Friday, February 26, 2016

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.





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