Wednesday October 28th, 2015

Vocabulary

1. he
2. put
3. on
4. of
5. zap
6. nap
7. a
8. for
9. map
10. wrap

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from " Scaredy Cat and the Shadowy Monster". 

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "A Nap for Zap" and "Oodles of Noodles".
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "Candy Corn Pumpkin"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 4 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 2 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. What is the firefly's name?
2. What are some of Zap's plans?
3. Name two things the boy put noodles on.
4. What did the boy eat when he got tired of noodles?
5. Which book did you like best and why?

Homework

• Writing 

• The letter "Bb" worksheet

• Reading

• "Long 'A' with 'ai'" worksheet

Wednesday October 21st, 2015

New book and new activities in class today! 

Vocabulary

1. look 
2. at 
3. go
4. cat
5. come 
6. the 
7. to
8. zoo
9. see

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Short Halloween Poems". 

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "Look atThat Cat " and "Come to the Zany Zoo".
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "Little Frankenstein"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 4 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 2 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. What is one thing that cat can do?
2. Did the cat do all of the activities?
3. What can you see at the zoo?
4. What would you like to see at the zoo?

Homework

• Handwriting 

• The letter "Aa" worksheet

• Reading/Writing

• "Short 'a', Long 'a'" worksheet

Wednesday October 14th, 2015

New book and new activities in class today! 

Vocabulary

1. how
2. that's 
3. does
4. think
5. let
6. me
7. work
8. and
9. wow
10. a

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Sprinkles". 

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "That's How!" by Christopher Niemann
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "T-Rex in the Rain"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Vocabulary Baseball

Baseball to strengthen writing skills and vocabulary comprehension!

Student sat at "home-base" with pencil and paper. 
Teacher "pitched" a vocabulary word to student. Student wrote a complete sentence using the "pitched" vocabulary word. A hit occurred when if the sentence was complete and the vocabulary word usage was correct; a strike occurred when the student did not use a complete sentence or the word was used incorrectly. Students were also thrown out on base if they were unable to use the thrown word correctly. 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 5 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. How does the airplane work?
2. How does the train work? 
3. How does the truck work?
4. Do you think that's how things really work?
5. How does the bike work? 

Homework

• Handwriting practice: 
• Numbers
• Letters

Wednesday October 7th, 2015

We continued our work on vocabulary, reading, and writing. Today we also added a reading and writing challenge that the class enjoyed!  

Vocabulary

1. have
2. you
3. ask
4. her
5. seen
6. got
7. out
8. seen
9. not
10. says

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "The Acorn King". 

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "Have You Seen Jellybean?" 
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "Emerald Green Forest of the Dragons"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 5 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. Who is Jellybean?
2. What happened to Jellybean?
3. Who did the boy ask about Jellybean?
4. What did Jellybean do outside her cage?
5. What would you do if you lost your pet?

Homework

• Handwriting practice: 
• Numbers
• Letters

Wednesday September 30th, 2015

This week in class, we continued our worked on vocabulary, reading, and writing. 

Vocabulary

1. mouse
2. house
3. laugh
4. make 
5. this 
6. do
7. too
8. is 
9. for
10. how

Reading

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "A House for Mouse" and "How Do You Make a Giraffe Laugh?"
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "Help! We Come in Peace!"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 5 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. Where did mouse try and find a house?
2. Where did mouse finally find a house?
3. What kinds of things do not make a giraffe laugh?
4. What made giraffe laugh?
5. What book did you like best and why?

Homework

• "sl", "bl", and "fl" words