Week Of: 8-23-10

MONDAY

*You will find handouts and transparencies you need at the upper right corner on the desk in the
folder marked Monday or on the corner of the desk in a stack with the teacher books.
9:05 9:10
Daily Language Practice sentence #1
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.4.7
9:10 9:40

Whole Group
Selection: Seven Sillies
T32
A.P.K: BB- Explain water in pools, lakes, and ponds reflect like a mirror.
Discuss with students what can be seen in a mirror.
Vocab: balanced, dairy, diet, hungry, shopper, shopping, vegetablesintroduce words written on sentence strips.
T34
Ph. Aware: #1 Warm-Up- say /f/ /l/ /a/ /t/. Have students repeat sounds
with you, blend them, say the word, and name the vowel sound (flat,
short a). Repeat steps using the words plan, trip, and slim
T34-T35
Phonics: #2- show an apple and igloo and write the words on a
whiteboard. Point to each letter and review the letter/sound
correspondence. Repeat with the words flat, slim, trip, and branch.
T32
Comp: Story Structure- Tell students stories have a beginning, middle,
and end. Explain: beginning tells where and when story takes place and
introduces characters; middle tells more about the characters and what
happens to them; and end brings story to a close.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.7.1
Small Group (You meet with group while others work in stations)
Green Group:
Vegetable Soup- introduce vocabulary and do vocab. handout. Introduce
story by doing a picture walk and discussing predictions. Read story
together.
9:55 10:15
Purple Group:
Cats Surprise Party- introduce vocabulary and do vocab. handout.
Introduce story by doing a picture walk and discussing predictions. Read
story together.
10:15 - 10:35
Blue Group:
Not Your Usual Goat- introduce vocabulary and do vocab. handout.
Introduce story by doing a picture walk and discussing predictions. Read
story together.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
9:30 9:55

10:35 11:20

Reading Intervention (in green box on red shelf)

Introduce station games and play with whole group for about 15-20
minutes and then separate into groups of four to play games while I
circulate and guide those who need the help.

Student names:
11:20 12:05

Special Areas:
Monday- M/L/PE, Tuesday- L/PE/M, Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Library, Friday- PE

12:05 12:25

Recess: outside- the playground is located at the end of this hallway and
inside is held in the classroom using board games/ games found in the 2 nd

12:25 12:34
12:35- 1:05
1:05 1:35

cabinet from the wall. There are also games listed on the inside door with
explanations of how to play.
Bathroom Break- getting ready for lunch
Lunch take students and pick students up from cafeteria
Math Intervention
Activity: Pull a small group to work on ______________ with those
students who had the most trouble on Fridays quiz.

Student names:
1:35 2:35

Math
Balanced Math Review on overhead: Students independently work for 10
min. then we check together
Mini-Lesson: Chapter 1.1 Take already bundled straws (bundled in 10s)
and single straws and lay them on the floor. Ask: can anyone tell me how
many straws there are? After several answers are given, take rubber band
off the bundle and count all straws to get the answer. Repeat several
times. Then pass out straws and have students decide and count out the
number of straws they want (not telling anyone the number they have).
Then they will get into partners and guess how many straws their partner
has. Repeat with different partners.
Activity: pgs 7-9
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.3
2:35 3:15

Writing
Topic: What is a Sentence?
T72
Mini-Lesson: Have sentences and fragments written on sentence strips
and show them to the students one at a time. Have heading, sentence and
not a sentence laid out. Ask the students to read what is written on the
sentence strip and determine whether it is a sentence or not a sentence.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.2
3:15 3:20
3:20 3:25

3:25

HOMEWORK:

(Bullying PBS) - Read Aloud: ____________________________

Dismissal Procedures: when the bell rings students pack up, put their
chairs on their desks.
Bus riders line up next to the cabinet in the classroom.
Car riders line up and dismiss to Mrs. Rothsteins classroom.
Walkers and daycare line up and dismiss to Mrs. Woods classroom.
At 3:25 the second bell will ring. You will walk the students down the
hallway toward the back of the school and turn left to go down the
hallway past the gym and cafeteria. At the end of the hallway turn left
again and then right down the short hallway diagonal from the last
hallway and outside to the buses.
Reading pgs 16-17
Math wkbk pg 1
Spelling Contract

TUESDAY
*You will find handouts and transparencies you need at the upper right corner on the desk in the
folder marked Tuesday or on the corner of the desk in a stack with the teacher books.
9:05 9:10
Daily Language Practice sentence #2
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.4.7
9:10 9:40

Whole Group
Selection: Dragon Gets By (pgs 18 23)
T46
A.P.K: Purpose Setting- Have the students make predictions about what
could happen when a dragon goes grocery shopping and have them
confirm/ revise their predictions as we continue reading the story.
Vocab: balanced, dairy, diet, hungry, shopper, shopping, vegetablesintroduce words and definitions on sentence strips and have students say
words and definitions together.
T34
Ph. Aware: #1 Warm-Up- say /c/ /l/ /a/ /p/. Have students repeat sounds
with you, blend them, say the word, and name the vowel sound (clap,
short a). Repeat steps using the words glad, slip, crab, and spin.
T35
Phonics: #2- write the word fabric on the whiteboard and underline the a
and i. Cover the second syllable (ric) in the word and blend the sounds to
read fab. Then cover the first syllable to blend the sounds to read fabric.
Repeat using the word visit.
T46
Comp: Summarize- Model how to summarize the story as you read it
with the students. Say: I want to think of a short way to tell about whats
happening in the story, so Ill think about the most important things
Dragon did. Then retell the key facts or events in the story so far. Have
students do the same in their own words.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
Small Group (You meet with group while others work in stations)
Green Group:
Vegetable Soup- talk about what we read and recall the key facts and
events that happened in the story. Read the story together and in partners.
Then begin Comprehension handout.
9:55 10:15
Purple Group:
Cats Surprise Party- talk about what we read and recall the key facts and
events that happened in the story. Read the story together and in partners.
Then begin Comprehension handout.
10:15 - 10:35
Blue Group:
Not Your Usual Goat- talk about what we read and recall the key facts
and events that happened in the story. Read the story together and in
partners. Then begin Comprehension handout.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
9:30 9:55

10:35 11:20

Student names:
11:20 12:05

Reading Intervention (in green box on red shelf)

Introduce station games and play with whole group for about 15-20
minutes and then separate into groups to play games while I circulate and
guide those who need the help.
Special Areas:
Monday- M/L/PE, Tuesday- L/PE/M, Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Library, Friday- PE

12:05 12:25

Recess: outside- the playground is located at the end of this hallway and
inside is held in the classroom using board games/ games found in the 2 nd
cabinet from the wall. There are also games listed on the inside door with
explanations of how to play.

12:25 12:34
12:35- 1:05

Bathroom Break- getting ready for lunch

Lunch take and pick students up from cafeteria

1:05 1:35

Math Intervention
Activity: Pull a small group to work on ______________ with those
students who had the most trouble on Fridays quiz.

Student names:
1:35 2:35

Math
Balanced Math Review on overhead: Students independently work for 10
min. then we check together
Mini-Lesson: Chapter 1.4 Lay out marbles (in a container with a green
lid on my desk) and ask students how many marbles are there. Get
estimates and then write the word estimate on the overhead and explain
what it means and that they are estimating how many marbles there are.
Then count them by putting them in groups of 10. Hold up a handful of
pencils repeating the process.
Activity: pgs 17-18
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.3
2:35 3:15

Writing
Topic: What is a Sentence?
T63
Mini-Lesson: Fairy Tale Sentence Game
One player names a fairy tale character and tosses an object to another
player who must complete the sentence by telling something that
character did.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.2
3:15 3:20
3:20 3:25

3:25

HOMEWORK:

(Bullying PBS) - Read Aloud: ____________________________

Dismissal Procedures: when the bell rings students pack up, put their
chairs on their desks.
Bus riders line up next to the cabinet in the classroom.
Car riders line up and dismiss to Mrs. Rothsteins classroom.
Walkers and daycare line up and dismiss to Mrs. Woods classroom.
At 3:25 the second bell will ring. You will walk the students down the
hallway toward the back of the school and turn left to go down the
hallway past the gym and cafeteria. At the end of the hallway turn left
again and then right down the short hallway diagonal from the last
hallway and outside to the buses.
Reading pgs 18-23
Math wkbk pg 4
Spelling Contract

WEDNESDAY
*You will find handouts and transparencies you need at the upper right corner on the desk in the
folder marked Wednesday or on the corner of the desk in a stack with the teacher books.
9:05 9:10
Daily Language Practice sentence #3
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.4.7
9:10 9:40

Whole Group
Selection: Dragon Gets By (24-31)
T32
A.P.K: Discuss what has happened in the story so far
Vocab: balanced, dairy, diet, hungry, shopper, shopping, vegetables- have
students match the words with the definitions on sentence strips.
T34
Ph. Aware: #1 Warm-Up- say /f/ /l/ /a/ /t/. Have students repeat sounds
with you, blend them, say the word, and name the vowel sound (flat,
short a). Repeat steps using the words plan, trip, and slim
T34-T35
Phonics: #2- write the word rabbit on the whiteboard and underline the a
and i. Cover the second syllable (bit) in the word and blend the sounds to
read rab. Then cover the first syllable to blend the sounds to read rabbit.
Repeat using the word plastic.
T51
Comp: Story Structure- review story structure elements: characters,
setting, beginning, middle, and end. Explain Dragon has a problem at the
beginning of the story. Then have students name events that have
happened in the middle and write on chart paper in order how they
happened.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.5
Small Group (You meet with group while others work in stations)
Green Group:
Vegetable Soup- reread story and finish comprehension handout. Begin
story structure handout.
9:55 10:15
Purple Group:
Cats Surprise Party- reread story and finish comprehension handout.
Begin story structure handout.
10:15 - 10:35
Blue Group:
Not Your Usual Goat- reread story and finish comprehension handout.
Begin story structure handout.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
9:30 9:55

10:35 11:20

Reading Intervention (in green box on red shelf)

Introduce station games and play with whole group for about 15-20
minutes and then separate into groups to play games while I circulate and
guide those who need the help.

Student names:
11:20 12:05

Special Areas:
Monday- M/L/PE, Tuesday- L/PE/M, Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Library, Friday- PE

12:05 12:25

Recess: outside- the playground is located at the end of this hallway and
inside is held in the classroom using board games/ games found in the 2 nd
cabinet from the wall. There are also games listed on the inside door with
explanations of how to play.

12:25 12:34
12:35- 1:05

Bathroom Break- getting ready for lunch

Lunch take and pick students up from cafeteria

1:05 1:35

Math Intervention
Activity: Pull a small group to work on ______________ with those
students who had the most trouble on Fridays quiz.

Student names:
1:35 2:35

Math
Balanced Math Review on overhead: Students independently work for 10
min. then we check together
Mini-Lesson: Chapter 1.2 Draw a number line on the overhead from 120. Circle the number 11. Put a square around the number less than 11
and a triangle around the number more than 11. Discuss and repeat. Have
several students do the same with different numbers.
Activity: pgs. 11-12
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.5
2:35 3:15

Writing
Topic: What is a Good Sentence?
Mini-Lesson: Discuss with students what parts are included in a sentence
and demonstrate using graphic organizer on overhead. Have students
begin their own sentences as I circulate checking their work.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.2
3:15 3:20
3:20 3:25

3:25

HOMEWORK:

(Bullying PBS) - Read Aloud: ____________________________

Dismissal Procedures: when the bell rings students pack up, put their
chairs on their desks.
Bus riders line up next to the cabinet in the classroom.
Car riders line up and dismiss to Mrs. Rothsteins classroom.
Walkers and daycare line up and dismiss to Mrs. Woods classroom.
At 3:25 the second bell will ring. You will walk the students down the
hallway toward the back of the school and turn left to go down the
hallway past the gym and cafeteria. At the end of the hallway turn left
again and then right down the short hallway diagonal from the last
hallway and outside to the buses.
Reading pgs 24-31
Math wkbk pg 2
Spelling Contract

THURSDAY
*You will find handouts and transparencies you need at the upper right corner on the desk in the
folder marked Thursday or on the corner of the desk in a stack with the teacher books.
9:05 9:10
Daily Language Practice sentence #4 and 5
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.4.7
9:10 9:40

Whole Group
Selection: reread Dragon Gets By
T32
A.P.K: Chart the events in order that happened in the story
Vocab: match words and definitions on sentence strips
T34
Ph. Aware: #1 Warm-Up- say /f/ /l/ /a/ /t/. Have students repeat sounds
with you, blend them, say the word, and name the vowel sound (flat,
short a). Repeat steps using the words plan, trip, and slim
T35
Phonics: #3 Guided Practice- write glad, slip, crab, filling, zigzag, and
picnic and have students point out vowels as you underline them.
Remind students that two-syllable words have two vowel sounds. Have
students repeat using clap, spin, napkin, bandit.
T60
Comp: Story Structure- Fill out Story Map on PB pg 24/ trans. 1-5
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.5
Small Group (You meet with group while others work in stations)
Green Group:
Vegetable Soup- Finish story structure handout and play shopping for
endings.
9:55 10:15
Purple Group:
Cats Surprise Party- Finish story structure handout and play shopping
for endings.
10:15 - 10:35
Blue Group:
Not Your Usual Goat- Finish story structure handout and play shopping
for endings.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
9:30 9:55

10:35 11:20

Reading Intervention (in green box on red shelf)

Introduce station games and play with whole group for about 15-20
minutes and then separate into groups to play games while I circulate and
guide those who need the help.

Student names:
11:20 12:05

Special Areas:
Monday- M/L/PE, Tuesday- L/PE/M, Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Library, Friday- PE

12:05 12:25

Recess: outside- the playground is located at the end of this hallway and
inside is held in the classroom using board games/ games found in the 2 nd
cabinet from the wall. There are also games listed on the inside door with
explanations of how to play.

12:25 12:34
12:35- 1:05

Bathroom Break- getting ready for lunch

Lunch take and pick students up from cafeteria

1:05 1:35

Math Intervention
Activity: Pull a small group to work on ______________ with those
students who had the most trouble on Fridays quiz.

Student names:
1:35 2:35

Math
Balanced Math Review on overhead: Students independently work for 10
min. then we check together
Mini-Lesson: Chapter 1.3 Write the greater than and less than symbols
on the overhead and discuss what they mean. (I usually discuss an
alligators mouth as a visional to help students understand that when an
alligator is hungry it eats the biggest number). Write a number on each
side of the symbol and discuss (ex. 15 > 12 meaning fifteen is greater
than twelve and using my hand to chomp the 15 as the biggest number).
Activity: pgs 13-15
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.5
2:35 3:15

Writing
Topic: What is a Good Sentence?
Mini-Lesson: Discuss with students what parts are included in a sentence
and demonstrate using graphic organizer on overhead. Have students
begin their own sentences as I circulate checking their work.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.2
3:15 3:20
3:20 3:25

3:25

HOMEWORK:

(Bullying PBS) - Read Aloud: ____________________________

Dismissal Procedures: when the bell rings students pack up, put their
chairs on their desks.
Bus riders line up next to the cabinet in the classroom.
Car riders line up and dismiss to Mrs. Rothsteins classroom.
Walkers and daycare line up and dismiss to Mrs. Woods classroom.
At 3:25 the second bell will ring. You will walk the students down the
hallway toward the back of the school and turn left to go down the
hallway past the gym and cafeteria. At the end of the hallway turn left
again and then right down the short hallway diagonal from the last
hallway and outside to the buses.
Reading pgs 18-31
Math wkbk pg 3
Spelling Contract

FRIDAY
*You will find handouts and transparencies you need at the upper right corner on the desk in the
folder marked Friday or on the corner of the desk in a stack with the teacher books.
9:05 9:10
Daily Language Practice test
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.4.7
9:10 9:40

Whole Group
Selection: reread story
T32
A.P.K: B-M-E of the story
Vocab: balanced, dairy, diet, hungry, shopper, shopping, vegetables
T34
Ph. Aware: review sounds
T34-T35
Phonics: review sound/ letter correspondence
T32
Comp: Story Structure- review story structure elements
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.7.1
9:30 9:55

9:55 10:15

Small Group (You meet with group while others work in stations)
Green Group:
Comprehension assessment
Phonics assessment
Purple Group:
Comprehension assessment
Phonics Assessment

10:15 - 10:35

Blue Group:
Comprehension assessment
Phonics Assessment
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.5
10:35 11:20

Reading Intervention (in green box on red shelf)

Introduce station games and play with whole group for about 15-20
minutes and then separate into groups to play games while I circulate and
guide those who need the help.

Student names:
11:20 12:05

Special Areas:
Monday- M/L/PE, Tuesday- L/PE/M, Wednesday- Technology
Thursday- Library, Friday- PE

12:05 12:25

Recess: outside- the playground is located at the end of this hallway and
inside is held in the classroom using board games/ games found in the 2 nd
cabinet from the wall. There are also games listed on the inside door with
explanations of how to play.

12:25 12:34
12:35- 1:05

Bathroom Break- getting ready for lunch

Lunch take and pick students up from cafeteria

1:05 1:35

Math Intervention
Activity: Pull a small group to work on ______________ with those
students who had the most trouble on Fridays quiz.

Student names:

1:35 2:35

Math: poster method/ problem solving

You have 8 dimes. At the store, you see some toys that you want to buy.
The ball costs $0.90. The stuffed bear costs $0.60. The jump rope costs
$0.95. Which toy can you buy? (transparency problem)

Put problem solving math transparency on the overhead. Have students

try to solve problem independently (3 mins). Then, put them into groups
of four or less. Have the groups discuss the individual answers and come
up with a group answer to put on the chart paper. When the groups
become ready pass out chart paper and markers and have them put the
answer they chose on the chart paper (25 mins). Then, have a student
from each group visit the other groups to see what answers they came up
with (7 mins). Lastly, the original group gets back together to discuss
their final answer and make changes if necessary. Have a student write
their answer in a statement on the back of their chart paper (5 mins.).
Each group presents their final answer to the whole class (10 mins).
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.3, 2.6.4
2:35 3:15

Writing
Topic: What is a Good Sentence?
Mini-Lesson: Discuss with students what parts are included in a sentence
and demonstrate using graphic organizer on overhead. Have students
begin their own sentences as I circulate checking their work.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 2.6.2
3:15 3:20
3:20 3:25

3:25

(Bullying PBS) - Read Aloud: ____________________________

Dismissal Procedures: when the bell rings students pack up, put their
chairs on their desks.
Bus riders line up next to the cabinet in the classroom.
Car riders line up and dismiss to Mrs. Rothsteins classroom.
Walkers and daycare line up and dismiss to Mrs. Woods classroom.
At 3:25 the second bell will ring. You will walk the students down the
hallway toward the back of the school and turn left to go down the
hallway past the gym and cafeteria. At the end of the hallway turn left
again and then right down the short hallway diagonal from the last
hallway and outside to the buses.
Have a Great Weekend and Remember Your Things!!!!