Schedule for the Week of Dec. 1-5

Reading: Lesson 11 

• Phonological Awareness: final sounds in words
• Letter of the week: Gg and Ff
• High-Frequency Word: here, this
• Working on drawing conclusions and rereading when something is confusing
• Robust Vocabulary: anxious, huddle, moans, productive, idle, scrumptious
• Making posters
• Working on developing and organizing our ideas in writing
• Reading Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm  by Joy Cowley and The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat by Mary Finch
• Centers (Tuesday and Wednesday)

• Lesson 10 (Due back Friday, December 5)
• Lesson 10 Extra (optional)

Guided Readers (We will be working on these during centers)

Lesson 11 Red : focuses on letter Gg and Ff
Lesson 11 Blue: focuses on basic sentences using new sight words, here and this
Lesson 11 Green: focuses on more advanced sentences using here and this

Math: Finish Unit 2 (Assess on Tuesday, December 2), Start Unit 3

• Unit 3: 
• 3.1: Numbers 1-10 and Math Stories: Park Scene
• Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; find groups of 1 through 10 and identify partners; tell addition and subtraction stories
• Vocabulary: subtract, add
• 3.2: Groups of 10
• Objectives: explore the concept of 10-groups within teen numbers; use pennies and dime strips to make teen numbers; order numbers 1-20.
• Vocabulary: teen; dime strip

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 3.2 
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 3.2
• Friday:

Social Studies:

• Introduction of Maps (continued)
• Finding the United States on a World Map
• Finding Minnesota on a US map
• Introduced to Continents
• Exploring Google Maps
• Learning About the Importance of Farms (continued)
• What are some things Minnesota farms grow?
• Why are farms important?
• Researching different types of farms

SPECIALS: (December 1-5)

Monday: Art/Music (Day 3)

Tuesday:  P.E./Media (Day 4)

Wednesday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Thursday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Friday:  Art/Music (Day 3)

MEDIA (Library): check out/return books every other Day 4! Bring back books by Tuesday (12/2)

COMPUTER: Every Tuesday @ 10am

Schedule for the Week of November 24-28

Reading: Lesson 10 (continued from last week)

• Phonological Awareness: initial sounds in words
• Letter of the week: Ii
• High-Frequency Word: come
• Working on drawing conclusions and making inferences
• Robust Vocabulary: squabble, mischief, uproar, tend, soggy, wobble
• Writing lists
• Working on organization in our writing
• Reading Down on the Farm  by Merrily Kutner and Farms Feed the World by Sullivan Hill
• Centers (Tuesday and Wednesday)

• Lesson 10 (Due back Friday, December 5)
• Lesson 10 Extra (optional)

Guided Readers (continued)

Lesson 10 Red : focuses on letter Ii
Lesson 10 Blue: focuses on basic sentences using new sight word, come
Lesson 10 Green: focuses on more advanced sentences using come

Math:

Unit 2: (Unit 2 Test Next Tuesday, December 2)

• 2.21: Numbers 1 through 10: the -1 pattern
• Objectives: build concepts of 1-10; explore the -1 relationship between numbers
• Vocabulary: subtraction sign
• 2.23: More Numbers 1 through 10: the -1 Pattern
• Objectives: build concepts of numbers 1-10; explore the -1 relationship between numbers
• Vocabulary: subtract, forward, backward

• 2.24: Shapes in a Train Scene
• Objectives: identify and count shapes
• Vocabulary: rectangle, triangle, shape, pattern

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 2.21
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 2.23
• Thursday: 
• Friday: 

Social Studies:

• Introduction of Maps (continued)
• Finding the United States on a World Map
• Finding Minnesota on a US map
• Introduced to Continents
• Exploring Google Maps
• Learning About the Importance of Farms (continued)
• What are some things Minnesota farms grow?

Science:

• Lego Engineering
• Making See Saws 
• Predicting how and why a See Saw can balance

SPECIALS: (November 24- November 28)

Monday: P.E./Media (Day 4)

Tuesday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

Wednesday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Thursday:  NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday:  NO SCHOOL

MEDIA (Library): check out/return books every other Day 4! Bring back books by Tuesday (12/2)

COMPUTER: Every Tuesday @ 10am

Grandfriends Day!!!

What a fun time we had with our grandparents/grandfriends!!

Thank you all for coming!