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Gator Lessons

Dear Family Members and Friends,
In this Theme Project: Animals students will learn about different kinds of animals. They will learn where animals live, land and water animals, various animal environment (zoo, farm, aquarium...
Weekly Theme: Animals We Know (November 30- Dec. 4).
Enduring Understanding
  • Animals are an integral part of our world.
  • Animals live in our world.
Essential Questions/Higher Order Thinking Questions 
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For the week of November 30-Dec. 4.

What's New?

Letter(s) to Know: Phoneme Awareness: /k/c,/n/n

                                Phoneme Isolation
                                Phoneme Segmentation
                                Phoneme Blending 
High-Frequency Word(s)
Word(s )to Know: is
 
Comprehension
Strategy: Recognize Story structure
Skill: Make and Confirm Predictions
Science
 
Life Science - Animal Moves Sort - pg. 993
Literature  
Listen and Read: Mama Cat (Big/Trade Book) 
                                  Sing, Talk, Rhyme Chart pg. 32-33 ( Pets & The Ostrich is Talking)
                                  Mama Mouse and El Gato (Oral Vocabulary Cards)
                                  "Let's Go to the Vet", 53-56 - ( Book of
                                  Explorations.
                                  Read-Aloud Anthology - "The Three Little Kittens", 1030
                                  Leveled Readers:
                                  Where Is It?, Animals in Nature, Good Pets,
                                  Animals (ELL)

Literacy Workstations (Refer to Flip Charts):  
Social Studies/Science - Friend Puppets ( Act out being a friend ). - pg. 9
Reading- Reader Response ( Read and respond to a book. ) - pg.14
Word Work - Make a Word ( Use letter cards to make words ) - pg.12
Writing- We Like It! ( Write about what you and a friend like. )-  pg. 11
 Math:
  • Students listen to the teacher read and then discuss Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa anno or a similar book about counting past 10.
  • Students will begin making a class counting book to twenty.
  • Students listen to the teacher read and discuss a book about counting to 20 such as Bears At The Beach, Counting 10 to 2 by Niki Yektai or Let's Count It Out, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Caristrom.
Morning Messages:
  1. What animal do you like best?
  2. What is something kittens like to do?
  3. What is a way to keep a pet healthy?
  4. What is the best pet? A____is the best pet.
  5. Which animal story is your favorite? 
Art: Cut sponges into chunks. Clip each chunk with a spring-type clothespin. Use black paint to paint cow spots on large sheets of paper. The student may choose to make a cow and dot the spots on it. 
   
At Home: Respectfully yours - Together create family rules that contain the word "respect". Have your child draw a picture for each rule -  Discuss vocabulary words: behind, under, and on. Have your child draw a picture of his/her favorite animal.

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