Mrs. Grant's Kindergarten
December 10-14
New look in Kindergarten
9:00-10:30 - Literacy Block
Shared Message
phonics work, star word practice, and fluency through poems
Readers Workshop (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
mini lesson on reading strategy and independent reading practice in book boxes
Phonics (Tuesday, Thursday)
reading series phonics work with games, wipe boards, and 'test' on Friday
Shared Reading
big book and comprehension strategy
Learning Jobs (five jobs, one a day for 30 minutes)
differentiated literacy practice and guided reading time. Jobs include star word, listening and responding to story, book look, game, and abc
2:15-3:15 - Math Block
Math journals and snack
math stories and practice (will be coming home this Friday)
Math meeting
calendar and spiral review, mini lesson on topic, practice
Math stations (tubs) (ten tubs, two a day for 30-40 minutes)
Differentiated practice and small group instruction
Math paper if needed
Reading and Phonics
Foundational Skills 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
Foundational Skills 4. read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding
Little Quack
K.RL.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story
Link to the story.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qn5ulcDFWk
Math
K.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens
K.CC.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged different ways.
Math tubs this week
Domino more/less game
Calendar (go through our calendar skills, practicing counting and tens frame work)
Magnets to 100
Base ten dice game (roll two dice, make the number, then draw the base ten form)
Ordering numbers dice (roll four # dice, write the numbers in order)
Rainbow write #'s 11-20
Number line puzzles
File folder games
Writers Workshop
K.W.1 Text Types and Purposes
Macey and Josh hard at work!
Jak and Jon love how to books!
Arjun and Bella taking a quick picture break!
Olivia making some great how to books!
Miss Kate is proud of her work!
This is what teachers call 'organized chaos'
Social Studies
We also read books and learned about Hannukah. We learned how to play the dreidel game in addition to learning when Passover begins and ends.
This week
Phonics - /d/ /k/
Reading - Cause and Effect
Writing - How To books
Math - Numbers to 100
Library - Checkout on Wednesday
Holiday Party - EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME IN! 2:00-2:45 this Friday
Mrs. Grant
Email: mgrant@hse.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.hse.k12.in.us/bse
Location: 12451 Brooks School Road, Fishers, IN
Phone: 1-317-915-4250