Schedule for the Week of January 2-6

Welcome back and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


SPECIALS: (January 2-6)


Monday: No School
Tuesday:  P.E./Media (Day 4)  
Wednesday:  Music/Art (Day 5) 
Thursday:  Media/P.E. (Day 6)
Friday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

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


Other News:
• Since winter has made a grand presence, 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 every day. 
• Please send Friday folders back every week (preferably Monday or Tuesday)

Unit 4: Summarize and Synthesize/Analyze Story Elements - Week 1 Objectives

·       Letter(s): Hh

·       Phonics:

o   Identify the sound /h/

o   Associate the letter Hh with the sound /h/

o   Listen for medial sounds

o   Blend CVC words

o   Identify and produce rhyme

o   Spell CVC words using H and letters previously learned

·       Sight Words: look, he, put

·       Analyze story elements: character(s), setting, problem, solution

·       Summarize and synthesize to enhance understanding of story

·       Learn and practice strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence in a text

·       Create a story map (whole group and in centers)

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 10)

Journals: Revise for Word Choice: Descriptive Words

·       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

·       Use descriptive words in discussion and writing

Math:

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

3.17: Partners Through 6: Practice Games - Objectives: establish links between math and the real world, tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; show partners for numbers 2 through 6, Vocabulary: partner, just after

3.19: Build Teen Numbers with Classroom Objects - Objectives: group the ten inside teen numbers; match partners and totals for teen numbers; see and record partners for numbers 2 through 6, Vocabulary: estimate, benchmark

Social Studies: We will be revisiting Rules in Our School and how we can get along with others and make good choices.