Schedule for the Week of February 3-7

Hello!!

We have a busy week ahead of us!

Please remember our field trip to STAGES Theater is rescheduled for Tuesday. We will only be gone in the morning (no need to send a packed lunch - we'll be back in time for school lunch), but leaving promptly at 9am, so please be sure your child is to school on time.

Thank you to our wonderful PTA, we will be having our first Adventures in Art lesson on Monday morning! I can't wait to see the wonderful art pieces that the parent volunteers are going to present to us and the projects the students get to make!

 Let's have a great week!

Reading: Lesson 16

• Phonemic Awareness: review final sounds in words
• Letter: Ll and Hh
• High-Frequency Words: one, see
• Work on using story structure to better understand a story
• Identify the setting of a story
• Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill
• Reread Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo By Kevin Lewis and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
• Writing commands and working on word choice
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 15 Homework (Due Back February 7)
• Lesson 16 Homework (Will come home February 7, Due back Thursday, February 13)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 16 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter Ll and Hh and the sound they make)
• Lesson 16 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, one and see.  It also focuses on basic CVC words and reviews previous sight words)
• Lesson 16 Green (includes more complex sentences)

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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 4.3
• Friday: 4.4

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 4.1 challenge
• 4.2 challenge
• 4.3 challenge
• 4.4 challenge

Schedule for the Week of January 27-31

Hello,

I can't believe this extremely cold weather we have been having! As I write this, you have probably heard that we will not have school tomorrow due to the cold temperatures. I hope you are all staying warm and finding fun things to do at home. I know that my daughter and I will be playing with playdough, having tea parties and doing lots of puzzles tomorrow.... and probably all before 10am. :-)

Here is a glimpse of what we will be doing in the classroom in the days ahead. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Take care!
~ Mrs. Koepp

Reading: Lesson 15

• Phonemic Awareness: review beginning and middle sounds in words
• Letter: Oo
• High-Frequency Words: you, look
• Word building: -on, -og, -ot words
• Review how to draw conclusions when reading
• Robust Vocabulary: creeps, fading, warn, blustery, prefer, delight, nestle, slumbering
• Writing: exclamations
• Reread Winter Lullaby By Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
• Centers on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Reading Homework

• Lesson 14 Homework (due back Friday, January 31)
• Lesson 15 Homework (will come home Friday, January 31.  Due back Friday, February 7)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 15 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter Oo and the sound it makes)
• Lesson 15 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, you and look.  It also focuses on basic CVC words)
• Lesson 15 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 3 and 4 (Unit 3 Test on Wednesday, January 29)

• 3.24: Shapes in a Garden Scene
• Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; identify and count shapes
• Vocabulary: oval, trapezoid, rectangle, hexagon, circle, square, diamond, triangle
• 3.25: Use Mathematical Processes
• Objectives: apply mathematical concepts and skills in meaningful concepts
• Vocabulary: 

• 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

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 3.24
• Tuesday: 3.25
• Wednesday: Unit 3 Math Test
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.24 challenge
• 4.1 challenge
• 4.2 challenge

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 20-24

 Here's a glimpse at what is going on this week!!.....

Reading: Lesson 14

• Phonemic Awareness: review beginning sounds in words
• Word Building: -ig and -in words
• High-Frequency Words: where, do
• Recognize important details in stories
• Robust Vocabulary: arrives, creeps, nestle, slumbering, delight, blustery
• Writing: work on writing interview questions together and independently
• Read Winter Lullaby By Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Reading Homework

• Lesson 13 Reading Homework (Due back January 24.)
• Lesson 14 Reading Homework (will come home on January 24, due back on January 31)

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 14 Red (focuses on basic -it, -ig, and -in words--no sentences)
• Lesson 14 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our new sight words, where and do)
• Lesson 14 Green (includes more complex sentences)

Math: Unit 3 (Unit Test on January 29)

• Unit 3: 
• 3.20: More Graph Drawings: Match and Compare
• Objectives: describe relative position using ordinal numbers; establish links between math and the real world; tell and solve addition and subtraction stories; use the words more and fewer to compare quantities
• Vocabulary: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, more, fewer
• 3.21: More Teen Numbers with Classroom Objects
• Objectives: group the ten inside teen numbers; match partners and totals for teen numbers; use the words more and fewer to compare quantities
• Vocabulary: more, less, fewer
• 3.22: More Attribute Card Activities
• Objectives: sort by shape, size, and color; generate shape patterns; use equal and not equal to signs
• Vocabulary: sort, equal to sign, is not equal to sign

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 3.20
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 3.22

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• 3.20 challenge
• 3.21 challenge
• 3.22 challenge