Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Long I, Shades of Meaning, Making Connections, 10 More and 10 Less, More Penguins!

This week's VIPs:

Tianna Anderson
Bryson Garland

Language Skill:
This week we are focusing on shades of meaning with verbs.
shades of meaning poster


<b>Shades of meaning</b> - Love this idea! Watch out Home Depot! DL Bilingual ...
Phonics
 
List A:

fire
nice
wife
dive
bike
pile
fine
time
*shine
*drive
List B:

life
drive
shine
bride
quite
write
smile
stripe
*invite
*admire
 

Comprehension
Encourage your child to make connections when they read. This will help them understand what they are reading more!


Making Connections Anchor Chart | IfollowPics
Math
We are learning 10 more and 10 less. Your child should be able to start at any number 0-120 and rapidly tell you what 10 more and 10 less than that number is. For kiddos that are struggling with this, use a 100s chart: City Teacher Goes Country: Behavior Management with a 100s Chart

Monday, January 11, 2016

This week... (Math Video on Comparing Numbers)

Language Skill: Last week we learned all about verbs. This week we are continuing with verbs and learning about verb tense.

Phonics: We are continuing with making the long o sound. This week we are working on OA and OW for long o.


Spelling Words

List A:
 
coat
soap
goal
soak
loan
row
tow
snow
*throw
*float
List B:
 
throat
coach
toast
coach
pillow
know
window
show
*elbow
*flown

Comprehension: We are spending another week on text features. Continue to reinforce this skill as you read books together at home. Text features for non-fiction | Nonfiction Lessons, Anchor Charts and ...

Writing: The kiddos have been learning all about different types of penguins and recording important facts about each one. I will try and take some pictures of their journals and post them. They are super cute!

Math: We are in week two of our place value unit. Today, I introduced comparing numbers. We will work on comparing numbers all week. Check out this video on how your child learns this topic.

Part 1- Comparing Numbers
 
 Part 2- Comparing Numbers


Wellington VIP Club!
1-2 students will be chosen weekly who demonstrate(s) character, personal best, hard work, improvement, etc.  The VIPs will be announced each Monday to our class and be given a VIP lanyard to wear all week.  At the end of the week the VIPs can keep the certificate in the lanyard as a keepsake.  On Fridays the VIPs are invited to have lunch with a friend on the stage.
Here are this week's VIPs...
Hadley Durban

Logan Jordan
 
Check out our verb people!







Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Welcome Back! :)

This week...
Phonics skill: long o with magic e
Language skill: verbs
Comprehension skill: text features (bold words, headings, labels, captions)

Writing: Informative writing (this is where our penguin unit comes in to play)
Math: place value (tens, ones)
<b>Place</b> <b>Value</b> <b>chart</b> love this. I want to make a layout and laminate it ...
**Ask your kiddo the 4 ways to write a number!
Science: Penguins-adaptations, habitats, predators






Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Holidays Around the World Pictures

I finally found some time to download the pictures from our holiday unit. I hope everyone is enjoying the break so far!

My gift to the kiddos... SMENCILS (smelly pencils)!

Some of our delicious Grinch goodies for Grinch day!




Ethiopia- making cookies and listening to stories
Iceland- making one of the 13 lads
Russia- making nesting dolls

Australia- making "sandmen"

Japan- making gold fans



 

Eating a honey bun for St. Lucia!



"Yule Log"- the kids said they are delicious