Week of January 9 - 13
Monday
We listened to the book, The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats. Next, we used
developmental spelling and sight words to write about what we like to do on
a snowy day. We had fun reviewing numbers, sets and words by playing the
“Number Hokey Pokey.” We practiced reading using expression in our voices.
After listening the book, Wimberly’s Ice Cream Star, by Kevin Henkes, we
tried to decide how the author might have gotten the idea for his story.
Tuesday
We listened to the story, The Biggest Best Snowman Ever, by Margery Cuyler and then
discsussed all the parts of building a snowman. We created our own pattern book to add to our
reading bags.Looking at the punctuation helps us to know how to use our voice when reading.
In math, we continue to work with identifying numbers, number words and sets 0-9. When
writing, we are trying to zoom into a small moment while writing just like Kevin Henkes did in his
story, Sheila Ray’s Peppermint Stick.
Wednesday
We continued to talk about winter and snow after listening to the story, Sadie and the
Snowman, by Allen Morgan. We found and highlighted sight words in our snowman pattern
books including the new word “here.” We practiced reading books with expression to our
partners. We practiced writing numbers 1 – 10 in our handwriting books. The books, Hop!
Pop! Plop!, by Corey Rosen and What’s Your Sound Hound?, by Mo Willems help show us
that sounds can enhance our writing.
Thursday
We watched to the video, The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss. In the story, the
Sneetches without belly stars are treated differently then the Sneetches
with belly stars. We tried this experiment in our own class and discussed
how each group felt. It was a simplistic way to begin a discussion of
prejudice at this age level. It is the 80 th day of school. We bundled
groups of tens and exchanged coins to match our 80 th day. We wrote about
Zero Hero’s favorite place to go! The book, Rhyming Dust Bunnies, by Jan
Thomas showed us how we can use speech bubbles in our writing.
Friday
This week we practice capital “Y” in its proper formation. We listened to the poem,
“Dr. King” and the book, A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr., by David Adler.
We used our handprint to create a dove to represent the “PEACE”, that MLK
dreamed of having in our world. Readers remember to use cross-checking
techniques to figure out tricky words. We practiced identifying numbers
1-20 while completing a dot-to-dot of Dr. Martin Luther King. We had a warm
winter treat of hot chocolate.