May
1 Friday
Good
morning! Happy May Day!
Welcome
to Mary’s Special Month!!
Today
is also the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. (St. Joseph is so special that he
has 2 feast days, today May 1st and March 19th.)
Let’s
begin our day with prayer.
Dear God
Sometimes I have trouble
Doing chores and other jobs
I’m asked to do.
Help me to remember
How St. Joseph
Worked hard each and every day.
Give me the grace
To be a respectful helper
To my family
My community
And the world
Just as St. Joseph did.
Amen.
If
you have any special intentions please finish with the Glory Be to the Father.
(You may want to say a special prayer for all mothers and fathers. They are
working so hard to help you and do lots of work around your home. We should
always be thankful for our Moms and Dads.)
Please
say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Please
email me by 10:00 AM so I can take and submit attendance.
SPELLING
*please
give your child a Spelling Test
1 ink
2 pink
3 drink
4 think
5 thank
6 bank
7 they
8 skunk
9 asked
10
very
Sentence:
The skunk asked to drink pink ink.
***Please send me a picture of your
child’s Spelling Test with the sentence.***
MATH
Monster
Money paper page 50
*count
coins to find out how much money each monster has
*circle
the correct amount
Extra
work for fun: do Brainwork!
*on
the back of your paper draw a monster and give him some coins
(I
draw coins by making a circle and writing the number 10, 5, or 1 on it)
*give
him some coins, count the coins, and write the amount
***Please send me a picture of Monster
Money paper.***
PHONICS
Oral
Blending
*tell
your child they will be blending sounds to make words
*say
these words:
/l/ /ō/ /g/
/l/ /ō/ /g/ /ō/ /l/ /r/ /ō/
(low) (glow) (goal) (row)
/r/
/ō/ /s/ /t/ /k/ /ō/ /ch/ /f/ /l/ /ō/ /f/ /l/ /ō/ /t/
(roast) (coach) (flow) (float)
*review
ō (go)
and ō_e (hope)
*explain
the spellings ōa_ and _ ōw
also say /ō/
*write
these example words and have your child read them: row, goat
Page
239
*have
your child read the rhyme at the top of the page aloud
*point
out ‘o’ has 2 sounds:
short ŏ
like in octopus
short ō
like in ocean
*blend
and read words on page 239
Page
240 High Frequency Words
Read-Spell-Write
*have
your child read each word, spell aloud, write each word 2 times, and say the
letters aloud as they write it
Use
in Context
*have
your child read each sentence
*complete
each sentence with a new high frequency word
(1-more, 2-or, 3-part, 4-people)
Recess-eat-play
READING
*continue
filling in the small anchor chart
Genre:
Fiction-Realistic Fiction
(because the characters, setting, and
events are like people, places, and situations that could happen in real life)
Setting:
(The country of Kenya in Africa)
Problem:
(Adika invites many people to come have pancakes with them, but Mama Panya is
worried there will not be enough food for everyone.)
Problem
Solved: (The guests all bring food to add to the meal.)
*explain
that the story is told in a third-person narrative (that means someone is
telling the story but they are not a character in the story)
*remind
them that we have read stories that are first-person narrative (that is when a
character in the story is telling the story about themselves, they would use
words like I, me, my, or mine) (Green Eggs and Ham is a first-person
narrative)
Ask: ‘Where does the story take place?’ (a
village in Kenya)
‘How is the village where Mama and Adika live similar
to or different from the place where we live?’
‘Why do you think Adika invites so many people over
for pancakes?’ (they are friends and they like pancakes)
‘What kind of person do you think he is?’
‘All through the story Adika says ‘You’ll have a
little bit and a little bit more.’ How does this happen?’
‘What do you think Mama Panya learns at the end of the
story?’
Noticings:
· colorful and detailed full-page illustration
· many repeating patterns in the pictures
· repeating patterns in the words
· author uses Kiswahili names, words, and phrases
· interesting vocabulary words and phrases
douse the fire
stretch the flour
· extra information at the end of the book
· Mama Panya’s pancake recipe is included
(There
is one version of this book on youtube that reads all the extra information. If
your child is interested you can let them watch this version.)
This
is our final book in the Living and Working Together in a Community Unit.
‘How do the people in the community in Mama Panya’s
Pancakes help each other?’
‘What did you learn from each story about how people
in a community treat each other?’
‘How do people in your community treat each other?’
(Remember a community can be the people next door, on
your street, in your town, in your school or church, or they might be somewhere
far away. It is a group of people who make you feel special.)
11:00
Mass
*please
sign in around 10:50ish, so we are ready to begin at 11:00
I
hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
