Continuing Ancient Civilizations charts. Marcos will now only include 3-4 bullet points per box and use the packet given. We will then begin to review for his first test.
This morning we expanded on our studies of being a good citizen. We worked in our FL Studies Weekly packet on the topic. The content primarily focused on honesty, secrets (for example secrets are good when not spoiling a surprise, but if something bad has occurred, it is not good to keep it secret), privacy, bullies, good sportsmanship, and the importance of telling an adult when something negative has happened. We discussed the concept of privacy with various examples. It would be beneficial to reinforce this concept at home, particularly when discussing not sharing information with strangers. Danny scored a 3/3 on the follow-up assessment. Our packet also includes a literacy connection. Today we examined sentences based on our packet and determined if they needed a period (telling sentence) or a question mark (asking sentence). Additionally, in the packet, Danny sequenced pictures, found the starting letter for four pictures to then make the word “good”. He searched the text on page 1 to see how many times he could find “good”.
We read the book, Franklin Fibs by Paulette Bourgeois. In this story, young Franklin the turtle, tells his friends that he can do something that he really can't do. As they are expecting him to back up his statement by proving it, he starts to not feel well. He loses his appetite and feels sick as he's dealing with this fib. He finally admits his lie to his friends and feels much better with the resolution. Danny and I discussed Franklin's actions and discussed his choices and what he should do throughout the story. We then worked in his interactive notebook on a new section entitled, Being a Good Citizen. He worked on the flip picture tab for "honesty". We colored the pictures, using realistic colors, and Danny wrote the sentence, “Always tell the truth.” We will continue to discuss characteristics that make a good citizen.
Today we read a book by Ellen Javernick entitled, What If Everybody Did That? In this story, we see examples of people breaking simple rules and feeling that it is no big deal as it is just one little thing. The author then expands the perspective to consider what would happen to people and our world if everyone broke these simple little rules. This included concepts such as feeding an animal at the zoo one little piece of popcorn, even though the sign says not to feed him or if everyone yelled out during story time. We then worked in Danny's interactive notebook examining rules in the community. Danny and I discussed various rules to keep our community safe and nice. He chose to write the rules: 1. Do not drive too fast. 2. Do not throw garbage. 3. Do not feed the zoo animals. 4. Do not steal things. We discussed the consequences of these actions. To follow up, we completed a picture sort of positive and negative behaviors and discussed what the kids were doing in each picture. Our vocabulary focus for our current studies is on two words: community (a place where people, live, work, and play) and citizen (a person who lives in a community and has certain rights and duties). Finally, we watched a Pebble Go digital emergent reader called, In My Neighborhood. We saw various types of neighborhoods and how people work and play together.
Marcos is continuing to work on creating a SPICE chart for each of the early civilizations. Outcomes: Identify and define the world’s earliest civilizations. Identify, describe, and compare/contrast the first advanced civilizations in the world.
This assessment will be completed this week.
Marcos is currently working on creating a SPICE chart for each of the early civilizations.
Outcomes:
Identify and define the world’s earliest civilizations.
Identify, describe, and compare/contrast the first advanced civilizations in the world.
In Social Studies today, we read our Florida Studies Weekly packet about Rules. We learned that rules make things fair for everyone. We have responsibilities at home and school. Grown-ups have the responsibility to care for their children. On the activity page, we matched the starting letter sounds of pictures to spell out the word “rules”. Danny also matched the person to their job. Danny scored 4/4 on his follow up assessment. We watched the Brain Pop Jr. learning video about Rights and Responsibilities. The video explained that we are citizens, which are members of a group or community. We have the responsibility to obey laws and follow rules. Next, we continued our interactive notebook and Danny wrote three more school rules. We worked hard to sound out the letters needed to spell the words. He wrote: no running, no cutting in line, and no pushing. In our FL Studies Weekly packet, Danny was tasked with writing three of his favorite things about school. Finally, we read a cute fiction selection entitled, Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon. We watched how this furry white dog attempts to follow rules and be safe.
This morning, we continued learning about rules, safety, and being a good student. We started with a RAZ Kid reader entitled: Safe, Not Safe. Danny first listened to the one-sentence pages and then we read the pages together. This book gave us examples of safe and unsafe situations in similar settings. For example, a safe street for kids to play (with no traffic) and an unsafe street (with lots of cars). We discussed why each was safe and not.
Next, we watched a Brain Pop Jr learning video entitled, School. In this video, Annie and Moby explained that we have rules at home and school to help keep us safe and respect others. A community is comprised of a group of people working together. A school is a community. Danny scored 4/4 on the modified follow up easy quiz. Additionally, we started our Florida Studies Weekly social studies curriculum program. Our first booklet, Welcome to First Grade, gave us a quick overview of school with the pledge, reminders on working with others, and a review of the American flag. We had fun finding the picture that doesn't belong (school and playground items) as well as a color by number of the American flag on the activities page. He scored a 4/4 on the follow up assessment. We enjoyed two books about the precocious young boy David in No David! and David Goes to School by David Shannon. In these fiction texts, we see funny little David breaking rules and being unsafe. We discussed his choices and what would have been better choices. David always receives love and praise from his mom and teachers after his crazy naughty adventures! Finally, we continued in the interactive notebook that we are creating by beginning to write about "rules at school ". We cut and colored our display window and Danny wrote the first of his four school rules. He decided on, "no chewing gum" as his first rule.
This morning we reviewed the topic of safety by discussing our book from yesterday, Officer Buckle and Gloria. We read, The Berenstain Bears: Safe and Sound by Jan and Mike Berenstain to add further thoughts on the topic. In this selection, the bears don’t want to wear their safety equipment when skateboarding because it isn’t comfortable and some of the other kids aren’t wearing gear. However, one of the other children are injured from falling and the bears see how important wearing the safety gear truly is. We then completed a follow-up activity to see the cause and effect of unsafe behaviors. Next, we read, David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon. In this selection, precocious little David gets in lots of trouble at home by not following the rules. In follow up, Danny and I began his year-long interactive social studies notebook. He decorated the cover and we started the first page, “Rules Keep Me Safe”. We then focused on rules at home. Danny and I discussed for good rules for in the home. He copied the words to write them on the flip pages for his book. His rules are: 1. Never run in the house. 2. No fighting. 3. Share my toys. 4. Say please and thank you. He colored all relevant pieces to help make our notebook look nice. Finally, we watched a Brain Pop Jr. learning video about Safety Signs. These showed us that signs use words and symbols to share information to keep us safe. These include things such as crosswalks and wet floors. We learned that colors are used as well, such as red warns us to stop or be ready to stop. Yellow warns us of special areas and the need for caution. Orange and black signs warn of us construction areas. Danny did a nice job on the follow-up easy quiz in which text answers were offered in two choices, while pictorial responses were in a field of four. He scored 5/5 on the quiz.
This morning we began with our review of the calendar. We hung a new calendar in his room and reviewed the months of the year, days of the week, and yesterday/today/tomorrow. We then moved into our social studies curriculum by discussing community helpers and safety through integrated language arts activities. We read the fiction book, Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann. In this adorable story, Officer Buckle shares safety tips at local schools. A new police dog, Gloria joins him and livens up his speeches by doing tricks while he speaks. At first, Officer Buckle doesn't like that she does this, but he comes to realize that they make a great team. Throughout the story, we made predictions about upcoming events, analyzed the actions of the characters through what they said and the illustrations, and discussed vocabulary. We then completed several activities related to the book. In the first, we answered questions to evaluate recall of the story. Danny and I discussed the events and sounded out the words to provide written responses. Next, we recalled the story by sequencing six pictures into the proper chronological order of the story. Finally, we completed a Venn Diagram to compare facts about the characters Gloria (the dog), Officer Buckle, or if the fact applied to both. Danny did an excellent job with recall of the story events! We reviewed that Officer Buckle and Gloria are community helpers that help keep us safe. Additionally, we discussed various safety tips presented in the book that also keep us safe.
