: 
    • 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
    • 3.17: Partners Through 6: Practice Games
      • Objectives: establish links between math and the real world, tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; show partners for numbers 2 through 6
      • Vocabulary: partner, just after
    • 3.19: Build Teen Numbers with Classroom Objects
      • Objectives: group the ten inside teen numbers; match partners and totals for teen numbers; see and record partners for numbers 2 through 6
      • Vocabulary: estimate, benchmark
    • 3.20: More Graph Drawings: Match and Compare
      • Objectives: describe relative position using ordinal numbers; establish links between math and the real world; tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; use the words more and fewer to compare quantities
      • Vocabulary: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, more, fewer
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday: 3.16
    • Wednesday: 
    • Thursday: 
    • Friday: 3.20

1.07.2013

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 7-11

Hello and welcome back to our first 5-day school week of the new year! We have a lot going on this week - parents please check your e-mail regarding more details for our "Caring For Our Community" Month. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you! 
  • M - "Caring For Our Community" Assembly, Art and Computer with Mrs. Couser
  • T -  Nickel Day!! and Music/P.E.
  • W -Dime Day!! and Music/P.E.
  • Th - "Caring For Our Community" Morning - bring your parents, come and have a treat and help support your community 7:45-8:45am......Quarter Day too!! and Art
  • F -  Dollar Day to wear a hat! Wear Purple too! P.E./Music and Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)
Star of the Week: Lizzy!!

Reading: Lesson 12

  • Phonemic Awareness: middle sounds in words
  • High-Frequency Word: review, review, review
  • Use graphic organizers
  • Review beginning, middle, and end of stories
  • Build -it and -ip words
  • Robust Vocabulary: squabble, anxious, uproar, mischief, idle, productive, moans, glum, tend, scrumptious, feast, soggy, huddle
  • Poems: read and write them together
  • Working on word choice (especially with poetry)
Reading Homework
Math: Unit 3
  • Unit 3: 
    • 3.10: Explore Attributes: Shape, Size, and Color
      • Objectives: sort by shape, size, and color; generate shape patterns; draw numbers 6 through 10 as 5-groups
      • Vocabulary: rectangle, circle, triangle, square, pattern
    • 3.11: Practice Addition and Subtraction Stories: Park Scene
      • Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; tell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems; draw numbers 6 through 10 as 5-groups
      • Vocabulary: 5-group
    • 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
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday: 3.11
    • Wednesday: 3.12
    • Thursday: 
    • Friday: 3.14

1.02.2013

Schedule for the Week of January 2-4

Welcome back after a nice long break! I hope this finds each of you well rested and excited for a fabulous new year!! The students have been a little tired today saying "My alarm was REALLY loud when it went off this morning Mrs. Koepp" :-) ... my response was "Oh, yes, I can relate!".... This just means we all had a wonderful break spending quality time with our family and friends!
It is always good to have fun, yet it is good to get back into our routine as well.... here is what the next few days have in store for us....
  • M -No School
  • T - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!! (No School)
  • W- Art - Welcome Back!
  • Th-P.E./Music
  • F- Music/P.E. & Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)

Reading/ Writing for the Week: Lesson 11(Review)

  • Phonological Awareness: final sounds in words
  • Letters of the Week: Gg and Ff
  • Sight Words: here, this
  • Work on drawing conclusions and rereading the story to comprehend the story
  • Robust Vocabulary: anxious, huddle, moans, productive, idle, scrumptious
  • Reading and creating posters
  • Working on developing ideas and details in writing
  • Reading The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat by Mary Finch
Math: Unit 3

  • Unit 3: 
    • 3.8: Use a Balance Scale to Graph Weight
      • Objectives: make teen numbers using 5-groups; explore weight using a pan balance; graph to compare two weights
      • Vocabulary: balance, weight, heavy, heavier, light, lighter, up, down, predict, weigh
    • 3.9: Partners Through 6
      • Objectives: show partners of numbers 2 through 6; develop spatial concepts; visualize squares as sides of cubes
      • Vocabulary: cube, square, light, heavy, forward, backward
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday: 
    • Wednesday: 
    • Thursday: 3.8 
    • Friday: 
  • Math Challenge (Optional)

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