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What we will be learning the week of October 16-19

*Reminder* No school on Friday, October 20th

Morning Activities and Journal Writing (practice using sight words: little, in, and color words):

M – I see a little ____.
T – We can go in the ____. (students will glue pictures of vehicles to go with their sentence)
W-Th – Color Word Book (students will draw and write about each color)

Morning Message:

M – Students will use letter/word monster to find letters and words in message
T – Students will name the sight that have been left out of the message. Students will name the numbers that are missing.
W – Discuss words with the beginning sound (m), students will write an uppercase and lowercase Mm
Th – Students will stretch out sounds to write three letter words

Writing:

M – Continue Bat KWL chart, use sentence frames to write about Halloween Stickers.
T – Continue Labeling a bat, Review Writer reference folder, students will write about an idea they have in their head in their journals.
W – Th – Continue with students sharing writing and heart maps with class in authors chair

Reading:

Books – Stellaluna, Orange Pumpkin, The Day The Crayons Quit, Scaredy-Cat, Splat
Focus – color words, sight words, punctuation, characters, make predictions from the title and cover, discuss author and illustrator
Questions – Who is the main character? What are some things she likes to do? What is a setting? Who is the book about? What did character do? How did the book end? How the story could be made better?
Sight words: little, in, is, my, color words
Poem: One Little Bluebird
Activities- Students will make flip book of character, setting, main idea
Phonics Lessons – Hearing Words in Sentences and Hearing Syllables

Math:

M – Counting Jar: Recording
- Count items in counting jar. Students will make their idea on a post it and place it on a counting jar chart.
- Create a Real Life Graph using 3D shapes students have brought in

T – Students will sort pattern blocks by attributes. Students will work in partners using attribute cards.
W –Roll and Record 2 (#s 2-9) students will roll dice and can write number in correct column.
- Activity: Sort shapes by how many sides they have.
Th – Students will use a balance scale to measure different items around the classroom to see what is heavier.
- Activity: Using cups of different sizes, students will see which containers can hold the most
- end of 9 weeks benchmark
F – Predictions – students will grab a handful of cubes. Make a prediction of how many they might be able to grab. Discuss: Why do you think they grabbed that many? Why weren’t they able to grab the same amount?

Science – continue study on bats and community helpers