Dear Family,

Congratulations to our November Student of the Month -- Skylar Magee

We are in desperate need of pencils. Make sure that your child has some. Thanks!

          Please call on me anytime that you have a concern about something that is going on in the classroom. I welcome your visits/phone calls/e-mails/texts/ and notes. Refer to the contact sheet sent home in your child's binder or e-mail me using the link above at this site.

       I hope that my lesson plans being on-line will help you assist your child at home with school assignments. Remember our school motto: Learning Takes Three: Parent, Teacher, and Me (student).  The purpose for placing my plans on-line is for you to be better informed. Also, I want you to see what goes on in the classroom so you can help carry over the learning in your home.

       Reading and math homework will be given every night. If the homework schedule changes, I will let you know with a note in the homework notebook. I will also post it on this site. Your child should bring home two items every night: his/her reader and class binder. Please initial the homework form every night telling me that your child read for at least twenty minutes at home. Each night your child will have Phonics and Math for homework in addition to the reading for 20 minutes.

Daily Schedule 

7:45 - 8:00 Morning Work (editing from the board or journal writing) (Bathroom Break)

8:00 - 8:15 Roll Call, Lunch Count, Pledge, Bible Story

8:15 - 9:30 Reading (Phonics), Spelling, and Handwriting

9:30 - 9:45 Bathroom break.

9:45 - 10:30 Activity Time (Check the Activity Calendar in the binder to see the specific activity daily.)

10:30 - 11:15 Reading Comprehension (Bathroom Break)

11:15 - 11:45 Lunch

11:45 - 12:15 Reading Comprehension/S.S., Science

12:15 - 1:00 Language

1:00 - 2:00 Math (Bathroom Break)

2:00 - 2:30 Recess

2:30 - 2:45 Shared Reading from the Teacher

2:45 - 3:00 - Pack and go home (Bathroom Break)

Phonics/Reading

Monday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 56 - Ghost Lettter Digraphs gn, kn, wr;   Students will use word recognition skills Obj. 1b, DOK 2.

Tuesday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 57 - Diphthong ou; Digraph ou; DOK 1. Students will analyze to understand unfamiliar words (Obj. 1d, DOK 2).

Wednesday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 58 - Diphthong ow; Digraph ow; Obj. 1c, DOK 2.

Thursday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 59 - Suffixes -er, -est, -y; Obj. 1e,. DOK 2.

Friday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 60 - Assessment

  Spelling

hiss     when     while     whisper     craft     yell    slick    sort    March    stuck    the     thorn    squid    scarf    shark    skin    blond    which    kept    white

The thunder woke me up.

The grill was made with red bricks.

Academic Vocabulary words- present tense and estimate.

The spelling words will come from the phonic lessons. Students will be given a test on Thursday. If a student scores 100, then the student's score will count as a Friday test grade and the student will not have to repeat the test on Friday. There will only be one test given this week since we will be out Friday.

Monday - Copy and discuss the words.

Tuesday - Use some of the spelling words in oral sentences. Read the words out loud in pairs (DOK 2). Write each of the words three times each. Discuss the words orally with the various meanings (DOK 2).

Wednesday- Write sentences with the words and share with classmates (DOK 2).

Thursday - Take a practice test (DOK 1).

Friday - Take the real spelling test.

 
  
  Reading

Story "Best Wishes Ed"

Story Vocabulary

climbed - moved upward or over, across, or through something

couple - two things that are the same or go together in some way

half - either of two equal parts

message - information sent to someone

drifted - floated

noticed - pay attention to

Monday - Read Aloud: Poem, 290E "Penguins". Develop Phonological Awareness 290F, Introduce /er/ using page 290G-290H. Use teaching chart 78. Introduce the story "Best Wishes,Ed" along with the new vocabulary in context using teaching chart 79. Complete practice pages 93 and 94. (DOK 2). Listen to the story on CD and discuss the story.

Tuesday - Build Background, 292A, Develop Oral Language. Review the vocabulary words. Read and discuss the story in groups. Answer the story questions aloud on page 316. Complete story comprehension page 95. Introduce Reading an Encyclopedia using textbook page 318. Complete practice page 96. (DOK 2). Read the story on the practice sheet page and color the pictures.  Review /er/ using teaching chart 81 and an extra handout from the teacher. Complete practice page 97 and the work on the board. 

Wednesday - Review the vocabulary words. Read and discuss the story in groups. Review er, en, le and Silent Letters using teaching chart  82. Complete practice page 98.  Read the Leveled books. Introduce Cause and Effect using teaching chart 83. Complete practice page 99. (DOK 2)

Thursday - Review the vocabulary words. Read the story as partners. Write sentences using the vocabulary words. Review Context Clues using teaching chart 84. Complete practice page 100.  Also complete the reteach sheets for this story.

Friday - Story Test on "Best Wishes, Ed". Watch Reading Rainbow if time allows. (DOK 2).

Academic Vocabulary Lesson: Review the words present tense and estimate. Use all six steps throughout the week.

 Language

Monday - Review identifying common nouns. Review making nouns plural and capitalizing Proper Nouns. Review Singular Possessive Nouns. Review Plural Possessive Nouns. Review identifying the complete subject and complete predicate of sentences. Review Action Verbs. Introduce Present Tense Verbs along with Subject/Verb Agreement.  Continue the study of homophones.

Tuesday - Review making nouns plural. Review Proper Nouns. Complete an assignment on the board making singular nouns possessive. Obj. 4c.1, DOK 2. Practice making nouns plural and then possessive. Continue the study of identifying action verbs in the predicate of sentences. Practice at the board. Continue the study of homophones. Review synonyms and antonyms. Continue Subject/Verb Agreement.

Wednesday - Review making nouns possessive. Review Proper Nouns using the board Practice making nouns plural and then possessive. Continue the study of identifying the action verbs in sentences. Continue Subject/Verb Agreement. Continue the study of homophones. Review synonyms and antonyms.

Thursday - Take a grade on Subject/Verb Agreement in sentences. Practice using homophones and take a grade on correctly using homophones. Review synonyms and antonyms.

Friday  - Complete an assignment on Subject/Verb Agreement.