Schedule for the Week of April 29 - May 3

• M- P.E./Music - Welcome to our classroom Mrs. Moon (student teacher) - we are so excited you will be joining us!!
• T- Music/P.E.
• W- Art
• Th- Music/P.E.
• F- Music/P.E. & Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)

Star of the Week: Kameren!

Reading: Lesson 26

• 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

• Lesson 25 Homework

Math: Unit 5 

• Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
• 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
• 5.24: Equal Parts, Equal Shares
• Objectives: use objects to show equal parts; use objects to show equal groups
• Vocabulary: equal parts, equal groups, half (halves)
• 5.25: Shapes in a Robot Scene
• Objectives: recognize and count geometric shapes; recognize symmetry and reflections
• Vocabulary: reflection, flip, symmetry

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday:  5.22
• Wednesday:  5.24
• Thursday: 5.25
• Friday: Unit 5 Math Test

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.

Science:

• Continuing to make and discuss fish observations

Schedule for the Week of April 22 - April 26

• M- Music/P.E.
• T- Art
• W - Music/P.E.
• Th- Music/P.E.
• F- Art
• Saturday - Shirley Hills Carnival 11am-3pm!!!!

Star of the Week: Tor!!

Reading: Lesson 25

• 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

Math: Unit 5 

• Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
• 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
• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday:
• Tuesday:  5.18
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 5.20
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.

Schedule for the Week of April 15-19

• M- Art
• T- Music/P.E.
• W- Music/P.E.
• Th- Art
• F- P.E./Music & Media with Mr. Lohtka (Please remember to return your library books!)

Star of the Week: Emma!

Reading: Lesson 24

• Phonemic Awareness: phoneme segmentation continued
• Letters: Yy and Zz
• High-Frequency Words: Review
• Robust Vocabulary: protecting, volunteer, responsible, adore, melancholy, exquisite, appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly
• Comprehension: Discussing characters and working on making inferences
• Literature: Rereading My Teacher Can Teach...Anyone! by W. Nikola-Lisa and Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail
• Writing: Stories; working on sentence fluency

Reading Homework

• Lesson 23 Homework

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 Homework: 
• Monday: 5.14
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 5.16
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 5.18

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.

Schedule for the Week of April 8-12

Hello!!
Please remember that we need to bring in items for our Carnival Basket!!! The theme is "Road Trip,".... this could include any items that would be great to take in the car (travel pillows, games, travel size necessities, etc.).... we don't have anything for our basket yet and the deadline is April 18th! Thank you for helping us with this in advance!! :-)

• M- Music/P.E & Computer with Mrs. Couser and Character Class about Attitude with Mrs. Swanson!!
• T- Music/P.E.
• W- Art
• Th- P.E./Music
• F- Music/P.E. & Media with Mr. Lohtka - please remember to bring back your library books too!

Star of the Week: Brody!!

Reading: Lesson 23

• Phonemic Awareness: phoneme segmentation
• Word Building: -et and -eg words
• High-Frequency Words: she, good
• Robust Vocabulary: appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly 
• Comprehension: Working on main ideas of stories and generating good questions about stories
• Literature: Reading My Teacher Can Teach...Anyone! by W. Nikola-Lisa, Bravo, Maurice by Rebecca Bond, and Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail
• Writing: Stories

Reading Homework

• Lesson 22 Homework

Math: Unit 5 

• Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
• 5.9: Review Partners of 2,3,4,5,6 and 10
• Objectives: find all the partners of 2,3,4,5,6, and 10; reinforce numbers and patterns with spatial movements; view teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; practice finding 10-partners
• Vocabulary: Tiny Tumbler, Math Mountain, known partner, unknown partner
• 5.10: Partners of 6,7,8, and 9
• Objectives: visualize teen numbers in sequence as a ten and extra ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; identify partners for the number 6
• Vocabulary: partner, pattern
• 5.11: Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game
• Objectives: solve addition and subtraction story problems; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; use the equal and not equal signs in comparing
• Vocabulary: equal signe, not equal sign, equal, unequal
• 5.12: Tens in Teen Numbers Book
• Objectives: visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; find 10-partners
• Vocabulary: teen numbers, extra ones
• 5.13: Partners of 10: Class Project
• Objectives: relate 10-partner drawings to addition equations; find patterns in the partners of 10
• Vocabulary: rectangle, pattern

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 5.10
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 5.12
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.