Week at a Glance: January 27-31, 2025

Highlights of the Week: Catholic Schools Week!

Reading: Historical Fiction: Little House on the Prairie

Spelling: Words with suffixes

Math: Begin Chapter 8 Apply Multiplication and Division

Social Studies: Begin Black History Month

Religion: A look at Dr. King’s life and Dream

Writing: Students will be writing about Dr. King and other Civil Rights leaders to prepare for our annual Freedom Tea on 2/28- More information to come!

Spelling: readiness, cloudy, stormy, peaceful, eagerness, illness, freshness, happiness, graceful, frightful, bonus words- plentiful, billowy, fierceness

Academic Vocabulary: horribly, furious, insisted, terribly, disturbed

Unit Vocabulary Words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command

High Frequency Words: nothing, scientists

Reading: Focus on American Heroes- Weekly Question- How do challenges turn ordinary people into heroes? See objectives below-

• Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
• Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
• Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information  presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts.
• Recognize and analyze genre- specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
• Compare and contrast the themes, settings, plots of stories written by the same author about the same characters (e.g.,in books from a series)
• Identify a hyperbole and explain the use of-
• Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping -e, changing -y to -i, and doubling final consonants. 

Learning goals-

• I can learn more about historical fiction and infer themes in historical fiction texts.

• I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing historical fiction.

Writing:

• Daily entries in Reading book

• Daily entries in Gratitude Notebook
• Simple Solutions Grammar book and Daily Oral Language Packet

Math: Beginning Chapter 8-Apply Multiplication and Division

Vocabulary words: decompose, Commutative Properties, repeated subtraction

Mathematical Practices:

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically.

Monday- Fluency Test on Multiplication and Division/ IReady Math Lessons

Tuesday-  Lesson 1- Multiply by 6- Use different strategies, including doubling a known fact, to multiply by 6.

Wednesday- Lesson 2-  Multiply by 7- Use different strategies, such as properties, arrays, and composing factors, to multiply by 7.

Thursday- Lesson 3- Divide by 6 and 7- Use different strategies, including arrays and repeated subtraction, to divide by 6 and 7.

• Daily mental math practice with IReady math lessons
• Daily Simple Solutions math lessons M-F

Social Studies: Introduction of the life and legacy of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement-

Religion and Social Studies: Civil Rights Month

Goal: Students will read and discuss historical fiction and make connections between text and primary sources [photographs] that provide evidence of social conditions in the past. Students will follow guidelines from worksheets adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration. At the end of the unit, students will “blog” or make a written entry into a classroom writing folder where the question is: “What is worth standing up for?” Objectives: Students will be able to define primary sources, investigate evidence of past events through analysis of photographs and develop new vocabulary in context. Students will be able to make connections between primary sources and historical fiction text as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement. 

Book: Here- The Other Side by Jacqueine Woodson will be the basis for our discussion

Also, Dr. King will be introduced this week through stories, videos and songs.

• This week we’ll introduce the following books:
• Who Was Harriet Tubman? Bu: Yona Zeldis McDonough
• What Was the Civil Rights Movement?   “
• What was the Underground Railroad?   “
• Through discussion, videos, songs, and books we will discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the leaders/ heroes that changed American history.
• Students will be learning Dr. King’s I Had a Dream speech and will be learning songs related to Dr. King and The Civil Rights movement

Week at a Glance: January 21-24, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Another historical fiction story

Math: Chapter 7 Assessment Multiplication and Division

Spelling: Abbreviations

Writing- Begin writing about Dr. King

Religion- Mother Mary

Social Studies: Begin Civil Rights Unit for Black History Month

Other highlights this week:

• Tuesday- Students go to the Book Fair to get a sneak peak and fill out wish lists
• Tuesday- All school Mass with buddies
• Friday- Afternoon prayer in the gym and Begin creating Black History Month signs
• *No Media or Library this week due to the Book Fair

Spelling: Spelling words for this week:

A.M., ASAP, Blvdl, etc, no, P.M., P.S., Rd., vs., wt. Challenge words: dept., hrs., FYI

Develop Vocabulary words: figured, complain, patience, temper, remembered

Key Vocabulary words: humble, quietly, unshaken, rustle- 

Unit Academic Vocabulary: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command

High Frequency Words- building, ocean

Reading: Unit 3 Week2 Heroes-

Weekly Question- How can a hero’s actions affect others?

Learning Goals:

1. I can learn more about historical fiction and analyze plot and setting in historical fiction.
2. I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading fiction and writing historical fiction.
3. I can use elements of narrative text to write a historical fiction story.

Goals of the week:

1. Listen attentively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments.
2. Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
3. Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
4. Read on-level text with a purpose and understanding. 
5. Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding
6. Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
7. Synthesize information to create new understanding
8. Explain the author’s purpose and message within a text.
9. Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding compound words, contrats, and abbreviations.
10. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Writing:

• Morning Work: Daily Oral Language Packet
• Simple Solutions Grammar lessons Tuesday- Friday
• Writing portion of the Reading test on Friday

Whole Group Reading M-Thursday- The One and Only Bob

Math: Chapter 7-Division and Multiplication

Vocabulary words for this week: decompose, known fact, equal groups, Zero Property of Multiplication, Identity Property of Multiplication, dividend, divisor

Mathematical Practices:

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Math vocabulary: dividend, divisor, zero property of multiplication, identity property of multiplication

Tuesday- Lesson 7- Review Chapter 7 lessons and practice fluency with multiplication and division problems.

Wednesday- Lesson 8- Students will use division rules to divide  with 0 and 1.

Thursday- Review for Chapter 7 Assessment: Multiplication and Division

• H/W will include a practice test-

Friday- Chapter 7 Math Assessment

*** Daily work with IReady Math and Math SeeSaw activities

***Simple Solutions Math Lessons T-F

Social Studies: Civil Rights Month

Goal: Students will read and discuss historical fiction and make connections between text and primary sources [photographs] that provide evidence of social conditions in the past. Students will follow guidelines from worksheets adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration. At the end of the unit, students will “blog” or make a written entry into a classroom writing folder where the question is: “What is worth standing up for?” Objectives: Students will be able to define primary sources, investigate evidence of past events through analysis of photographs and develop new vocabulary in context. Students will be able to make connections between primary sources and historical fiction text as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement. 

Book: Here- The Other Side by Jacqueine Woodson will be the basis for our discussion

Also, Dr. King will be introduced this week through stories, videos and songs.

Religion: Session 14- Mary is Holy- Unit 3-The Church, The Community in the Spirit-

Session Theme: Mary is our model and teacher of faith and love.

The Church is united before God in the Communion of Saints, Mary, the mother of Jesus and the Mother of the Church, is our model. Through her life she shows us how to believe and how to love. When praying the Rosary, we remember the principal events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. 

Outcomes:

• Describe how Mary responded to the shepherd’s news.
• Identify Mary as the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church.
• Describe the Rosary as a way of honoring Mary.
• Discuss the prayer of the Magnificat
• Define: Annunciation, Communion of Saints, Rosary, and Visitation

Daily prayer, devotions, and song-

Tuesday- All School Mass with buddies at 8:30

Week at a Glance: January 13-17, 2025

Reading: Begin Unit 3 this week-

Spelling: Prefixes are highlighted this week-

Writing: Google Slide presentation on symbiotic relationships

Math: Continue Chapter 7

Religion: Mother Mary

Social Studies: Conclusion of Lesson 3 Geography and the Way We Live

Spelling Words: prepay, nonstop, disagree, nonfiction, preapprove, indirect, imperfect, impolite, insecure, incorrect- Bonus words: impossibility, indefinite, disqualify

Vocabulary Words: abandon, appeared, enormous, interfered, stationary

Unit Vocabulary Words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command-

Reading: Begin Unit 3- Heroes:

Unit 3 Goals:

• Essential Question- What makes a hero?

• Unit theme: Collaborate with others to determine what makes a hero?
• Reading: Understand historical fiction and its elements.
• Reading-Writing- Use language to make connections between reading and writing historical fiction. 
• Writing goal- Use elements of a narrative text to write a historical fiction story.

Week 1 - Historical Fiction

Reading Workshop:

• Primary sources- Steps on the Moon- read short story
• Historical Fiction- Below Deck, a Titanic Story
• Words that describe plot and setting
• Correct or confirm predictions
• Talk bout it: Support an opinion

Reading- Writing- Workshop Bridge- 

• Related words
• Prefixes: pre-, dis-, in-, im-, non-
• Explain the use of illustrations and use illustrations to understand the story

Writing Workshop:

• Introduce and immerse- historical fiction
• Identify character and setting
• Develop  plot
• Brainstorm ideas
• Plan your historical fiction story

Spelling- 

• Spell prefixes: pre-, dis-, im-, non-

Language and Conventions:

• Subject verb agreement
• Students will be continuing whole group reading of The One and Only Bob- Students take turns reading story and answering questions in comprehension packet

Writing:

• Daily Writing in Daily Oral Language packet
• Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar packet
• Daily writing in Gratitude journal

**Students will also work with a partner creating a Google Slides presentation on symbiotic relationships between an animal and plant or other animal. 

Math: Chapter 7-Division and Multiplication

Vocabulary words for this week: decompose, known fact, equal groups, Zero Property of Multiplication, Identity Property of Multiplication

Mathematical Practices:

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Monday- Lesson 4- Multiply by 4- Students will double a known fact by 4

Tuesday- Lesson 5- Division by 4- Students will use different strategies, including related multiplication facts, to divide by 4.

Wednesday- Lesson 6- Problem Solving Investigation- Students will solve a problem by identifying extra or missing information. Strategies utilized- Make a table, Look for a Pattern, Use Models-

Thursday- Lesson 7- Multiply by 0 and 1- Students will use different strategies, such as equal groups, patterns, and properties, to multiply by 0 and 1.

*** Daily work with Prodigy Math and Math SeeSaw activities*

Social Studies: Conclusion of Lesson 3- Geography

3.1.3.2--Distinguish between the characteristics of rural, suburban, and urban communities.

• 3.1.3.2-Understand how the characteristics of rural, suburban, and urban communities influence settlement patterns and daily life in these communities
• .3.1.3.3-Recognize that each type of community has unique characteristics compared to the other types of communities.
• 3.1.3.-Explain why people who live in each type of community need to interact with each other.
• 3.1.MSB.1-Develop ideas and pre-write.
• 3.1.RS.1 Make generalizations.

• 3.1.0.1-Find the absolute location of places using a map.
• 3.1.2.1-Realize that different types of maps serve different purposes and have distinctive characteristics.
• 3.1.2.2-Use parts of a map to locate and describe places and features.
• 3.1.2.3-Use a grid system to locate places and features.
• 3.1.2.4-Use a map scale to measure the distance between two places.
• 3.1.3.1-Distinguish between the characteristics of rural, suburban, and urban communities.
• 3.1.3.2-Understand how the characteristics of rural, suburban, and urban communities influence settlement patterns and daily life in these communities.

• 3.1.3.3-Recognize that each type of community has unique characteristics compared to the other types of communities.
• 3.1.3.4-Explain why people who live in each type of community need to interact with each other.
• 3.1.1.1-Understand how and why people establish communities.
• 3.1.1.2-Identify the types of characteristics that comprise a community or region.
• 3.1.1.3-Describe how communities have changed over time.
• 3.1.1.4-Explain similarities and differences between various communities.
• 3.1.1.5--Recognize that people in communities need to fulfill certain responsibilities in order to make their communities good places to live. 
• Students will create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography. 

• Vocabulary Words for Lesson 3: adapt, climate, natural hazard, natural resource, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region

Next week: Lesson 4 Native Americans and Their Environments

Religion: Focus on Mother Mary

• Students will be designing “stamps” to represent what Mother Mary means to them
• Daily prayers, devotions, and songs-
• Focus on prayers for Mother Mary/ Songs
• Focus on Kindness Chain- Work on more chains (wonderful idea from Mrs. Bullock) to describe how we show kindness to ourselves and others.

Week at a Glance: December 16-20, 2024

Last Week at a Glance for 2024*

Highlights of the Week:

• Last week of school before Christmas break-

• No spelling this week-

• Instead of the traditional Reading week, we will be reading passages and learning about Christmas around the world.
• Math will continue as usual- Students will complete all math h/w this week in school*
• Christmas party on Thursday afternoon- thanks to all involved!

• NO Mass on Tuesday- instead Mass at 8:30 Mass on Friday-Dismissal at 11:00

Reading: Christmas and Winter Holidays around the World

Here are the celebrations. traditions we’ll focus on this week:

• America
• Australia
• Brazil
• Germany
• Japan
• Liberia
• Mexico
• Italy
• Canada
• Spain
• England
• Sweden

We’ll look at videos of these different celebrations and fill out learned information in our Christmas Around the World packet.

Writing:

Students will be writing in:

• Travel around the World Packet
• Gingerbread House Math/ ELA packet with partner
• Christmas activity workbook for Christmas

ELA and Math:

Students will work in a group to construct a gingerbread house and present to class-

Students will need to:

• Use math skills to determine what materials and supplies are needed to build their paper gingerbread house.
• Students will use persuasive language to write about gingerbread houses to get peers to choose their house to buy.
• Students will write stories about their gingerbread house to prospective buyers.

Math: Conclusion on Chapter 6 Multiplication and Division Patterns:

Mathematical Practices:

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools and strategies
• Attend to precision
• Look and make use for structure

Vocabulary: unknown, 

Monday- Lesson 9- Students will use different strategies, including related multiplication facts, to divide by 10; 

Tuesday: Check for understanding before Wednesday’s assessment

Wednesday- Chapter 6 assessment on multiplication and division patterns

Thursday- Multiplication and division facts practice sheet

• Monday- Lesson 5- Divide by 5- Students will use different strategies, including related multiplication facts, to divide by 5; Check my Progress- Halfway point checkpoint to check on progress thus far. Also, Lesson 6- Problem Solving Investigation- Look for a Pattern- Students will solve problems by looking for a pattern.
• Lesson 7 Tuesday: Multiply by 10- Students will use different strategies, including patterns, to multiply by 10. Check for understanding before Wednesday’s assessment
• Wednesday- Chapter 6 assessment on multiplication and division patterns- QUIZ

• Thursday morning- Chapter 6 Assessment on Multiplication and Division Patterns

• Students will be assigned daily math activities on SEESAW, IReady lessons, IXL
• Students will complete daily entries in Simple Solutions Math
• Daily worksheets will be completed for enrichment in current lessons

Religion:

• Mass on Friday at 8:30
• Discussion of different ways different cultures celebrate winter holidays
• Comparing and contrasting our traditions to those of other cultures.
• Daily devotions, prayers, and songs

Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography 

Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.

Essential Question:

How does geography affect our community?

Objectives:

Social Studies:

•  Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various geographic areas, including the local community.
• Compare and contrast different regions in terms of their geographical characteristics.
• Use map tools: scale, grid, key (legend), symbols, title, and compass rose.

Language Arts:

• Orally present solutions to environmental problems in response to ideas by others. (speaking, listening)
• Organize information in chart form. (writing)
• Identity examples of categories found in text. (reading)
• Write and illustrate descriptions of geographic locations. (writing)

Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-

• Work with a partner to create a planning table about our state, Illinois, including information on: physical geography, natural resources, and climate. Students will then create a brochure to present to class based on facts in the planning table.

• Students will complete work w/ partner on their Libertyville travel brochure.