Week at a Glance: 9/2

No School Monday in observance of Labor Day!

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 1 Week 2: Why the Sky is Far Away (folktale)

OBJECTIVES:

• Learn more about traditional tales and infer theme in a folktale
• Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing
• Use elements of narrative text to write a personal narrative
• Work on sentence structure; stretching a sentence. (EX: I ate a sandwich. to: I ate a ham and cheese sandwich.)

Math: Chapter 1- Place Value

Students will be able to-

Lesson 5- Round to the nearest Hundred 

Lesson 6- Problem solving investigation

Chapter 1 Review- reteach main skills for testing!

Chapter 1 test!

Religion: Session 2- Created to be Together

Students will be able to-

• Understand St. Paul’s message about mutual charity in children’s own words
• Explain that we adore and glorify the Holy Trinity when we pray the Sign of the Cross (be sure to use right hand and “proper” order of the sign of the cross)
• Explain that by loving others we spread God’s love in the world
• Define Sign of the Cross
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Social Studies: 

• Review key graphic features on the map of the Earth: the equator, prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents.
• Identify countries of North America
• Identify states and communities on a map of the southeastern United States
• Test Friday

Reading: 15 minutes!

Math: Lesson 2, pgs. 19-20 (evens only)

Please ask your child to show you how to get onto Google Classroom- Mrs. Fisher, on their school issued chrome book! (They need their chrome books and Clever badges)

Reminders:

• Bring a healthy snack.
• bring a refillable water bottle every day!
• Charge your chrome books, bring back your Clever badge, DAILY!

Week at a Glance: 8/25/25

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 1 Week 1 Grandma and the Great Gourd (traditional tale/fiction)

Students will be able to-

• Learn more about traditional tales and analyze plot and setting in a traditional tale
• Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing
• Use elements of text to write a personal narrative

*Audio of the story will be shared on Google Classroom (Reading) each week!

*The Spelling List and Spelling Menu will be shared on Google Classroom (Spelling) each week!

Math: Chapter 1: Place Value

Students will be able to-

• Lesson 1: Place Value Through the Thousands-

• Lesson 2: Compare Numbers-

• Lesson 3: Order Numbers- 

• Lesson 4- Round to the Nearest Ten-

• Fridays are most always used for Centers to apply skills learned throughout the week in a more hands on non-traditional way.

Religion: 

Session 1: Created to be Happy

Objectives:

• The Apostle’s Creed-students will familiarize themselves with this prayer/memorize it
• What is an apostle?-students will be able to define
• Genesis: God’s Creation-review the story of Creation as told in the book of Genesis. Browse the “books” in the Bible
• Mass Reflections: students will pull a word of phrase from this week’s readings/homily and apply it to their life in 3rd grade for the week to come.
• Students will understand what a “patron saint” is- St. Joseph

Social Studies: Understanding the Geography of the World

• Locate key geographic features on a map of Earth: the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents.
• Identify the different countries on a map of North America.
• Identify states and communities on a map of the southeastern United States.
• Correctly write the name of one’s own community and state.

Science: Intro to Science: What is a Scientist? What is Science?

Students will-

• Understand rules and expectations of using the Science Lab
• Grasp what it means to be a “scientist” and how they too can be one
• Participate in a fun LAB-chemical reaction; write a response to this activity

Reminders: 

• Please-Charge your chrome book every night! Bring your Clever badge back!

• Bring a healthy snack each day!

• Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)

• Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.

ELA  

• Unit 13 Test Tuesday
• Review of word structure and concepts.
• Review sentence construction and proofreading.
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about Gilberto and the Wind using key details from the text.

MATH

• Review 

SCIENCE

• Why is the ocean salty? The students  will imagine that they are on a boat in the middle of the ocean. There is salt water all around, but you can’t drink it! Think like an inventor. What can you build so that you can get fresh water? 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Read a classroom map.
• Use a compass rose to determine direction.
• Use a compass rose and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Read a map key and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Identify and create maps that show local areas, the United States, and the world.

RELIGION

• Prayers and Practices of Our Faith

ELA  

• Test Tuesday
• Concept of syllable in multisyllabic words
• Suffix -s, -ing, -ed added to multisyllabic words
• Suffix -es added to base words with closed syllables
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about Gilberto and the Wind using key details from the text.

MATH

• Review time to the hour
• Review time to the half hour
• Review digital time and analog time

SCIENCE

• Students will explore how caterpillars transform into butterflies, learning about the process of metamorphosis.  We will also learn about the butterfly life cycle.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Read a classroom map.
• Use a compass rose to determine direction.
• Use a compass rose and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Read a map key and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Identify and create maps that show local areas, the United States, and the world.

RELIGION

• Prayers and Practices of Our Faith

ELA  

• Test Tuesday
• Concept of syllable in multisyllabic words
• Suffix -s, -ing, -ed added to multisyllabic words
• Suffix -es added to base words with closed syllables
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Write an informative paragraph.
• Generate and answer questions about Feel the Wind using key details from the text.
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of Feel the Wind.

MATH

• Review tally charts
• Review picture graphs
• Review bar graphs

SCIENCE

• Students will explore how caterpillars transform into butterflies, learning about the process of metamorphosis.  We will also learn about the butterfly life cycle.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Read a classroom map.
• Use a compass rose to determine direction.
• Use a compass rose and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Read a map key and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Identify and create maps that show local areas, the United States, and the world.

RELIGION

• Prayers and Practices of Our Faith

ELA  

• Concept of syllable in multisyllabic words
• Compound words
• Syllable division rules
• Reading and spelling words with two closed syllables or closed and Vowel-consonant-e syllables
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Write an informative paragraph.
• Generate and answer questions about Feel the Wind using key details from the text.
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of Feel the Wind.

MATH

• Review tally charts
• Review picture graphs
• Review bar graphs

SCIENCE

• Students will explore how caterpillars transform into butterflies, learning about the process of metamorphosis.  We will also learn about the butterfly life cycle.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Read a classroom map.
• Use a compass rose to determine direction.
• Use a compass rose and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Read a map key and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Identify and create maps that show local areas, the United States, and the world.

RELIGION

• Prayers and Practices of Our Faith

ELA  

• Unit 11 test Monday
• Vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words
• Long vowel sounds
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Write an informative paragraph.
• Generate and answer questions about Feel the Wind using key details from the text.
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of Feel the Wind.

MATH

• Review numbers to 120
• Review counting to 120
• Review reading and writing numbers to 120

SCIENCE

• Students will explore how caterpillars transform into butterflies, learning about the process of metamorphosis.  We will also learn about the butterfly life cycle.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Read a classroom map.
• Use a compass rose to determine direction.
• Use a compass rose and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Read a map key and geographic clues to assemble a map puzzle.
• Identify and create maps that show local areas, the United States, and the world.

RELIGION

• Identify All Saints Day as a day when we think of those who live with God in heaven.
• Explain that we can ask the saints to pray to God for us.

ELA  

• Vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words
• Long vowel sounds
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Write an informative paragraph.
• Generate and answer questions about Feel the Wind using key details from the text.
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of Feel the Wind.

MATH

• Subtract 10s review
• Count back by 10s review
• Relate addition and subtraction of tens review

SCIENCE

• Students will watch a Read-Along lesson. Jin plants some sunflowers in a sunny spot and some in a shady spot, watches to see which grow best, and then figures out why. The lesson includes a short exercise where students stand up and pretend to be sunflowers, turning their faces to the sun as young sunflowers do. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Tell how the Holy Spirit helped Phillip.
• Explain that the Holy Spirit is with us too.

ELA  

• Vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words
• Long vowel sounds
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Write an informative paragraph.

MATH

• Subtract 10s review
• Count back by 10s review
• Relate addition and subtraction of tens review

SCIENCE

• Students will watch a Read-Along lesson. Jin plants some sunflowers in a sunny spot and some in a shady spot, watches to see which grow best, and then figures out why. The lesson includes a short exercise where students stand up and pretend to be sunflowers, turning their faces to the sun as young sunflowers do. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Identify Lent as a time to do good things and to live like Jesus.
• Tell how Jesus helps us grow closer to God the Father.
• Explain the significance of Ash Wednesday
• Tell that Jesus served his friends.
• Explain that Jesus wants us to follow his example.

ELA  

• Unit 10 test Monday
• Vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words
• Long vowel sounds
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Know and use text features to locate more information in What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Write and draw evidence about the chimpanzee uncovered through text features.
• Write an informative paragraph that describes how two animals use the same feature differently.

MATH

• Equal parts review
• Halves review
• Quarters and Fourths review

SCIENCE

• Students will watch a Read-Along lesson. Jin plants some sunflowers in a sunny spot and some in a shady spot, watches to see which grow best, and then figures out why. The lesson includes a short exercise where students stand up and pretend to be sunflowers, turning their faces to the sun as young sunflowers do. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Identify Lent as a time to do good things and to live like Jesus.
• Tell how Jesus helps us grow closer to God the Father.
• Explain the significance of Ash Wednesday
• Tell that Jesus served his friends.
• Explain that Jesus wants us to follow his example.

ELA  

• Unit 10
• Segmenting and blending up to 5 sounds
• Suffix -s added to words with 5 sounds
• Suffix -ed, -ing added to unchanging base words with closed syllables 
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• Narrative fiction vs informational
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Know and use text features to locate more information in What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Write and draw evidence about the chimpanzee uncovered through text features.
• Write an informative paragraph that describes how two animals use the same feature differently.

MATH

• Count on using pennies review.
• Review money.

SCIENCE

• Students will watch a Read-Along lesson. Jin plants some sunflowers in a sunny spot and some in a shady spot, watches to see which grow best, and then figures out why. The lesson includes a short exercise where students stand up and pretend to be sunflowers, turning their faces to the sun as young sunflowers do. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Tell the Easter story according to Luke.
• Explain that Easter is a time to celebrate how Jesus saves us all.
• Tell that God the Father raised Jesus from the dead.
• Define Easter.

ELA  

• Test Monday on Unit 9
• Segmenting and blending up to 5 sounds
• Suffix -s added to words with 5 sounds
• Suffix -ed, -ing added to unchanging base words with closed syllables 
• Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
• Narrative fiction vs informational
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Know and use text features to locate more information in What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Write and draw evidence about the chimpanzee uncovered through text features.
• Write an informative paragraph that describes how two animals use the same feature differently.

MATH

• Review doubles facts
• Review doubles plus one and doubles minus one
• Review adding tens and ones with regrouping

SCIENCE

• In this lesson, students examine structures like roots, branches, and leaves that keep trees from blowing down. In the activity, Wind-Proof Umbrella, they use their observations to create their own tree-inspired umbrellas that stay up in the wind.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Explain how we honor our mothers and fathers.
• Tell the story of Jesus obeying his parents.
• Explain that when children listen to and love their parents, they are doing what God wants them to do.
• Reflect prayerfully on God’s presence, his invitation, and our response.
• Define honor and obey.

ELA  

• Closed-syllable concept with short vowels.
• Closed syllable vs open syllable
• Vowel team sounds for: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy
• Narrative fiction vs informational
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Know and use text features to locate more information in What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Write and draw evidence about the chimpanzee uncovered through text features.
• Write and informative paragraph that describes how two animals use the same feature differently.

MATH

• Look at attributes to identify cubes and rectangular prisms.
• Look at attributes to identify cones and cylinders.
• Look for a pattern to solve problems.
• Combine three-dimensional shapes to make a composite shape.

SCIENCE

• Students identify the pattern that young plants are similar to their parent plants. In the activity, Mixed-up Plants, students observe three seedlings and three adult plants and use their observations to match each seedling to its adult counterpart.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Tell the story of the lost coin.
• Express an understanding of God’s love as being greater than any sin.
• Tell the story of the lost sheep.
• Define forgiveness and sin.