Dr. Suess

This week in:

Shared Reading/Concepts-We will celebrate the life of Dr. Suess! We will learn about him and read lots of his books! We will have special snacks and activities all week!
Monday-Dress up like your favorite Dr. Suess character!
Tuesday-Fox in Socks-Wear your craziest socks!
Wednesday-Cat in the Hat-Wear red and white!
Thursday-Thing 1 & Thing 2- Crazy hair and pj's for kindergarten
Friday-Field Trip to Discovery Place! Wear your monkey shirt!

Daily 5 Reading-We will focus on the goal of expanding our vocabulary by practicing the strategy of using prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning. Context clues are the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding an unfamiliar word that give clues or hints to its meaning.

Writers Workshop-We will begin learning about persuasive writing! The boys and girls will think about problems they wished they could fix. I will explain to them that they don't have to just wish them away but they can write them away!

Daily 5 Math-We are beginning our unit on place value! The boys and girls will learn about rods and units, the ones, tens, and hundreds place, and much more!

Reminders
*Field trip Friday! Wear your monkey shirt and pack a bag lunch and drink with your child's name and mine.

Presidents

This week in:

Shared Reading/Concepts-We will learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will also learn about the presidents job and the election process.

Daily 5 Reading-We will work on the goal of accuracy and focus on the strategy of flipping the sound.  Teach children to use thier knowledge of letter sounds to decode words by trying out, or flipping the different sounds a letter cna make until they hear a word they recognize and it makes sense.

Writer's Workshop-We are continuing to learn how to write information pieces and publish them.

Daily 5 Math- We are learning how to decompose numbers!

Reminders
*Please fill out and return your child's permission slip for Discovery Place by Monday, February 29th.

Dental Health

This week in:

Shared Reading/Concepts-We will study dental health. We will learn the parts of the teeth such as enamel, dentin, and pulp. We will learn the names of our teeth such as incisors, canines, and molars. We will learn lots of facts such as we have 20 baby teeth and 32 permanent teeth and much more!

Daily 5 Reading-We will work on the goal of comprehension and the strategy of comparing and contrasting within and between the text. Readers understand new ideas in text by thinking about how things are alike or different, thus deepening their comprehension. Comparing and contrasting text assists the reader by engaging them in thinking critically. Readers go beyond descriptions, summaries, or retells and gain a deeper understanding of what they are comparing or contrasting.

Daily 5 Math-We are beginning our unit on decomposing or breaking down numbers. The boys and girls are doing a great job of using their previous taught math skills and patterns to be successful at this math skill!

Writer's Workshop-We are continuing to write, edit, revise, and publish information pieces.