A Bear for the Winter  by Karen Wallace

Review letters

Review the letter sounds

 Emphasis on the letter Ii sound this week

We are blending short “a” and “short “i” words.

am  at  mat  sat  pat  map  sap  tap  Tam  Sam  Pam  Pat  Cam  Mac  Tim  Pip  Tip  cap  cat  it  pip  sip  tip  pit  sit 

Practice reading these words:

I             am            the            little      to         a         we         my         like

Mom          dad           cat         dog          man        he         for

Words to practice using around the house:

Meadow, nest, stump, tree trunk, hive den

Predicting what the story will be about

Retelling the story

Classifying and categorizing(grouping animal homes by things that are the same about them)

Sequencing the story (first, next, last)

ADJECTIVES

*for opposites

*for numbers and sizes

*shapes and colors

Rhyming Words

Review of alphabet, numbers 1-20 and our names

*Incorporating adjectives (opposites, numbers and sizes) into our shared, modeled, and interactive writing

Practice giving a description

*day-to-day weather changes

preparing for winter weather

what we do in the four seasons

cycle of seasons

animal characteristics

Sign of the Cross.

Bless us, O Lord

Glory to the Father

Hail Mary

Bible story:  MOSES