Dear Family,
OPEN HOUSE --- THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH
Please call on me anytime that you have a concern about something that is going on in the classroom. I welcome your visits/phone calls/e-mails/texts/ and notes. Refer to the contact sheet sent home in your child's binder or e-mail me using the link above at this site.
I hope that my lesson plans being on-line will help you assist your child at home with school assignments. Remember our school motto: Learning Takes Three: Parent, Teacher, and Me (student). The purpose for placing my plans on-line is for you to be better informed. Also, I want you to see what goes on in the classroom so you can help carry over the learning in your home. Extra practice concerning our Saxon program for reading can be found by going to http://www.saxonpub.com.
Reading and math homework will be given every night. If the homework schedule changes, I will let you know with a note in the homework notebook. I will also post it on this site. Your child should bring home two items every night: his/her reader and class binder. Please initial the homework form every night telling me that your child read for at least twenty minutes at home.
Daily Schedule
7:45 - 8:00 Morning Work (editing from the board or journal writing)
8:00 - 8:15 Roll Call, Lunch Count, Pledge
8:15 - 9:30 Reading (Phonics), Spelling, and Handwriting
9:30 - 9:45 Bathroom break.
9:45 - 10:30 Activity Time
Monday - Art;Tuesday - Library;Wednesday - Music;Thursday - P.E.;Friday - P.E.
10:30 - 11:15 Reading Comprehension
11:15 - 11:45 Lunch
11:45 - 12:15 Reading Comprehension/S.S., Science
12:15 - 1:00 Language
1:00 - 2:00 Math
2:00 - 2:30 Recess
2:30 - 2:45 Shared Reading from the Teacher
2:45 - 3:00 - Pack and go home
Phonics/Reading
Monday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 11 - Digraph ck; Comp. 1a, (DOK 2).
Tuesday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 12 - Digraph th; Comp. 1a, (DOK 2).
Wednesday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 13 - Digraph sh; Comp 1a (DOK 2).
Thursday - Saxon Phonics Lesson 14 - Digraph ch, Part 1; Comp. 1 (DOK 2).
Friday - Saxon Phonics Test using all of above skills. (DOK 2)
Spelling
The spelling words will come from the phonic lessons. Students will be given a test on Thursday. If a student scores 100, then the student's score will count as a Friday test grade and the student will not have to repeat the test on Friday.
just tax drift let pest red spot snap man trip fad twig me flat cut stop rot fed sled strap
Monday - Discuss the words. Use each one in an oral sentence. Copy the words once each (DOK 2).
Tuesday - Write sentences with the first ten words and share with classmates (DOK 2).
Wednesday - Place the words in abc order (DOK 1).
Thursday - Take a practice spelling test. (DOK 1).
Friday - Take the weekly spelling test (DOK 1).
Reading Story: Luka's Quilt
Reading Vocabulary
answer - to speak or write as a reply
garden - a place where people grow flowers or vegetables
grandmother - your father's mother or your mother's mother
idea - something that you think of
remember - to think of something again, or still
serious - 1. important 2. not joking
Monday - Read aloud: Story, 56E "Covers"; Develop Phonological Awareness, 56F Long Vowels a, e; Introduce Long Vowels a and e using teaching chart 15. Practice with practice and reteach page 17 (DOK 2; Comp. 1.a). Introduce the new vocabulary in context using teaching chart 16. Listen to the story "Luka's Quilt" on CD. Students will look up their vocabulary words in the glossary of the reader (DOK 2; Comp. 1.h). Complete practice sheet page 18 using the vocabulary words. Students will each design their own pattern for a paper quilt.
Tuesday - Review the vocabulary. Read and discuss the story in groups. Orally answer comprehension questions on page 88 in the reader. Answer comprehension questions about the story using practice page 19 (DOK 2; Comp. 2b). Introduce Study Skills of reading a glossary more closely using page 90 in the reader. Practice reading a glossary using practice page 20 (DOK, Comp. 1.h).
Wednesday - Review the vocabulary. Make sentences using the vocabulary words (Comp. 1a). Read and discuss the story in groups. Review long a and long e. Use teaching chart 18 to help review this skill. Practice using practice and reteach page 21. Complete Test Power on page 91. Read the Leveled books. Practice all long and short vowels using teaching chart 19. Practice this skill using practice page 22 (DOK 2; Comp. 2b1).
Thursday - Review Story Elements using using teaching chart 20. Complete practice and reteach page 23. Introduce Context Clues using teaching chart 21 (DOK 2, Comp. 1.g). Complete practice and reteach page 24. Review the vocabulary words. Read and discuss the story in partner groups. (DOK 2; Comp. 1b4).
Friday - Take a story test on "Luka's Quilt". (DOK 2; Comp. 2b1) Watch Reading Rainbow if time allows.
Language
Monday - Review the four types of sentence (Asking, Telling, Command, Exclamatory). Review the five parts of a sentence. Practice the sentence jingle. Introduce the subject of a sentence. Identify the subjects from sentences placed on the board. (DOK 1)
Tuesday - Review identifying the four types of sentences. Practice writing the four types of sentences. Review the five parts of a sentence. Practice the sentence jingle. Continue identifying subjects in sentences. Practice adding subjects in sentences when given the predicate part of a sentence. Teach the sentence flow from Shurley English. Complete grammar practice book pages 13 and 14. (DOK 1)
Wednesday - Write the four different kinds of sentences. Review the five parts of a sentence. Practice the jingles. Identify subjects in sentences using a practice page. Identify the subjects in their sentences written at the beginning of class (DOK 2).
Thursday - Practice singing the sentence jingle. Review the four types of sentences. Complete the practice from the board where students will identify the subject of sentences. (DOK 2)
Friday - Students will be placed in one of four groups. Each group will be given a type of sentence to write. Students will share their sentences with the class and see if others can name their type of sentence (DOK 2). Students will then identify the subject in each of their sentences. Students will then change the subject in their sentences.
Math
Monday - Topic 2 Lesson 2-1; Adding 0, 1, 2; Comp. 1.a. Recall addition and subtraction facts. (DOK 1) (Also 2.c.)
Tuesday - Topic 2 Lesson 2-2; Doubles; Comp. 1.a. Recall addition and subtraction facts. (DOK 1) (Also 2.c.). Take a classwork grade on addition facts.
Wednesday - Topic 2 Lesson 2-3; Near Doubles; Comp. 1.a. Recall addition and subtraction facts. (DOK 1) (Also 2.c.)
Thursday - Topic 2 Lesson 2-4; Adding in Any Order; Comp. 1.a. Recall addition addition and subtraction facts. (DOK 1) (Also 2.c.). Take a classwork grade.
Friday - Topic 2 Lesson 2-5; Adding Three Numbers; Comp 1.a. Recall addition and subtraction facts. (DOK 1) (Also 2.c.)
