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Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Unit 5, Week 5 - On the Move!
This week our Focus Story will be On the Move! by Donna Latham. This story uses rhyming to describe the many means by which people around the world move from place to place.
Our Target Skill this week is identifying the main idea of a story. We will also continue to practice making predictions, retelling a story, and determining the causes and effects of certain events in a story. Noun recognition and identification will be reviewed as well. We will work to identify, form, and match the letters 'Vv' and 'Zz' to their phonemes--/v/ and /z/, respectively.
Amazing Words: travel, kayak, llama, dogsled, double-decker bus, submarine
High-Frequency Words: where, come (Please continue to practice all of our "Popcorn Words" at home!)
Letters: Vv and Zz
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Unit 5, Week 4 - The Little Engine That Could
This week our Focus Story will be The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. This story is a classic, and is a wonderful means by which to teach children about optimism and the good things that can come as a result of hard work. In this story, a long train must be pulled over the mountain as it has toys and treats for the children there. The dolls and toys try unsuccessfully to find an engine willing to pull their train over the mountain. Finally, a little blue engine (the smallest of them all) decides that she will try to help, and with some hard work and encouragement is successful.
Our Target Skill this week will be learning to identify the plot of a story. We will also continue to practice making predictions, retelling a story, and identifying the characters in a story. We will again focus on learning to identify, form, and match the letter 'Uu' to its phoneme--/u/. This week we will focus on the long vowel sound.
Amazing Words: engine, tracks, passenger, roundhouse, mountain, valley
High-Frequency Words: what, said, was (Please continue to practice all of our "Popcorn Words" at home!)
Letter: Uu
Thank you to http://allthingsd.com for the cover image!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Easter Egg Hunt
Due to the cold/wet/windy weather that we had on the Friday before Spring Break, we had an indoor Egg Hunt in the Gym. Here are a few pictures from the hunt!
Unit 5, Week 3 - Messenger, Messenger
Our Target Skill this week is comparing and contrasting information. We will also continue to practice retelling a story, making predictions, and drawing conclusions about the text. We will work to identify, form, and match the letter 'Uu' to its phoneme--/u/. We will focus on the short 'u' sound this week.
Amazing Words: messenger, delivery, radios, pickup, escalator, eyeshades
High-Frequency Words: what, said, was (Please continue to practice all of our "Popcorn Words"!)
Letter: Uu
Thanks to www.barnesandnoble.com for the cover image!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Subtraction Bowling!
We have been learning about Subtraction in my Kinder Math Group. Here is one of the fun ways that we have been practicing our new skill--Subtraction Bowling. Here the students are practicing subtraction from 10. We did this whole group with a large child's plastic bowling set, and then the students had the opportunity to work with partners using smaller individual sets.
Dr. Seuss' Birthday Celebration!
I'm sorry for the delay on these pictures--it's been a busy couple of weeks! Here are pictures some of the fun things we did/made on Friday, March 1st, during our celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Each classroom's activity and/or theme was centered around a different Dr. Seuss book that day: Green Eggs and Ham; The Cat in the Hat; One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; and Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Unit 5, Week 2 - Mayday! Mayday!
Our Target Skill this week is learning to distinguish the cause and effect of certain events within a story. We will also continue to work on retelling a story, making predictions, and identifying the sequence of events in a story. We will work to identify, form, and match the letter 'Xx' to its phoneme---/ks/.
Amazing Words: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
High-Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green (Please continue to practice all of our "Popcorn Words" at home!)
Letter: Xx
Thank you to http://store.coastguardrescues.com for the cover image!
Monday, March 11, 2013
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