5/30/2020 0 Comments Happy monday! (06.01.20)Virtual morning meetingela/skills
Dear Families -
I am so proud of our kiddos!! We have completed the official “skills” instruction. We began the year with line strokes (horizontal, vertical, diagonal), worked our way into letter names and sounds, concepts of print, and ended the year with letter combinations. All of these areas are crucial in the development and success of readers. We will use the next two weeks of instruction to celebrate our ABC Countdown and our year in Kindergarten. That being said, the “Skills” section will look slightly different and be called "Letter Review". Remember to keep reading! You can read and re-read the Skills stories in the Kindergarten work packet for additional practice! Enjoy! LETTER REVIEW Today is G day. This is a lowercase g and this is the capital G. The letter g makes the /g/ sound as in the word grapes.
Next, practice writing the letter g! Make sure you practice G and g! Now make a list of words that begin with the letter g. How many words can you think of?
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Over the next two weeks we will work a lot on spiraling through previous skills taught. We will work on organizing data to build a graph and counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We will also work on writing numbers, shapes, combos to 10, and recognizing and building numbers to 100.
Boys and girls, today we are moving on to review some math we have learned this year. Today we will review sorting. You are smart cookies and might remember that we did this a long time ago!! Are you ready to get started? We are going to start with a story called “Elmer” by David McKee. It is about Elephants!
Listen through pages 1-2. Then, stop and ask, “What do you notice about the elephants? Yes, there are some big ones and some little ones! Are they all the same? No!”
Listen through pages 3-17 (all the grey elephants). Ask, “What has Elmer done with himself? Yes, now Elmer is grey like the others! So, now Elmer is the same!” Listen through to the end of the book and ask, “How could we sort the elephants in Elmer’s Day Parade?” Give students time to turn and talk. “Yes, we could sort those with circles or stripes or etc.!” Boys and girls, to sort means to arrange objects into groups according to what they have that is the same. In our book, how were the elephants sorted? Yes, there were grey elephants and then there was Elmer, a colorful elephant! Now, look around your house and find some items that you can sort by their color! Encourage your learner to look for items of many colors. You may want to set a timer to make this into a game! Once your learner returns with their items, will work together to sort the objects into color categories. It’s possible that you might find an object that is multiple colors and then you’ll get to choose what category to sort it into! reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
writing
Opinions On the Spot
Opinionators! Today we are going to be giving our opinions on the spot. That means that you will be shown a picture and you will quickly turn to your family member/pet to share your opinion! We do have one rule and that is to make sure we are all being respectful of one another’s opinion. Remember that it is okay to have a different opinion than your friends and family. We will practice with one first! Are you ready? Okay!
Our first picture is broccoli! Do you like broccoli? Do you not like broccoli? Why or why not?
I like broccoli because you can eat it uncooked or cooked! Go ahead and take a look at the other pictures below! Maybe you will learn something new about your family member! Nice work sharing your opinions on the spot. You might be asked to give your opinion on something and you need to be able to think fast (like a race car) to share it out. Today I am going to model my opinion and give a reason as to why this is my opinion. Today I think I will give my opinion on the best vacation I’ve been on. The beach is the best. At the beach you get to swim and play in the sand. The beach is the best. Wow! Did you see what I did there? I told you my opinion, gave you a reason and then told you my opinion once again. This helps your reader to really hear and understand that this is your opinion! Today I want you to think of something that you would like to give your opinion on and then write an opinion story about it using your opinion, a reason, and your opinion again! Have fun! *Families- Try to encourage your students to state their opinions at the beginning and the end of their story! popcorn words
I've had several parents ask for a list of our popcorn words as many have gone missing- rather than sending each week's words, below is a list of the 25 popcorn words that your kindergartner is expected to know by the end of the year! (We have learned many more than 25, but these are the top 25!) Feel free to use the learning mat below to practice popcorn words in a fun and different way! I encourage you to practice ALL popcorn words, not just these 25!
homework matabc countdown!!
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5/20/2020 0 Comments happy friday! (05.29.20)virtual morning meetingmath
Try working these two story problems! Challenge yourself to write the number bond!
social studies/science
Click the link "Let's Find Out" button below! You will need to log in as a student using our class code: fastcup2076
Read the Taking Care of Baby! issue of our magazine. You can click on Listen and Read, watch Thanks for Taking Care of Me and play Caring Concentration! Have fun! *Feel free to check out the NON-TECH social studies/science mat under the SS/Science Resources tab popcorn words
AM, DO, DID
Please choose an activity below to practice your words! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! Have fun! homework matabc countdown!!5/20/2020 0 Comments thursday (05.28.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
You have been doing such a great job with all of our new sounds. We see these letter combinations all the time when we read and write.
Below we will review the long vowels and after your job will be to sort a group of words, according to their sound! Families - please write the following words on small pieces of paper, index cards, or sticky notes. *three *see *bake *cake *like *bike *cute *tune First, have your learner read each word. Next, sort each word into 1 of 4 groups. Group 1 - long e with ee as in meet Group 2 - long a with magic e as in make Group 3 - long i with magic e as in Mike Group 4 - long u with magic e as in mute
Today you will read a story about Scott helping Mom and Meg make something.
Pay special attention to the story so, at the end, they can tell you what Scott makes with Mom and Meg.
Discussion Questions
1. What does Scott make with Mom and Meg? (Scott bakes a cake with Mom and Meg.) 2. What is Scott’s job? (Scott mixes the eggs.) 3. Scott wants to help frost the cake. What does that mean? (Accept reasonable answers.) 4. Do you think Scott enjoys making the cake. Why or why not? (Accept reasonable answers.) math
Today’s lesson is another exciting one! We will be continuing to work on story problems. However, today we will work on difference unknown problems. These are tricky! This is very difficult for students as they are most confident with more.
You will need about 20 counters and paper to write on for this lesson. Today we are going to be working on more subtraction story problems. However, today we are going to be working on some pretty tricky problems! You will be helping me to solve these problems! Are you ready? My mom has 8 balloons and my dad has 5 balloons. How many fewer balloons does my dad have than my mom? Let’s start with showing this problem using our counters. First, you lay out the 8 balloons (counters) mom has. Now, you lay out the 5 balloons (counters) dad has. Do you remember when we had problems like this before? We decided to do what with our counters? Yes, line them up or give them friends! When we do this, what do we notice? Yes, dad has 3 fewer balloons than mom. Now watch this. I can solve this same problem using a subtraction statement. 8 balloons minus 5 balloons equals 3 balloons (write 8-3=5 on your paper). For a challenge, can you represent the problem with a number bond? Now try these problems: My teacher has 10 flowers and my principal has 7 flowers. How many fewer flowers does my principal have than my teacher? We have 9 green apples and 6 red apples. How many fewer red apples do we have than green?” reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
writing
Opinions are All Around Us
Opinionators! We have been discussing what an opinion story is. We have also discussed facts vs. opinion. Who can tell me a fact about school and then an opinion about school? Nice work! Today I want to talk to you about opinions being all around us everyday. For example, when you eat lunch you might have opinions about the food. Some of us might have more opinions. Some might like to swing while others like to slide more. When the afternoon gets here and we get to choose to play, some might choose the blocks and others might choose to read. There are opinions all around us, we just have to look for them! Today I am going to ask you to please listen to the story below called, Red is Best. This is a book about a little girl who loves the color red. As you listen through the book, I want you to think about your favorite color and why it is your favorite. Okay, let's get started! (After your learner listens to the story, have them share about their favorite color. Have them also elaborate on why it is their favorite. Give them a crayon template and have them color the crayon their favorite color. They can ask each person in your house what their favorite color is to see which color is liked the most!)
Boys and girls, today I am going to model my story about my favorite color and I will share why it's my favorite.
I like pink. Pink is like cotton candy and cotton candy is yummy. Your job is to write about your favorite color and why you like it! Are you ready? Popcorn words
AM, DO, DID
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework matabc countdown!!5/20/2020 0 Comments wednesday (05.27.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
Our new sound this week is the long u.
Long u says /uuuuuu/ like in the word cute. When there is an e at the end of a word and a u in the middle, the e makes the u say its name. Today you will practice writing phrases that have words with the long u sound. Families - one at at time, read the following phrases and have your learner try to write each word. Note - a phrase is not a sentence so no capitals or ending punctuation marks are needed. *a red tube *sing a tune *rules at home Today you will re-read “In the Pet Shop.” Try to read as much as you can by yourself. When you are done, illustrate a part of the story. Send me a picture, if you can. math
Today you will play a game! It is called Sort the Difference!
For this activity, you will need to print the Sort the Difference mat and cards OR you can create your own using index cards and paper. Work the problems using counters if necessary. Then Find the difference and then placing the card into the correct answer category. For example, if a student pulls the card that states 5-3, they will place it into the “2” column. Continue until you have sorted all your cards! Save this game to practice later! reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
social studies/science
Please choose something from the SS/Science learning mat. Have fun!
popcorn words
AM, DO, DID
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework matabc countdown!!5/20/2020 0 Comments Tuesday (05.26.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
Long u, with Magic e
Our new sound this week is the long u sound. Remember long vowels say their name so the long u says /uuuuuuu/. When there is a u in the middle of a word and an e at the end, the magic e makes the u say its name, like in the word mute. Below, we will learn all about this new long vowel!
Today you will read a story about a pet shop. Pay special attention to the story so you can tell what Scott spots in a pen at the pet shop.
Discussion Questions - “In the Pet Shop”
1. What does Scott spot in a pen at the pet shop? (Scott spots a chimp.) 2. What does the chimp do when Scott waves at him? (The chimp waves back.) 3. Why can’t Scott take the chimp home? (Mom says she has a chimp-free zone at home.) 4. What pet does Scott get in the end? (Scott gets a fish.) math
In this lesson, students will continue to work on subtraction but move into practicing more word problems. Please remember that subtraction word problems require a lot of listening comprehension skills. These skills will at times need more practice than the subtraction itself.
Your learner will need some kind of counters to use during these activities. You will also need to draw a barn on a piece of paper as well as other paper to record your number sentences. Today is an exciting day! I am going to tell you a story about some animals on the farm. You will be able to help me figure out how many are left! Are you ready? “Farmer John walked outside and spotted 6 horses in the barn but then 3 horses trotted away. How many horses are left?” Be sure your student has placed 6 snap cubes in the barn and then removed 3 snap cubes. Now ask, “How many horses are left? Yes, 3! How did we know that? We saw {write this on your paper} 6 - 3 = 3.” Now try this one! Have your student clear their mat and state, “Farmer John had 9 cats in the barn. Farmer Kate came to get 5 cats. How many cats are left?” Write the subtraction statement on your paper, 9 – 5 = 4. Have your learner clear their mat and state, “There were 7 dogs by the fence. 3 dogs left. How many dogs are left?” Write 7 – 3 = 4. Clear your mat and state, “There were 8 chickens in the yard. Farmer John came to get 7 chickens. How many are left?” Write 8-7=1. reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
WRITING
Opinionators! We have been discussing opinions and opinion stories. Today we are going to take time to discuss the difference between facts and opinions. If I say 'cake is gross' and 'cake is baked' do you know which of those is actually a fact? Yes, 'cake is baked' is a fact and 'cake is gross' is my opinion because some people like to eat cake and some don't! Today you are going to sort some cards into two groups!
Group 1: Facts Group 2: Opinions (For those of you who do not have a printer, feel free to write on index cards or paper! Go through each of the fact cards and have students defend why they feel it is a fact or opinion. Make sure that students realize that it is not an opinion if it's factual.)
Nice work with that boys and girls! I thought you would be tricked but you did very well! Next, check out the dog picture below! We are going to come up with a few facts about the picture and a few opinions. Are you ready?
Kindergarteners- can you come up with three facts about this dog? What is one opinion about the dog?
Next, I would like to model for you my opinion story. However, today I am going to challenge myself to writing more than just one sentence. Today I am going to write two sentences. I am going to make sure I write one sentence with my opinion and one sentence that is a fact. I am going to give an opinion story about my dogs. I will write,
My dogs are the best dogs ever. They are soft and fast. Today I want you to think of an animal. I want you to share with someone 1 fact about that animal and one opinion. After, I want you to try and write your own opinion story! popcorn words
AM, DO, DID
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! Homework matabc countdown!!5/17/2020 0 Comments happy friday!! (05.22.20)virtual morning meetingmath
Enjoy this silly subtraction video about DONUTS!
fun friday activities!memorial day
This weekend we celebrate a holiday called Memorial Day. It is a day to remember and honor America's fallen heroes and those that have fought for our country. Watch this quick video for more information about Memorial Day.
abc countdown!!
Below is our ABC Countdown to summer! If you participate in the activity for the day, feel free to share a picture or a video of yourself on Class DoJo! Let's enjoy our last few days of the school year!
5/17/2020 0 Comments thursday (05.21.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
Below we will review our long vowel sounds and then play a riddle game!
Today we will read a story about a sled ride.
Pay special attention to the story so you can tell what happens to the sled. Discussion Questions: 1. Who gets on the sled? (Scott, Meg, Dave, and Jade got on the sled.) 2. Describe what happens on the sled ride. (Accept reasonable answers.) 3. How will Scott and Meg get Dave and Jade home? (Accept reasonable answers. math
Warm-Up: Count Up and Back: Have students stand and start counting while you show a thumbs up. When you show your thumbs down, they will then start counting down. Then, give a thumbs back up and they will count up. This will help greatly in counting on and back for addition and subtraction. For example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Thumbs down 5, 4, 3 Thumbs up 4, 5, 6, 7 Thumbs down 6, 5, 4, etc.
Today’s lesson is another exciting one! We will continue to work on story problems. You will need to draw a “pond” on a piece of paper. You will also need 10 counters. Your counters will be your “frogs”. You will also need a separate piece of paper or white board to record your problems. You will read the subtraction story problem to your learner. Your learner will work to represent the story problem with the frogs and then write the numbers to match the statement. The latter part might be difficult at first and will need your guidance. “There were 5 frogs in the pond. 4 frogs hopped out. How many frogs are left? Yes, 5 take away 4 is 1! How can we write that? 5 – 4 = 1. “There were 10 frogs in the pond. 5 frogs hopped out. How many frogs are left? Yes, 10 take away 5 is 5! How can we write that? 10 – 5 = 5.” “There were 8 frogs in the pond. 8 frogs hopped out. How many frogs are left? Yes, 8 take away 8 is 0! How can we write that? 8 – 8= 0.” Now try to make up your own story problem! reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
social studies/science
Please choose something from the Science learning mat. Have fun!
popcorn words
OUT, BE, HAVE
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework mat5/17/2020 0 Comments wednesday (05.20.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
The magic e helps lots of vowels say their name. When a vowel says its name, we call it a long vowel.
This week, we learned it can help the letter o say its name as in the word rope. In the video, we will review our long vowel sounds and practice our job below! Families - please write the following sentences on a piece of paper, whiteboard, or chalkboard. Want a challenge? - have your kiddo write the sentences by themselves. 1. The frog sits on a stone. 2. Who spoke to them? 3. Run home! 4. The dog likes his bone. 5. The bike broke last week. One at a time, please read each sentence. Then have your learner find and circle the long o word. (They are: stone, spoke, home,bone,broke)
Today you will re-read the story, The Gift. Try to read as much as you can by yourself.
When you are done, make an illustration of a part of the story. Send me a picture, if you can. Happy reading! math
Warm Up: Count It Up: Start counting at a number other than 1 and count to a stated number. For example: Start at 20 and count to 100 by 10’s, start at 5 and count to 20 by 1’s, start at 60 and count to 100 by 1’s etc.
This lesson is a fun one! We will be introducing the minus symbol. They have worked hard to gain an understanding of subtracting and we are ready to talk about the minus symbol! • Watch this read aloud of a book called “If You Were a Minus Sign”
What do you know about the ‘-’ sign?
Tell what the ‘-’ sign’s job is.” Now, show your grown-up 3 fingers and take away 2. On a paper or white board, write 3 – 2. What is the answer? Right! 1! Now we can write 3 - 2 = 1. What would we write for this story problem? There were 5 kids at the park, but then 4 of the kids walked home. What is the symbol we use to show that we are taking away? Yes, a minus sign!” Now, write this problem statement 5 - 4 = 1. Continue the routine with the following scenarios: 6 dogs were in the yard but 4 dogs ran away, 6 – 4 = 2 5 butterflies were on the flower but 2 butterflies flew away, 5 – 2 = 3 reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
writing
Giving Opinions
Opinionators! Yesterday we were introduced to opinion stories. Can anyone remind me of what an opinion story does? What about others’ opinion, is it okay for them to have a different opinion than us? Yes, it is! I want you to listen to the story below. The character in the story, Maddie, has a lot of opinions. (Families- feel free to stop throughout the story to get your learner’s opinions. Be sure they are using the words: ‘I like’ and/or ‘I dislike’ and encourage those that are capable to extend their reasons on why they do or do not like it.) The opinion story is called In My Opinion. Are you ready to listen? Let’s go!
Nice work! You were able to give your opinion throughout the book just like Maddie! Did you always share the same opinion with Maddie? You might have at times and might not have at others and that is okay.
Today I am going to write about one of my opinions from the book. I think I will write how I like ice cream more than pudding. I will write: I like ice cream. It is cold and sweet. I would like you to share with a family member or pet your opinion story that you are writing today and then start writing! Remember that we don’t say “eww” or “gross” if we don’t share the same opinion as someone else. popcorn words
OUT, BE, HAVE
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework mat5/17/2020 0 Comments tuesday (05.19.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
Long o, with Magic e
Our new sound this week is the long o sound. Remember long vowels say their name so the long o says /oooooo/. When there is an o in the middle of a word and an e at the end, the magic e makes the o say its name, like in the word rope. Below we will learn all about this new long vowel sound and practice reading words that have this sound! (There are two videos as I did have some technical difficulties.)
Today you will read a story about Scott and Meg’s mom, Liz, buying a gift.
Pay special attention to the story so they can tell you what Liz buys for Meg.
Discussion Questions
1.What does Liz buy for Meg? (Liz buys a new doll’s dress.) 2. Where does she buy it? (She buys it at Hope’s Dress Shop.) 3. What color is the dress? (The dress is green.) 4. Hope says that the dress is on sale. What does that mean? (Accept reasonable answers) math
Warm-up with this Subtraction Action video:
Boys and girls, today we are going to think about one of our favorite books thus far in math. It’s the story about some silly monkeys. Can you help me remember what that book is called? Yes, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! To help us picture the monkeys, we are going to use our fingers! So, let’s put up five fingers, one for each monkey. As we remember the story, you will bring down one finger each time a monkey falls off
“Five monkeys were on the bed. One monkey fell off. How many are left? Yes, 4!” {Demonstrate on your fingers. Show 5 fingers. Take one away leaving 4 fingers left.} Continue the same routine above for the remaining monkeys. “Boys and girls, when we count down or backwards, we are actually subtracting! Now, I want you to try one on your own! There are 4 apples in the apple tree, so put up 4 fingers. 2 apples fall off the tree, so take down two fingers. How many are left? Yes, 2 apples are left. 4 apples take away 2 apples is 2!” “Now, we are going to try some trickier ones! I am going to help you use your fingers as a QUICK math tool. We will call this way ‘Touch and count back.’ Let’s say there were 7 birds in the tree and 3 birds flew away. I’m going to touch my head to keep 7 in my brain and count back 3 using three fingers! 7 {touch head }....6, 5, 4 {counting using your three fingers to hold a place for each three that flew away}. 4 is my answer! 7 take away 3 is 4! Now your turn to try. I have 5 shirts and 2 get dirty. How many are clean? I will put 5 in my brain and then count back 2! 5....4, 3 (holding up one finger for each dirty shirt). 3 shirts are clean.” Continue with this routine. This concept will be VERY difficult and will take lots of modeling. Practice subtraction with these cards. You can cut them up and work the problems on each card. reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below! Don't forget your eagle eyes and pointer pup finger!
social studies/science
Please choose something from the SS learning mat. Have fun!
popcorn words
OUT, BE, HAVE
Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework mat5/17/2020 0 Comments happy monday! (05.18.20)virtual morning meetingela/skills
Today we will review the sounds that we have learned over the last few weeks. I am so proud of your hard work
Families - please write the following words on small pieces of paper, index cards, or post it notes. *speed *plane *like *see *takes *ride *seems *lake *smile *time *Size 1. First, help your learner read each word. 2. Next, sort each word into one of three groups. *Group 1 - long e made with two e’s as in the word feed. *Group 2 - long a made with a magic e as in the word make *Group 3- long i made with a magic i as in bike Before reading today’s story, preview the following vocabulary with your learner. rent--to pay to use something for a certain length of time
Today you will read a story about a plane ride. Pay special attention to the story so they can tell you who rents a plane. Read The Plane Ride. Try to read as much as you can, by yourself. Discussion Questions 1.Who rents a plane? (Scott’s dad rents a plane.) 2. What do Meg and Scott see from the plane? (They see a lake and a truck.) 3. What does Scott think Big Lake looks like? (He says the lake looks like a frog pond.) 4.Why does the lake seem so small? (Accept reasonable answers.) Math
Unit 11- Subtraction to 10
I wanted to take a moment to explain how we will be tackling subtraction. Subtraction is a major milestone in our students’ mathematical foundation. Subtraction will aggressively advance in first grade. We need to let our students know that although the concept is new, we have already been doing subtraction as we learned to count back. Subtraction can and will be difficult for many learners but especially those that have a hard time thinking abstractly. It is much easier for those learners to see sets combining rather than sets decomposing. Those learners will require more support in the area of concrete manipulatives and/or using their fingers. Please note that researchers show students using their fingers to subtract is not a disservice but a way for them to quickly obtain a concrete object to assist in solving. We will also use our fingers as more of a counting back tool. Teach your students to hold that larger number in their head and then count back the number being taken away. Just like we did with addition, we will not immediately introduce the abstract symbols {- and =} when teaching the concept of subtraction. However, once those symbols are featured, students will be asked to use those when representing their subtraction number sentences. Sometimes students stick to one phrase or change out the following phrases: “3 take away 2 is 1,” “5 minus 2 equals 3,” or “7 less 3 is 4.” Subtraction with Objects Warm Up: Count Up and Back: Have students stand and start counting while you show a thumbs up. When you show your thumbs down, they will then start counting down. Then, give a thumbs back up and they will count up. This will help greatly in counting on and back for addition and subtraction. For example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Thumbs down 5, 4, 3 Thumbs up 4, 5, 6, 7 Thumbs down 6, 5, 4, etc. Boys and girls, today I’m excited to tell you that we are going to be working on big first grade skill so...shhh! Don’t tell anyone that you are practicing like first graders in kindergarten! We are starting something called subtraction! When we use subtraction, we are taking away some. When we take away, our number gets less.” Today you will need to gather 5 counters and place them in a row in front of you. These counters will be your “Five Little Ducks”. Your grown-up will read a special poem to you. As they read you will remove your counters one-by-one.
Boys and Girls, what you just did is subtracting or “taking away.”
• Now you will practice more subtraction! Listen for the following problems: “Lay down 4 counters, take 2 away. How many are left? Yes, 4 take away 2 is 2!” Continue with: “Lay down 3 counters, take 1 away. How many are left?” “Lay down 5 counters, take 4 away. How many are left?“ “Lay down 2 counters, take 2 away. How many are left?” “Lay down 3 counters, take 2 away. How many are left?“ “Lay down 4 counters, take 3 away. How many are left?” Great work! We will do some more tomorrow! reading
Use your reading strategies that we have learned thus far to read the passage below!
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Unit 4: Writing with Opinion
Students will write opinion stories that state two reasons. By using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic. “Opinionators! Yes?” Boys and girls, you have continued to amaze me with all of your hard work! You might remember that we just wrapped up our unit on becoming narrators. Now it’s time for us to keep plugging along in our journey to become the best story writers we can be. Today we are going to continue learning about the different types of writing! The next type of writing we will be learning is called an opinion story!
When we start our Writer’s Workshop, I’m going to say “Opinionators!” You will reply back with, “Yes?” Let’s try it!
“Opinionators!” (yes?) “Opinionators!” (yes?) “Opinionators!” (yes?) I’m sure you are wondering what exactly an opinion story is so let’s talk about that first! An opinion story is a story that tells how you feel about something and it gives reason for why you feel that way. For example, I might like cake more than popsicles but that is my opinion. You might like popsicles more than cake and that is okay because that is your opinion. An opinion is a way you feel! Check out the What is an Opinion? poster below!
Let’s talk about something that people have strong opinions about- ketchup and mustard. When you think about giving your opinion you can use the words ‘I like’ or ‘I do not like’ and then say what it is. Let’s try it out with ketchup and mustard.
I will go first: I like ketchup and mustard because they are yummy on a hotdog. Now it’s your turn! I think we know what an opinion is and is it okay to have a different opinion than your friends? Yes, it is! Today I will model my opinion on my favorite food below: I like red apples. Do you think it’s important that I stated what color apples I like? Yes! Now it’s your turn to write an ‘I like’ opinion story! popcorn words
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Complete the worksheet below! Don't forget to continue to practice old popcorn words as well! *If you don't have a printer, under the popcorn words in the Literacy Resource tab, there is a NON-TECH sight word learning mat! homework mat |
ABout me!Hi there! My name is Mrs. Hagadone! This is my third year teaching kindergarten at Ryder Elementary. I am married to my wonderful husband, Harley. I am a miniature dachshund mama [Willow & Baylie] and I love to read, craft, shop, travel, and go on adventures with my two doxies! Happy Learning! |