March 10-14

This week was an exciting adventure as we celebrated Monster Week! We learned that monsters are really just creatures born from our own imaginations. Following a set of fun directions, we each created our own unique monsters. Even though we all started with the same guidelines, our monsters turned out to be very different!  We discovered that this variety is due to the fact that we are all unique individuals with our own creative ideas. Drawing monsters was a breeze because there’s no specific way a monster must look! With this newfound freedom, we eagerly began to draw and color our own special monsters. After creating our monster, we each wrote a short story describing a monster from our imagination. These stories were compiled into a class book. To wrap up the week, we took part in a fun activity where we created a monster and planted some "monster hair." We hope that with a little sunlight and water, it will grow just like our imaginations!

Monday:

Reading:

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Dictation practice

• Introduced to our new words, did, this, & were

• Read through our emergent reader, Best Friends

• Completed an ug & un word matching worksheet

• Followed the directions activity to create a monster

• Listened to the stories, Go Away, Big Green Monster  

• Drew a picture of a monster for a writing project

• Completed a can/have/are worksheet that goes with the monster we drew

Math:

• Calendar Binder

• Reviewed 3D shapes

Religion:

• Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation and wrote in our journals

• Colored the 2nd Station of the Cross: Jesus Takes Up His Cross

Tuesday:

Reading

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Dictation practice

• Listened to the story Monsters Love Underpants

• Completed a short u Secret Words worksheet

• Using our can/have/are worksheet, we wrote about our monster using lots of adjectives

• Worked on our Zoo’s

Math:

• Calendar Binder

• “What’s My Rule?” Fishing - identifying why a group of things are the same

Religion:

• Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation and wrote in our journals 

• Colored the 3rd Station of the Cross: Jesus Falls for the First Time

Wednesday:

Scheduled Early Release

Reading:

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Dictation practice

• Listened to the story Even Monsters Need Haircuts

• Completed a -up Secret Word worksheet

• Finished our monster writing project

• Worked on our zoo project

Math:

• Calendar Binder

Religion:

• Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation

• Colored the 4th Station of the Cross: Jesus Meets Mary, His Mother

Thursday:

Reading:

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Dictation Practice

• Completed a short u Secret Words worksheet

• Created a monster’s face using a plastic up.

• Planted monster hair (grass) seeds

• Started our Monster Hair Journal

Math:

• Calendar Binder

• Tall Enough to Ride - measuring with nonstandard measurements

Religion:

• Watched Brother Francis Lent meditation and wrote in our journals

• Colored the 5th Station of the Cross: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross

Friday:

Lenten Retreat