TUESDAY, MARCH 24th
Good Morning! I see 9 students online already this morning! I will be giving lots of Dojo points.
PHONICS: Check my website for word lists. Click on PHONICS WEEKK 2. We are on day 2. Students should review words from day 1 also. Remember to highlight or underline the base word (root word). Refer to the "frieze card" document for multiple examples. Students can add day 2 words to their charts they are making. There is also a "sight words to remember" document with words for students to practice spelling. These don't match the rule for this week, but are important to know how to spell. There are three passages to choose from: passage 1, passage 2, or passage 3. It doesn't matter which order students read the passages in. They can choose one to read each day and find the words that match the patter of adding -ed and -ing. Students should add any new words found to their word chart in three forms: base word, base word +ed, and base word +ing. It looks just like the chart from the "frieze card" and a I posted a sample yesterday.
READING: Our read aloud book today will be "Diary of a SPIDER." You can access this audio book by going to Cobb Digital Library through Clever. Type the title into the search bar. The book will appear through Tumble Books. Just press play video. If you are unable to access the book through Cobb Digital Library, there is also a read aloud of the book here:
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html
Our focus this week will be on Cause and Effect. I've posted practice sheets (with answer key) under the READING week 2 tab on my blog. After reading "Diary of a Spider" students should try to write ONE cause and effect sentence on their own.
Continue to try to complete one episode of Headsprout each day and then use the remainder of the thirty minutes to work on RazKids Level Up. Don't forget independent reading! In class we find a comfortable spot and students choose a stuffed animal as their reading buddy to read with/to. Hopefully students can find a cozy corner and a reading buddy at home.
WRITING: Students should still be choosing one topic each day from the writing choice boards. This week we will be reviewing Narrative Writing. I will post samples on the website.
After Language Arts (phonics, reading, writing), this is a good time for a brain break!
MATH: This quarter we begin a new unit on Geometry. I have added new Geometry lessons on Zearn as well as Freckle. In your student math book, the Geometry unit begins in Chapter 12, lesson 2. A good resource to go along with the Geometry unit is https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps (Access through Clever and use the "Geoboard" and "Pattern Shapes" apps.
If you didn't get a chance to read "The Greedy Triangle yesterday, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xm3McQ6upw
After reading this book, students can practice making triangle on the Geoboard app. Follow the link above from www.mathlearningcenter.org
I have also added a Geometry folder to the students' mailbox on Epic. Please let me know if you still need help accessing Epic.
WORD PROBLEMS: Students can also practice the word problems posted on my webpage under MATH WEEK 1 and MATH WEEK 2. There are a variety of word problem formats, many with missing addends.
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES:
Please know that we do not do both Science and Social Studies on the same days. It is perfectly fine to alternate subjects. I will post the lessons for the week and students can work at their own pace.
There are also books on Epic in their mailboxes in a folder titled "Life Cycles."
In addition, if you access Cobb Digital Library, click on databases on the left, scroll down until you see a source called "Pebble Go-Animals." There are some great articles about all kinds of animals. This is interactive for students and includes a short, cute video of each animal.
S.S. --If students have completed their lessons on MLK, our next historical figure is Juliette Gordon Low. Students can begin on Week 28.
SCIENCE: Students should continue working on Unit 3 starting at page 107 at their own pace.
Good Morning! I see 9 students online already this morning! I will be giving lots of Dojo points.
PHONICS: Check my website for word lists. Click on PHONICS WEEKK 2. We are on day 2. Students should review words from day 1 also. Remember to highlight or underline the base word (root word). Refer to the "frieze card" document for multiple examples. Students can add day 2 words to their charts they are making. There is also a "sight words to remember" document with words for students to practice spelling. These don't match the rule for this week, but are important to know how to spell. There are three passages to choose from: passage 1, passage 2, or passage 3. It doesn't matter which order students read the passages in. They can choose one to read each day and find the words that match the patter of adding -ed and -ing. Students should add any new words found to their word chart in three forms: base word, base word +ed, and base word +ing. It looks just like the chart from the "frieze card" and a I posted a sample yesterday.
READING: Our read aloud book today will be "Diary of a SPIDER." You can access this audio book by going to Cobb Digital Library through Clever. Type the title into the search bar. The book will appear through Tumble Books. Just press play video. If you are unable to access the book through Cobb Digital Library, there is also a read aloud of the book here:
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html
Our focus this week will be on Cause and Effect. I've posted practice sheets (with answer key) under the READING week 2 tab on my blog. After reading "Diary of a Spider" students should try to write ONE cause and effect sentence on their own.
Continue to try to complete one episode of Headsprout each day and then use the remainder of the thirty minutes to work on RazKids Level Up. Don't forget independent reading! In class we find a comfortable spot and students choose a stuffed animal as their reading buddy to read with/to. Hopefully students can find a cozy corner and a reading buddy at home.
WRITING: Students should still be choosing one topic each day from the writing choice boards. This week we will be reviewing Narrative Writing. I will post samples on the website.
After Language Arts (phonics, reading, writing), this is a good time for a brain break!
MATH: This quarter we begin a new unit on Geometry. I have added new Geometry lessons on Zearn as well as Freckle. In your student math book, the Geometry unit begins in Chapter 12, lesson 2. A good resource to go along with the Geometry unit is https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps (Access through Clever and use the "Geoboard" and "Pattern Shapes" apps.
If you didn't get a chance to read "The Greedy Triangle yesterday, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xm3McQ6upw
After reading this book, students can practice making triangle on the Geoboard app. Follow the link above from www.mathlearningcenter.org
I have also added a Geometry folder to the students' mailbox on Epic. Please let me know if you still need help accessing Epic.
WORD PROBLEMS: Students can also practice the word problems posted on my webpage under MATH WEEK 1 and MATH WEEK 2. There are a variety of word problem formats, many with missing addends.
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES:
Please know that we do not do both Science and Social Studies on the same days. It is perfectly fine to alternate subjects. I will post the lessons for the week and students can work at their own pace.
There are also books on Epic in their mailboxes in a folder titled "Life Cycles."
In addition, if you access Cobb Digital Library, click on databases on the left, scroll down until you see a source called "Pebble Go-Animals." There are some great articles about all kinds of animals. This is interactive for students and includes a short, cute video of each animal.
S.S. --If students have completed their lessons on MLK, our next historical figure is Juliette Gordon Low. Students can begin on Week 28.
SCIENCE: Students should continue working on Unit 3 starting at page 107 at their own pace.