Sight Words: help,run,jump,not,play,for,big,can,three,two,one,and,up,is,to,my,go,like,the,see,me
10 Minute Math Drill: Numeral Formation and Sets to 20
Reading and Writing Lessons:
Winter Story Writing ~ Informational Story for What Animals Do In Winter, Vowel Practice with O and U, Sound Switch Spelling Pages (changing one letter to make a new word), Working with Punctuation Marks, and using our Spelling Rules for 3 Letter Word Spell Page Fun
Letter H Handwriting Practice
Jan Brett Author Study
Recording 100 Words We Know
Modeled writing lesson: Creating a simple story using sight words, descriptive words, phonetic spelling, spacing, and punctuation (5 sentences). We will begin to use a new checklist with visual pictures for the children to "see" what areas they may need to work on: spacing, ideas, voice or details of the story, punctuation, and neatness of writing! These will be stapeled to each writing sheet to provide you with more information and feedback concerning the writing process. Also, we are using lined paper now in Kindergarten!
Big Book Reading: Quiet in the Library
Rhyming Word Practice, Homonyms, and Syllable Practice Lessons Following our Big Book Lesson
Big Book Lesson: Understanding story elements (characters, setting, problem/resolution),making text to text connections with stories, locating a letter, word, & sentence, retelling a story in sequence, and fiction vs nonfiction stories.
Reading Groups: Our reading groups use level readers to teach decoding skills and comprehension understanding. Our focus now is also on retelling stories using descriptive language.
Math Centers:
Measuring Length
Combining and Separating Sets (Addition and Subtraction)
Working with a Number Line (counting on from a given number)
Working with tens and ones and making larger numbers (10-19)
Money Review: Coins and their values
Read It, Draw It, and Solve It/Problem Solving on the Smartboard
Art:
Valentine Art
Groundhog Day Art
Social Studies:
Where we Live!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday,Holiday Traditions, Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day,Labor Day, Columbus Day
Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter
American Symbols: Statue of Liberty, Bald Eagle, US Flag, Georgia Flag, and Pledge of Allegiance
Science/Health:
Matter ~ Informational Writing Journals
Using describing words to provide details for objects in our world (matter) and how we can sort objects by their composition (wood, plastic, glass, cloth, etc.) or a given characteristic (sink/float, shapes, color, size, etc.).
Characteristics of the Winter Season: Why Does it Snow and Rain? (Water Cycle)
