Schedule for the Week of January 16-20

Pennies for Patients continues this week (thank so, so much for all of your generosity last week!) The kids were so proud of the money they brought in! In one week our class, alone has already raised over 150$!!! I can't believe it! Way to go K-2!!

01/16     Pennies for Patients $1 Donation Day - Donate $1 and wear PJs to School

01/17     Pennies for Patients $5 Donation Day

01/18     Pennies for Patients $10 Donation Day

01/19     Pennies for Patients $20 Donation Day

01/20     Pennies for Patients Hat/Cap Day - Donate $1 and wear a Hat/Cap all day

SPECIALS: (January 16-20)


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) - Return Library Books! 

MEDIA (Library): check out books every Day 6, RETURN books every Day 5! 


Other News:
• PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make sure your child has warm gear (hat, mittens, snow pants, boots and warm jacket) to wear outside. We do go outside for recess every day. 
• Please send Friday folders back every week (preferably Monday or Tuesday)

 

Monday is Martin Luther King Day! This year K-2 will be making a "Dream Quilt". The students will learn about Martin Luther King and that he had a dream for our country to work together. The students will draw a picture of what they dream of being when they grow up and then we will put all the pieces together to make a whole quilt. The purpose of this lesson is to have the students learn that they are part of a whole. Helping each other achieve their dream benefits everyone! Last week we also did an activity about the Crayon Box, feel free to ask your child, "How do all the colors of the crayon box work together?"

In Reading we will work on:

Unit 4: Analyze Story Elements

·       Letter(s): Uu

·       Phonics:

 Identify the sound /u/

 Associate the letter Uu with the sound /u/

 Listen for medial sounds in words

 Blend CVC words

 Identify and produce rhyming words

 Spell CVC words using U and letters previously learned

·       Sight Words: she, saw, now

·       Review concepts of print

·       Build academic and sight word vocabulary

·       Build fluency through choral-reading

·       Echo-read to build fluency

·       Build comprehension through retelling

·       Make voices rise at a question mark and fall at a period

·       Use effective inflection and intonation to make their reading sound like talking

·       Demonstrate active listening skills

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 12)

Journals:

·       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

·       Write some CVC words - really working on sounding out their own words.

·       Use descriptive words in discussion and writing - showing details in their sentences

Journals: I have been assessing their writing for the pass few days.  I am looking for spacing, starting their sentence with a capital letter and making sure that their sentence makes sense. 

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

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