Mrs. Bradley's Class Kindergarten: Where Learning Is An Adventure 

Weekly Plans and Activities for January 29 – February 2

Morning Activities and Journal Writing (practice using sight words: are, what)

• M – 100th Day of School Celebration Day, 100th Day Smarter Tie/Crown
• T – sight word book (are)
• W – sight word writing (what). What is that? That is a ____. (Students draw picture and write word)
• Th – Winter Fluency Find It Game (ending sounds)
• F – Yes/No Graphing (Will the Groundhog See His Shadow?),  Champs Assembly

Morning Message:

• M –We Can Write 100 Words, begin 100 exercises
• T – stretch out sound to write words, show one more than, counting from 30-60
• W – blends (fr, tr, gr), write a number sentence (subtraction), reading sight word sentences with expression and counting words in a sentence
• Th –fill in the missing words to complete the sentence, finish the number bonds, matching pictures to words
• F – “ip” word family, rhyming words

Writing

• Interactive Writing: If I Had $100, Complete Snow Stories, Winter Words, 1st We Deliver Class Letter
• Winter Words and Inspiration Pages free writing
• Review Punctuation and Writing Checklist, introduce Writing A Letter anchor chart
• Students will continue using their writing rubrics
• Students will complete their snow day writing using a Beginning, Middle, and End paper
• Parts of a Story song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSyrFfz55xo
• Writing is Cool! Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDkKgMXdyk
• The Sentence Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc
• Parts of a letter songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNKy4hV6WnA

Reading:

• Books – 100th Day of School Click Clack Moo, A Letter For Amy, Benny’s Pennies, The Misson of Addition
• Poem – Arctic Animals, 100 Days of School
• Focus – rhyming words, sight words, chunks, Capitalization, Punctuation, Word Families
• Questions – Retell Beginning, Middle, End…, In the Beginning…, Next…, At the end…, What does this remind you of (connections)
• Phonics Lessons  and Activities- cvc words/boxes, diagraphs “ch” “sh” “th”, sight word chants, rhyming words, blends (fl, gl, sl)

Math: (solve word problems using objects and drawings to find sums up to 10, strategies used to solve problems involving adding within 10 using spoken words, concrete and pictorial models, and number sentences)

• M – 100 cups towers, 100 steps prediction, 100 mystery picture
• T – Problem Solving, Decomposing the Number 5 with Penny Toss game,
• W –Rekenreks, Spill and Add Game, Valen-Teens Math center, Teen Number Cards
  Th – Reverse Problem Solving, Money Addition
• F – Dot Cards, Decomposing Anchor Chart using sticky notes to show all the different ways you can make 5, Bears in A Cave Story Problem

Science/Social Studies:

• M – 100th Day Trail Mix
• T – Holidays/Celebrations – Nature Cat – The Groundhog Way https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nature_cat_the_groundhog_way/nature-cat-the-groundhog-way/?#.Wm6f4ZM-dE8
• W – Brainpop Jr. – Ground Hog Day
• T – Pebble Go, learning about research and Winter Animals
• F – Groundhog Day by Gail Gibbons, Fun Friday! Chalk Shadows

Hope you all have a great week!

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow days last week. It was just the perfect amount of snow to really have fun with it! The kids were sure excited to share their snow adventures and enjoyed hearing about mine as well. We all started writing snow stories this week. I am encouraging students to use this writing rubric as they work on their stories. This rubric helps them check their writing to make sure they are using all the writing conventions we have been learning about this week. I am encouraging them to also write at home. We try to have a sharing time at the end of each day for students to share any writing that they have been working on at home (ex: sentences using their sight words, stories they are writing, cards they have made for someone, etc.). Please keep sending them in. I love seeing their continued progress and they love sharing in front of their friends!

Weekly Plans and Activities for January 22-26

Morning Activities and Journal Writing (practice using sight words: they, with)

• M –Journal writing – students will draw/write about Winter/snow using the Winter word bank page in their resource folder
• T – sight word writing (they), They are___.
• W – sight word writing (with). Will you go with me to the  _____.
• Th – Winter Fluency Find It Game
• F – Yes/No Graphing (Have You Built A Snowman?),  Champs Assembly

Morning Message:

• M –fill in the missing middle sounds, digraphs (ch, sh, th), show 1 more than and 1 less than using numerals
• T – stretch out sound to write words, rhyming words, counting backward from 20
• W – blends (fl, sl, gl), write a number sentence, reading sight word sentences with expression
• Th –fill in the missing words to complete the sentence, finish the number bonds, matching pictures to words
• F – “in” word family, rhyming words

Writing

• Interactive Writing: Snow Stories, Winter Words, Winter Writing, Mitten Interactive Pocket Chart
• Winter Words and Inspiration Pages free writing
• Review Punctuation and Writing Checklist
• Begin using student writing rubrics
• Students will draw and write about their snow day using a Beginning, Middle, and End paper
• Parts of a Story song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSyrFfz55xo
• Writing is Cool! Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDkKgMXdyk
• The Sentence Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc

Reading:

• Books – The Hat, The Mitten, The Cold Lady Who Swollowed Some Snow
• Poem – Arctic Animals
• Focus – rhyming words, sight words, chunks, Capitalization, Punctuation, Word Families
• Questions – Retell Beginning, Middle, End…, In the Beginning…, Next…, At the end…, What does this remind you of (connections), Make Comparisons between The Hat and The Mitten
• Phonics Lessons  and Activities- diagraphs “ch” “sh” “th”, sight word chants, rhyming words, blends (fl, gl, sl)

Math: (solve word problems using objects and drawings to find sums up to 10, strategies used to solve problems involving adding within 10 using spoken words, concrete and pictorial models, and number sentences)

• M – Read Animals on Board, act out and write addition problems using teddy bear counters
• T – Read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, then create your own fish addition problem using goldfish crackers
• W –Read the book, 5 Little Ducks, then complete duck adding using a pipe cleaner and yellow beads
  Th – Read Domino Addition, then students will complete domino adding
• F – Decomposing the Number 5, create Decomposing Anchor Chart using sticky notes to show all the different ways you can make 5

Science/Social Studies:

• M – Martin Luther King Brainpopjr and Martin Luther King Writing-How can I be a friend.
• T – Science Snow Storm In A Jar, predictions and observations
• W – Social Studies Magazine, all about Weather
• T – Pebble Go, learning about research and Winter Animals
• F – Fun Friday – Snowman Painting (using shaving cream and glue)

Weekly Plans and Activities

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year! I sure did miss this group. We have had a great first few days back!

Morning Activities and Journal Writing (practice using sight words: it, here, they, said)

• M – Alphabet writing
• T – sight word writing, continue winter writing
• W – 2018 self portrait
• Th – The Mitten (sight word reader)
• F – Sight Word Memory

Morning Message:

• M- diagraphs and middle sounds
• T –fill in the missing sounds, count to 60, show 1 more than __ on the ten frame
• W – blends (sl, pl, gl), write a number sentence
• Th –fill in the missing words to complete the sentence, finish the number bonds
• F – “ig” word family, rhyming words

Writing

• Continue working on creating a book about a topic you are interested in with a partner
• Interactive Writing: Winter Words, Winter Writing, Mitten Interactive Pocket Chart
• Winter Words and Inspiration Pages free writing
• Review Punctuation and Writing Checklist and Spaghetti and Meatball spaces charts
• Labeling a Snowman
• Snowsuit color and write

Reading:

• Books – Snowmen at Night, The Mitten, The Snowy Day, The Biggest Snowman Ever
• Poems – I’m a Little Snowman, The Apple Tree
• Focus – rhyming words, sight words, chunks, Capitalization, Punctuation, Retelling, Beginning/Middle/End
• Questions –When You Retell…, In the Beginning…, Next…, At the end…, What does this remind you of (connections)
• Phonics Lessons  and Activities- ending sounds, vowels, diagraphs “ch” “sh”, CVC word boxes, sight word chants

Math: (solve word problems using objects and drawings to find sums up to 10, strategies used to solve problems involving adding within 10 using spoken words, concrete and pictorial models, and number sentences)

• M – snowman number beanbag toss and ten frame, Read it, Draw it, Solve it Word Problem
• T –  Comparing and Ordering Numbers-MIMIO, sorting number cards least to greatest
• W –Read the book, If You Were a Plus Sign, students create their own picture story problem.
• Th –use tiles to recreate quick images, then make number sentences from tiles used
• F –Different ways to make 5 and number sentences

Science/Social Studies:

• M –Mystery Doug – Why is snow white, Why does it get cold in the winter?
• T – animal research on Pebblego
• W – Social Studies – Weather
• T – -Winter Animal writing
• F –make Snow