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    A Circle of Smiles

    posted 11/19/2015 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    SOCIAL: Awareness of self provides a foundation for an understanding of people and engagement in social, personal, and academic environments.
    SOCIAL: Recognizing thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of self and others enable one to cooperate, communicate, and constructively interact with others.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    you*+  me*+  I*+  now*+  at*  two*  smile  we're  pair  one  circle  ring  wear  gift  share

    Going to the Islands

     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating. 
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning. 
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs. 
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):  
    *going *to *the *we *can *go *on *a *fly *and *all *right *boat *swim *in *take *nice *under *water *it *is *warm *sun *have *fun *play *down *see *of *day +go +on +feel +all +in +it +play Islands Plane Kite Sail sea rest coconut tree bright dig sand watch end
     
    Story:  Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin, What Do You See?
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    CCELA: Audience and purpose influence the writer's choice of organizational pattern, language and literacy techniques.

    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    orange*  what*  you*+  see*  white*  look(ing)*  me*+  green*  black*  yellow*  pumpkin  ghost  witch  purple  monster  bat  moon  color
    Story:  Red Crab, Red Crab

    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Audience and purpose influence the writer's choice of organizational pattern, language, and literacy techniques.
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    red*  what*  see*  you*+  I*+  white*  look(ing)*  me*+  green*  orange*  fish*  blue*  black*  yellow*  swim(mer)*  which*  what*+  is*  crab  stingray  shark  pink  octopus  dolphin  whale  purple  sea  horse  starfish  animal  color
    Story:  The Mitten
    Download: The Mitten
    Reading A-Z, Level D 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    the*  bear*  was*  cold*  got*  into*  warm*  too*  he+  with*  she*+  blue*  after*  ant  mitten  fox  squish  squash  squeeze  rabbit  jay  kaboom