Schedule for the Week of May 9-13

Language Arts

Unit 9: Make Connections and Identify Cause and Effect (Week 3)

• Letter(s): Yy
• Phonics:
• Identify the sound /y/
• Associate the letter Yy with the sound /y/
• Listen for /y/
• Orally substitute medial sounds
• Blend CVC words
• Spell CVC words using Yy and letters previously learned
• Sight Words: home, they, went

• Make connections before reading
• Build academic and sight word vocabulary
• 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 characters’ words and actions to determine what they like and how they feel
• Use effective inflection and intonation to make their 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 Centers:

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

Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students will focus on using the app Raz Kids to read with each other or use phonics decodable books to read with each other.

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 read and listen to the reader's theater, Look At It Go.. They will then work together to brainstorm and produce a list of various things that go.

Creation Station/Game: Students are invited to create whatever they would like with provided materials or choose from a variety of board games.

Math: 

Unit 6: Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers

• 6.8: Introduction to Measurement
• Objectives: explore measuring tools and how they are used; measure length using Square-Inch Tiles
• Vocabulary: measure, inch, foot, estimate, length
• 6.9: Measurement in Centimeters
• Objectives: measure length using centimeter cubes
• Vocabulary: centimeter, length, measure
• 6.10: Length and Height
• Objectives: compare to identify which object is longer or shorter; compare to identify which object is taller or shorter; identify the shortest, longest, or tallest object in a group
• Vocabulary: longer, shorter, taller, longest, shortest, tallest, centimeter (cm)

Printable Math Practice: 

• Monday: 6.8, 6.8 challenge
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday:  6.10
• Friday:

Science:

• Continuing to observe signs of spring
• will take another science walk and observe signs with our iPads/seesaw
• Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
• Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
• Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made (this is a medallion!)
• Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish

SPECIALS: (May 9-13)

Monday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

Tuesday:   Media/P.E.  (Day 2)

Wednesday:  Art/Music (Day 3)

Thursday: P.E./Media (Day 4)

Friday: Music/Art (Day 5)

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