Schedule for the Week of January 27-31

Hello,

I can't believe this extremely cold weather we have been having! As I write this, you have probably heard that we will not have school tomorrow due to the cold temperatures. I hope you are all staying warm and finding fun things to do at home. I know that my daughter and I will be playing with playdough, having tea parties and doing lots of puzzles tomorrow.... and probably all before 10am. :-)

Here is a glimpse of what we will be doing in the classroom in the days ahead. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Take care!
~ Mrs. Koepp

Reading: Lesson 15

• Phonemic Awareness: review beginning and middle sounds in words
• Letter: Oo
• High-Frequency Words: you, look
• Word building: -on, -og, -ot words
• Review how to draw conclusions when reading
• Robust Vocabulary: creeps, fading, warn, blustery, prefer, delight, nestle, slumbering
• Writing: exclamations
• Reread Winter Lullaby By Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 14 Homework (due back Friday, January 31)
• Lesson 15 Homework (will come home Friday, January 31.  Due back Friday, February 7)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 15 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter Oo and the sound it makes)
• Lesson 15 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, you and look.  It also focuses on basic CVC words)
• Lesson 15 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 3 and 4 (Unit 3 Test on Wednesday, January 29)

• 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: 

• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 3.24
• Tuesday: 3.25
• Wednesday: Unit 3 Math Test
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.24 challenge
• 4.1 challenge
• 4.2 challenge

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 20-24

 Here's a glimpse at what is going on this week!!.....

Reading: Lesson 14

• Phonemic Awareness: review beginning sounds in words
• Word Building: -ig and -in words
• High-Frequency Words: where, do
• Recognize important 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

Reading Homework

• Lesson 13 Reading Homework (Due back January 24.)
• Lesson 14 Reading Homework (will come home on January 24, due back on January 31)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 14 Red (focuses on basic -it, -ig, and -in words--no sentences)
• Lesson 14 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, where and do)
• Lesson 14 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 3 (Unit Test on January 29)

• Unit 3: 
• 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
• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 3.20
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 3.22

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.20 challenge
• 3.21 challenge
• 3.22 challenge

Schedule for the Week of January 13-17

Hello! 
I'm looking forward to our first 5-day school week of the new year! We have sure eased into this new year....kinda nice, eh? ;-)

This week we will also be taking some time to pay special thanks to all of our paras who help us day in and day out in our classrooms! They do a fabulous job and we are so thankful for all of their hard work and help!!!  

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend we have a great week ahead... here is what our week will look like:

Reading: Lesson 13

• Phonemic Awareness: review final and middle sounds in words
• Letters: Bb, Kk
• High-Frequency Word: for, me
• Continue to use 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
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 13 Reading Homework (Will come home on January 17. Due back January 24.)

Math: Unit 3

• Unit 3: 
• 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
• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday:  3.14
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 3.16
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.14 challenge
• 3.15 challenge
• 3.16 challenge
• 3.17 challenge
• 3.19 challenge

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 6 - 10

Hello!
I hope this finds all of you staying warm in these frigid temperatures. Maybe you even have had an opportunity to have some special family time being cooped up these past couple of days! I'm looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow. We have a lot of work ahead of us this week.... here is a sneak peek.....

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
• Centers on Wednesday and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 12 Reading Homework (Will come home this Friday, January 10.  Due back Friday, January 17)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week)

• Lesson 12 Red (introduces -ip, -in, and -it words)
• Lesson 12 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on -ip, in, and -it words)
• Lesson 12 Green (includes more complex sentences using -ip, -in, and -it words)

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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday: NO SCHOOL
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 3.11
• Friday: 3.12

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.10 challenge
• 3.11 challenge
• 3.12 challenge
• 3.13 challenge

Schedule for the Week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 3

Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful break. I am looking forward to seeing everyone and getting back to working on our reading and math skills. This class is so amazing at catching onto the daily skills, I am looking forward to seeing how fast they become readers and fluent writers in this NEW YEAR!! In this short week, we will be reviewing the concepts we were working on before break (below is a run-down of what those were). We will continue with our math lessons of Unit 3. We will also be welcoming a new student to our class - welcome to Shirley Hills Jeilanis!! We are so excited you are here!

Reading: Lesson 11 (Review)

• Phonological Awareness: final sounds in words
• Letter of the week: Gg and Ff
• High-Frequency Word: here, this
• Working on drawing conclusions and rereading when something is confusing
• Robust Vocabulary: anxious, huddle, moans, productive, idle, scrumptious
• Making posters
• Working on developing and organizing our ideas in writing
• Reading  The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat by Mary Finch

Reading Homework

• Lesson 11 Reading Homework
• Lesson 11 Extra Homework (optional)

Guided Readers

Lesson 11 Red : focuses on letter Gg and Ff
Lesson 11 Blue: focuses on basic sentences using new sight words, here and this
Lesson 11 Green: focuses on more advanced sentences using here and this

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)
• 3.8
• 3.9