December
Morning Meeting and Word Work
Every morning the students participate in calendar math, I use both SMART board activities, a concrete calendar, and manipulatives for morning routines. For word work we are learning about suffixes.
Definition:
Definition:
- letter(s) or syllable at the end of a word alter meaning, change the part of speech
- 2 types – vowel suffix and consonant suffix o
- vowel suffixes begin with a vowel
- ed, -ing, -er, -est, -able
- consonant suffixes begin with a consonant
- -ly, -ful, -ness, -tion, -sion
Below are the suffixes we have covered during word work.
The words of the week/s are always taught in context, and chosen from the poem of the week
Sight Words for December: he, my, our, she, they, we, you, and, that, is, in, am
Readers and Writers Workshop
Guidance and support are an integral part of developmentally appropriate practice. As children are gaining mastery of the Standards in kindergarten, some students may require support to demonstrate skills.
Readers Workshop - Narrative Account
Major Unit Goal/Learning Outcome: The learner will be able to:
Students are exploring many Ezra Jack Keats books, and learning about the characteristics of fictional text.
- accurately retell a story (first, next, then, after that, finally)
- explain the author’s message
- retell major events and key details in sequential order, and in order of importance
- describe character traits of main characters
- describe the setting, and describe the setting changes throughout the book
- identify and describe the problem and solution
- make connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-world)
Students are exploring many Ezra Jack Keats books, and learning about the characteristics of fictional text.
Writers Workshop - Narrative Account
In Writers Workshop we have begun our narrative account writing. Students are using a checklist and rubric to write about an activity they did over the summer. We began this process by sharing our summer vacation adventures with the class.
Vocabulary includes, transition words, first, next, then, after that, second, third, fourth, finally.
Math
Exemplars
One of the key benefits of Exemplars is that students don’t have to get to the correct answer in order to be successful or to stretch their thinking. The dynamics of students sharing and discussing their thought processes with one another is what’s so invaluable — it is NOT always about the answer; it’s about the process.
When completing Exemplars we work as a class, in smaller groups, as partners, and individually. Students learn how to represent their thinking with pictures and words, as well being able to articulate their thought process when they meet with me one-to-one. All Exemplars will be graded for formative assessment and weighted at zero. My goal is to create a risk-free challenge to expand each students mathematical thinking. Each Exemplar has a slightly more accessible version as well as a more challenging version.
When completing Exemplars we work as a class, in smaller groups, as partners, and individually. Students learn how to represent their thinking with pictures and words, as well being able to articulate their thought process when they meet with me one-to-one. All Exemplars will be graded for formative assessment and weighted at zero. My goal is to create a risk-free challenge to expand each students mathematical thinking. Each Exemplar has a slightly more accessible version as well as a more challenging version.
Science Matter
Essential Question: How does temperature affect solids and liquids?
Unit Overview: Students apply prior knowledge about solids and liquids from life experiences with water and other substances. Cause and effect is at the core of this unit, as students gather evidence to explain that a solid may be a liquid at a higher temperature and a liquid may be a solid at a lower temperature. Kindergarten students are expected to use qualitative terms such as hot, warm and cool when differentiating between temperatures. This unit also allows for the opportunity to introduce the concept of properties of matter, which can be challenging for young learners. Students engage in testing and analyzing data to evaluate the effectiveness of various objects or tools. Students are introduced to the nature of science as a way of making sense of the world, rather than a prescribed set of steps and beliefs. Students will...
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Social Studies
Essential Question: What makes a community?
The School and Classroom Community
Features of Communities K.6b, K.6c
■ Communities have unique features and special purpose buildings (homes, schools, businesses, places of worship, libraries, parks, leaders, police/fire station, museums, hospitals)
■ Communities have rules and routines (garbage collection, street signs, crossing the street)
■ Communities have history
■ Communities change over time
■ Communities have landmarks, monuments, and architecture
■ Communities have forms of transportation
■ Communities have local organizations
People and Neighborhoods K.6
■ A neighborhood is made up of many different families
■ Neighborhoods reflect the languages and traditions of the people who live there
■ Residents are people who live in neighborhoods
■ Residents pay for goods and services
■ People work in neighborhoods and have different jobs and responsibilities (police, store owners, sanitation workers, firefighters)
■ People in neighborhoods rely on each other for goods, services, and assistance
■ People deserve respect and understanding
■ A neighborhood/community is part of a borough
K.7 People and communities are affected by and adapt to their physical environment. (Standard 3)
■ Physical environment affects the way people live
■ Physical features of a community can be changed by climate, weather
■ People can change their environment
Vocabulary introduced:
Architecture - way of building
Borough - part of the city
Boundaries - edges
Celebrate - to honor a special occasion
Goods - things people make or grow
Landmark - something that helps people know a place
Neighbor - a person who lives nearby
Neighborhood - a group of homes and stores that are near each other
Routines - ways of doing something that are the same each time
Services - activities that people do to help other people
States - parts of land that make up a country
Statue - a sculpture of a person or animal usually made of stone or metal
Tradition - something people do the same way year after year
Transportation - the way people move from place to place
The School and Classroom Community
Features of Communities K.6b, K.6c
■ Communities have unique features and special purpose buildings (homes, schools, businesses, places of worship, libraries, parks, leaders, police/fire station, museums, hospitals)
■ Communities have rules and routines (garbage collection, street signs, crossing the street)
■ Communities have history
■ Communities change over time
■ Communities have landmarks, monuments, and architecture
■ Communities have forms of transportation
■ Communities have local organizations
People and Neighborhoods K.6
■ A neighborhood is made up of many different families
■ Neighborhoods reflect the languages and traditions of the people who live there
■ Residents are people who live in neighborhoods
■ Residents pay for goods and services
■ People work in neighborhoods and have different jobs and responsibilities (police, store owners, sanitation workers, firefighters)
■ People in neighborhoods rely on each other for goods, services, and assistance
■ People deserve respect and understanding
■ A neighborhood/community is part of a borough
K.7 People and communities are affected by and adapt to their physical environment. (Standard 3)
■ Physical environment affects the way people live
■ Physical features of a community can be changed by climate, weather
■ People can change their environment
Vocabulary introduced:
Architecture - way of building
Borough - part of the city
Boundaries - edges
Celebrate - to honor a special occasion
Goods - things people make or grow
Landmark - something that helps people know a place
Neighbor - a person who lives nearby
Neighborhood - a group of homes and stores that are near each other
Routines - ways of doing something that are the same each time
Services - activities that people do to help other people
States - parts of land that make up a country
Statue - a sculpture of a person or animal usually made of stone or metal
Tradition - something people do the same way year after year
Transportation - the way people move from place to place
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