Title: Newsletter/ Lesson Plans for Week of 9-30-2013 - Webpage
Teacher: Mrs. Wendy L. Wheeler
Subject: Reading (Grades 1, 2, 3, 4), Writing/Spelling (Grade 1)
Kindergarten Readiness (Reading/Writing/Math)
Weekly Announcements at a Glance:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Proficiency Check Testing Today
Thursday:
Friday: Multicultural Day Today 8:45 – 10:45
Weekly Schedule and Classes:
7:35 – 8:10 –Duty
8:15 – 9:10 – 4th Grade Reading Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
SRA Reading Mastery Level 1: Complete Lesson __#146___
Multiple Skills: Complete 1 story and then grade.
Practice Book: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __page 9 – Main Idea___
Phonics: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __8-9___
Common Core Coach: Complete Lesson
Thoughtful Education Activity – Write to Learn in Journal; Spider List for Vocabulary;
Review/Preview Chart; Memory Box
Write Vocabulary/Notes in Journal
Buckle Down to Common Core: Complete Lesson
Write Vocabulary/Notes in Journal
Reteach/Review/Retest Skills from Proficiency Checks, Discovery Ed. Think Link, and other Assessments
Thoughtful Education Activity - Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools:
Spider List for Sight Words or Vocabulary, etc.; Fist Lists, Give One-Get One, Boggle, Webs, Thinking
Aloud, Write to Learn in Journal, etc., Memory Box, Review/Preview Chart
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Sight Words; Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Wednesday: Continue Lessons; Give Proficiency Check Test #2
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Fluency
Friday: Continue Lessons
AR: Read AR Book to class and give tests on the computer
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Review “CHAMPS” Procedures, Classroom Rules, Listening Rules
-Sight Words: Study words using sight word list in sticker books, word cards, and charts
-Reading Activities – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Manipulatives, Magnetic
Letters, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes, Segmenting, Blending, Syllables, etc.
-Use Story Form to Review Story Elements
-Complete Reading Mastery Seatwork worksheet – Review
-Read book to class
-Work on Reading Review Sheet/Packets, Phonics Worksheets
-Fiction/Nonfiction Story and Comprehension Questions – Complete worksheet
9:15 – 10:00 – 1st Grade Reading Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
SRA Reading Mastery Level 1: Complete Lesson __#5___
Multiple Skills: Complete 1 story and then grade.
Practice Book: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __page 5___
Phonics: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __page 44___
Review: Sight Words, Letter Names, Letter Sounds
Reteach/Review/Retest Skills from Proficiency Checks, Discovery Ed. Think Link, and other Assessments
Thoughtful Education Activity - Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools:
Spider List for Sight Words or Vocabulary, etc.; Fist Lists, Give One-Get One, Boggle, Webs, Thinking
Aloud, Write to Learn in Journal, etc., Memory Box, Review/Preview Chart
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Sight Words, Letter Names, and/or Letter Sounds
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Wednesday: Continue Lessons; Give Proficiency Check Test #2
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Fluency
Friday: Continue Lessons
AR: Read AR Book to class and give tests on the computer
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Review “CHAMPS” Procedures, Classroom Rules, Listening Rules
-Sight Words: Study words using sight word list in sticker books, word cards, and charts
-Reading Activities – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Manipulatives, Magnetic
Letters, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes, Segmenting, Blending, Syllables, etc.
-Use Story Form to Review Story Elements
-Complete Reading Mastery Seatwork worksheet – Review
-Read book to class
-Work on Reading Review Sheet/Packets, Phonics Worksheets
-Fiction/Nonfiction Story and Comprehension Questions – Complete worksheet
10:00 – 10:45 – 2nd /3rd Grade Reading Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
SRA Reading Mastery Level 1: Complete Lesson __#65___
Multiple Skills: Complete 1 story and then grade.
Practice Book: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __7___
Sight Word Book: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade.__8-9___
Review: Sight Words, Letter Names, Letter Sounds
Reteach/Review/Retest Skills from Proficiency Checks, Discovery Ed. Think Link, and other Assessments
Thoughtful Education Activity - Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools:
Spider List for Sight Words or Vocabulary, etc.; Fist Lists, Give One-Get One, Boggle, Webs, Thinking
Aloud, Write to Learn in Journal, etc., Memory Box, Review/Preview Chart
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Sight Words, Letter Names, and/or Letter Sounds
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Wednesday: Continue Lessons; Give Proficiency Check Test #2
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Fluency
Friday: Continue Lessons
AR: Read AR Book to class and give tests on the computer
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Review “CHAMPS” Procedures, Classroom Rules, Listening Rules
-Sight Words: Study words using sight word list in sticker books, word cards, and charts
-Reading Activities – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Manipulatives, Magnetic
Letters, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes, Segmenting, Blending, Syllables, etc.
-Use Story Form to Review Story Elements
-Complete Reading Mastery Seatwork worksheet – Review
-Read book to class
-Work on Reading Review Sheet/Packets, Phonics Worksheets
-Fiction/Nonfiction Story and Comprehension Questions – Complete worksheet
10:55 – 11:40 – 3rd Grade Reading Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
SRA Reading Mastery Level 1: Complete Lesson __#138___
Multiple Skills: Complete 1 story and then grade.
Practice Book: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __page 7___
Phonics: Complete 1-2 pages and then grade. __pages 147-148___
Common Core Coach: Complete Lesson
Thoughtful Education Activity – Write to Learn in Journal; Spider List for Vocabulary;
Review/Preview Chart; Memory Box
Write Vocabulary/Notes in Journal
Buckle Down to Common Core: Complete Lesson
Write Vocabulary/Notes in Journal
Reteach/Review/Retest Skills from Proficiency Checks, Discovery Ed. Think Link, and other Assessments
Thoughtful Education Activity - Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools:
Spider List for Sight Words or Vocabulary, etc.; Fist Lists, Give One-Get One, Boggle, Webs, Thinking
Aloud, Write to Learn in Journal, etc., Memory Box, Review/Preview Chart
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Sight Words; Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Wednesday: Continue Lessons; Give Proficiency Check Test #2
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Fluency
Friday: Continue Lessons
AR: Read AR Book to class and give tests on the computer
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Review “CHAMPS” Procedures, Classroom Rules, Listening Rules
-Sight Words: Study words using sight word list in sticker books, word cards, and charts
-Reading Activities – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Manipulatives, ABC Song
with Poster, Magnetic Letters, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes, Segmenting, Blending, Syllables, etc.
-Use Story Form to Review Story Elements
-Complete Reading Mastery Seatwork worksheet – Review
-Read book to class
-Work on Reading Review Sheet/Packets, Phonics Worksheets
-Fiction/Nonfiction Story and Comprehension Questions – Complete worksheet
11:55 – 12:20 – Lunch
12:20-12:30 – Planning
12:35 – 1:05 – 1st Grade Writing/Spelling Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
Daily Oral Language: Correct errors in sentences on board
Spelling: Complete 1-2 pages in spelling book. __page 21___
-Give Spelling List to take Home
-Practice Spelling Words (Use “Finger Spelling”)
-Practice Writing Words on White Boards, Paper, Smartboard, Felt Paper, Magnetic Letters, etc.
Writing: Work on Portfolio Entries (Personal Narratives, Poems, and Brochures), Write Sentences in
Journals
Handwriting: Practice writing letters, words, and sentences
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Wednesday: Continue Lessons
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Friday: Continue Lessons
Spelling: Give Weekly Spelling Test
Monitor – Write a Sentence in Journal
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Write a Group Sentence, Copy Sentence, & Draw a Picture
-Write in Journals
-Portfolio Activity: Work on Personal Narratives, Poems, and Brochures
-Practice writing Spelling Words (Use dry erase paper, dry erase boards, Smartboard, Magic Slates, Felt
“paper”, Use finger to trace on table, Skywriting, etc.)
-Reading Activities – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Manipulatives, ABC Song
with Poster, Magnetic Letters, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes, Syllables, etc.
-Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools: Spider, Fist Lists, Give One-Get
One, Boggle, Webs, Thinking Aloud, Write to Learn
-Make ABC Book pages – Add words to pages
-Practice writing name
-Practice writing alphabet letters
-Alphabet Activities (including Starfall.com)
-Skill Sheets
-Read Books to Class
1:30 – 2:15 – Kindergarten Readiness Class
Daily Lessons for Week:
Reading: Practice Saying Alphabet, Letter Recognition, Sounds, Color Words, Saying Names of Letters in
Name, Sight Words; New Letter(s), Sight Word(s), Color Word(s) (Arm Tapping, “Write” words on table)
Letters: Aa; Mm; Pp; Ss; Tt; Ii
Sight Word: a
Readiness: Color Recognition, Cutting, Gluing, Tracing
Math: Practice Counting 1-100, Number Recognition, Writing Numbers, Counting Objects, Shapes
Number: 7
Writing: Practice Writing Name and Alphabet Letters
Reteach/Review/Retest Skills from Discovery Ed. Think Link and other Assessments
Thoughtful Education Activity - Review Concepts/Content using Thoughtful Education Strategies/Tools: –
Write to Learn in Journal; Spider List for Sight Words; ABCs, Numbers, Color Words, Vocabulary; Fist Lists
Monday: Begin Daily Lessons
Tuesday: Continue Lessons
Monitor: Letter Names and/or Letter Sounds, Counting, Number Recognition, Sight Words
Thoughtful Education Activity – Memory Box
Monitor: Writing Name, Writing ABCs, Shapes, Colors
Wednesday: Continue Lessons
Thursday: Continue Lessons
Friday: Continue Lessons
Make-up Work: Complete any make-up work in Workbooks or Worksheets missed this week
Daily/Weekly Additional Activities As Time Permits:
-Reading/Readiness Activities –, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Rhyming, Matching, Bingo, Sorting,
Manipulatives (Pattern Blocks, Tangrams, Unifix Cubes, Counters, Magnetic Letters/Numbers, Flashcards,
Foam Shapes), ABC Letter and Sounds Songs with Poster, Recorded Books, Whiteboards, Sound Boxes,
Segmenting, Blending, Syllables, etc.
-Practice writing ABCs/Numbers (Use dry erase paper, dry erase boards, Smartboard, Magic Slates, Felt
“paper”, Use finger to trace on table, Skywriting, etc.)
-Make ABC Book pages
-Alphabet Activities (including Starfall.com)
-Skill Sheets
-Read Books to Class
-Work on Computer – Readiness Skills
-Work on Reading Review Packets, Phonics Worksheets
-Say ABC’s, Point to ABC’s, Go over ABC Flashcards, Say Color words, Put puzzle together
2:25 – 3:10 – Resource Team Meetings/ Duty/ ARC Meetings/ Planning/
Referrals/Evaluations/ Team Leader Work/ Special Education Paperwork