Day 76

Opening Session: Monday Morning Assembly

Core 1: (LA): Writing: revising: text features

Core 2: Math: strategy: make a table

Core 3: Social Science: winter traditions

Tiered Support: Reading: A Picnic Day: long a vowel pairs

In Writing, we revised by adding informational text features. First, we examined examples of text features from anchor texts, for example, table of contents, photos, captions, diagrams, labels, charts/tables, timelines, and maps. We discussed how these features help an author make their information more clear to a reader and which we could possibly add to our writing.

Day 75

Opening Session: Christmas traditions

Core 1: (LA): revising: details

Core 2: Math: strategy: making a table

Core 3: Art

Tiered Support: Reading: Pete Mule's Hat: long u/e silent 'e'

In Writing, we revised by adding details to our ideas. Our process for revsing is as follows:

1. Re-read.
2. Ask: Is this clear? Is this enough information?
3. If 'no', then add more information or details.

Day 74

Opening Session: 

Core 1: (LA): Writing: revising: adding ideas

Core 2: Math: place value: strategy: make a table

Core 3: Science: maps introduction: galactic address

Tiered Support: Reading: Pete Mule's Hat

Day 73

Opening Session: Christmas Story

Core 1: (LA)

• Retell: Estela and the Fox: dialogue
• Writing: closing

Core 2: Math: place value: strategy: making a table

Core3: Social Science: winter traditions

Tiered Support: Reading: long e/u, silent 'e'

In Writing today, we added our closings which directly relate to our opening.

Day 72

Opening Session: (SEL): Mindset: differences

Core 1: (LA):

• Retell: vocabulary
• Writing: openings

Core 2: Math: place value: tens and ones

Core 3: Science: review

Tiered Support: Reading: long e/u silent 'e'

In Writing we added openings to our informational texts. An opening is used to grab our readers' attention. We do this by beginning with a question, an interesting fact, an opinion abou the subject matter, or a famous quote, (to name a few ways.)

Day 71

Opening Session: Monday Assembly

Core 1: (LA): Interactive Read Aloud: Estsela and the Fox

• Vocabulary
• Responding to Text: making predictions based on past knowledge

Core 2: Math: Place Value: tens and ones

Core 3: Winter Traditions: Hanukkah

Tiered Support: Phonics/Reading: long e/u, silent e

Day 70

Opening Session: (SEL): Mindset: making a difference

Core 1: (LA) Writing: drafting

Core 2: Math: place value: dimes

Core 3: Art: visual

Tiered Support

• Retell: Time to Tug
• Read: Why Kittens Hide: i_e

Day 69

Opening Session: (SEL)

Core 1: (LA)

• Spelling: short and long i (i_e)

Core 2: Math: place value

Core 3: Science: unit opener: making observations

Tiered Support: 

• Time to Tug: retell 
• Read: Why Kittens Hide: i_e

In Writing, we moved to the planning stage of our writing process and made a quick sketch of our touch and talk ideas.

Day 68

Opening Session: (SEL):

Core 1: LA

• Spelling: _ick; i_e
• Writing: touch and talk

Core 2: Math: Math Workshop: tens and ones

Core 3: Social Science: geography/traditions

Tiered Support: Time to Tug: main idea/details: short and long i

In Writing today, we pointed to the 2 boxes on our paper while telling our facts about our topic.

Day 67

Opening Session: (SEL): perseverance

Core 1: LA

• Shared Reading: A Peanut Sat...: rhyming, spelling, sight words
• Writing: topic selection

Core 2: Math: place value: naming tens

Core 3: Science: developing questions

Tiered Support: Time to Tug: decoding short i; long i; main idea/detail

In Writing today, we narrowed our topic choices to one.