Day 84

 Opening Session: (SEL) Mindset: setting intentions

Core 1: Writing: brainstorming

Core 2: Math: adding/subtracting with 100 Chart

Core 3: Social Studies: MLK

Tiered Support: 

• Retell: Go Fast, Go Slow: retell
• Read: Toad and His Boat: reading punctuation, long 'o' vowel pairs

Day 83

 Opening Session: (SEL): Mindset

Core 1: LA

• Spelling: long 'o' vowel pairs
• Writing: voice: imperative

Core 2: Math: 100 Chart: ten more/less

Core 3: Social Studies: mapping skills: desktop

Tiered Support: 

• Retell: Go Fast, Go Slow: retell
• Read: Toad and His Boat: reading punctuation, long 'o' vowel pairs

Day 82

 Opening Session

Core 1: LA

• Spelling: long 'o'
• Writing: info/procedural: brainstorm

Core 2: Math: Tool: Hundreds Chart

Core 3: Science: Earth: manipulating data

Tiered Support: 

• Go Fast, Go Slow: comprehension: compare/contrast 
• long 'o'

Day 81

 Opening Session: (SEL):

Core 1: Language Arts: Writing

• Immersion
• Anchor Text: How to Read to a Grandma or Grandpa
• Deconstructing Nonfiction Text: procedural

Core 2 Math: Ten Less/More Than

Core 3: Health: Growing Body

Tiered Support: long 'o' vowel teams: Go Slow, Go Fast: compare/conntrast

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.

Day 66

Opening Session: Morning Assembly

Core 1: (LA) 

• Spelling: _ick; i_e
• Writing: brainstorming: topic narrowing

Core 2: (Math): place value (11-19)

Core 3: (Social Science): winter traditions

Tiered Support: Spelling and Reading: _ick; i_e

In Writing, we added to our brainstorming lists of nonfictional topics. We then selected 3 top choices.

Day 65

Opening Session: Thanksgiving

Core 1: LA

• Parts of speech review
• Writing: informational brainstorming

Core 2: Math: strategizing and review for speed

Core 3: Art: visual

Tiered Support: retell and read: soft c and g

For Writing, we continued with the beginning of our informational (articles) unit by brainstorming a list of topics we would be interested in or know a lot about. Writing paper for this unit can be picked up at school or found in the parent folder >writer's workshop >informational >informational writing template.

Day 64

Opening Session: Thanksgiving

Core 1: LA

• Retell
• Vocabulary
• Spelling: rhyming /s/ spelled ce, /j/ spelled ge, 

Core 2: Math: subtraction strategy: make 10

Core 3: Science

• Questioning
• Concept review

Tiered Support: Retell and Read: soft c and g

Day 63

Opening Session: Mindfulness: thanksgiving

Core 1: LA: Interactive Read Aloud: vocabulary

Core 2: Math: subtraction strategy: making 10

Core 3: Social Science: history: Thanksgiving

Tiered Support: A Place in Space: main idea/details, /s/ spelled ce, ci_, /j/ spelled ge, gi_

Day 62

Opening Session: (SEL): Mindfulness: gratitude

Core 1: (LA): nonfiction text structure

Core 2: Math: subtraction strategy: making 10

Core 3: Science: writing: responding to text: text comparison

Tiered Support: A Place in Space: 

• Comprehension: main idea/details
• Phonics: /s/ spelled ce, ci_; /j/ spelled ge, gi_

Day 61

Opening Session: Morning Assesmbly

Core 1: LA: Spelling /s/ spelled ce, ci_, cy; /j/ spelled ge, gi_

Core 2: Math: subtraction: near doubles

Core 3: Social Science: review

Tiered Support: Grace and Ace: /s/ spelled ce, ci_, cy; /j/ spelled ge, gi_