Schedule for the Week of April 25-29

Language Arts

Unit 9: Make Connections and Identify Cause and Effect (Week 1)

• Letter(s): Jj
• Phonics:
• Identify the sound /j/
• Associate the letter Jj with the sound /j/
• Listen for initial /j/
• Substitute initial sounds
• Blend CVC words
• Spell CVC words using Jj and letters previously learned
• Sight Words: this, she, saw

• Identify cause and effect in pictures and text
• Recognize signal language for cause and effect
• Make connections to deepen understanding of the text
• Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence

Writing/Concepts of Print

Informational Reports: Write an Informational Report

• Use appropriate end punctuation
• Put spaces between words
• Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
• Write some CVC words
• Write high-frequency words
• Demonstrate writer's voice
• Listen for sounds in words
• Reread from the beginning of a sentence
• Draft, revise, or edit a report

Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 9.1 (Will come home on Friday, April 29 in Friday Folders.

• A variety of emerging reader printable books:  Leveled Readers
• Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home
• Practice sight words throughout the week: write and read them

Language Arts Centers:

Read to Self: Students read books from their personalized book boxes. Students can also choose from our classroom leveled library.

Team Center/Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students start by reading two stories together on Raz Kids. They can then play a game, read a physical book together or to each other, or work on a puzzle together

Word Work: students choose from a variety of activities that focus on sight words, letter work, CVC words, and rhyming. New choices added every 1-2 weeks

Work on Writing/Science: Students work in their new "fish observation journal" to observe a variety of things regarding our pet fish. We make 1-2 observations a week. Some are done independently, some are done in groups, and some are done as a whole class. We will work on these into May and continue to discuss our observations as we go

Listen To Reading: Students listen to

Art: Paint, draw, use construction paper, or use iPad to create a "weather scene" with cause and effect in mind (rain in spring helps things grow)

Math: 

Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts) and Unit 6 (Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers)

• 5.25: Shapes in a Robot Scene
• Objectives: recognize and count geometric shapes; recognize symmetry and reflections
• Vocabulary: reflection, flip, symmetry
• 5.26: Practice: Use Mathematical Processess
• Objectives: apply mathematical concepts and skills in meaningful contexts; reinforce the skills embedded in this unit with a variety of problem-solving situation

• 6.1: Coins and Their Values
• Objectives: identify pennies, nickels, and dimes, and their values; count different coin amounts
• Vocabulary: dime, cent, penny, nickel
• 6.2: Make Coin Collections
• Objectives: count different coin amounts; identify a dollar and its value; identify a quarter and its value
• Vocabulary: dollar, coin, quarter

Math Practice (Optional Printouts): Challenge sheets are done for Unit 5

• Monday: 5.25
• Tuesday:
• Wednesday: Unit 5 Test
• Thursday:6.1 challenge
• Friday: 6.2, 6.2 challenge

Science:

• Continuing to observe signs of spring
• creating graphic organizer regarding what we observe
• Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
• Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
• Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made
• Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gills, fins), discussing habitats of a fish

SPECIALS: (April 25-29)

Monday:  P.E./Media (Day 4)

Tuesday:   Music/Art (Day 5)

Wednesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 6) - Library Check-out Day!

Thursday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Friday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Field Trip!

Mound Fire Department tour

• Thursday, April 28 from 10-11am. 
• We will be walking there (it's right across from Shirley Hills).

Schedule for the Week of April 18-22

Language Arts:

Unit 8: Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast (Week 3 of 3)

• Letter(s): Ll
• Phonics:
• Identify the sound /l/
• Associate the letter Ll with the sound /l/
• Listen for initial and final consonant sounds
• Blend CVC words
• Spell CVC words using Ll and letters previously learned
• Sight Words: put, want

• Determine text importance before reading
• Build fluency through choral reading
• Build oral language and vocabulary through whole-group and partner discussion
• Echo-read to build fluency
• Build comprehension through retelling
• Practice reading a rhyme with expression
• Use the title and other text and graphic clues to anticipate the mood of a reading selection
• Match tone of voice to intended mood
• Use effective inflection and intonation to make reading sound like talking

Writing/Concepts of Print

Informational Reports: Write an Informational Report

• Use appropriate end punctuation
• Put spaces between words
• Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
• Write some CVC words
• Write high-frequency words
• Demonstrate writer's voice
• Listen for sounds in words
• Reread from the beginning of a sentence
• Draft, revise, or edit a report

Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 8.3 (Will come home on Friday, April 22 in Friday Folders.

• Have your child read the books from their book bag throughout the week
• A variety of emerging reader printable books:  Leveled Readers
• Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home
• Practice sight words throughout the week: write and read them

Language Arts Centers:

Read to Self: Students read books from their personalized book boxes. Students can also choose from our classroom leveled library.

Team Center/Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students start by reading two stories together on Raz Kids. They can then play a game, read a physical book together or to each other, or work on a puzzle together

Word Work: students choose from a variety of activities that focus on sight words, letter work, CVC words, and rhyming. New choices added every 1-2 weeks

Work on Writing/Science: Students will work on writing about what they love about the earth in preparation of celebrating EARTH DAY on April 22nd. They will also have the opportunity to practice writing letters Ww and Ll.

Listen To Reading: Students listen to the readers theater, People at School and then take turns reading the different parts. Students are also invited to record themselves reading the story using their digital Seesaw journal.

Art: Students will use blue and green paint to make their own interpretation of what the earth looks like! I'm anxious to see the outcomes!

Math: Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts)

• 5.21: Teen Numbers, Partners, and Equations
• Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; develop spatial concepts
• Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal
• 5.22: More Horizontal Graphs and Comparisons
• Objectives:sort and graph objects; read horizontal graphs and compare quantities; add or take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: horizontal graph, more, less, most, least, equal
• 5.23: More Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game
• Objectives: take away objects to make two groups equal; realize that the 1 in teen numbers means 1 ten.
• Vocabulary: subtract, equal, teen number, ten, one

Math Practice (Optional Printouts): Challenge sheets are done for Unit 5

• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 5.22
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday:
• Friday: 

Science:

• Continuing to observe signs of spring
• creating graphic organizer regarding what we observe
• Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
• Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
• Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made
• Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish

Social Studies:

• Neighborhoods: continue talking about what makes up a neighborhood and what is common in many neighborhoods
• Create a neighborhood art project together

SPECIALS: (April 18-22)

Monday:   Music/Art (Day 5)

Tuesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 6) - Library Check-out Day!

Wednesday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

Thursday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Friday: Art/Music (Day 3)

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Voyageur Field Trip!!

Schedule for the Week of April 11-15

Language Arts:

Unit 8: Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast (Week 2 of 3)

• Letter(s): Ww
• Phonics:
• Identify the sound /w/
• Associate the letter Ww with the sound /w/
• Identify initial /w/
• Blend CVC words
• Identify and produce rhyming words
• Spell CVC words using Ww and letters previously learned
• Sight Words: go, there, then, out

• Determine text importance
• Compare and contrast information in the text
• Identify and discuss nonfiction text features (table of contents, boldface, glossary, labels)
• Compare and contrast using graphic organizer

Writing/Concepts of Print

Informational Reports: Model Writing an Informational Report

• Use appropriate end punctuation
• Put spaces between words
• Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
• Write some CVC words
• Write high-frequency words
• Demonstrate writer's voice
• Listen for sounds in words
• Reread from the beginning of a sentence
• Write a book review
• Plan and draft an informational report

Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 8.2 (Will come home on Friday, April 15 in Friday Folders.

• Have your child read the books from their book bag throughout the week
• A variety of emerging reader printable books:  Leveled Readers
• Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home

Language Arts Centers:

Read to Self: Students read books from their personalized book bags, students can also choose from our classroom leveled library

Team Center/Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students start by reading two stories together on Raz Kids. They can then play a game, read a physical book together or to each other, or work on a puzzle together

Word Work: students choose from a variety of activities that focus on sight words, letter work, CVC words, and rhyming New choices added every 1-2 weeks

Work on Writing: Create a "mini book" that describes what they think schools will look like in the future

Listen To Reading: Students listen to the story Children Past and Present, and then use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast how children lived in the past compared to how they live now.

Building: Students work on building something out of a variety of tools and are encouraged to use their Seesaw e-journal to explain their creation

Math: Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts)

• 5.17: Story Problems: Totals Under 10
• Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal

• 5.18: Subtract to Make Equal Groups
• Objectives: add or take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: front, forward, back, ahead, left, right, over, add, subtract, equal
• 5.19: More Vertical Graphs and Comparisons
• Objectives: sort and graph objects; read vertical graphs and compare quantities; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones
• Vocabulary: graph, more than, less than, most, least, teen number
• 5.20: Practice: Pattern Block and Attribute Card Activities
• Objectives: generate repeating patterns; show geometric patterns and turns; practice 10-partners and 6-partners
• Vocabulary: pattern, rectangle, circle, triangle, square, partners

Math Practice (Optional Printouts): Challenge sheets are done for Unit 5

• Monday: 
• Tuesday:  5.18
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 5.20
• Friday: 

Social Studies:

• Neighborhoods: continue talking about what makes up a neighborhood and what is common in many neighborhoods
• Create a neighborhood art project together (didn't get to this last week)

Science:

• Signs that spring is on the way-take pictures in our Seesaw e-journal
• Focusing on observations (plants, fish, outside versus inside)
• human made versus found in nature, living versus nonliving
• Identify different parts of a fish

SPECIALS: (April 11-15)

Monday:  Media/P.E. (Day 6) - Library Check-out Day! 

Tuesday:    Music/Art (Day 1)

Wednesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Thursday: Art/Music (Day 3)

Friday: P.E./Media (Day 4)

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Field Trip Reminder: Voyageur Environment Center (April 13)

• What: Aquatic insects, Land insects, and a Craft
• When: Wednesday, April 13th (9:00-12:45)
• Where:  Voyageur Environmental Center: 7000 County Road 15, Mound, MN 55364

Any parents are welcome to meet us there, but you must make sure you have filled out the proper volunteers forms in the office.

A majority of this field trip will be outside, so please dress your child accordingly.