It's a PENGUARY January!

So don't you think that PENGUINS are fun and wintery and just right for January?  Why of course they are!  This week in Kindergarten Room A-1 we're pretty excited to read about and work with penguins!  Here's a Sneaky-Penguiny Peek at our Week!

I'll post some pictures of the kiddies and our classroom activities this week too!
Enjoy your week!

Elam – Kindergarten Morning Schedule Week of 1-21-2013

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
08:00:00 AM	Attendance	Lunch Count	Announcements	Pledge	Folders
8:15-8:30 Handwriting Time	Handwriting Without Tears Words For Me TP 135 SP 71	Letter q TP 136 SP 72	Letter x TP 137 SP 73	Letter z TP 138 SP 74
8:30-10:00 Lang. Arts Story: Penguins Poem: Penny Penguin Poem Keep Book: Ben Book Go Pengins Go Penguin Pals I Love Snow We Live In	Whole Group Time Calendar/Day & Date/Weather/ How Many Days In School/Mystery Box/First Name Recognition/ Phonemic Awareness Songs/ LetterID/ Number ID 1-100 Sight Word Work/ Color Words Songs & Poems/Intro & Review new sight words Review sight words: No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Whole Group Time *Repeat Read and discuss rhyming stories, promoting phonemic awaremess. Review sight words Create an –en chunk chart Do –en word fill in Ben mini-book Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Book From The First Grade Princess	Whole Group Time -en word ladder Go Penguins Go Mini Book We Live In--- -en chunk mini book Penguin Brainstorm Sheet Penguin Shape Craftivity Activity	Whole Group Time *Repeat Penguin Pals Mini Book Cut and Create Are Penguins Your Favorite Animal? Graph	Whole Group Time *Repeat Show and Tell Poetry Binder Poem: Read, identify sight words, illustrate, send home. Penguins Lay Eggs Writing Mini Book from The First Grade Princess Penguin Writing “Winter Is…”
Interactive Writing	Penguin Writing	Penguin Writing	Penguin Writing	Penguin Writing	Penguin Writing
Making Meaning & Phonics		Making Meaning If You Were A Penguin Story Wondering	Phonics WSA-3 Making New Words By Changing the 1st Letter.	Making Meaning If You Were A Penguin Day 2
9:35-10:00	Reading Workshop Silent Reading Lesson: Wondering	Reading Workshop Silent Reading Wondering	Reading Workshop Silent Reading Wondering	Reading Workshop Silent Reading Wondering	Reading Workshop Silent Reading Wondering
10:00-10:45 Math	Math	Math 5.1.1 Shape Pictures	Math 5.1.2 Circles & Rectangles	Math 5.1.3 Triangles & Squares	Math 5.1.4 Clay Shapes
10:45-11:20	Music	PE	Tech Tools	Art	Tech Tools

Elam – AFTERNOON SCHEDULE-1-21-2013

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
11:25-11:35	CLEAN UP FOR LUNCH Mystery Box	CLEAN UP FOR LUNCH Mystery Box	CLEAN UP FOR LUNCH Mystery Box	CLEAN UP FOR LUNCH Mystery Box	CLEAN UP FOR LUNCH Mystery Box
11:35-12:05	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
12:05-12:35	Recess Duty	Recess Duty	Recess Duty	Recess Duty	Recess Duty
12:35-12:50	Pick Up Lunch Boxes, Bathroom
12:50-1:10	Center 1 Writing Table	Center 1 123Math	Center 1 Cut & Paste	Center 1 Listening Center	Center 1 ABC's
1:10-1:30	Center 2 Puzzles	Center 2 Number Work	Center 2 Color By Words	Center 2 STAR	Center 2 Computers
1:50-2:15	Writers Workshop *	Writers Workshop *Ways to share information Books,PostersCharts	Writers Workshop *Posters are about a topic. Posters have pictures.	Writers Workshop *Posters have pictures and words.
		Science What Will The Weather Be Like Today? USTARS Penguins Keep Warm, How Do We? Sheet from First Grade Blue Skies	Science Weekly Reader Penguins Info Sheet (Animals & Their Habitats)	Science Non Fiction Penguin Stories (Animals & Their Habitats) A Pretty Cool Bird Sheet from First Grade Blue Skies	Social Studies Weekly Reader Arctic Animals Polar Bears
2:20-2:30	PACK UP Dismissal	PACK UP Dismissal	PACK UP Dismissal	PACK UP Dismissal	PACK UP Dismissal
2:40-3:20	PLANNING TIME	PLANNING TIME	PLANNING TIME	PLANNING TIME	PLANNING