Current Lessons
Week of November 4th through November 6th
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| Kindergarten | Students will listen to Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland, illustrated by Jim McFarland. This book is a Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee. Students will stamp the G and H using KidPix. They will then stamp things that have the same beginning sound as each letter. For example: under the letter F they might stamp a flag. |
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| First | Students will listen to Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland, illustrated by Jim McFarland. This book is a Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee. Students will stamp the letters S through Z using KidPix. They will then stamp things that have the same beginning sound as each letter. For example: under the letter N they might stamp a nose. |
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| Second, Third, and Fourth | Students will listen to Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland, illustrated by Jim McFarland. This book is a Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee. Students will listen to the book being read. Using the Inspiration program on the computer, students will create a double bubble map to compare and contrast Widget and the cats from the story.. |
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| Fifth | Students will be continuing to write their own Choose Your Own Adventure story using Microsft Word to plan the story and writing it with pictures using Microsoft PowerPoint. This will take several weeks to complete. It is a lesson from SchoolKit.com, a web site that provides lessons for use with Microsoft Office programs. Mr. Spencer has been attending workshops to learn to use it and will be teaching lessons that use the computers for reading, writing, math, and other subject areas. | |||