WINTER FUN
JANUARY 2 – 6, 2012
WINTER FUN - Weather/Clothes
1-2-2012
MORNING MESSAGE/STAR STUDENT
Daily Skills:
*Sentence Structure
*Punctuation/Capitalization
*Grammar/Spelling
*Letter/Sound Recognition
CCS: RF.K.1, RF.K.1a, RF.K.1b, RF.K.1c, RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.2a, RF.K.2b, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d,
RF.K.2e, RF.K.3, RF.K.3c, RF.K.3b, RF.K.3e, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.6, RL.K.7,
RL.K.10,L.K.1, L.K.1a, L.K.1c, L.K.1f, L.K.2, L.K.2b, L.K.4b
PROJECT READ
UNIT 7 Lesson 1(qu)
DAY 1
Letter of the Day: qu
(TM p7-1--7-3)
CONCEPT
Sound-symbol relationship
TEACHING OBJECTIVE
1. To read short [a] and short [i] words with [qu]
2. To spell words with short [a] and short [i] words with [qu]
ANTICIPATORY SET
1. Consonants and vowels with stars are displayed
2. Display letters: [a] [t] [s] [m] [b] [c] [f] [r] [h] [n] [p] [l] [g] [j] [v] [i] [w] [k] [ck]
3. Place cards [qu] in chart.
4. (question): What sound does [qu] capture? /kw/
INPUT
(TM p7-1)
(directly state):This letter combination captures a consonant sound. The consonant sound is
/kw/. You hear it in the word quack.
1. [qu] say letter names
2. These letters captures the sound /kw/. Clip sound with finger scissors.
3. /kw/ is a consonant sound.
4. Do and Say
5. (directly state): The letters are together because [q] cannot stand alone. It always is with [u]. To
remember this we say the [q] broke its leg as seen by the bend in the stick and needs [u] to hold it
up. Qu always go together.
VAKT INPUT
1. Glued letter
2. Felt paper
3. Skywriting
4. Memory Box
CHECKING FOR UNERSTANDING
(TM p7-2)
1. Display the following words: [quack] [quit] [quick]
2. Sweep words together (add word cards to jewel box)
3. Shuffle the [qu] into the pack of consonants and vowels already taught. [t] [s] [m] [b] [c] [f ] [r]
[h] [n] [p] [l] [g] [j] [v] [a] [i] [w] [k] [ck]
4. Spell Tabs: [quack] [quit] [quick]
GUIDED PRACTICE
1. Read sentences (p7-3)
2. Student Story/Quiz: Quack
Said
STUDENT PRACTICE
1. Letter Web (qu)
2. Word Spell/Mixed-Up Sentence (qu1)
**Pass out and discuss Spelling word list
CCS: RF.K.1, RF.K.1a, RF.K.1b, RF.K.1c, RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.2a, RF.K.2b, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d,
RF.K.2e, RF.K.3, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b, RF.K.3c, RF.K.3d, RF.K.3e, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4,
RL.K.6, RL.K.7, RL.K.10, L.K.2b, L.K.2c, L.K.2d
STAR STORY
Title: A Snowy Day
Day 1
Story Introduction/Picture Walk
Vocabulary
Story Conventions
Interactive Reading
**The students will make a paper snowball and throw it at the class
CCS: RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.6, RL.K.7, RL.K.10, RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.K.4, RI.K.5,
RI.K.6, RF.K.4
KINDERROOTS (Tam and Tad)
The t/s will review story conventions.
The teacher will briefly discuss the story.
The teacher will introduce the new vocabulary words:
(RED: a, happy)
(GREEN: Dad, mad, Tad, am, Tam, Matt, sat)
(READLE: happy)
The teacher will read the story (1X).
The t/s will read the story (1X)
The students will color the vocabulary words red/green.
(story, logs, vocabulary words)
CCS: RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.6, RL.K.7, RL.K.10, RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.K.4, RI.K.5,
RI.K.6, RF.K.1, RF.K.1b, RF.K.1c, RF.K.4
MATH/CALENDAR MATH
(money) The students will write numbers to 1-50, using wall and desk charts. The teacher will then
use a coin chart to review the penny and nickel. Then, as the teacher holds up a large mitten, the
students will tell the amount each mitten costs and count out that amount, using pennies. When 5c is
reached, the pennies will be exchanged for a nickel.
(5 lg mittens with printed money amounts, pretend coins - pennies and nickels, money chart)
Calendar Daily Activities:
*Months of Year/Day of Week
*Addition/Subtraction
*Money/Time
*Tally Marks/Graphs
*Patterns
*Time Line
*Counting by 2, 5, 10
*Weather/Temperature
*Number Sequencing
*Odd/Even/Place Value
*Measurement
*Historical Events
*Estimation
*Spanish
CCS: K.OA.1, K.OA.2, K.OA.3, K.OA.4, K.OA.5, K.MD.1, K.MD.2, K.MD.3, K.CC.1, K.CC.2,
K.CC.4, K.CC.4a, K.CC.4b, K.CC.4c, K.CC.5, K.CC.6, K.NBT.1
SCI 2.3.2(DOK 2)
LARGE GROUP/PHONEMIC AWARENESS
(short a/punctuation) The students will read the computer story ZAC THE RAT. The students will
then make a small book with the same title. The students will then complete each word that rhymes
with "ran" and complete the short "a" words.
(STARFALL.COM, st book, wkbk p1&2, Zac puppet)
CCS: L.K.2, L.K.2a
WRITING
(on-demand) The students will complete an On-Demand writing prompt by writing a letter to Santa,
thanking him for something they got for Christmas.
(OD prompt w/rubric)
CCS: W.K.3, L.K.1, L.K.2, L.K.2a, L.K.2b, L.K.2c, L.K.2d, L.K.4a, SL.K.5
THEME MATH
(pairs) The teacher will demonstrate how to count pairs (using the doc camera). The students will
demonstrate their work on paper.
(st sht p23, doc camera)
CCS: K.CC.2, K.CC.4
REVIEW
(following directions) The students will follow the oral directions to finish the winter picture.
(st sht p23)
CCS: SL.K.1, SL.K.1a, SL.K.1b
THEME
(science/assess) The class will discuss the signs of winter. The students will then discuss and
compare winter clothes to the kinds of clothes worn in hot weather (summer). The students will then
draw a person dressed for hot (summer) weather and a person dressed for cold (winter) weather. If
time permits, the class will discuss force (push/pull) as used in winter activities.
(assessment w/rubric, Weekly Reader – Science Spin – Dec, 2011)
CCS: SCI 1.2.3(DOK 2), 2.3.2(DOK 2)
1-3-2012
NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
1-4-2012
NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
1-5-2012
NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
1-6-2012
NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
LEARNING TARGETS
January 2-6, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Reading: I can identify Qq and /qu-kw/.
Math: I can identify the value of a penny and a nickel.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
NO SCHOOL – SEVERE WEATHER
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
NO SCHOOL– SEVERE WEATHER
Thursday, January 5, 2012
NO SCHOOL– SEVERE WEATHER
Friday, January 6, 2012
NO SCHOOL– SEVERE WEATHER