Ms. Batte's Kinderland: December 2012

Sunday, December 9, 2012

This week our Focus Story will be Little Quack, written by Lauren Thompson and illustrated by Derek Anderson. This story is about a family of growing ducklings who must find the courage to leave the nest. Little Quack's four brothers and sisters are brave enough to follow Mama to the pond--will Little Quack be brave as well?
Our Target Skill will be plot identification. We will also continue to practice retelling a story, as well as distinguishing the difference between realism and fantasy. We will work on identifying, forming, and matching the letter 'Rr' to its phoneme--/r/.

Amazing Words: duckling, pond, paddle, plunged, proud, brave

High-Frequency Words: Review 'me', 'with', and 'she'. (Please continue to practice all of our Popcorn Words at home as well!)

Letter: Rr

Thank you to http://books.simonandschuster.com for the cover image!

Monday, December 3, 2012

Unit 3, Week 1 - Little Panda

This week our Focus Story will be Little Panda by Joanne Ryder. We will learn all about baby pandas and discuss the parallels between panda and human babies through this heart-warming story of the birth and growth of Hua Mei, the first giant panda cub to survive in captivity, in the San Diego Zoo.
Our Target Skill will be comparing and contrasting. We will also continue to practice retelling a story and identifying the main idea of a story. We will work on identifying, forming, and matching the letters Bb and Nn to their sounds--/b/ and /n/, respectively.

Amazing Words: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, and explore

High-Frequency Words: me, with, she (Please continue to practice the following words at home as well: I, am, to, a, the, little, we, my, like, have, is, he, for.)

Letters: Bb and Nn

Thank you to http://www.digitalpencil.org for the cover image!