📅 Today is...
Day of the week
🗣️ Say it together: “Today is .”
LOUIS WIENER, JR. ELEMENTARY
✦ THE STAR PROGRAM ✦
Good morning,
SHOOTING STARS!
TEACH THE SKILL. CHANGE THE STORY. LEAVE THE LEGACY.
📌 Lesson board: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Practice together at home · Wednesday, October 28Optional printable worksheets, without student names or name-tracing pages.
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🌤️ What is the weather?
Look outside, then choose one!
🗣️ “Today the weather is _____.”
🚀 Morning Mission: Do Now
9:30–9:45 AM · Packet pages 1–4
✏️ Trace and write your name
📅 Calendar and weather
🧩 Mix & Match Mission
Use the Sonic manuscript chart on the back of the name page. Complete the mixed-up matching game on the back of the calendar and weather page.
10:05–10:20 AM: Vizzle, sharing, helping, taking turns, and cheering others on. · 12:20–12:45 PM: draw, practice, and share teamwork. Packet pages 5–6.
✏️ Sentence starter
Choose the worksheet you’re using, then pick a mission!
📚 Reading Mission: Read and Spell
10:30–10:45 AM · HMH Module 1 Week 1 · Packet pages 7–8
wasof
👀 Read the words
🔤 Tap sounds and spell
🎨 Color and write
📖 Read and make sentences
Read and spell was and of. Read, tap sounds, color by sound, write the words, read the printed sentences, and write a sentence. An adult can read directions aloud.
📖 Reread and Retell
11:50 AM–12:00 PM · HMH was and of · Packet pages 7–8
1 · RereadReread the printed sentences.
2 · RetellFind was and of in the sentences.
3 · ShareSay or dictate your own sentence.
🗣️ “My sentence with was or of is __________.”
Students may speak, point, or dictate; settle with playdough and calm music.
🔢 Math Mission: Compare and Count Back
2:15–2:30 PM · Packet pages 9–10
1 · CountTouch and count each group.
2 · CompareCircle the group with fewer, or SAME if they match.
3 · Count backCount back, circle the answer, and write the equation.
🗣️ “I start at __________ and count back __________.”
Use counters or a number line. Show one hop for each number counted back. Model one, then try one independently.
✏️ Handwriting Mission
Math extension · Sonic lowercase chart · Packet page 2
👀 Look at the Sonic chart
☝️ Trace a letter
✏️ Write between the lines
Pick a lowercase letter to practice.
📚 Previous Lessons
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🕒 Day at a Glance
Wednesday, October 28
9:00–9:30 Breakfast
9:30–9:45 Do Now: name, calendar, weather, and matching
9:45–10:05 Cash Out
10:05–10:20 SEL: Being a Team Player
10:20–10:30 Brain Break
10:30–10:45 Reading: was and of
10:45–11:05 Cash Out
11:05–11:15 Brain Break
11:15–11:20 Prepare for lunch
11:20–11:50 Lunch
11:50–12:00 Reading: Reread and Retell
12:00–12:20 Cash Out
12:20–12:45 SEL: Teamwork drawing and practice
12:45–12:55 Brain Break
12:55–1:45 Specials
1:45–2:05 Cash Out
2:05–2:15 Indoor Brain Break
2:15–2:30 Math: compare and count back
2:30–2:40 Recess
2:40–3:20 Cash Out
3:20–3:26 Clean up and dismissal