Unit 5:
Make Connections/Make Inferences
- Letter(s): Cc
- Phonics:
- Identify the sound /k/
- Associate the letter Cc with the sound /k/
- Listen for medial sounds
- Blend CVC words
- Listen for words that rhyme and suggest pairs of words that rhyme
- Spell CVC words using C and letters previously learned
- Sight Words: with, see, so
- Build upon concepts of print
- Make connections and inferences
- Build fluency through choral-reading
- Discuss specific concepts found in stories and create concept webs together
- Echo-read to build fluency
- Build comprehension through retelling
- Practice reading a rhyme with changing volume
- Use a higher and lower volume to reflect what the author or characters are saying
- Use effective inflection and intonation to make reading sound like talking
- Demonstrate active listening skills
Writing/Concepts of Print
Journals: Develop Voice; Express
Feelings
- Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
- Use appropriate end punctuation
- Write CVC and high-frequency words
- Understand that writers use two uppercase letters and two end punctuation marks when writing two sentences
Writing Prompts:
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Monday: weekend update (share what you
did over the weekend)
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Tuesday: proud moment at school
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Wednesday: proud moment at home or in
community
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Thursday: something that starts with
the letter Cc
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Friday: Free write! (students choose
what they write about)
Language
Arts Home Practice Lesson 5.3 (COMING
SOON!) (Will come home on Friday, February 12th in Friday Folders. We
send home the practice sheets after we have worked on the content in class.)
THANK YOU to all the families who have been working on these homework sheets
and reading with your child! Remember to read and reread the books in your
child's book bags. Bring them back on Friday and I will put new books in
their bags!
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PLEASE work on this with your child
2-3 times a week for at least 10 minutes. We need YOU as a partner in helping
your child become fluent with letter recognition, sound, and sight words.
Thanks!
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Don't forget to utilize Raz Kids
(reading) and Dream Box (math) at home as well!
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Check out these downloadable leveled
readers Leveled Readers
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Read any books to your child for fun!!
Model a love of reading :)
Centers this week include:
Math Center: Students
will use their vegetables and fruit pictures to make addition and subtraction
problems. They can work with a classmate and come up with a real world
situation and try to make and math problem. Also, they may choose to build teen
numbers and use the Stop Motion App to record what they have made. (Some
students may choose to work on writing teen number or number 0 - 30 or beyond.)
iPad Read to
Self/Read to Others: students use Raz Kids to listen to a
story, read a story, and answer comprehensive questions about the story.
Students can also read a story with their partner or on their own. After
reading 2 stories, student have the choice to work on Scratch Jr. (a basic
coding program) or Dream Box.
Word Work: students
can choose to play roll a word, CVC word memory, CVC word puzzles, rhyme time,
or a variety of other CVC/sight word based games. Students are making lots CVC
words with short a, i, and o in the middle. This week also includes some new
letter/word board games.
Lots of choices! We
will discuss every how to choose something that we need extra help with or that
we want to get better at.
Letter and Sound: Students
will work on writing the letter Cc. They will circle their best work and be
encouraged to discuss their work on Seesaw.
Writing Center: Last week
the students listen to and made inferences while I read the book, Phooey. They
will be making their own books and then they can record their work in Seesaw.
Listen To Reading: Students
will listen to a story and then try to read it together as a group. They can
discuss what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Art Center: We will be
reading Eric Carle's, The Mixed Up Chameleon and painting our own mixed up
chameleons during centers.
Math: Unit 4
(Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens)
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4.9: More Patterns with Shapes
§ Objectives:
explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; compare groups to determine
which has fewer objects
§ Vocabulary:
triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, less, more, diamond, fewer
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4.10: Break-Apart Numbers Through 10
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Objectives: find sets of partners for
10; record sets of partners for 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2.
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Vocabulary: partner, Tiny Tumbler,
Math Mountain, unknown partner
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4.11: Numbers Through 30
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Objectives: show numbers through 30
with 10-sticks and centimeter cubes; order and compare numbers through 30.
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Vocabulary: tens, ones
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4.13: More Patterns with Shapes and
Repeating Patterns
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Objectives: explore shapes and combine
them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and
actions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
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Vocabulary: hexagon, trapezoid,
parallelogram, triangle, more, fewer, extra
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Math Homework:
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Monday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Friday:
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Math Challenge (Optional)
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Friday:
Social Studies:
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Digital Citizenship, posting safe
content on the internet (we are using our class Twitter account for this)
Science:
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Discussing MN lakes during winter
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Making winter tree observations
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how are they different from fall and
spring? how are they the same?
SPECIALS
Monday: 5 gym/media (book check-out day!!!)
Tuesday: 6 art/music
Wednesday: 1 gym/media
Thursday: 2 music/art
Friday: 3 media/gym
Other News:
- Valentines Day Party on Friday, February 12th 2:00 - 3:00
- Send in homemade Valentines box/bag--if time is an issue, email me and your child can decorate a bag at school
- Treats can be sent in
- Please only have your child write From "your child's name," as this will make passing out Valentines much easier---we will pass out cards right away in the morning
- We have 22 students in the class
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