Language Arts: We reviewed our sight words: I , am the, little, to a, have, can and is. We read the concept book "Look Around". We discussed the sight words in the story and how we used adjectives to describe the nouns that we saw. We then read the big book Nature Spy. We learned the new amazing words: discover, acorn, spy, pond, nature and pattern. Students discussedand charted the items found in nature in the story. Next, we went on our own Nature Spy hunt. We went around the school grounds and spied nature. Then, the Students wrote about what they spied using adjectives describing the nouns. We recorded our observations and wrote about what we saw. Students had the opportunity to work in differentiated reading groups reading books about looking around, what animals can do, things they want and what in the world is that? The Students focused on the following good reading strategies taught to them ( using a pointy finger, sounding or tapping out sounds, using the pictures as clues, etc..). Students pointed out sight words in the books and discussed the main idea and characters of the story. We alsodiscussed the nouns and adjectives in the books. I asked the Students comprehension questions and checked for improved fluency. The Students worked in literacy centers focusing on beginning sounds, word building, sight words and story concepts ( main idea, characters, setting and conflict).
Phonics / Handwriting: We learned the letters Q and R. Students had the opportunity to brainstorm words that began with these letters. Students completed a variety of activities where they will had to identify, write and illustrate words that begin with these letters. Students were taught the proper way to hand write the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Math: We continued our math unit on number sense and writing and representing our numbers past 10. Students learned to use a double 10 frame to help represent the numbers and use manipualtives to help in math centers. We read, hand wrote and representednumbers to 20. Students focused on the teen numbers and played games relating to the topic.
Social Studies/ Science : We continued to work on our giving without walls project. We counted, sortedand bagged up candy to ship to the Troops overseas! We began our election unit. We discussed voting and talked about how voting is important and a privlage. We read the books: Duck for President, My teacher for President and Grace for President. We had a voting ballot box to vote for our favorite stories. We charted and tallyed up the results. We also voted for our favorite pets, classroom activities and food.
