1.01.2014

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
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)

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