Appendix A: High-Five the Word Cards

two

more

write

go

see

no

way

could

my

than

Appendix B: Morning Messages

Monday, April 6, 2015
Good morning boys and girls,
This weekend, ms. kim went to Ripley's Aquarium. I saw a lot of fish and other sea animals. what did you do
this Weekend.
Love, Ms. Kim
---Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Good morning Friends,
yesterday, we discussed about places in our neighbourhood Do you go to any of those places after school
yesterday?
Love, Ms. Kim
---Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Good morning everybody,
Have you noticed changes in the weather! you feel them? Do you smell Them? Do you see them? Do you hear
them?
Love, Ms. Kim
---Thursday, April 9, 2015
Good morning friends,
Today we are going to take a walk around our school neighbourhood. We will be taking pictures and notes for
our map. Are you excited?
Love, Ms. Kim
----Friday, April 10, 2015
Good morning boys and girls,
Ms. kim forgot how to get to our school library? can Anyone explain to me how to get their?
Love, Ms. Kim

Appendix C: Week of April 6-10, 2015 Class Job Assignments and Descriptions
Attendance Monitor (brings the attendance form to the office): Rahim
Chair Unstackers (unstack chairs before the national anthem starts): Ashley, Andrew
Book Bin Carriers (carry the morning book bin to and from the carpet area): Fatima, Jisup
Plant Caregiver (waters our plants): Katy
Pet Caregiver (feeds Sonic, our class pet fish): Dylan
Pencil Monitor (makes sure all our classroom pencils are sharpened at the beginning of the day): Hajung
100 Chart Monitor (writes down the next number on our 100 number chart): Steven
Meteorologist (records weather on our weather chart): Paige
Snack Bin Monitors (returns the snack bin to room 201 after lunch): Tiffany, Jason
Line Leader (leads the line during transitions): Maisy
Cabbose (walks at the end of the line and makes sure no one is missing): Liam
Chair stackers (stack chairs at the end of the day): Faisal, Lily
Swiffers (sweep and make sure there is no garbage on the floor at the end of the day): Jeremy, Stephanie
Vacation (no jobs for this week): Lyanne, Azlan
Appendix D: Picture Word Cards
From Day 1 Block 1 to Day 3 Block 1

school
home
restaurant

hospital
library
grocery store

subway station
police station
From Day 3 Block 2-Day 5 Block 2

right

left
between
front
behind

corner
straight
Across

Appendix E: Fluency Assessment Passages

Begin with the highest level passage, and if a student struggles with more than 3 words in a sentence, provide
him/her with the next passage (passage level going down)
Source: http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/california/teachers/building-reading-and-writing-skills/studentfluency-passages

Appendix F: Favourite Places in Our Neighbourhood Writing Activity Template

Name: ________
Favourite Places in Our Neighbourhood
1. _______
Why is this your favourite place?
______________________________
______________________________
2. _______
Why is this your favourite place?
______________________________
______________________________
3. _______
Why is this your favourite place?
______________________________
______________________________

Appendix G: Daily 5 Groups

Lovely Lemons
Rahim
Katy
Tiffany
Azlan

Super Strawberries
Ashley
Dylan
Jason
Lily

Brave Bananas
Andrew
Hajung
Maisy
Jeremy

Amazing Apples
Fatima
Steven
Liam
Stephanie
Happy Honeydews
Jisup
Paige
Faisal
Lyanne

Day 1 Block 1
Read to Self (read silently or quietly books from individual book bins): Lovely Lemons
Work on Writing (write in writing journal on a given topic or continue working on unfinished writing
activities): Super Strawberries
Read to Someone (read quietly to a partner books from individual book bins): Brave Bananas
Listen to Reading (individually listen to Tumble Books
(http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f) on a computer with headphones on):
Amazing Apples
Word Work (work on spelling and word study with given manipulatives and word sets): Happy Honeydews
Conference With the Teacher: Rahim, Ashley

Day 1 Block 2
Day 2 Block 1
Day 2 Block 2
Day 3 Block 1
Day 3 Block 2
Day 4 Block 1
Day 4 Block 2
Day 5 Block 1
Day 5 Block 2

Read to Self

Work on
Writing

Read to
Someone

Listen to
Reading

Word Work

Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries

Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas

Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples

Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews

Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons
Happy
Honeydews
Amazing
Apples
Brave
Bananas
Super
Strawberries
Lovely
Lemons

Appendix H: Directional Words List

above
after
around
before
beginning
behind
below
beside
between
bottom
down
end
far
finish
front
in

Conference
with the
Teacher
Andrew
Fatima
Jisup
Katy
Dylan
Hajung
Steven
Paige
Tiffany
Jason
Maisy
Liam
Faisal
Azlan
Lily
Jeremy
Stephanie
Lyanne

inside
left
middle
near
next to
off
on
out
outside
over
right
start
through
top
under
up
upside down
Appendix I: Simple Community Map

Source:
http://www.murafloor.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_screen/public/product_images/Kids%20town%201.jpg