Our Week: November 16 - 20

SIGHT WORDS:

one, day, green

One Sight Word Song

Day Sight Word Song

Green Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is One Day.  

READING:

This week we are looking at the author's purpose for writing a story.  We will also compare and contrast experiences between different characters.  This helps us think more about what is going on in our story and to help us think about how that relates to other things we have read.

WRITING:

We are finishing up our unit on opinions.  We will be reviewing what we have learned all week.  When writing an opinion we need to tell our opinion, tell why, and then retell our opinion.  

MATH:

We are going to work on sorting things based on different attributes such as size, shape, color, thickness, etc.

We will work to identify some of these attributes by touch.

We are also going to work on graphing our favorite colors and discussing our findings.

We also get to explore calculators this week.

We will also review counting and number writing during our math workshop time.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - ou/ow; Grouchy Owl

          *Action - Put your hand on your head like you bumped it as you say "ow"

Tuesday - Draw an owl and write a simple sentence such as "One day I will see an owl."

Wednesday - Long A; Skating Abe

          *Action: Make a wheel with one hand and put the other hand on top; pretend to skate as you    
            say "ay"

Thursday - Draw a cake and write a simple sentence such as "I can eat a cake in one day."

Friday - sh; Sheriff Shadrack

Our Week: November 9 - 13

It is United Way Week.  Here is the list of what to wear and send each day if you can:

Monday - Pennies and Pajamas

Tuesday - Nickels and Royals Shirts

Wednesday - Dimes and Hats

Thursday - Quarters and Sweats

Friday - Dollar Bill and Spirit Wear (Gracemor, College, etc.)

SIGHT WORDS:

Many of us are struggling to remember our sight words.  In order for us to keep these words in our long term memory we need a lot of practice with them.  Please review the previous books, use the sight word cards, and practice them nightly on your homework sheets.

let, us, run

Run Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is Let Us Run.  

READING:

This week we are using what we know about characters, setting, and events to dig deeper into our stories.  We will use these things to help us understand our books better.  We will also look at what the characters are feeling to help us understand what is going on.

WRITING:

We are continuing our unit on opinions.  We are having a hard time grasping what an opinion is.  Continue to remind your child that an opinion is what we think or feel about something.  We are learning to state our opinion, tell why and then to restate it at the end of our story.

MATH:

We are going to continue working on our numbers and counting smaller amounts quickly and accurately using the Roll and Record game.

We are going to look at number order and the words greater than and less than by playing a Monster Squeeze game.

We will also work on our number writing with our white boards doing something similar to this.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - Draw a bee and write a simple sentence such as "Let us run away from the bee."

Tuesday - Letter W; Winkie Walrus

 

Wednesday - Draw a well and write a simple sentence such as "I can run to the well."

Thursday - Long I; Ike's Bike Ride

 

Friday - Draw a kite and write simple sentence such as "Let us fly the kite."

Our Week: November 2 - 6

SIGHT WORDS:

today, am, at

No song for the word Today

Am Sight Word Song

At Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is Today I Am.  

READING:

This week we are learning about who characters are, what the setting is, and what the events are in the story.  As you are reading stories at home, talk about these aspects.  Talk about who is important in the story you are reading, where is it taking place, and what they are doing.

WRITING:

We are starting our new unit on Opinion Writing.  We will be studying what other authors do to write about about their opinions.  We will talk about what an opinion is and some possible ideas to write about.

MATH:

This week we are working on counting accurately by playing a Spin a Number game and a Number Cards Game.

We will put numbers in order by lining up with them.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - ch; Chauncy Chipmunk

          *Action - Act like you are chopping as you say "ch"

Tuesday - Draw a chick and write a sentence such as "The chick is at the farm today."

Wednesday - Long O; Old Joe Crow

          *Action: Pretend to row as you say "oa"

Thursday - Draw a goat and write a sentence such as "I am not a goat."

Friday - Long E; Leaping Eve

          *Leap one hand over the other as you say "ee"

Our Week: October 26 - 30

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!!!

SIGHT WORDS:

an, orange, and, yellow

An Sight Word Song

Orange Sight Word Song

And Sight Word Song

Yellow Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is I See Orange and Yellow.  

READING:

We are learning our reading strategies this week.  See the posters below and encourage your child to use them to help read a story.

WRITING:

We are finishing up our writing unit.  We are double checking our work to add words with spaces, punctuation, and capitals.  We are making sure our illustrations are very detailed to show our story.

MATH:

We are talking about positions such as above, below, next to, beside, under, etc.  Practice these words at home by taking turns naming a position and moving a stuffed animals (or something similar) to the correct location.

We are also working on representing numbers in various ways.  This can include the number, a ten frame, tally marks, and more!

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - short oo; Woody Woodchuck

          *Action - Act like you are looking through binoculars as you say "oo"

Tuesday - Draw a book and write a sentence such as "I can see the orange book."

Wednesday - Letter I; Ichabod Ichthyosaurus

          *Action: Pretend to itch as you say "i"

Thursday - Draw a pig and write a sentence such as "I like the pig."

Our Week: October 19 - 23

SIGHT WORDS:

look, good, by

Look Sight Word Song

Good Sight Word Song

By Sight Word Song

Our book for this week is It Will Look Good.  

READING:

This week we are looking at informational text features such as maps, diagrams and comparisons.  We are talking about how these help us learn about the topic of the book.  We are also discussing how different informational texts are alike and different.

We are also going to start our Reading Strategies.  On Friday, we will learn about Eagle Eye.  Eagle Eye tells us to look at the picture to help us with the words.  

WRITING:

We finished working on our pictures by talking about keep colors consistent throughout a story like on people's clothing and on animals.  We talked about why illustrators might choose to draw in only black and white like to show night time.  We are also working hard on adding words including spaces, punctuation, and capital letters.

MATH:  (Activities to do at home are below each classroom activity.)

This week we worked on seeing what combinations make 10 by playing a Ten Bean Spill game.  You could use anything with two different sides like coins.  

We also reviewed our shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle) by building them with wiki sticks.

We are going to start our number books to practice writing numbers and drawing pictures to match.  

We are also working on longer and shorter.

ANIMATED LITERACY:

Monday - Draw a bathtub and write a sentence such as "I am in the bathtub."

Tuesday - Letter N; Nellie Newt
          *Action:  Pretend like you are nibbling something as you say "n, n, n".

Wednesday - Draw a hen and write a simple sentence such as "I can see the red hen."

Thursday - Long OO-OU-UE; Lou Lou Moose

          *Action: Pretend to wiggle a loose tooth as you say "oo, oo, oo."

Friday - Draw a moon and write a simple sentence such as "The moon will look good by the stars."

Our Week: October 12-16

SIGHT WORDS:
will, be, white

Will Sight Word Song:

Be Sight Word Song:

White Sight Word Song:

Our book this week is called Dress Up.

READING:

This week our going to learn about schema.  This is using what we already know to try to figure out other things.  We will also look at nonfiction books to see how the drawings and photos can help us understand more about the topic we are reading.

WRITING:
We are going to continue our unit on illustrations.  We will study adding backgrounds, drawing with shapes, using movement lines, using realistic colors and trying our best and moving on.

MATH:We are learning about rectangles.  We will also work on some number stories with week to solve addition and subtraction problems.  We will also sort shapes by different properties and graph them.
ANIMATED LITERACY:
Monday - Letter L; Lizzy Lamb

Tuesday - Draw a lamb and write a simple sentence such as "I will see a white lamb."

Wednesday - Letter E; Edgar Elf

Thursday - Draw an elf and write a simple sentence such as "I will be an elf."







Friday - th; Thick Thorny Thing