Peek at the Week

This week in...

Reading:

Oral Vocabulary: sleep, winter, cave, woods, storm, blustery
Phonemic Awareness: Initial and final /k/
Phonics: /k/ spelled Cc
Handwriting: letters Cc

Sight words: we, my, like

Big Book: "Bear Snores On"
Listening Comprehension: Realism and Fantasy
Adjectives for sizes, numbers, colors, and shapes


Standards we will cover:

CCSS Foundational Skills 2.a, 2.d, 2.e, 3.d, 3.a
CCSS Literature 2, 3, 5
CCSS Speaking/Listening 4
CCSS Language 5, 5.c

Math:

We will begin Topic 3: "Six to Ten" on Monday!

Counting Six and Seven
 - Vocab: six, seven
 - Game: Memory Match

Reading and Writing 6 and 7
 - Game: Helping Hands

Counting 8 and 9
 - Vocab: eight, nine
 - Game: Memory Match

Standards we will cover:

K.CC.3
K.CC.4
K.CC.4.b
K.CC.5

Seasonal:

All about pumpkins, mummies, and HALLOWEEN!!!

Religion:

All Saints Day Thursday... don't forget to wear a Saint costume on Thursday!

Spider Fun!

Spiders were a blast! Check out all these awesome projects we did!

We made AB patterns out of beads and strung them on the spiders legs... great fine motor practice!

We did a science experiment to see how spiders eat their prey! First we dropped the sugar cube (the bug) in the cup.

Then we watched it dissolve when we poured the water (the spiders poisonous venom) over the sugar cube.

Then we sucked up the liquid with a straw.. just like a spider uses its tongue!

Our finished spiders!!

Peek at the Week... Spiders!

We had SO much fun learning about spiders this week! Pictures to come!

This week in...

Reading:

Oral Vocabulary: calf, grassland, cub, pup, joey, foal

Phonemic Awareness: Initial and final /p/ sound

Sight words: we, my, like

Readers Workshop story: Animal Babies in Grasslands

Comprehension: Main Idea

Review compare and contrast

Adjectives for colors and shapes

Review proper nouns

Common Core Standards we will cover:

Foundational Skills 2.e, 3.a, 2.d

Informational Text 2

Speaking/Listening 1.b, 3

Writing 2, 8

Language 5.c

Math:

Ordering Numbers 0 to 5

    -Play "Helping Hands"

Ordinal Numbers Through Fifth

Problem Solving: Use Objects

    - Play "Try Together"

End of Topic 2

Common Core Standards we will cover:

K.CC.4

K.CC.4.b

K.CC.4.c

K.CC.5

K.CC.6

Science:

How does a spider eat its prey?? Experiment!

Why don't spiders stick to their webs?? Experiment!

Seasonal:

We will begin our pumpkin unit on Tuesday!!

Please don't forget to bring in the supplies for our halloween center day!

This Week In...

This week in...

Reading:

Oral Vocabulary: discover, nature, spy, acorn, pod, pattern
Phonemic Awareness: Initial and Final /s/
Sight Words: have, is
Listening Comprehension: Setting
Big Book: Nature Walk
Proper Nouns
Creating proper sentences
Handwriting practice: letters Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee
Fiction vs. Nonfiction


Common Core Standards we will cover:

CCSS Foundational Skills: 1.b; 2.d; 2.e; 3.a
CCSS Informational Text: 2; 7
CCSS Speaking/Listening: 2
CCSS Writing: 2
CCSS Language 1.b; 2

Math:

Reading and Writing 0
Partner Game: "Cover Three"
As Many, More, and Fewer
Partner Game: "Play a Game"
Ordering Numbers 0 to 5
Partner Game: "Helping Hands"

Common Core Standards we will cover:

K.CC.3
K.CC.4
K.CC.5
K.CC.6

Science/Social Studies:

All about spiders!
Science Experiment: How do spiders eat their prey?

Religion:

God gives us animals

Last Week In...

Bats, Owls, Spiders... Oh My!!

We are continuing our unit on bats, owls, and spiders. The kids love learning about these animals! Here's a sneak peak at some of the cool projects we did last week:

On Friday morning we created a "Schema" chart about spiders. We charted what we think we know about spiders. As we read nonfiction books about spiders, we will chart our new learning, and move some of our original thoughts to the misconceptions box. 

Cover of our nonfiction owl book

1st page of our nonfiction owl book: we unscramble the sentence and illustrate it.

2nd page

3rd page

Math journal

 Math Journal

 We made owls with Mrs. Fay in art on Friday. The kids had to use fine motor skills to rip the paper first.

Boosterthon Fun Run!

Apples

Math Journal

 Apple taste testing!

Which apple do you like best?