Quarter 2

Module #4

Look at what we will be learning from

 November 11^th – December 6^th!!!

Readers Workshop

·         Generating questions using the words who, what, where, when, why, and how – Using these questions to clarify meaning

·         Words and their opposites

·         Providing reactions to stories

·         Recognizing the difference between stories and poems

·         Introducing cumulative and circle stories

·         Making predictions using evidence from the text

·         Recognizing and producing rhyming words

·         Comparing and contrasting Jan Brett stories

·         Identifying major events in a story

·         Retell stories with key details using the words beginning, middle, and end

·         Summarizing a story

·         Thinking aloud about characters, setting, and major events

·         Using descriptive (juicy!) words!

·         Using nonfiction books to gather information to answer a question

·         Readers are like Superheroes who use their superpowers (strategies)

Just like superheroes, we use the superpowers below to read :)



o   Superheroes look at pictures to see if the pictures match the words

o   Superheroes use the illustrations make a movie in their mind

o   Superheroes point underneath each word only once, even if the word has more than one syllable

o   Superheroes make sure that we point to each word on the page and that the number of words we say matches the number of words we see (point to)

o   Superheroes read sight words in a snap!

o   Superheroes get our lips ready to say the first sound in a tricky word.  We then check the pictures to see if there is a picture that starts with the same sound.  We then read through the word. 

o   Superheroes think, “What word matches the picture?”

o   Superheroes reread when they are stuck to make meaning.

o   Superheroes look for patterns to read more smoothly. 

o   Superheroes notice when the pattern changes

o   Superheroes re-read books again and again to make it sound smoother each time

o   Superheroes make sure that their voices match what is happening in the story

o   Superheroes make sure our reading sounds like our talking

Our Favorite Books

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

If You Give A … stories by Laura Numeroff

Today is Monday by Eric Carle



I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (and other versions)

The Hat by Jan Brett

Comet’s Nine Lives by Jan Brett

Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett

Honey, Honey Lion by Jan Brett

Hedgie’s Surprise by Jan Brett

Annie and the Wild Animals

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Writers Workshop

·         Using uppercase for the first letter of a name, and lowercase letters for the rest of the word
·         Writing stories using "storytelling" words - words with detail that make the story more exciting

·         Concept of a word (If the word includes 2 or more letters, it has a space after it)
·         Using a checklist to evaluate our writing  
·         Writing a True Story that includes a clear beginning, middle, and end
·         Writing a complete sentence
·         Including a vowel in each word we write
·         Including snappy words in our writing
·         Including motion, emotion, and speech bubbles to make our writing more exciting for others to read

      ·         Going back to re-read our writing to add more sounds & vowels
      ·         Increasing our stamina while writing independently
      ·         Giving our writing partners helpful feedback by providing them with idea to
  make their writing more readable
   

Snappy Words

     the, is, be, yes, play, no

Math

·         Addition Word Story problems
·         Identifying shapes and talking about them
·         Counting by 1s to 100
·         Counting by 10s to 100
·         Writing numbers 0-20
·         Identifying numbers 0-30

Miss G Pictures

Pictures from Quarter 1 in Miss Glodosky's classroom

can be found at my page: 

http://oostburgkindergartenkorner.blogspot.com/p/kristen-glodosky.html

Enjoy!  :)

Quarter 1 Highlights

Quarter 1 Highlights

What a super first quarter!  Students have grown as

 readers and writers tremendously during this time! 

Readers Workshop

Here is a list of what we have been working on:

·         Providing a reaction to a story event using “I think” and “I like/didn’t like…because”

·         Retelling the story in sequence using the words beginning, middle, and end to a partner

·         Retelling key details from a story

·         Discussing what moment in a story an illustration depicts

·         Identifying and producing rhyming words

·         Comparing different fairy tale versions and character traits

·         Making connections to the story, characters, and setting

·         Making a prediction about what will happen next in the story

·         Vocabulary – first thinking aloud about unknown words & possible means, then learning the words, and finally using the new words as we talk with our partners and in our classroom setting

·         Using nonfiction books to find answers to both answer questions & gain information

·         Summarizing stories

·         Discussing multiple meaning of words

·         Close reading passages

·         Print concepts of nonfiction books

o   Using a table of contents

o   Flipping to the glossary to find the definitions of unknown words

o   Finding a chapter within the book to find information to answer a question

·         Identifying capital & lowercase letters and producing letter sounds

·         Practicing identifying and writing kindergarten snappy sight words

·         Reading leveled books independently

·         Using strategies  to decode tricky words

·         Increasing our stamina while reading independently and throughout partner reading

Our Favorite Books

The Three Little Bears

 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

   

The Three Little Pigs

Little Red Riding Hood & Lon Po Po

 

Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book

Clever Jack Takes the Cake

The Apple Pie Tree

Pete's A Pizza

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree

Stellaluna

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

 

Nonfiction bat, spider, and apple books

Snappy Words We Have Learned

I, like, see, a my, am, can, to, me, at, and, go, the, is

Writers Workshop

Here is a list of what we have been working on:

·         Writing Teaching Books

·         Writing True Stories

·         Stretching out words slowly

·         Writing down each sound we hear in a word

·         Writing top to bottom and left to right

·         Labeling our pictures

·         Including Who, What, & Where in our illustrations

·         Including Who, What, & Where in our writing

·         Writing a complete sentence

·         Using finger spaces

·         Including a vowel in each word

·         Including snappy words in our writing

·         Including motion, emotion, and speech bubbles to make our writing more exciting

·         Re-reading our writing to make sure it is easy to read and adding more sounds to our words to make sure others can read it

·         Writing stories using story-telling words

·         Increasing our stamina while writing independently

·         Giving feedback to our writing partners.  We tell our partners our favorite part of their writing and if we have any wonderings about their writing and what they might add to make it easier to read. 

 

        Science/Social Studies

Here is a list of what we have been working on:

Apple Life Cycle

Seasons of the Apple Tree

Our Favorite Apple Treats

Bat Facts & Vocabulary

Spider Facts & Vocabulary

Math

-       Sequencing events, such as the steps to making a pizza

-       Sequencing the life cycle of an apple seed to apple

-       Graphing

-       Shapes

-       Addition word story problems

-       Counting by 1s to 100

-       Counting by 10s to 100

-       Writing numbers 0-20

-       Identifying numbers 0-30

~ The Kindergarten Team ~