Literacy
Mr. O has been here teaching us about opposites.
*Continue to identify vowel sounds in the middle of words.
*Introduced the sight word "look". Read our list of sight words to date.
*Practiced writing Oo in our handwriting books.
*Read the poem Octopus. Talked about fluency and how we need to read with
some emphasis.
*Read the story Octopus. Talked about the characteristics about an octopus.
*Reviewed a short video clip of an octopus. Wrote about one fact we learned
and supported it with a picture.
*Completed an activity on opposites.
*Filled in the blanks to our Octopus poem.
*Read the story Commotion in the Ocean for fun.
*Celebrated Groundhog Day. Read the story Groundhog. What is a groundhog? Why
is this day so special?
*Made a groundhog and determined if he saw his shadow or not.
*Listened to the story Turtle in the Sea and recorded our opinion.
*Used slider detectives to make CVC words. Wrote our answers on a magic board.
*Filled in the missing letters on our message board.
*Rolled a sight word dice and filled out a graph. Which word did we role the
most?
*Read with groups.
*Completed activity identifying middle sounds.
Free Choices
These activities can be completed when all the center tables are completed.
They are not mandatory. However, should a child finish his/her work early
he/she must pick a different one each day.
*Play Hoppers.
*Play Ducks in a Row.
*Find all the Os in Mr. O's song.
*Match opposite puzzles.
Math
Our math program is an exploratory one whereby the children learn about
mathematical concepts using manipulatives, games and some writing activities.
*Reviewed the calendar. What day is it? Month? Date? Weather?
*How many days have we been in school?
*Answered a quick math question of the day.
*Reviewed what it means to add and what it means to subtract.
*Played the game Toss the Chips. How many combinations could we make with 6
and then 7 chips?
*Made math sentences using dominoes.
*Made different combinations of 6 using tiles.
*Completed a February calendar.
*Graphed the number of sea animals in the ocean. What is a graph?
*Compared objects to the actual size of a groundhog. Which one was shorter?
longer?