Collaborating With The Classroom Teachers

Each week we try to reinforce what the students are learning in the classroom. We communicate through email. For example this week the topics were as follows.

K- We are working on the letter Hh, sight word "are" and neighborhoods (community helpers).

1st Grade is focusing on 2 digit subtraction for the next two weeks... as well as continuing writing with details and sequencing

2^nd Next week we will read a story about animal baths and will be counting money in math. The following week is a story about a goose, then Planet Earth and then Super Storms

3rd grade is working on multiplication. last week we learned about arrays and repeated addition. This week we're learning the 0,1,2,5,9, and 10's. In Reading we are learning inference and context clues.Next week were going to be using multiplication in word problems.

4^th math conversions. Math-fractions and measurement.

 science, we've just finished up with animal life cycles. This week( Thurs-Wed.),  we'll be working on the respiratory system.
5th In math have been studying angles, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, symmetry, shape turns.   
      In science we have been studying the food web.

Most topics are easy to integrate into the pe lesson.

Writing with details and sequencing- At the end of the pe lesson we asked the kids to write a journal entry. We discussed the difference between the topic sentence and the details. If the journal entry has a correct topic sentence and supporting details the students will receive a half dollar coin stamp. We used this as a ticket to play the next day. This motivates the students to get the work done. We can also see who needs added instruction.

Counting money- We integrate money into all of our lessons with the use of the money stamp. Every couple of weeks we have the students count up their money and log it into their register located in the back of their journal.

Multiplication- We have dots on the ground on the blacktop so the students can do their exercise and guarantee they have personal space. The dots are in rows of ten and we have seven rows. Daily we count up the number of students counting by 2's, 3's, etc. We discuss how to make math sentences. Ex. Two times ten equals twenty or Ten times two equals twenty. We can extend the lesson by asking if we want to divide these twenty people onto two teams how many people would be on each team?

Measurement and geometry- We measured both the blacktop and the grass field. We talked about what tool would be appropriate to use to measure the field. We had the children diagram the blacktop and field. The also had the students label the ninety degree angles, parallel and perpendicular lines. We talked about whether the sides of the court are symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Food Web- We also integrate 4H into our pe program. We maintain a school garden. Exercise is not only jumping jacks but weeding, watering and planting. The kids get a hands on education about plants. The science that can be taught through the plants is amazing.