Monday, December 10, 2012

Peek at the Week

We have had SO much fun with reindeers this past week! We are sad to see them  go... but excited to start a Santa/Christmas unit!
 
 
 
This week in:
 
Reading:
 
-Oral Vocabulary: celebration, sprinted, barn, blacksmith, arch, soldier
- Initial Dd
- Initial Kk
- Sight words: see, look
- Comprehension: Cause and Effect
- Big Book: George Washington Visits
- Verbs that add -s
 
Math:
 
1 Fewer: Children will use counting to identify a number that is 1 fewer than another number.
 
 
2 More: Use counting to identify a number that is 2 more than another number.
 
2 fewer: Use counting to identify a number that is 2 fewer than another number
 
Ordering numbers through 10: order numbers from 0 through ten in sequence
 
Common Core Standards we will cover:
 
K.CC.2
K.CC.6
K.CC.7
K.OA.1
 
Religion:
 
Christmas/Advent
 
Seasonal:
 
Santa/Ho Ho Ho
Christmas party with reading buddies


Tuesday, December 4, 2012

B&N Bookfait

The Barnes 'n Noble bookfair is on Thursday! It would be wonderful to have everyone there from 4:00-4:30 to sing with Mr. Barrios and the kindergarten.
 
Some books we could use for our classroom:
 
*Advent Storybook: 24 stories to share before Christmas by Antoine Schneider
*Making the Most of Small Groups by Debbie Diller
*Christmas Is... by Gail Gibbons
*Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin
*Randolph Saves Christmas by Lark Wilson
 

Sunday, December 2, 2012

On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen

You guessed it! Our theme this week is reindeer. We will also continue with Advent (the reason for the season).
 
A peek at our week:
 
This week in reading:
 
Practice with initial/ending /r/ sound
sight words: me, with, she
Concept Vocab: duckling, pond, puddle, plunged, proud, brave
Readers workshop story: Little Quack
Readers workshop: plot
Practice with nouns, adjectives, verbs
Blending with three and four letter words
Writers workshop: editing
 
Thematic:
Reindeer application
Reindeer stories
 
Math:
 
Comparing numbers to 5
Game: Cover the path
Comparing numbers to 10
Game: greater than or less than?
Game: Cover 9
1 More
Game: Cover three
1 Fewer
 
 
On Monday we made Advent wreaths with our mass buddies.