April 30 Thursday

Good morning!! Thank you for all the beautiful signs and posters you made for me yesterday!! You all made me feel so special!!

I am the luckiest teacher in the world because you are my students!!!

Please email me by 10:00 AM so I can take and submit attendance.

Let’s begin our day with prayer. Please say a decade of the Rosary. If you have rosary beads you can use them.

Think about the joyful events in Mary’s life.

·       When the angel came and told Mary she was going to have Jesus

·       When Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth

·       When Jesus was born

·       When Mary and Joseph brought baby Jesus to the temple (a temple is type of church)

·       When Mary and Joseph search for 12 year old Jesus and found him in the temple

If you have any special intentions please follow with the Glory Be to the Father. (You may want to say a special prayer for the bankers, food store workers, and bus drivers.)

Today there are several visual lessons:

*one with me at 10:30 for Math  

*one with Ms. J. at 11:30  

*one small group with me to do some extra coin counting at 2:00.

We will see a lot of each other today!!

PHONICS       Color by Vowel Sound Sheet

(I am going to suggest words for each vowel sound for you to review. These words are not on the paper but they rhyme with the words on the paper. 

Discuss the word families and try to think of other words in the family.)

*review short ă sound like in apple (cat, rag, tap)

·       -at family

·       -ag family

·       -ap family

*review long ā sound like in ape (game, cave, race)

·       -ame family

·       -ave family

·       -ace family

*review short ĕ sound like in egg (den, fed, met)

·       -en, family

·       -ed family

·       -et family

*review long ē sound like in ear (feed, lean)

·       -eed family

·       -ean family

*read directions for Color By Vowel Sound Sheet

*at the top of the page have your child color the directions:

·       the words ‘short a’ and the crayon-brown

·       the words ‘short e’ and the crayon-yellow

·       the words ‘long a’ and the crayon-orange

·       the words ‘long e’ and the crayon-black

*have your child read each word and decide what vowel sound they hear and then color that space using the correct color (they can work on this independently or with you)

***Please send me a picture of Color by Vowel Sound paper.***

READING

This is our last book in our Unit-Living and Working Together in a Community.

*please fill in the small anchor chart

Title: Mama Panya’s Pancakes

Author: Mary and Rich Chamerlin

Illustrator: Julia Cairns

Ask to double check they remember:

                ‘What does the title tell us?’

                        (tells us what the book is about)

                ‘What does the author do?’

                        (writes the words)

                ‘What does the illustrator do?’

                        (draws the pictures)

*discuss vocabulary

dousing-(putting out a fire with water or dirt)

stretch-(to make something bigger or greater)

blurted-(to say something quickly without thinking)

quickened-(to more faster)

whisking-(to move quickly and suddenly)

*watch and listen to Mama Panya’s Pancakes on youtube.com

(there is one version that includes extra information not just the story)

Ask:         ‘Why do you think Adika says: I’m one step ahead of you Mama?’  (Adika is ready to go even before Mama reminds him.)

                ‘What do you notice about these words Mama says to Mzee Odoto: Habari za a subuni?’ (they are words in another language called Kiswahili---they mean ‘what’s new this morning’) do you know how to say ‘What’s new’ or ‘what’s happening’ in another language?

                ‘Why do you think Mam is worrying about Adika inviting more people?’ (she only has enough money to buy a certain amount of flour and she may not be able to make enough food for everyone invited)

                ‘Why did Bwana Zaweena (the lady selling flour) put an extra cup of flour onto the paper?’ (because Adika invited her to come have pancakes)

                ‘Why do you think the guests have brought milk, butter, fish, and plantains?’ (these were things the guests had and they would go with pancakes)

                ‘Was Mam right to worry about not having enough food for all the guests? Why or why not?’

Recess-eat-play- don’t get wet

SPELLING

*write sentences for words 6-10, study words for test tomorrow

MATH

*please have a copy of the Let’s Count Coins paper page 51 I emailed, 10

dimes, 6 nickels, and 10 pennies; red, blue, and brown markers or

crayons, and a pencil and eraser

*please sign in at 10:25ish so we are ready to go at 10:30

See you then!!

Ms. J.

*please have the feelings thermometer and zones of regulation

assessment paper (you printed them out last week), a pencil and eraser

*please sign in at 11:25ish so we are ready to go at 11:30

See you again!!

Lunchtime-eat-play-get some fresh air

PHONICS

*read word list U3-L13.2

COMPUTER/LIBRARY

We have computer/library class today at 1:20 with Ms. Brewer. Please

check her blog for her lesson.

RELIGION   God Is Always Ready to Forgive Us

Page 222

*pray the We Gather prayer together, read the story, and discuss what

Tony should do next

*read the We Believe section together

Page 223

*read and answer the We Respond

*sing Child of God on youtube.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDC8x3fEBT8

Page 224 We Celebrate God’s Forgiveness

*pray the We Gather prayer and discuss question

*We Believe-review story of Prodigal Son-he said he was sorry to his

father and his father loved him and forgave him. Then they had a

celebration

*read and discuss the We Believe section on page 224 and 225

*discuss the photos that tell about the Sacrament of Penance and

Reconciliation (remind them that we talked about the 7 special

Sacraments that Jesus gave us)

·       1^st picture-the priest welcomes the child

·       2^nd picture-the priest and the child are talking

·       3^rd picture-the priest is sharing God’s forgiveness with the child

*read key word

*read and answer the question in the We Respond section

*read the As Catholics…box

Ask:         ‘When can we ask God for forgiveness?’ (always)

                ‘What is the sacrament of Penance?’ (the sacrament in which    

                we receive and celebrate God’s forgiveness)

SMALL GROUP LESSON

*extra practice counting coins

*please have your coins, blue and red markers, and a pencil and eraser

*everyone who is not coming to the meeting can relax and read a book for 5-10 minutes (I have noticed how many people have been reading on epic! or have sent me pictures of or the titles of their books. I am so proud of you!! Keep up the terrific reading!!)

Everybody have a wonderful afternoon. See you tomorrow at Mass. Bring your singing voice!

Remember even though we are apart, we are united in prayer!