Mrs Pekkala s December 5 th -9 th
Monday 8:30-9:15: Redstreak Reading Club 2 nd Grade Enrichment- This is the first day for the food drive. I want the kids to come up with a way to organize the canned food as it comes in. Each team will need to decorate and label a box for the classrooms they are responsible for. They will also need to make a note for each classroom teacher telling them where their specific box is located. Students will use Microsoft Word and Power Point for this project. 9:15-9:30: Planning 9:30-10:15: Mrs. Crocker How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video clip. What was your favorite part? Why? Why was the Grinch so mean and grumpy? What was the solution to the problem? Sequence- what happened first, next, last? Give teachers Grinch masks for the kids to 11:10-11:55: Mrs. Brust northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 11:55-12:30: Lunch 12:30-1:15: Ms. Reader- northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 1:15-2:00: Miss Irvine- STAR early literacy testing. When the students are complete they can 2:00-2:30-K+Kids: Independent reading on his/her level. Kids should bring an AR book in with them. They
2:30-3:00: Bus Duty- Out front with Mr. Rockwell Tuesday 8:30-9:15: Redstreak Reading Club 2 nd Grade Enrichment- Introduce tables in Power Point. Have the student decide which kind of table we should use to show how much canned food we collect each week. Students will need to login using their own username and password and save their work. 9:15-9:30: Planning 9:30-10:15: Mrs. Wolford How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video to the problem? 10:15-11:10: Mrs. Salisbury- How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video 11:10-11:55: Mrs. Mrs. Shepherd northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com from Mrs. Pekkala s webpage- Educational Links- Write a Letter to Santa. Students will create an account 11:55-12:30: Lunch 12:30-1:15: Mrs. Brady make a wish list of Santa on your blog Link 3 pictures of things you would like to have for Christmas on your blog. 1:15-2:00: Mrs. Walls-
Wednesday 8:30-9:15:2 nd Grade Enrichment- Students will create a table in Power Point that includes date, preschool, kindergarten, 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd grade. Teams will need to go and collect and tally their specific box and report their totals on the board. All students will record all data on his/her table. Students will save this data, so that we can add more at a later date. 9:15-9:30: Small Group 9:30-10:15: Mrs. Reuter How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video 11:10-11:55: Mrs. Pollard northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 12:30-1:15: Ms. Ervine- northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 1:15-2:00: Mrs. Reno- 2:30-3:00: Bus Duty- Out front with Mr. Rockwell
Thursday 8:30-9:15: 2 nd Grade Enrichment- Students will create Wanted Posters for the hallway to advertise the canned food drive. Skills: Power Point- Insert shape, change color of shape, insert clipart, alter clipart, insert word art, alter word art, insert text box, alter text box, print to 146 Students will hang their posters in the hallway. 9:15-9:30: Small Group 9:30-10:15: Mrs. Mitchell How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video 11:10-11:55: Mrs. Moore northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 12:30-1:15: Mrs. Jones- northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 1:15-2:00: Mrs. Neu- Discuss Big Blue Ox then have students access TALL TALES video from the drop down box on my page. Listen and discuss similarities in characters from Big Blue Ox and Paul Bunyan & Babe. Game: www.animatedtalltales.com Student focus: Following multistep directions, manipulating mouse, operating video clips, and making connections to prior knowledge.
Friday 8:30-9:15: Redstreak Reading Club 2 nd Grade Enrichment- Each group will tally their specific boxes and add the new data to their table (PowerPoint). Students will begin to work on his/her power point for their upcoming presentation. Power Point Requirements can be found under my class projects on my webpage. 9:15-9:30: Small Group 9:30-10:15: Mrs. Dixon How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Video clip. Discuss the characters in the video 11:10-11:55: Mrs. Montgomery northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com from Mrs. Pekkala s webpage- Educational Links- Write a Letter to Santa. Students will create an account 12:30-1:15: Mrs. McCann: northpole.com Send an email to Santa Claus. Students will access northpole.com 1:15-2:00: Mrs. Kritzwiser: 2:30-3:00: Bus Duty- Out front with Mr. Rockwell