Fish and some exciting news

Morning Meeting
·   Goldfish greeting
·   Turn and talk topics: being kind and giving to others (Reflecting on The Rainbow Fish)
·    Go noodle
 
Literacy

• New Sight words: six, as, of
• Practice the following words at home as well… I, can, like, see , the, and, a, look, have, are, is, for, my, go, play, am, here, run, we, in, eat, you, will, big, little, me, on, with, said, at, come, it, up, down, this, be, his, her, zero, out, was, all, love, one, because, why, two, three, they, but is, she, four, five, that, day
• Sight word songs and dance
• The Rainbow Fish

Literacy Centers

• Teacher Table: Each group will be reading a book based on their reading level.  Each group will have a different focus for their story. 
  • guided reading, fish writing
• Buddy Reading: reading books from our book box with a friend
  • Each student chose 5 fun books to keep in their box, 3 leveled BOB books and Green Eggs and Ham
• Listening Center: If you give a cat a cupcake
  • Draw and label favorite part of story
• Library: reading independently or with a buddy self- selected books from our library
• Art Center: Fish art, independent creations from paint, markers, stamps, crayons, tissue paper, colored pencils, stencils, etc.
• Parent Games: ZINGO
• IPad’s: choice of ABC mouse or RAZ kids

 
Theme/Science/SS
Fish
       We will be completing a science journal based on fish this week.
 

• Parts of a fish
• How to care for your fish
• Fish habitat
• All about fish
• Fish: can, have, are

 
Math                                                       

• Teen partners
• Number Stories
• Fish bowl addition
• Double tens frame
• Math Centers
  • ST math
  • The equal sign: creating different ways to show an equal number on both sides
  • Goldfish graphing
  • Blocks
  • Geo Boards

 
Odds and Ends

• Remember…every Thursday is SPIRIT DAY.  Wear your Ray gear or green!
• We are in need of a parent volunteer every Thursday from 9:30-10:30 to help with parent games.  If you are interested in helping and committing to the rest of the year please send me an email.
• If you haven’t heard already…Cooper is going to be a big brother in September.  We are beyond excited!
• Next Wednesday is our field trip to the Shedd.  Please have all permission slips turned in by Thursday.  Chaperones will be contacted soon.
• We will not have school on March 25th.