Below are Plans for the 2016 - 2017 school year.
week of Oct. 31st |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Ss
- Sound /s/ - Initial and final sound discrimination - review /a/ sight words:- as, had, yes, no
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writing:- Sight word practice
- Journal: free write conventions:- Proper nouns
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Math:- Review numbers 0 - 10
- Chap. 2 assessment - Begin unit on sorting |
week of oct. 24th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Aa
- Sound /a/ - Initial sound and medial sound discrimination Sight words:- play, up, is, have
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writing:- Halloween books:
- What Do You See on Halloween? - I See Halloween conventions:- Nouns for more than one
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Math:- Compare #'s 0 - 10
- Check my Progress - One more with # 0 -10 - Ordinal numbers |
Week of Oct. 10th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Mm
- Sound /m/ - Initial sound discrimination - Blending Sight Words:- a, to, white, orange
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writing:- Step up to Writing Lesson: Picture story/ word story
- Begin journals with dictated sentences |
Math:- # 8, 9, 10
- write # 6, 7, 8, 9 - Check my progress |
Week of Oct. 3rd |
Book of the week: |
phonics:- Letters Tt - Zz
- initial sounds, syllables, rhyming, blending onset and rime Sight Words:- it, in, on, brown
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Math:- One more
- Review - Assessment over # 0 - 5 - Begin chap. 2 - numbers to 10 |
Social Studies/ Science:- Citizenship
- Working hard, cooperation, helping others - Assessment |
week of Sept. 26th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Oo - Ss
- blending words, initial sounds and syllables sight words:- the, big, little, black
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writing:- Learn about the difference between a letter, word and sentence
- Begin journals - Picture stories and word stories |
Math:- Compare numbers 0 - 5
- Check my Progress - Ordering numbers - Writing quantities |
Social Studies/ Science:- Continue unit on citizenship
- Begin learning about our 5 senses |
week of Sept. 19th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letters Ff - Nn
- Syllables - NWEA Assessment sight words:- green, yellow, pink, purple
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writing:Practice color words
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math:- Number 0
- Greater than, less than - NWEA assessment |
social studies:-Continue unit on Citizenship
- Rules - Laws - Good Choices/Bad Choices |
week of Sept. 12th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letters Aa - Ee
- Rhyming sight words:I, am, red, blue
conventions:- Saying our names
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writing:- Name practice
- Cutting practice - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom class book - Willoby Walloby Woo class book - Kindergarten, Kindergarten class book - Letters in my name class book |
Math:- Continue working with numbers 1 - 4
- Learn about 0 and 5 - write numbers 0 - 5 - compare numbers - order numbers - Check My Progress - Friday |
social studies:- Continue presenting All About Me posters
- Begin unit on Citizenship - learn about rules |
Below is Lesson Plans for the 2015-2016 school year
week of May 2nd |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letters Vv and Zz
- Spelling words: zip, van, jazz, vet, vest, zag, come, where conventions:- Nouns in sentences
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writing:- Mother's Day writing
sight words:- where, come
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math:- Chap. 11 - 2D shapes
- compose new shapes - problem solving - model shapes in the world |
science:- Life Science
- Is it living? - difference between living and nonliving - explore earth worms |
week of april 25th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Uu
- Spelling words: drum, rug, what, was, said, fun, bus, cup conventions:- Nouns
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writing:- Opinion writing
- sentence starters for writing opinions sight words:- about,
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math:- 2D shapes
- hexagons - patterning with shapes - shapes and positions |
science:- Finished up Earth Science
- Assessment on Tuesday |
week of april 18th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Uu
- Spelling Words: pup, bud, mud, run, cub, jump, they, little conventions:- Prepositions
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writing:- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs class book
- Spring writing sight words:- what, was, said
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math:- Finish Chap. 10 - Positions
- Begin Chap. 11 - 2D Shapes - squares, rectangles, circles, triangles |
science:- Earth science
- planting seeds in soil, sand and rocks - comparing Earth materials |
week of april 11th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Xx
conventions:- Question Marks and Uppercase Letters
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writing:- Illustrations for Information books
sight words:- which, many, then
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math:- Chap. 10 - Positions
- Above and below - Next to and Beside - In front of and behind |
science:- Earth science
- Land and water - Compare Earth materials |
week of March 28th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letters Jj and Ww
conventions:- Questions
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writing:- Finish writing final copy of information book
sight words:- when, their, her
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math:- Finish Chap. 9 - Sorting
- sort by shape - sort by count - assessment |
social studies:- Needs and Wants
- Sorting needs and wants - Assessment |
week of March 21st |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Ee
- Review initial, medial and final sounds conventions:- Pronouns I and me
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writing:- Work on information books
sight words:- him, them, more, would
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math:- Chap. 9 - Sorting
- Alike and Differnt - Problem Solving - Sort by Size - Check my Progress |
social studies:- Needs and Wants
- difference between a need and a want |
Week of March 14th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Ee
conventions:- Capital Letters and periods
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writing:- Rough draft of information book
Sight words:- here, go, from, other
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math:- Finish Chap. 8 - measurement
- describe length, height, weight - compare capacity - Assessment - St. Patrick's day math fun |
social studies:- Geography
- Maps - Assessment |
week of March 7th |
Book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Gg
conventions:- Telling Sentences
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writing:- work on information books
sight words:- went, your, each, how
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math:- Chap. 8 - Measurement
- Compare length - Compare height - Compare weight - Check my progress |
social studies:- Geography
- maps - finding our location in the world |
week of feb. 29th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- consonant blends with l, r, t, p
- initial and final consonant blends conventions:- Complete sentences
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writing:- information writing
- use outlines to write complete sentences sight words:- one, two, three, four, five
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math:- finish unit on place value
- Place value assessment - Begin chapter 8 - measurement - compare height and length |
social studies:- Learn about the Earth
- use the globe - discuss where we live - look at maps - Begin project about where we live from house to Earth |
week of Feb. 22nd |
book of the Week: |
Phonics:
- Letter Ll
- initial and final /l/ conventions:- Action parts in sentences
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writing:- Continue working on information writing
- practice writing facts in outlines Sight Words:- our, there, well, use
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Math:- Place value
- numbers 16 - 19 - use base ten blocks to show numbers 11 - 19 |
social studies:- begin geography
- discuss our community and complete graphic organizer |
week of feb. 8th and 15th- 100th day of school
- Valentine's Day - Jump Rope for Heart |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Hh
- Review Oo - initial sound /h/ conventions:- Naming parts in sentences
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Writing:- Continue working on information writing
- practice writing facts in outlines sight words:- are, that, do, were
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Math:- subtraction assessment
- Begin place value with numbers 11- 19 - make and take apart 11 - 15 |
Social studies:- Timeline projects
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Week of Feb. 1st |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Oo
- initial and medial sound /o/ conventions:- Sentences
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Writing:- Begin learning about information writing
- Use facts to fill in outline about an animal sight words:- into, new, want, how
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math:- subtraction
- subtract to take apart ten - subtract using a number line - subtraction story problems |
social studies:- historical narratives
- time - in relation to past, present and future |
Week of Jan. 25th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Oo
- Initial and medial sound /o/ - review /f/ conventions:- Verbs for now and the future
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writing:- Using sentence starters to write sentences on a given topic
- Building sentences - Real or nonsense words sight words:- they, you, of
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math:- Begin subtraction
- Learn about the minus sign and equal sign - Use objects to subtract |
Social studies:- Learn about the past, present and future
- Social Studies Weekly readers - Timelines |
week of Jan. 18th |
book of the week: |
Phonics:- Letter Ff
- Beg. and ending sounds - NWEA assessment Conventions:Verbs that add - s
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Writing:- Using sentence starters to write sentences on your own about a given topic.
Sight words:- came, who, too, by
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Math:- Addition
- Add to make 10 - Adding on a numberline - Story problems - Addition Assessment - Mad minutes |
science:- Finish unit on Force and Motion
- Force and Motion Assessment |
week of jan. 11th |
book of the week: |
Phonics:- Letters Dd, Kk
- Beg. and ending sounds - DIBELS assessments - marking period assessments conventions:- Verbs
- add 's' |
writing:- Journal writing
- Work on sentence starters sight words:- see, look, but, if
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math:- addition
- How many in all - add to make 10 - using a number line - addition story problems - mad minutes |
science:- Force and motion
- gravity - how weight affects the amount of force - position words |
week of Jan. 4th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Rr
- initial /r/ - review /n/ and /b/ conventions:- Verbs for Now and the Past
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Writing:- Winter class book
- Building sentences - Snowflake writing prompt sight words:- find, make, help, or
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Math:- Begin Chap. 5 - Addition
- Begin practicing addition facts - Begin Mad Minutes - Addition flashcards sent home |
Science:- Force and Motion Unit
- Explore push and pull |
week of dec. 7th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- review Ii, Cc
- medial and final sounds - blending sounds to make words conventions:- adjectives
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writing:- Holiday writing
- write about snowflakes, Santa and Christmas Trees sight words:- now, be, his, an
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math:- Make and take apart #8-10
- Check my progress quiz |
Science:- investigate force and motion by investigating a variety of balls and how they move
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week of Nov. 30th |
Book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Ii
- Blending sounds - Using /i/ in medial sound in words when reading and writing conventions:- adjectives
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writing:- Journal - completing a sentence by sounding out the words
sight words:- he, for, so, this
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math:- Began Chap. 4
- Make and take apart numbers 4 - 7 |
Science:- Began unit on Force and Motion
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Week of nov. 23rd |
Book of the Week:- A variety of Thanksgiving themed books
- Weekly Reader and Social Studies Weekly on the First Thanksgiving |
Phonics:- Thanksgiving activities
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Writing:- We Give Thanks book
Sight Words:No new words this week
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Math:- review #'s 10 - 20
- Assessment over numbers 10 - 20 |
Science:- Sense of Taste
- Five Senses Assessment |
week of nov. 16th |
Book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Cc
- Beginning and ending sound /k/ - Blending sounds conventions:- adjectives for size, numbers, colors and shapes
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writing:- Journal writing
- dictated sentences - Building Sentences sight words:- all, did, will, out
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Math:- Problem solving lesson
- Check My Progress Quiz - counting by one's to 50 & 100 - counting by 10's to 100 |
science:- Sense of touch
- Sense of smell - Sense of taste |
week of nov. 9th |
book of the week: |
phonics:- Letter Pp
- Beginning and ending sound /p/ - Blending words - Sounding out and writing the sounds in words conventions:- adjectives
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writing:- Journal writing
- working on writing sentences using spaces - Building sentences - putting words in order to make sense Sight words:my, like, we, not
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Math:- numbers 18 - 20
- Check my Progress Quiz |
science:- Sense of Hearing
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week of nov. 2nd |
book of the week: |
Phonics:- Letter Ss
- Beginning and ending sound /s/ - Blending words - discriminate sounds conventions:- Proper Nouns
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Writing:- Letter writing assessment
- Journal writing - Building sentences - Class Books: - Fall is . . . - Halloween book Sight words:- as, had, yes, no
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Math:
- numbers 11 - 17
- recognizing and writing them - comparing them |
Science:- Five senses
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Week of
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Book of the Week: |
Phonics:- Letter Aa
- Initial and medial sound /a/ - blending words Conventions:- Nouns for more than one
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Writing:- Journal writing
Sight words:- is, have, up, play
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Math:- Finish up chapter on numbers 0 - 10
- Take assessment |
Science:- Weekly Readers:
- Bats - Pumpkins - Autumn |
Week of
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Book of the week: |
Phonics:- Letter Mm
- sound /m/ - beginning & ending sounds /m/ |
Writing:- begin journals
- work on sentences Sight Words:- a, to, white, orange
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Math:- Check My Progress Quiz
- number 10 - comparing numbers 0 - 10 - writing numbers 0 - 10 |
Social Studies:- Fire Safety
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Week of Oct. 5th |
Book of the Week: |
Phonics:- Beginning sounds
- Review syllables - Review rhyming - Onset & Rime - Letters Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz |
Writing:- writing activities practicing the words "the"
Sight Words:- it, in, on, brown
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Math:- Chapter 1 Math Assessment
- Begin Chapter 2 - Numbers 6 - 10 |
Social Studies:- Rules and Fair Ways Assessment
- Begin learning about Fire Safety |
Week of Sept. 28th |
Book of the week: |
Phonics:- Beginning Sounds
- Letters Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss |
Writing:- Class books:
* Willaby Wallaby Woo * Independence * The Silly Spider - Monthly Name and Portrait Book Sight Words:- the, big, little, black
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Math:- finish Chapter 1
- numbers 0 - 5 - practice writing numbers, counting, and comparing numbers |
Social Studies:- Rules and fair play
* We have rules: - to be fair - to be kind - to be safe |
Week of SEpt. 21st |
Book of the weeK: |
phonics:- Syllables
- Letters Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn - NWEA assessment |
Writing:- Sight word book using word "red"
- I See My Friends class book sight words:- green, yellow, pink, purple
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math:- comparing numbers 0 - 5
- learn about greater than and less than - Check my Progress quiz - NWEA assessment |
social studies:- learning about how to be a good friend
- rules: why we have them - to stay safe - to be fair - to be kind |
WEEK OF SEPT. 14TH |
BOOK OF THE WEEK: |
pHONICS:- Rhyming
- Letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd and Ee Conventions:- Saying your name
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WRITING:- Name writing practice
- Class books - Learning to write the letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, and Ee SIGHT WORDS:I, am, red, blue
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Math:- Numbers 0 - 5
- reading and writing the numbers - Check my Progress |
Social Studies:- All About Me poster presentations
- Learning about how to be good friends |