Schedule for the Week of May 1-5

SPECIALS: (May 1-5)

Monday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Tuesday:   Art/Music (Day 3)

Wednesday:  P.E./Media (Day 4)

Thursday: Music/Art (Day 5)

Friday: No School!!

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Language Arts

Unit 9: Make Connections and Identify Cause and Effect (Week 2)
Review: 

• Blend CVC words
• Spell CVC words using all letters previously learned
• Sight Words: Review

• Build academic vocabulary and concepts related to fantasy
• Determine the cause and effect in a text
• Retell story events
• Reflect on cause and effect
• Build oral language and vocabulary through whole-group and partner discussion
• Reread stories to build fluency

Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 9.2 (Will come home on Thursday, May 4 in Friday Folders.

• Have your child read the books from their book bag throughout the week
• A variety of emerging reader printable books:  Leveled Readers
• Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home
• Practice sight words throughout the week: write and read them

Writing/Concepts of Print

Informational Reports: Write an Informational Report

• Use appropriate end punctuation
• Put spaces between words
• Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
• Write some CVC words
• Write high-frequency words
• Demonstrate writer's voice
• Listen for sounds in words
• Reread from the beginning of a sentence
• Draft, revise, or edit a report

Math: Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts)

• 5.21: Teen Numbers, Partners, and Equations
• Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; develop spatial concepts
• Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal
• 5.22: More Horizontal Graphs and Comparisons
• Objectives:sort and graph objects; read horizontal graphs and compare quantities; add or take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: horizontal graph, more, less, most, least, equal
• 5.23: More Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game
• Objectives: take away objects to make two groups equal; realize that the 1 in teen numbers means 1 ten.
• Vocabulary: subtract, equal, teen number, ten, one

Science:

• Continuing to observe signs of spring
• creating graphic organizer regarding what we observe
• Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
• Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
• Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made (this is a medallion!)
• Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish

Schedule for the Week of April 24-28

SPECIALS: (April 24-28)

Monday: Music/Art (Day 3)

Tuesday:  P.E./Media  (Day 4)

Wednesday:  Art/Music  (Day 5)

Thursday: Media/P.E. (Day 6)

Friday: Music/Art (Day 1)

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Language Arts

Unit 9: Make Connections and Identify Cause and Effect (Week 1)

• Letter(s): Zz
• Phonics:
• Identify the sound /z/
• Associate the letter Zz with the sound /z/
• Listen for initial /z/
• Substitute initial sounds
• Blend CVC words
• Spell CVC words using Zz and letters previously learned
• Sight Words: Review

• Identify cause and effect in pictures and text
• Recognize signal language for cause and effect
• Make connections to deepen understanding of the text
• Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence

Writing/Concepts of Print

Informational Reports: Model Writing an Informational Report

• Use appropriate end punctuation
• Put spaces between words
• Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
• Write some CVC words
• Write high-frequency words
• Demonstrate writer's voice
• Listen for sounds in words
• Reread from the beginning of a sentence
• Write a book review
• Plan and draft an informational report

Math: Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts)

• 5.17: Story Problems: Totals Under 10
• Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal

• 5.18: Subtract to Make Equal Groups
• Objectives: add or take away objects to make two groups equal
• Vocabulary: front, forward, back, ahead, left, right, over, add, subtract, equal
• 5.19: More Vertical Graphs and Comparisons
• Objectives: sort and graph objects; read vertical graphs and compare quantities; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones
• Vocabulary: graph, more than, less than, most, least, teen number
• 5.20: Practice: Pattern Block and Attribute Card Activities
• Objectives: generate repeating patterns; show geometric patterns and turns; practice 10-partners and 6-partners
• Vocabulary: pattern, rectangle, circle, triangle, square, partners

Social Studies:

• Neighborhoods: continue talking about what makes up a neighborhood and what is common in many neighborhoods
• Create a neighborhood art project together (didn't get to this last week)

Science:

• Signs that spring is on the way-take pictures in our Seesaw e-journal
• Focusing on observations (plants, fish, outside versus inside)
• human made versus found in nature, living versus nonliving

Schedule for the Week of April 17-21

SPECIALS: (April 17-21)

Monday: P.E./Media  (Day 4)

Tuesday:  Art/Music  (Day 5)

Wednesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 6)

Thursday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Friday: Media/P.E. (Day 2)

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Reading:

Unit 8: Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast 

·       Letter(s): Xx

·       Phonics:

o   Identify the sound /ks/

o   Identify the sound /z/

o   Associate the letter Xx with the sound /ks/

o   Listen for the sound /ks/

o   Listen for ending sounds

o   Orally substitute medial sounds

o   Blend CVC words

o   Spell CVC words using Qq and letters previously learned

·       Sight Words: review all

·       Determine text importance before reading

·       Build fluency through choral reading

·       Build oral language and vocabulary through whole-group and partner discussion

·       Echo-read to build fluency

·       Build comprehension through retelling

·       Practice reading a rhyme with expression

·       Use the title and other text and graphic clues to anticipate the mood of a reading selection

·       Match tone of voice to intended mood

·       Use effective inflection and intonation to make reading sound like talking

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 26)

Informational Reports: Write an Informational Report

·       Use appropriate end punctuation

·       Put spaces between words

·       Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly

·       Write some CVC words

·       Write high-frequency words

·       Demonstrate writer's voice

·       Listen for sounds in words

·       Reread from the beginning of a sentence

·       Draft, revise, or edit a report

Math:

5.14: Introduction to Counting and Grouping Routines - Objectives: count by ones from 100-120; count by fives to 50; extend repeating geometric patterns, including rotations, Vocabulary: one hundred, repeating pattern

5.15: Practice: Number and Body-in-Space Activities - Objectives: equalize groups by adding; find partners of 7,8, and 9; reinforce numbers and patterns with body movements, Vocabulary: more, less, equal, unequal, pattern

5.16: Add Partners to Find Totals - Objectives: show numbers 1-20 as tens and ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; find the total of two partners, Vocabulary: partner, total, more, fewer

5.17: Story Problems: Totals Under 10 - Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; take away objects to make two groups equal, Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal

5.18: Subtract to Make Equal Groups - Objectives: add or take away objects to make two groups equal, Vocabulary: front, forward, back, ahead, left, right

Schedule for the Week of April 3-7

Welcome Back!! I hope you all had a wonderful break!!

SPECIALS: (April 3-7)

Monday: Media/P.E. (Day 6)

Tuesday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

Wednesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Thursday: Art/Music  (Day 3)

Friday:  P.E./Media  (Day 4) - Read-A-Thon!

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Reading:

Unit 8: Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast 

·       Letter(s): Vv

·       Phonics:

o   Identify the sound /v/

o   Associate the letter Vv with the sound /v/

o   Listen for initial /v/

o   Listen for medial sounds

o   Blend CVC words

o   Spell CVC words using Vv and letters previously learned

·       Sight Words: review all

·       Identify comparisons and contrasts in photographs and text

·       Determine important text, such as compare and contrast signal words

·       Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers and clues and evidence in a text

·       Create a Venn diagram and write a paragraph based on it (whole group).

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 24)

Informational Reports: Model Writing an Informational Report

·       Use appropriate end punctuation

·       Put spaces between words

·       Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly

·       Write some CVC words

·       Write high-frequency words

·       Demonstrate writer's voice

·       Listen for sounds in words

·       Write a book review

Math:

We will continue to work on addition and subtraction in story-problems!

5.11: Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game - Objectives: solve addition and subtraction story problems; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; use the equal and not equal signs in comparing. Vocabulary: equal sign, not equal sign, equal, unequal

5.12: Tens in Teen Numbers Book - Objectives: visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; find 10-partners, Vocabulary: teen numbers, extra ones

5.13: Partners of 10: Class Project - Objectives: relate 10-partner drawings to addition equations; find patterns in the partners of 10, Vocabulary: rectangle, pattern

5.14: Introduction to Counting and Grouping Routines - Objectives: count by ones from 100-120; count by fives to 50; extend repeating geometric patterns, including rotations, Vocabulary: one hundred, repeating pattern

5.15: Practice: Number and Body-in-Space Activities - Objectives: equalize groups by adding; find partners of 7,8, and 9; reinforce numbers and patterns with body movements, Vocabulary: more, less, equal, unequal, pattern

Schedule for the Week of March 20-24

SPECIALS: (March 20-24)

Monday: Music/Art (Day 1)

Tuesday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Wednesday:  Art/Music  (Day 3)

Thursday: P.E./Media  (Day 4)

Friday: Music/Art (Day 5) 

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

*** We have our Lowry Nature Center Field Trip coming up on 3/22 from 9-Noon, please dress your child for the weather - the field trip is mostly outside. Thanks! 

**** The Week of March 27-31st is SPRING BREAK - hopefully you can enjoy some relaxation during this time! School resumes again on April 3rd. 

Reading:

Unit 7: Make Inferences/Make Predictions - Week 3 Objectives (March 20 - 24)

·       Letter(s): Yy

·       Phonics:

o   Identify the sound /y/

o   Associate the letter Yy with the sound /y/

o   Listen for /y/

o   Orally substitute medial sounds

o   Blend CVC words

o   Spell CVC words using Yy and letters previously learned

·       Sight Words: review all

·       Make inferences before reading

·       Build fluency through choral-reading

·       Build comprehension through retelling

·       Build oral language and vocabulary through whole-group and partner discussion

·       Use effective phrasing to make reading sound like talking

·       Reflect on and assess fluency development

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 23)

Informational Reports: Introduce Informational Reports

·       Use appropriate end punctuation

·       Put spaces between words

·       Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly

·       Write some CVC words

·       Write high-frequency words

·       Demonstrate writer's voice

·       Listen for sounds in words

Math:

5.8: Patterns in Numbers 1-20 - Objectives: visualize teen numbers in sequence as a ten and extra ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; identify 5-partners. Vocabulary: partner, teen number, pattern

5.9: Review Partners of 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 - Objectives: find all the partners of 2,3,4,5,6, and 10; reinforce numbers and patterns with spatial movements; view teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; practice finding 10-partners

5.10: Partners of 6,7,8, and 9 - Objectives: visualize teen numbers in sequence as a ten and extra ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; identify partners for the number 6. Vocabulary: partner, pattern

5.11: Tens in Teen Numbers: A Game - Objectives: solve addition and subtraction story problems; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; use the equal and not equal signs in comparing. Vocabulary: equal sign, not equal sign, equal, unequal