Weekly Theme: The Gingerbread Man
Shared Reading: Several versions of Gingerbread stories: The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy. Communication Arts: We worked with the following skills…
Our goal is for 16 out of 20 to master both lists by December 19th. Handwriting and Word Work: To go along with the weekly letter book we have started listing words that begin with the letter. The kids gave me words beginning with Nn and helped me spell them. We added pictures to help us read the words. These charts will be posted in the classroom as "anchor charts". Kids practiced forming Nn correctly. Writing: I told a story about putting our Christmas tree up, then only drew a tree for illustrations. Boy did the kids catch on that I needed to add me to the picture. They shot questions at me asking if I had ornaments, a star, presents. And where were the kids??? This turned out to be a fun lesson because they need to be adding elaborate details to their pictures - and they taught me how to do it! We talked about getting words to the page to tell the story that goes with their pictures and how to turn a boring beginning into an exciting beginning that grabs the reader and makes them want to hear more. Kids will have an hour next week to begin and complete a story for their narrative writing assessment. I'm doing this early so I have time to give kids a second chance if needed before the end of the quarter. You can help at home by asking your child to write a few sentences about their day. Help with stretching words to hear all of the sounds. Watch for spacing between words, capital letters only where needed, and sight words spelled correctly. Math: Kids revisited how to use patterns to solve addition. We practiced all we have learned in this unit in preparation for the assessment that was given Thursday. Scores are entered in Mastery Connect. Several students missed #4, #6, #7, and #8. I will be reteaching and re-assessing when I can to be sure kids understand the concepts. New scores will be updated in Mastery Connect. Our new unit beings Monday with Topic 7 Understand Subtraction. Flipping to subtraction is going to be confusing. Any time you can complete the homework page will help strengthen your child's understanding of the symbols and words. Ways to help at home: I've started second quarter reading assessments. To be considered on grade level your child will need to be reading at a level B2 or above. Have your child read to you every night. Focus on tracking print, reading exactly what is on the page (no adding words), and using the strategy Lips the Fish & Eagle Eye as the first means for decoding unknown words. We have used "Chunky Monkey" to look for chunks we know within a word to help us. Upcoming Events: Tuesday, December 6th – Hat Day Thursday, December 8th - Make It Take It Night @ 6:00 Friday, December 9th - Book orders are due Thursday, December 15th - Our classroom PJ Day and The Polar Express movie Wednesday, December 21st - School-wide PJ Day Classroom Christmas Party 9:30-10:15 Dismissal 12:30 Comments are closed.
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