Daily Five
- Book shop: finding "just right" books to freshen up Read to Self and Read to Someone
- Short vowels: identifying, sorting, reading, and writing words with short /a/ and short /i/ medial vowels (cat, have, am, sad, pig, big, little, him)
- Third Grade Buddies: meeting with 3rd grade buddies in our room this week, sharing favorite stories with each other.
- Word Families: adding -ed, -ug, and -ut to our word family wall this week - WOW we are reading and writing hundreds of words now, with this enormous resource for words.
Language
- Spelling Quiz: our first SK "spelling quiz" - 18 word wall words in all!
- Free Write: writing from our own brains without teacher prompts...for twenty minutes!
Math
- Number pairs: 1+5=6, 2+4=6, 3+3=6... so many different number stories can have the same ending/answer!
- Teen Number Partners: "ten and some more" make our teen numbers... a bundle of 10 + 3 = 13, a bundle of 10 + 7 = 17
- Counting: forward by fives/tens to 100, forward by 2's to 30, backward from 20-0... so helpful for doing math in our brains! Especially subtraction (and even multiplication!)
- Centers: new round of math centers means fun with friends while learning and practicing the above skills!
Journals/Printing
- Scrapbook pages: MAM Field Trip ("first, then, last" multi-sentence story-telling format)
- Let's Illustrate: Guided drawing to emphasize details and setting... our pictures add to the written words and tell their own story!
- Alliteration: I/i practice + writing..."Isabel's iguana itched inside the infirmary!"
Reminders/Announcements
- Weather gear: Please do check the weather (weather.com or your phone's weather app!) each evening (or the morning if you're an early bird!) and set out your friend's gear with them... better yet, ask them to take charge and ask what they need to get ready for the next day! Many friends are upset at school to be told that they can only play on the black top without boots, or that we don't have extra hats to share. Thank you for your help in preparing them for the elements!
- Vision screening: We are happy to be attending the vision screening through the nurse's office next week. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Kathleen Roebber kroebber@usmk12.org. Thank you!
- Special Picnic: Coming right up! On Monday, April 15th, we welcome Fiona to bring in a healthful picnic for 18 hungry SK friends.
- Superstar: Krista will celebrate her big day on Tuesday, April 30th! We'll send home everything she needs the Friday before with plenty of information for the whole family.
- Thankful Teachers: We were thrilled to celebrate our spring birthdays with our SK friends on Thursday. As former camp counselors, Tanya and I asked the friends to help us build a classroom "campfire" and enjoy s'mores in a bag (golden grahams, chocolate chips, and marshmallows) while we read camp books and took camping questions. It was such a good time; thank you for helping us celebrate, SK friends!
****We are posting today's blog one day early; Mrs. Duffey is out tomorrow 4/12. We'll resume regular Friday postings next week! Thanks, friends.
Busy, busy as always!!! Glad to hear there was sunshine in the room in the tower. BTW- The pictures still aren't working:-(
ReplyDeleteLove the campfire with indoor smores idea-- what a great way to celebrate the birthdays of two hard working teachers this dreary, dreary week! Praying for some sunshine this weekend in hopes of ushering in Spring!
ReplyDeleteSounds like another great week in SK! Hope the sun comes out this week so you can all get outside! - The Ciralsky's
ReplyDeleteMaya absolutely loved the indoor campfire! Very creative:)
ReplyDeleteLewis really enjoyed the campfire and recreated it when he got home that afternoon. Looking forward to another fun week in SK!
ReplyDeleteHello gang! So sad to hear that more friends are still experiencing trouble with the photos... any better for others of you? Is everyone struggling to see them? Trying to get our tech team all the info we can! THANK YOU for reading!
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