Schedule for the Week of Jan. 12-16

****Please Note this is the last update to this classroom blog before I go on Maternity Leave - Thank you for a WONDERFUL YEAR!!

Mrs. Shirley Reinert will be my long-term sub and you can reach her at reinerts@westonka.k12.mn.us but also feel free to check out Mr. Thorpe's Class Blog
( http://mrthorpesclass.blogspot.com/ ) or Ms. Rasicot's Class Blog ( http://msrasicotsampmblog.blogspot.com/ ) for weekly curriculum updates and homework downloads.

Thank you & Happy New Year!!

~ Mrs. Koepp

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
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 13 Reading Homework (Due back January 16)

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 3: 
• 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

• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday:  3.12
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 3.14
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 3.16

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• Monday: 3.12 challenge
• Tuesday: 3.13 challenge
• Wednesday: 3.14 challenge
• Thursday: 3.15 challenge
• Friday: 3.16 challenge

Social Studies:

• Introduction of Maps (continued)
• Finding the United States on a World Map
• Finding Minnesota on a US map
• Introduced to Continents/Oceans
• Exploring Google Maps

Science:

• Exploring Different Types of Weather
• Observing Trees in the Winter 

SPECIALS: (January 12-16)

**Please note that Kindergarten does not participate in ice skating in P.E., they will start that in First grade, thank you!

Monday: Art/Music (Day 3)

Tuesday:  P.E./Media (Day 4)

Wednesday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Thursday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Friday:  Art/Music (Day 3)

MEDIA (Library): check out/return books every other Day 4! Bring back books by Monday (1/20/15)

COMPUTER: Every Tuesday @ 10am

Schedule for the Week of January 5-9

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!! Here is what our first week back will bring! ......

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 12 Reading Homework (Due Back Friday, January 9)

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

• Lesson 13 Red (focuses on recognizing words that begin with the letter B and K)
• Lesson 13 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, me and for)
• Lesson 13 Green (includes more complex sentences with lots of new words that we haven't learned in Kindergarten)

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

• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday:
• Wednesday:
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 3.11

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 3.9
• Wednesday: 3.10
• Thursday:
• Friday:3.11

Social Studies:

• Introduction of Maps (continued)
• Finding the United States on a World Map
• Finding Minnesota on a US map
• Introduced to Continents/Oceans
• Exploring Google Maps

Science:

• Learning About Seasons (continued)
• Observing Trees in the Winter 

SPECIALS: (January 5-9)

**Please note that Kindergarten does not participate in ice skating in P.E., they will start that in First grade, thank you!

Monday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Tuesday:  Art/Music (Day 3)

Wednesday: P.E./Media (Day 4)

Thursday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Friday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

MEDIA (Library): check out/return books every other Day 4! Bring back books by Wednesday (1/7/15)

COMPUTER: Every Tuesday @ 10am