Faith and Family – Pledge and prayer only today.

The other classes visited us as a class to present and share our learning with.   We in turn visited the other classes to learn about their learning.  It never ceases to amaze me the projects our kids do here at Hillside and the depth of understanding.  Bravo everyone for another successful EXPO.  We have one more left where the arts will be featured.

Word of the Day – K – “down”
1st – Grammar – Titles and abbreviations.  Mr. Mrs. Ms.

Specialist – PE and Art

Reading – Reading with Miss Janine, Mr. Pete, and myself.

Mystery Science – How do we sing?

Scholastic News – Smelly Sneakers

Have a great Spring Break.    Safe travels.  Re-charge your batteries for the final push to the finish line.

Mr. M

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Oaklie.
Read Aloud – Potato Pants

Math – K – Lesson 5-2 describing tens and ones.
1st – Creating composite shapes with 3-D shapes.

Science – Final touches on our shelters, and log books.
Language Knowledge – The Solar System Part I

Reading – Reading with Papa Gary, and myself.

Word of the Day – K – “blue”
1st – Grammar – Days of the week charting.

Writing Prompt – K How do caterpillars turn into butterflies?
1st – Journals

Moon Activity – A sweet treat.  What is black and white is sweet and reminds me of the phases of the moon.  That kept them guessing for two days then Oaklie figured it out.

Tonight Expo #3

Mr. M.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Nicholas.
Read Aloud – Dragon’s Love Taco’s

Math – K – Lesson 5-1 Introduction to place value as we examine tens and ones.
1st – Lesson 5-5 Create a new shape from different composite shapes.

Word of the Day – K – “can” with an original sentence.
1st – Grammar – Days of the week abbreviations.

Specialist – PE

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars –  Finishing our model shelters.   Will they satisfy the challenge of protecting the children from the sun?

Reading – Reading with Miss Baaska, and myself.

Science – Part II – The phases of the moon activity.
Language Knowledge – Lesson 7 – Exploration of the Moon

Writing Prompt – K – The best thing about spring ..
1st – Writing Journal

Tomorrow night is Expo and Pizza Thursday

Mr. M.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Kaia.
Read Aloud – Pinkalicious

Math – K – Lesson 4-39 I can find pairs of tens.
1st – Lesson 5-4 Create composite shapes from two-dimensional shapes.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars.   It is time to make a model of our design.  The students are challenged with a limited amount of resources to make a functional shelter from the sun.

Specialist – Art

Reading – Reading with Ms. Martin Chin, and myself.

Language Skills – K – Lesson 7-5 -th sound again. Does it make a buzzy sound sometimes?
1st – Lesson 5-9 Tricky words with -g, -j, and how we tell if it’s a different sound.

Word of the Day – K – “big”
1st – Language – Short-form abbreviations.

Writing Prompt – If I lived in the ocean …
1st – Writers Workshop

Tomorrow is Wildcat Wednesday
Thursday – Expo Night

Mr. M.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Eli.
Read Aloud – It’s Not Eazy Being a Lazy Bug

Math—K—Lesson 4-38 I can add by thinking of the next number (count-on strategy).
1st – Lesson 5-3 Find and name 3-D shapes.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars – Designing a structure for the playground to protect the students from the sun.
Language Knowledge – The History of Space and Exploration.

Specialist – Music

Reading – Reading with Miss Misty and myself.

Language Skills – K – Lesson 7-4 Segmenting, and initial sounds.
1st – Lesson 5-8 The sounds -g, -j, and -ge. Buddy reading You Never Can Tell 

End of Day choice, clean-up, and dismissal.

Chess Club tonight – It is not too late to sign up.

Mr. M.

Faith and Community – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Cory.
Read Aloud – Scaredy Squirrel

Math – K – Lesson 4-37 Solving math problems using a number line.
1st – Lesson 5-2 Find and identify two-dimensional objects and special rectangles.

Spelling – K/1 Tests

Specialist – PE and Art

Reading – Reading with Miss Janine, Mr. Pete, and myself.

Scholastic News – Going on a Bear Hunt

Mystery Science – How do animals know to wake up during hibernation?

Library – Library with Miss Jenn

Mr. M.

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Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Cole.
Read Aloud – The Smart Cookie

Math – K – Lesson 4-36 Decomposing 9 and 10.   Some are struggling with subtraction.  Not recognizing the sign (-) and ordering the take-away problem.  I have moved them back to the beginning of this unit to review the lessons.
1st – Lesson 5-1 Classifying shapes by attributes.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars –  Presentation of the culminating project for Expo #.  How can we protect the children on the playground from the sun’s harmful rays?
Read Aloud – The Sun Is Kind Of a Big Deal

Reading – Reading with Papa Gary and me.

Language Skills – K – Lesson 7-3 Segmenting, and chaining.
1st – Lesson 5-7 Blending two-syllable words.  Is it a question or statement? The Coin Shop

Word of the Day – K – “and”
1st – Grammar – Review #2

Writing Prompt – K – Animals that live in the zoo …
1st – Writers Workshop

End of Day choice time, clean-up, and dismissal

Tomorrow is Cookie Friday

Mr. M.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Callum.
Read Aloud – The Sour Grape

Math – K – Lesson 4-35 Decompose 9 and 10 with a number bond and subtraction sentence.
1st – Lesson 4-29 Adding pairs of two-digit numbers efficiently.

Word of the Day – K – “for”
1st – Capitalization, and punctuation Review #1

Specialist – PE

Writing Prompt – K – A baby bird …
1st – Journals

Let’s Find Out – Cotton Candy Clouds

Reading – Reading with Miss Baaska, and myself.

Language Skills – K – Lesson 7-3 Segmenting and chaining.
1st – Blending, two-syllable words.  Question or Statement?  The Coin Shop. Comprehension.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars.   Demonstration activity of the phases of the moon.

End of Day choice, clean-up, and Dismissal.

Tomorrow Pizza Thursday
Friday – Cookie Friday
Please remit for our April Field trip.

Mr. M.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Stoerm Jr.
Read Aloud – A Terrible Case of Stripes

Math – K – Lesson 4-34 I can solve subtraction problems with break off, cross off, and hiding.
1st – Lesson 4-28 Adding pairs of two-digit numbers with varied sums.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars.   With our only sunny day, we made several observations of the sun using our sundials.  We are using this method to determine where best to put the shelters we design for the playground.

Word of the Day – K – “a”  using a new format and adding sentences to this activity.
1st – Grammar – Capitalizing holidays.

Specialist – Art

Reading – Reading with Miss Erin, and myself.

Language Knowledge – Stargazing and Constellations

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars.   Magic Beads.    Magic beads are plastic beads that are sensitive to UV light such as is emitted from the sun.  They will change colors in the presence of UV rays.   We will use them indoors to test the protective power of our structures.  The students made a bracelet out of them to take outside for our last sundial observation.

End of Day choice, clean-up, and dismissal.

Chess Club starts next Monday.  Let us know if you are interested.

Faith and Family – Pledge, prayer, dance, and calendar with Xeniya.
Read Aloud – A Fine, Fine, School

Math – K – Lesson 4-33 I can solve subtraction problems to ten.
1st – Lesson 4-27 Adding pairs of two-digit numbers when one number is greater than 10.

Word of the Day – K – “about”
1st – Grammar – Capitalization of holidays.

Writing Prompt – K – My favorite flower …
1st – Writing Journals

Language Knowledge – Lesson 3  The Stars

Specialist – Music

Reading – Reading with Miss Misty and myself.

Language Skills – K – Lesson 7-2 I am thinking of? The -sh sound.
1st – Lesson 5-6 Riddles.  Review.

Science – The Sun, Moon, and Stars – The Stars

End of Day choice, clean-up, and dismissal.

REMINDER – Please remit  payment ($27.27) for our next field trip by this Friday

Mr. M.