Schedule for the Week of February 24-28

Hello! I am really looking forward to meeting with all of you to talk about your child's great accomplishments in Kindergarten!  Feel free to bring your child to the conference too!

We also have a dental presentation (thanks to West Lake Dentistry) this Thursday at 9:30AM.

Please remember that this Friday, February 28th is a normal school day and we will be having our READ-A-THON that day too!

Reading: Lesson 19

• Phonemic Awareness: Identify middle sound in words
• Word Building: -ox, -ix
• High-Frequency Words: up, down
• Robust Vocabulary: contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate
• Comprehension: Discussing reality/fantasy stories and working on summarizing stories
• Literature: Reading Swing High, Swing Low by Fiona Coward and The Most Perfect Spot by Diane Good
• Writing: Description of a Person and working on word choice in writing

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

•  Lesson 19 Red (focuses on recognizing  and reading -ix, -ox, and -ax words)
• Lesson 19 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words. It also focuses on basic CVC -ix and -ox words)
• Lesson 19 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Reading Homework

• Lesson 18 Homework (Due back February 28)

Math: Unit 4 

• Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
• 4.13: More Patterns with Shapes and Repeating Patterns
• Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and actions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
• Vocabulary: hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, triangle, more, fewer, extra
• 4.14: Partners of 10 with 5-Groups
• Objectives: find partners of 10 in 5-groups; record sets or partners for 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2; develop spatial concepts
• Vocabulary: 5-frame, partner, Tiny Tumbler, Math Mountain , lef, right, forward, ahead, back, apart, toward
• 4.15: Addition Equations
• Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + 1-digit number, solve addition equations and explore addition strategies; order numbers 1 through 18
• Vocabulary: partner, equation, addition, add, equal, equals sign, addition sign
• 4.16: More Partners of 10 with 5-Groups
• Objectives: find partners of 10 in 5-groups; record sets or partners for 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2; develop spatial concepts
• Vocabulary:5-frame; Tiny Tumbler; Math Mountain; left, right, forward, ahead, back, apart, toward

• Math Homework: 
• Monday:
• Tuesday: 4.14
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 4.16
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 4.13 challenge
• 4.14 challenge
• 4.15 challenge
• 4.16 challenge

Schedule for the Week of February 17-21

Hello!

A huge thank you to all of the moms who planned and helped out with our class Valentine's Day Party! The students had a fabulous time!

Our Read-A-Thon is coming up this Friday.  We will be doing all sorts of fun reading activities throughout the day!  Make sure to turn in those fundraiser packets (if you chose to participate) and continue to send the Reading Olympic calendars in or email me your child's minutes. Our class has reached over 3,500 minutes!!! Keep up the great work K-2 (Japan)!

Here is a glimpse of the other things we will be working on this week.........

Reading:  Lesson 18

• Phonemic Awareness: Identify middle sound in words
• Letters: Ww, Xx
• High-Frequency Words: Review 
• Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill, fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously
• Identifying beginning, middle, and end of a story
• Using graphic organizers to help with story comprehension
• Writing: story response, working on adding "voice" to our writing

Reading Homework

• Lesson 17 Homework (Due Back February 21)

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

• Lesson 18 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter W and X)
• Lesson 18 Blue(includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words. It also focuses on basic CVC -ix and -ox words)
• Lesson 18 Green(includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 4 

• Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
• 4.9: More Patterns with Shapes
• Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; compare groups to determine which has fewer objects
• Vocabulary: triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, less, more, diamond, fewer
• 4.10: Break-Apart Numbers Through 10
• Objectives: find sets of partners for 10; record sets of partners for 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2.
• Vocabulary: partner, Tiny Tumbler, Math Mountain, unknown partner
• 4.11: Numbers Through 30
• Objectives: show numbers through 30 with 10-sticks and centimeter cubes; order and compare numbers through 30.
• Vocabulary: tens, ones

• Math Homework: 
• Monday:
• Tuesday: 4.10
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 4.9 challenge
• 4.10 challenge
• 4.11 challenge

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 10-14

Hello!

We have a 4-day week ahead - short but FUN!! Because we have no school on Feb. 14th, we will be having our class party on Feb. 13th. Please remember your child can start to bring in their decorated Valentine box and Valentines to pass out starting on Monday!

Please keep remembering to read, read, read with your child at home and record the minutes you read on the February Calendar. Please return the sheet every Friday (or Thursdays, if there is no school on Fridays) so we can tally up our total minutes as a class! (I will be sure to send those calendars back home that same day, so you can continue to keep track of your minutes).

Please be sure to check your child's Friday Folder for some information about our All-School Read-A-Thon, an update about Think Central, which are computer math games your child can do from home and a special project you will want to prepare for the 100th day of Kindergarten!!

I'm looking forward to a great week ahead!

Reading: Lesson 17

• Phonemic Awareness: Identify final/end sound in words
• Word Blending: -ot and -op words
• High-Frequency Words: what, two
• Robust Vocabulary: fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously
• Identifying the setting of a story
• Working on summarizing stories 
• Using graphic organizers to help with story comprehension
• Writing: directions, working on "organization" in our writing

Reading Homework

• Lesson 16 Homework  (Due back Thursday, February 13)

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

• Lesson 17 Red (focuses on -ot and -op words only)
• Lesson 17 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, what and two.  It also focuses on basic CVC -ot and -op words and reviews previous sight words)
• Lesson 17 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 4 

• Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
• 4.5: Practice with Teen Numbers and Partners
• Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number; identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
• Vocabulary: teen equation, partner
• 4.6: Patterns with Shapes and Repeating Patterns
• Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and actions; find sets of partners for 10
• Vocabulary: triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, pattern, alike, different, partner
• 4.7: Count, Match, and Compare with Math Drawings
• Objectives: explore addition and subtraction through buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
• Vocabulary: addition, subtraction, extra, less, more, fewer 
• 4.8: More Teen Numbers and Equations
• Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number; identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
• Vocabulary: teen equation, partner

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 4.6
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 4.8
• Friday: NO SCHOOL

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 4.5 challenge
• 4.6 challenge
• 4.7 challenge
• 4.8 challenge

Schedule for the Week of February 3-7

Hello!!

We have a busy week ahead of us!

Please remember our field trip to STAGES Theater is rescheduled for Tuesday. We will only be gone in the morning (no need to send a packed lunch - we'll be back in time for school lunch), but leaving promptly at 9am, so please be sure your child is to school on time.

Thank you to our wonderful PTA, we will be having our first Adventures in Art lesson on Monday morning! I can't wait to see the wonderful art pieces that the parent volunteers are going to present to us and the projects the students get to make!

 Let's have a great week!

Reading: Lesson 16

• Phonemic Awareness: review final sounds in words
• Letter: Ll and Hh
• High-Frequency Words: one, see
• Work on using story structure to better understand a story
• Identify the setting of a story
• Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill
• Reread Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo By Kevin Lewis and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
• Writing commands and working on word choice
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 15 Homework (Due Back February 7)
• Lesson 16 Homework (Will come home February 7, Due back Thursday, February 13)

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

• Lesson 16 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter Ll and Hh and the sound they make)
• Lesson 16 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, one and see.  It also focuses on basic CVC words and reviews previous sight words)
• Lesson 16 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 4 

• 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
• 4.4: Addition and Subtraction Stories: Grocery Store Scenario 
• Objectives: explore addition and subtraction in buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; practice repeating patterns
• Vocabulary: addition, total, subtraction, plus sign, minus sign

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 4.3
• Friday: 4.4

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 4.1 challenge
• 4.2 challenge
• 4.3 challenge
• 4.4 challenge