Language Arts
- Letter(s): brief introduction to Xx, Yy, Zz; review alphabet
- Phonics:
- Produce and identify rhyming words
- Segment the first sound in a word
- Segment compound words by parts
- Identify a letter sound that is repeated
- Sight Words: but, not, what
- Build fluency through choral-reading
- Build academic and sight word vocabulary
- Participate in whole group and partner discussions
- Echo-read to build fluency
- Build vocabulary through shared writing and retelling stories
- Practice reading a rhyme with short pauses
- Use effective pausing to make their reading sound like talking
Journals: Develop Concepts of Print
- Put spaces between words
- Write from left to right
- Begin a sentence with an uppercase letter
- Write some high-frequency words
- Use end punctuation correctly
- Share a message orally
- Discuss periods and exclamation points
- Develop genre awareness
Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 2.3 (Will come home on Wednesday, November 25 in Friday Folders. We send home the practice sheets after we have worked on the content in class.)
- PLEASE work on this with your child 2-3 times a week for at least 10 minutes. We need YOU as a partner in helping your child become fluent with letter recognition, sound, and sight words. Thanks!
Centers this week include:
iPad Read to Self: students use Raz Kids to listen to a story, read a story, and answer
comprehensive questions about the story. Students can also read a story with their partner or on their own.
Art Center: Create Three Little Pigs Puppets, then act out the story.
Writing Center - students will use a graphic organizer and give details about themselves and write a letter to the BIG BAD WOLF
Read to Others: students will use leveled books from their own book box to read to another student.
Listening to Books - students will pick from various stories and listen to them on CD and follow along in the story.
Word Work Center - students will work on a matching letter game or they can choose to play two different levels of a Roll-A-Word game
Math:
Unit 2: (Unit 2 Test, Wednesday, November 25)
Unit 2: (Unit 2 Test, Wednesday, November 25)
- 2.24: Shapes in a Train Scene
- Objectives: identify and count shapes
- Vocabulary: rectangle, triangle, shape, pattern
Social Studies:
- Introduction of Maps (continued)
- Finding the United States on a World Map
- Finding Minnesota on a US map
- Introduced to Continents
- Exploring Google Maps (we have been finding everyone's houses on Google Maps!)
SPECIALS: (November 23-27)
Monday: Art/Music (Day 3)
Tuesday: P.E./Media (Day 4)
Wednesday: Music/Art (Day 5) - Return Library Books!
Thursday: No School - HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Enjoy quality time with friends and family!
Friday: No School
MEDIA (Library): check out/return books every Day 6!
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