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)
- 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 Challenge (Optional)