Winter Break begins 12/23 and school resumes 1/9
ACCESS testing will begin January 17th and will last through the middle of February. Students will be given the Language Proficiency test at various times throughout this time frame.
Have a wonderful holiday break!! See you all in 2012 :)
Miss Lundeen
May Watts Elementary
May Watts Elementary School
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
This week in ELL!
Winter Break is almost upon us!
Here is a look at what each grade level is working on this week:
Kindergarten: These students are working on the letter "D" in their classrooms and will be practicing their writing skills and reading stories that surround the letter D. Kindergartners will be working on creating sentences and using vocabulary that they will be working with in class.
First Grade: These first graders are working on measurement and comparing different objects. We have been reading stories and looking at objects and identifying big, bigger, biggest; heavy, heavier, heaviest; tall, taller, tallest; etc. Students will be working with small groups to observe and analyze different objects and incorporating the numbered-heads together cooperative strategy to share their information.
Second Grade: Second grade is working with symmetry this week. Earlier in the week, we finished our discussion about comparing and contrasting 2D and 3D shapes, now we are working on creating pictures that are symmetrical. Our language skill for this week is creating and describing drawings that have symmetry or are the "same".
Third Grade: This week, our focus is on animal adaptations and understanding that all animals need some adaptation to survive. We have read stories, looked at national geographic videos, and even pretended to be whales and experimented with "blubber". Students had the opportunity to feel what it would be like to be a whale in icy cold water without the special adaptation of blubber to help keep them warm. We did this experiment using a bucket of ice water and zip-loc bags filled with vegetable shortening (Don't worry the "blubber" was in separate bags, so the 3rd graders did not get messy :) )
Fourth Grade: We are exploring the Southeast this week! We are reading documents and taking virtual explorations through the Florida Everglades to experience what life is like down in the Southeast Region. Our main focus to assist with their social studies instruction in class is identifying vocabulary related to the geography, economy, and the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Bennick and Miss Lundeen are working with 5th grade students on exploring multi-cultural books and analyizing interesting information from each. We have completed synthesizing reading guides to help maintain our focus and summarize key information.
These units will continue into parts of next week due to the shortened time frame! As always, please let me know of any questions :)
Miss Lundeen
Here is a look at what each grade level is working on this week:
Kindergarten: These students are working on the letter "D" in their classrooms and will be practicing their writing skills and reading stories that surround the letter D. Kindergartners will be working on creating sentences and using vocabulary that they will be working with in class.
First Grade: These first graders are working on measurement and comparing different objects. We have been reading stories and looking at objects and identifying big, bigger, biggest; heavy, heavier, heaviest; tall, taller, tallest; etc. Students will be working with small groups to observe and analyze different objects and incorporating the numbered-heads together cooperative strategy to share their information.
Second Grade: Second grade is working with symmetry this week. Earlier in the week, we finished our discussion about comparing and contrasting 2D and 3D shapes, now we are working on creating pictures that are symmetrical. Our language skill for this week is creating and describing drawings that have symmetry or are the "same".
Third Grade: This week, our focus is on animal adaptations and understanding that all animals need some adaptation to survive. We have read stories, looked at national geographic videos, and even pretended to be whales and experimented with "blubber". Students had the opportunity to feel what it would be like to be a whale in icy cold water without the special adaptation of blubber to help keep them warm. We did this experiment using a bucket of ice water and zip-loc bags filled with vegetable shortening (Don't worry the "blubber" was in separate bags, so the 3rd graders did not get messy :) )
Fourth Grade: We are exploring the Southeast this week! We are reading documents and taking virtual explorations through the Florida Everglades to experience what life is like down in the Southeast Region. Our main focus to assist with their social studies instruction in class is identifying vocabulary related to the geography, economy, and the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Bennick and Miss Lundeen are working with 5th grade students on exploring multi-cultural books and analyizing interesting information from each. We have completed synthesizing reading guides to help maintain our focus and summarize key information.
These units will continue into parts of next week due to the shortened time frame! As always, please let me know of any questions :)
Miss Lundeen
Monday, December 5, 2011
Happy December!
December is officially upon us! The weather is starting to feel colder and Winter will slowly be approaching. Here is a look at what each grade level has been up to in ELL class...
Kindergarten: The students have been discussing healthy food choices. We have looked at different pictures to identify what foods are healthy choices, what foods are unhealthy, how they taste (salty, sweet, bitter, sour) and we have also described by speaking and writing why certain foods are healthy.
First Grade: Last week, our focus was on the skill of rhyming! We read various stories, used our rhyming "Brag Bag" to make predictions of what objects rhyme with our clue, and played Read and Rhyme where students needed to read a word and identify a rhyme that matched the written word.
Second Grade: Second Grade has been working on a nutrition unit as well. Last week, we discussed what foods are healthy and what foods are unhealthy by creating a "healthy meal" using a paper plate and pictures from magazines. We also discussed the many ways to describe how foods taste aside from just sweet, sour, salty, etc. This week, we will be reviewing key vocabulary and discussing the concept of trees from their The Secret Life of Trees story from their classrooms.
Third Grade: Third Grade is beginning their animal habitat unit and we will be focusing on keywords and concepts that revolve around habitats. The students will be able to identify various habitats and describe key characteristics of those (climate, animals, location, etc). Each student will be doing some research on a particular habitat and reporting their findings to the rest of our group!
Fourth Grade: After completing the Rocks, minerals and volcanoes unit, the students will be discovering the Southeast region. We will be reading non-fiction material, watching National Geographic videos and creating brochures to identify key components of this region.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Bennick and Miss Lundeen have been working together to focus on key literature skills throughout the week in our Flex group time. This week, we will be reading a mystery story and attempting to find the clues within the story to identify the solution to the mystery!
That will wrap up our first week in December :) As always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Miss Lundeen
Kindergarten: The students have been discussing healthy food choices. We have looked at different pictures to identify what foods are healthy choices, what foods are unhealthy, how they taste (salty, sweet, bitter, sour) and we have also described by speaking and writing why certain foods are healthy.
First Grade: Last week, our focus was on the skill of rhyming! We read various stories, used our rhyming "Brag Bag" to make predictions of what objects rhyme with our clue, and played Read and Rhyme where students needed to read a word and identify a rhyme that matched the written word.
Second Grade: Second Grade has been working on a nutrition unit as well. Last week, we discussed what foods are healthy and what foods are unhealthy by creating a "healthy meal" using a paper plate and pictures from magazines. We also discussed the many ways to describe how foods taste aside from just sweet, sour, salty, etc. This week, we will be reviewing key vocabulary and discussing the concept of trees from their The Secret Life of Trees story from their classrooms.
Third Grade: Third Grade is beginning their animal habitat unit and we will be focusing on keywords and concepts that revolve around habitats. The students will be able to identify various habitats and describe key characteristics of those (climate, animals, location, etc). Each student will be doing some research on a particular habitat and reporting their findings to the rest of our group!
Fourth Grade: After completing the Rocks, minerals and volcanoes unit, the students will be discovering the Southeast region. We will be reading non-fiction material, watching National Geographic videos and creating brochures to identify key components of this region.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Bennick and Miss Lundeen have been working together to focus on key literature skills throughout the week in our Flex group time. This week, we will be reading a mystery story and attempting to find the clues within the story to identify the solution to the mystery!
That will wrap up our first week in December :) As always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Miss Lundeen
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