Calendar -Discussed 'Earth Day' and read 'Our Beautiful Home' and looked at pictures on Google of earth from outer space - Who else lives on our planet besides humans - how do we share the planet with other creatures - introduce 'endangered' and why some animals are endangered - how can we help them? Created math addition/subtraction stories with cars. Introduced plus,minus, and equal signs and how to write a math story as an equation. Individual work folders. Everyone read their individual word lists to me. Completed watercolor paintings on canvas.
Calendar - reviewed days of week and months of the year. Introduced individual work folders - they all loved these and worked well independently. Anna/Quinn read 'Flit the Bug'. Stephen/Oliver - reviewed initial sounds of c.o.g and read nonsense words. Reviewed geometric shapes - worksheet matching object to shape. Used plastic monkeys and frogs to create addition/subtraction problems - used number lines to represent each problem. Discussed the earth - reviewed what it is made of - are these man-made or natural? What happens to natural materials when we discard them? what about manmade materials - how can we help the planet by recycling and re-using materials?
Calendar-Discussed Earth Day. Reviewed printing 1-7 on primary paper - introduced '8'. Geometry - reviewed circle, square, triangle, rectangle ....introduced sphere, cone, cube and cylinder. Oliver/Stephen-initial sounds - blending two sound-reading nonsense words. Quinn/Anna- reviewed sight words - reading sentences worksheet - Quinn read Lippincott book 8 - Anna read wright books 10 and 13. Started a new Chia Pet so Oliver and Stephen can see it grow. Science: introduced 'Our Earth, Our Home' - What the earth is made of - rock,soil, water, gases.
. Calendar, Printing 6 and 7 on primary paper. Anna/Quinn reviewed sight words, 'of'' and 'off' - worksheet choosing which one to compete a phrase. introduced 'of' and 'off'. They both read "I can Read' on starfall.com. Oliver/Stephen: reviewed blending two letters to form nonsense words, introduced listening for final sound in a cvc word. Math: two-step patterns Harcourt
worksheet and Envision worksheet. Science : Matter - sorted objects by materials - then identified which groups were natural raw material and which were man-made processed material. Painting: Oliver and Quinn watercolor on canvas. Introduced new board game:'Trouble'.
I. Morning routine
II Take out mallets and travel
III practice saying clothing and expressions Hace cal or (it is hot) and Hace Frio (it is cold)
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
The students did a good job today. We have not had Spanish for 5 weeks due to spring break and my absences. They had a hard time recalling the vocabulary but we practiced it over and over. They were very excited to travel.
