April
8 Wednesday
Good
Morning! Yesterday was another beautiful day! Did you get to play outside? I
hope so!
Let’s
begin our day thanking God for all the beauty around us:
All
things bright and beautiful
All things great and small
All
things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all.
Each
little flower that opens
Each little bird that sings
He
made their glowing colors
He made their tiny wings.
He
gave us eyes to see them
And lips that we might tell
How
great is God Almighty
Who
has made all things well.
Please
say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Please
email me by 10:00 AM so I can take and submit attendance.
We
have Gym Class with Mrs. McFadden at 8:19. Please check her blog for her
lesson.
PHONICS
*box
#3 page 211 Spell It
*say
a word and then have your child write it on a paper or in their Phonics
Notebook
(You don’t have to do all the words on the list, you ask them 5 and
they ask you 5. Have them check to make sure you spell it correctly or ask them
to help you. I would try to use these words:
rain,
say, play, stay, pail, train, chain, wait, day, away)
*tell
your child you will say a word, if the word has a Long ā they should stand up
tall with arms over their head, if the word has short ă they should crouch down
small. Say these words: rain, man, chain, sad, tap, play brain, paid, stay,
wait, bag, tail, pail, fan, ran
Page 217-218 My Big Trip
*rip
out, fold, and cut the book (save with other books in the zip lock bag)
*read
title
*ask
what they think the story will be about
*read
story and then ask these questions:
‘Where did the girl go?’ Point to the country’s
name. (Spain)
‘What did the girl do in Spain? Find the sentences that
tell about this and underline them.’ (I rode on a train; I went to see a
museum; I went to a castle)
‘What problems did the girl have? (paid a lot for the
ride; had to wait in a long line; it rained)
‘Where will the girl go next? (back to Spain)
‘Why do you think this? (it is a fun place)
219
Compound Words
*write
the word raindrop on a paper or whiteboard
*explain
that raindrop is a compound word (a compound word is made up of two smaller
words)
*draw
a line under raindrop
*ask
‘What is a raindrop?’ (drop of rain)
*read
the words in the yellow box (they may need help with foot, tooth, and bow)
*write
the words to make a compound word
*draw
and color a picture of the compound word
Page
220 Read and Write
*read
the three words by each picture
*circle
the word that names the picture
*write
the word on the blank
Take
a quick break.
READING
*please
fill in small anchor chart
Title:
Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing
Author:
Judi Barrett
Illustrator:
Ron Barrett
If
your child needs practice ask:
‘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 words
disastrous-(when
something turns out completely wrong)
unnecessary-(something
you do not need to do or have)
(remind
them the prefix un- means ‘not’, if we think about the word
necessary as something we need, unnecessary is something you do not
need)
*listen and watch book on youtube.com
Ask: ‘What was funny about how the camels
wore the hats?’
(on the humps)
‘Why was the mouse having trouble with her hat?’ (it
was too big)
‘Why would it be hard for a hen to wear pants? (the
egg would not land in her nest)
‘Why did the giraffe look silly?’ (too many ties)
‘Since a walrus spends so much time in the water, what
kind of clothing might be better for him?’ (swim suit)
‘Think of the picture of the elephant and the lady, it
said it might be embarrassing. Who might be embarrassed? Why? (the lady because
an elephant is wearing the same outfit as her)
*continue
filling in the small anchor chart
Genre:
Fiction-Fantasy (animals wearing clothes makes it fantasy)
Problem:
(animals wearing clothing)
Problem
solved: (problem is not solved)
Characters:
(porcupine, camel, snake, mouse, sheep, pig, kangaroo, giraffe, billy goat,
walrus, moose, opossum, elephant, lady) (students do not have to name all)
Noticings:
· book is one long sentence
· print is very large
· story expresses an opinion
· each animal is wearing clothing that will create
a problem for that animal
· it is funny
*discuss
difference between a fact and an opinion
(Ex:
Fact- A dog has 4 legs. Opinion-My dog is the best dog in the world.)
*write
and opinion about whether animals should wear clothing
*use
the book for an idea or come up with their own idea
(Ex:
A hen wearing a hat wouldn’t be a problem, but a hen wearing pants is a
problem)
1-Yes-name and animal that should wear
clothing and then tell
one or two reasons (why) to support
their opinion
or
2-no-name animals that should not wear clothing and
then tell one or two reasons (why not)
to support their opinion
*draw
a picture that supports their opinion by showing a way in which it does or does
not make sense for an animal to wear clothing
***Please send me a picture of their
opinion writing and picture.***
Recess-have
a snack-play-get some fresh air
MATH
Same Shape and Size
*if
you have legos or blocks, give your child some and ask them to sort the blocks
by the same size and shape (not color)
*if
you don’t have blocks or legos, make a some rectangles of three different sizes
(small rectangles/big rectangles) and shapes (flat rectangles/wider rectangles),
ask your child to sort them by the same size and shape
Page
331
*read
information in the blue rope
*questions
#1-2 color two figures with the same size and shape (it is not always the 1st
figure)
*question
#3 discuss
Page
332
*questions
#4-6 draw a figure that is the same size and shape as the first figure (use dots
to help see that it is the same size)
*then
name each figure
*challenge
questions #7-9 add the price of the plane figure to find out how much each cost
(#7 3 + 7 = 10¢; #8 9 +
9 = 18¢; #9 4 + 7 + 9 = 20¢)
**Lesson with Ms. J at 11:30-12:00.**
Please have your bingo board, counters, and
booklet ready for this lesson.
LUNCHTIME-eat-play- get some fresh air
SPELLING
*write
sentences for words 6-10
***Please send me a picture of all 10
sentences.***
RELIGION
*color,
read, trace, and staple together Holy Thursday booklet
(They
do not need to finish all the coloring today)
*if
you have a children’s Bible, read about the Last Supper (we celebrate this
tomorrow)
*remind
them that when we are at Mass the priest says and does what Jesus said and did at
the Last Supper (sharing his body and blood with us through the Eucharist)
*discuss
Jesus in the garden and the Disciples falling asleep
*discuss
Judas and his terrible choice to betray Jesus for money, and how Judas was
sorry for what he did, but it was too late
*discuss
how Jesus was arrested even though he didn’t do anything wrong
Make
2 Cards
I
have a special job for you. Some people living in assisted living homes (Remember
we read the book Wifred Gordon McDonald Partridge? Wilfred visited his
friends living in an assisted living home) and right now no one is allowed to
come visit them.
They
are feeling a bit lonely.
It
would be so nice if you could make 2 cards.
We
don’t know the names of the people getting the cards, so we can call them Special Friend
Make
2 cards telling the things like:
Hello
I am thinking of you
Happy Easter
I am praying for you
Or anything you think
will make them happy.
Make
the front of the card look special.
I
will put 2 bags in the brown wooden box by the front door of the Lower School.
One
will say Father Anthony and the other will say Mrs. Valdes. (They are going to
drop them off to the assisted living homes.)
If
you could drop them off by Friday
that would be Terrific!
Thank
you for doing this kind job to help
others, just like Jesus did kind things to help others!
