Week+of+03-16-09

= = = = = First Grade Weekly Planning =

For the Week of: March 16 - March 20, 2009
**Mathematics** Goals/Objectives: 5.02, 4.01, 4.02 (Vocabulary/Language || Line plots, tallies, venn diagrams, probability work on performance assessments || (Games, songs, activities)
 * Topic:
 * Math Strategies:

|| -Do you believe in leprechauns graph? (Mon.) -Lucky Charms graph -review all 9 weeks objectives (Ashley) - Probability Eggs invesitgation (usually done closer to Easter, but I will bring to show...) - Spinner investigation activity - Probability Kisses investigation - Line plot of how many gold coins are in the Leprechaun's pot- predict, then count: write tallies as we pull the coins out. (Michelle) || || Lucky charms Candy Kisses Gold coins || Goals/Objectives: 2.01 2.03 || St. Patrick's Day and Spring || || BIG books: Ballyhoo! The Scrubbing Machine || || Readers read at just the right pace to look at punctuation. ||
 * Materials and Manipulatives
 * Morning Work/Workstations || Spiral math ||
 * Reading**
 * Theme:
 * Shared Reading
 * Readers Statements
 * Interactive Read Alouds

|| St. Patrick's Day books: Non-fiction books about spring Books by David Shannon and Dorreen Cronin

Activities: 1. Leprechaun puppet 2. Leprechaun comic strip ||

Goals/Objectives: Imaginative narratives
 * Writing **


 * Mini Lessons

|| Letter and Word Word: Buddy Study long/short o || || Interactive Writing: -a new ending for The Scrubbing Machine (we read it during shared reading last week) -a class story about the leprechaun mess (Ashley) || || -Double Bubble Map comparing spring and winter (finish if needed) ||
 * Interactive Writing Suggestions
 * Graphic Sources

Theme/Focus ||  || 3.04 How community members are affected by changes ||
 * || ** Science ** || ** Social Studies ** ||
 * Goals/Objectives:
 * Projects/

Weekly Readers

|| Where Do I Live? || Ice cream cone "Where do we live?" (Michelle) ||
 * Videos/Technology ||  ||   ||
 * Research based strategies: Buddy study, guided reading, manipulatives, AR and conferring.**