Sight Words: with, that
Reading:
Comprehension Strategy: This week students are practicing how to read with expression. This means that students understand how the author wants the characters portrayed and practice reading it with different feelings. We introduced this concept with a robot poster and explaining that we shouldn't read like a robot with no expression, but with feeling all while making our voice fluctuate. Later in the week we practiced reading a simple sentence with different feelings. We rolled a dice and read with the feeling associated to the dice. It was lots of fun and gave us time to practice this skill!
Accuracy: This week our word families were the -ump and -unk word families. We worked on making our lists and writing words with our slides on Wednesday!
Vocabulary: This week we read "The Biggest Valentine". In this story Desmond and Clayton decide to work together to build the best valentine for their teacher Mrs. Mousely. The words we added to our chart included doily, lopsided, edge, mischievous, envelope, and valentine.
iPads: For ipads this week students used their information about the story to fill out a story map in pic collage. Students scanned a QR code which brought them to a read aloud of the book "The Day It Rained Hearts". Then students recalled parts of the story to fill out the title, characters, beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Students also made valentines in pic collage and sent to me via Google Classroom. They were so sweet!
Writing: This week we learned about different feeling endings. When we end each of our informational books e include a feeling ending; a simple sentence that shows how we feel about that topic. We made different sentences as examples of sentences we could write including:
I like (snakes).
(Snakes) are cool!
(Gymnastics) is exciting!
Later in the week we learned about labels. Labels give readers information about a topic. We used our chart to show labels and how to teach the reader. Then we labeled a friend! We showed different parts of one of our friends.
Math: This week students practiced identifying the number of tens and ones in teen numbers. We practiced this skill a variety of ways including used tens frame paddles, number pieces app, and base ten blocks and a mat. Take a look at pictures and videos that show us in action.
Vocabulary: This week students learned about the words ten and one. These are not number words, but are in relation to the base ten blocks when talking about 2 digit numbers.
iPads: This week students worked on individual skills using the iReady app. This app starts students at the spot they end after taking the diagnostic. You can access this on the ipad or the computer and go through lessons and games that meet each student where they are academically in math.
Content: This week we celebrated Valentine's Day. We worked on creating our valentine boxes that our friends would put valentines in. We used cereal boxes covered in construction paper to decorate and add our faces, arms and hands to. They turned out great! We also graphed and recorded the number of colored m&m's from individual packages. We discussed as a class which colors there were fewer of and which colors there were the most of. Then we did a science experiment! We tested if candy hearts would sink or float in different liquids (soda, vinegar, and water). Of course on Valentine's Day we went all out on the fun! We played Pin the Kiss on Mrs. Keller where each student was given a kiss on a sticky address label. We spun each kiddo 3 times and they tried their best (with their eyes closed) to pin that kiss right on the lips! We had 2 successful kiddos! Then we decorated cookies, enjoyed 7-up floats, and passed out valentines to our friends. It was a great afternoon! On Friday we made our valentine Bees!
SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
This week we learned all about giving. Since this week is valentines we give valentines and sweet notes to our friends and families, but we talked about how there are lots of things that we can give that aren't always things. We started the week off by watching a story of Howard B. Wigglebottom, then we read the story, "The Giving Tree". Later in the week we made a list of things we can give others on a tree. And we ended the week by watching a video of Kid President talking about the importance of kindness and giving.
NEXT WEEK:
Reading: Students will...
-learn words in the -ack and -ock word families.
-review author's purpose and sort books.
Writing: Students will...
-learn about text features and how to add in their own writing.
Math: Students will...
-learn about one more and one less.
Content: Students will learn about presidents. They will learn what the president does and learn about 2 past presidents who helped shape our country.
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