Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Continue Cinderella discussion

Fundations: Continue Unit 9 Closed Syllable words

Writing: Lit Circle Packets

Lit Circles: Back to 3 lit circle groups

Math: SeeSaw, IReady, and IXL lessons

Science:  Spring flowers

Social Studies: Continents and Oceans

Religion: Learn a new religious song 

Reading: Students will read the classic Cinderella story one last time and read a different culture’s Cinderella story and compare and contrast.

• Students will complete the Cinderella packet.
• Read Big Foot Cinderella book 
• Compare and contrast the classic Cinderella story to the new Cinderella book. 
• Students will personify the characters in the classic story by answering questions from students.

Phonics- Foundations: Unit 9: Continued from last week:

---Foundations Level 1, Unit 9 focuses on introducing the closed syllable concept, teaching that a single vowel followed by consonants produces a short sound, marked with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scooped with a 'c'. Students learn to read/spell 3-5 sound closed syllable words, identify digraphs/blends, and introduce vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy) under

---Word Analysis: Distinguish between closed syllables and other word types (e.g., open syllables).

• Dictation: Practice writing sounds, words, and sentences on dry-erase boards.
• Storytime: Read stories to develop understanding of character, setting, and main events. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Unit 9 is critical for shifting students from simple CVC words to more complex, single-syllable word structures.
• Key Learning Objectives-

• Closed Syllable Mastery: Understand and identify that a closed syllable has one short vowel followed by one or more consonants.
• Marking Closed Syllables: Mark vowels with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scoop words, labeling them with a 'c'.
• Word Structure: Read and spell CVC, CCVC, CVCC, and CCVCC words.
• Suffixes: Read and spell words with -s, -es, -ed, and -ing suffixes attached to closed syllable base words.
• Trick Words: Read and spell new high-frequency "trick" words.
• Vowel Teams: Introduction to vowel team sounds (\(ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy\)) for recognition, though they are not fully mastered for spelling until Level 2.
• Fluency: Read sentences with accuracy and proper prosody (expression).

Lit Circles:

Students will return to the stories from lit circles back before whole group lit circles. We will have our three lit circles meet first thing in the a.m. 

Writing: Ongoing for the rest of the May-

Writing Goals:

• Write opinion pieces about Cinderella stories that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
• Select text evidence to support an opinion in response to a prompt.
• Draw on imagination from experience and provide sources to answer questions about a Cinderella character.
• Classify- desirable and undesirable attributes of characters in Cinderella protagonists vs. antagonists

Math:

We finished our math book so we will be working on Seesaw, IXL, and I ready math lessons this week. All students completed the IR reading and math diagnostic testing so it’s a perfect time to work on lessons as we end the first grade year.

Religion, Social studies, and Science are repeated from last week as we did not get to them due to a very busy schedule and finishing our Mega Bat lit circle book.

Religion: Session 17 Joining God’s Family did not get to this last week 

Session Theme: In Baptism, we become members of God’s family-

Water is very important. It brings life to animals, plants, and people. Children learn to become followers of Jesus through the water of the Sacrament of Baptism. Our parents and godparents teach us how to lead us to have good lives by loving God.

Session outcomes:

• Name ways to share God’s love to others.
• Identify holy water as the primary symbol of Baptism
• Tell the story of how Saint Peter called others to follow Jesus
• Define these vocabulary words: Baptism, godparent, holy water, Original Sin.
• Assessment completed altogether
• Wednesday 9:30 All School Mass and 8th Grade Awards
• Here is the song we will focus on to end the year- Tom Chapin’s You’ll Come Shining Through 

Mystery Science: How do flowers bloom in the Spring? Here is the lesson

In this mini-lesson, students learn how the unique properties of water help flowers bloom in the spring. In this activity, each student will make a colorful paper flower and a greeting card that they can give to any special person in their life. When placed in water, the paper flower will unfold, appearing to move and bloom in front of your eyes! Students choose who will receive their card, so it can be for anyone special. Discussion questions:

1. How do flowers bloom in the spring?
2. What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about flowers? Here is the link to this activity

Social Studies: Continuing unit on Continents and Oceans Continued Unit

Students will be learning about the 7 Continents through Google Slides, videos, songs and stories. Students will be reading from their packet facts about each continent and what each continent’s attributes are. Students will answer questions about each continent and write answers  in complete sentences. Also, students will identify the continents on a world map.

The main topic of each continent will be about:

• Size of continent
• Animals on continent
• Food that can grow on that continent
• What oceans border each continent.

Reading: Wit and Wisdom Cinderella continues: Lessons 4-6-Learning Goals:

• Identify when Cinderella is speaking at various points in the story
• Hold up character card when Cinderella is speaking
• Sort evidence to formulate an opinion about Cinderella’s stepsisters.
• Use nonverbal signs to agree or disagree with sorted evidence.
• Choose the correct conjunction to place in a compound sentence.
• Students write a sentence with a conjunction.
• .Identify elements of a Cinderella story:
• Good Characters
• Evil characters
• Magical Elements
• Proof of Identify

•  Here are the Cinderella stories we’ll be discussing: Classic Cinderella, Rough Faced Girl, Bigfoot Cinderella, Adelita, The Korean Cinderella, Cendrillon- dependent on how much we can fit in before school ends.

• Fact sentences vs. opinion sentences- students will have to distinguish between both by creating sentences for facts and opinions.
• With support, use illustrations and details in Cinderella’s character traits.
• Act out Cinderella’s actions
• Consider evidence to form an opinion about the Fairy Godmother in the story Cinderella.
• Determine the meaning of verbs in the text using sentence context clues.
• Create and act out a sentence using a verb from the text.

Focusing Question- Why do people admire Perrault’s Cinderella?

• What does a deeper exploration of the characters reveal in Cinderella?
• How does considering evidence to form an opinion work?
• Connect actions of the “fairy Godmother” and list the attributes-
• Demonstrate understanding of the central message of Cinderella and support it with text evidence- Find and act out one piece of evidence to support the central message.
• With support, identify the components of an opinion paragraph about the stepsisters in the story Cinderella.
• Identify conjunctions used to make three simple sentences into a compound sentence and identify the commas used to separate the items.
• Create an oval chart for the phrase: Good people will be rewarded.
• Examine opinion paragraph structure 
• Finally, conclude by writing an opinion paragraph about characters in Cinderella.

Phonics- Foundations: Unit 9: Continued from last week:

---Foundations Level 1, Unit 9 focuses on introducing the closed syllable concept, teaching that a single vowel followed by consonants produces a short sound, marked with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scooped with a 'c'. Students learn to read/spell 3-5 sound closed syllable words, identify digraphs/blends, and introduce vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy) under

---Word Analysis: Distinguish between closed syllables and other word types (e.g., open syllables).

• Dictation: Practice writing sounds, words, and sentences on dry-erase boards.
• Storytime: Read stories to develop understanding of character, setting, and main events. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Unit 9 is critical for shifting students from simple CVC words to more complex, single-syllable word structures.
• Key Learning Objectives-

• Closed Syllable Mastery: Understand and identify that a closed syllable has one short vowel followed by one or more consonants.
• Marking Closed Syllables: Mark vowels with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scoop words, labeling them with a 'c'.
• Word Structure: Read and spell CVC, CCVC, CVCC, and CCVCC words.
• Suffixes: Read and spell words with -s, -es, -ed, and -ing suffixes attached to closed syllable base words.
• Trick Words: Read and spell new high-frequency "trick" words.
• Vowel Teams: Introduction to vowel team sounds (\(ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy\)) for recognition, though they are not fully mastered for spelling until Level 2.
• Fluency: Read sentences with accuracy and proper prosody (expression).

Lit Circle- Whole Group- Megabat completed- Final Activities:

Students will continue reading, whole group, reading Megabat is a Fraidy Bat

• We are done with our second chapter book- 
• Students will be completing second grade comprehension packets as we come to a close on first grade. 
• These packets are completed by the whole group and in discussion fashion.
• For an oral assessment- we complete a Kahoot with comprehension questions for each chapter.
• If time allows, we will go back to Lit Circles (the old fashioned ones!)

Writing: Ongoing for the rest of the May-

Writing Goals:

• Write opinion pieces about Cinderella stories that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
• Select text evidence to support an opinion in response to a prompt.
• Draw on imagination from experience and provide sources to answer questions about a Cinderella character.
• Classify- desirable and undesirable attributes of characters in Cinderella protagonists vs. antagonists

Also in Writing:

• Megabat packet writing
• May writing prompts

Math: Begin Chapter 10- 3D Shapes- Last Chapter of the Book!

Vocabulary Words: three-dimensional shapes, cube, rectangular prism, face

Monday- Introduce 3D Shapes- Look at attributes to identify cubes and rectangular prisms; Students will look at attributes to identify cubes and rectangular prisms.

Tuesday- Look at attributes to identify cones and cylinders; Students will look at attributes to identify cones and cylinders.

Wednesday- Look for patterns to solve problems; Students will look for patterns to solve problems.

Thursday- Combine 3D shapes to make a composite shape; Students will combine 3D shapes to make a composite shape.

Friday- Catch up on math skills on SeeSaw, IXL, and IReady lessons

• SeeSaw Math Lessons, IReady math lessons, Daily IXL lessons that coordinate with daily math lessons.

Religion: Session 17 Joining God’s Family

Session Theme: In Baptism, we become members of God’s family-

Water is very important. It brings life to animals, plants, and people. Children learn to become followers of Jesus through the water of the Sacrament of Baptism. Our parents and godparents teach us how to lead us to have good lives by loving God.

Session outcomes:

• Name ways to share God’s love to others.
• Identify holy water as the primary symbol of Baptism
• Tell the story of how Saint Peter called others to follow Jesus
• Define these vocabulary words: Baptism, godparent, holy water, Original Sin.
• Assessment completed altogether
• Tuesday All School Mass at 9:30.

Mystery Science: How do flowers bloom in the Spring? Here is the lesson

In this mini-lesson, students learn how the unique properties of water help flowers bloom in the spring. In this activity, each student will make a colorful paper flower and a greeting card that they can give to any special person in their life. When placed in water, the paper flower will unfold, appearing to move and bloom in front of your eyes! Students choose who will receive their card, so it can be for anyone special. Discussion questions:

1. How do flowers bloom in the spring?
2. What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about flowers? Here is the link to this activity

Social Studies: Continuing unit on Continents and Oceans Continued Unit

Students will be learning about the 7 Continents through Google Slides, videos, songs and stories. Students will be reading from their packet facts about each continent and what each continent’s attributes are. Students will answer questions about each continent and write answers  in complete sentences. Also, students will identify the continents on a world map.

The main topic of each continent will be about:

• Size of continent
• Animals on continent
• Food that can grow on that continent
• What oceans border each continent.

Wit and Wisdom: Module 4 Cinderella Stories: Continued:

Language Goals:

• Print lowercase and uppercase letters correctly in writing assignments;
• Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns
• Use conjunctions such as: and, but, or, so, or because in an opinion paragraph.
• Apply rules for capitalization and commas in written pieces.
• Produce compound sentences by combining simple sentences.
• Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
• Use contextual clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Sort words into categories.

Knowledge Goals:

• Recognize that countries all over the world share similar stories.
• Identify common elements of Cinderella stories that are shared across different cultures (good vs. evil characters, magical elements, proof of identity).
• Infer traits based on character actions.
• Identify admirable traits  such as being honest, hardworking, forgiving, and kind.

Reading Goals:

• Identify which character is telling the story at various points in the Cinderella stories.
• Describe the characters, settings, and events in the story by using elements from the illustrations and details.
• Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of the Cinderella characters.

Writing Goals:

• Write opinion pieces about Cinderella stories that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
• Select text evidence to support an opinion in response to a prompt.
• Draw on imagination from experience and provide sources to answer questions about a Cinderella character.

Speaking and Listening Goals:

• Draw on information from experiences and sources to describe people, events, and places with relevant details while speaking as well as asking and answering questions during class discussions.

Fundations Unit 9:

---Fundations Level 1, Unit 9 focuses on introducing the closed syllable concept, teaching that a single vowel followed by consonants produces a short sound, marked with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scooped with a 'c'. Students learn to read/spell 3-5 sound closed syllable words, identify digraphs/blends, and introduce vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy) 

---Word Analysis: Distinguish between closed syllables and other word types (e.g., open syllables).

• Dictation: Practice writing sounds, words, and sentences on dry-erase boards.
• Storytime: Read stories to develop understanding of character, setting, and main events. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Unit 9 is critical for shifting students from simple CVC words to more complex, single-syllable word structures.

• Key Learning Objectives-

• Closed Syllable Mastery: Understand and identify that a closed syllable has one short vowel followed by one or more consonants.
• Marking Closed Syllables: Mark vowels with a breve (\(~\breve{}~\)) and scoop words, labeling them with a 'c'.
• Word Structure: Read and spell CVC, CCVC, CVCC, and CCVCC words.
• Suffixes: Read and spell words with -s, -es, -ed, and -ing suffixes attached to closed syllable base words.
• Trick Words: Read and spell new high-frequency "trick" words.
• Vowel Teams: Introduction to vowel team sounds (\(ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy\)) for recognition, though they are not fully mastered for spelling until Level 2.
• Fluency: Read sentences with accuracy and proper prosody (expression).

Math: Completion of Chapter 9 2D Shapes  Vocabulary words: circle, square, triangle, equal parts, fourths, halves, rectangle, side, square, trapezoid, two dimensional shapes, vertex, whole, composite shape-  

Monday- Lesson 9 Students will position shapes into two equal parts: Partitioning of shapes to show halves- Using tangram shapes-

Tuesday: Lesson 10- Students will partition shapes into four equal parts; Students will use the terminology quarters and fourths for this lesson.

Wednesday: Practice Assessment in book: Students will show their understanding of Chapter 9- 2D Shapes 

Thursday: Students will take assessments for Chapter 9 skills; Students will take 3 assessments- each ranging from easiest to hardest.

Friday- Catch Up Day! Students will use math time on Friday to catch up on SeeSaw lessons, IXL lessons, and begin IReady Diagnostic (Last one)

Students also have   a daily worksheet before and after lessons of the day- These worksheets are from the math book for recollection of daily lessons.

Religion: Begin Unit 4 Sacraments, Our Way of Life

Session 16: Jesus in our Lives: Jesus shows children how important they are by giving them signs of his love. Children learn that  Jesus gives us signs of his love in the sacraments, which help us live to love God. 

• Students learn about St. Therese of Child Jesus
• Session Theme: Jesus is with us in the grace we receive through the sacraments.
• Tell that Jesus wants us to love one another as he loves us.
• Explain that the sacraments are signs of Jesus’ love for us.
• Describe how Jesus welcomed and blessed children.
• Define: priest, sacrament, Sacraments at the Service of Communion, Sacraments of Healing, and Sacraments of Initiation.
• Tuesday Mass at 9:30-

Science: Mystery Science Returns-

In this mini-lesson, students will explore the similarities and differences between various animal hearts. In the no-prep activity, Animal Heart Safari, students go on a virtual safari to learn more about the variation in animal heart size. Students also participate in a scavenger hunt, looking for objects that are similar sizes to animal hearts. Discussion:

1. Which animal has the biggest heart?
2. What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have?
3. Your heart is smaller than an adult’s heart. Your heartbeat is also different from an adult’s! Try feeling your heartbeat. Sit quietly. Put two fingers on the side of your neck, right below your chin. Can you feel something moving under your fingers? That's your pulse, the movement of blood pushed by your heart. If you don't feel it, move your fingers a little and try again. It takes practice and patience, but you can do it! Then, see if you can feel the heartbeat of an adult. Is it beating at the same speed, faster, or slower? 

Students will review categorization of animals: Birds,Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish

Students will choose one animal from the five groups and complete a first grade written report on that animal. Students will utilize the library on Epic here to find information about their animal and then present it to class. The information required will be:

1. Habitat description
2. Appearance of Animal
3. Attributes that are helpful to animal
4. Food they eat
5. Predator or Prey

Social Studies: Continuing unit on Continents and Oceans Continued Unit

Students will be learning about the 7 Continents through Google Slides, videos, songs and stories. Students will be reading from their packet facts about each continent and what each continent’s attributes are. Students will answer questions about each continent and write answers  in complete sentences. Also, students will identify the continents on a world map.

The main topic of each continent will be about:

• Size of continent
• Animals on continent
• Food that can grow on that continent
• What oceans border each continent.

Phonics Fundations:Fundations: Continue Unit 8 with Consonant Blends and R controlled words Last Week for Unit 8

• Daily students will write on a dry erase board- words and sentences that highlight the r controlled words (ur, ir, ar, or, er).
• Daily- Students will also write consonant blends that are either at the beginning of the word or at the end.
• Students will be assessed on these lessons after repeated practice writing the words and sentences.

Wit and Wisdom Module 4 Cinderella Stories:

In Module 4, students discover that while there are thousands of versions of the Cinderella story, the stories are united by common elements and themes. Changes to the setting do not disrupt the magic of these tales or their ability to impart the importance of kindness, forgiveness, and belief in good triumphing over evil. We will ask the question: Why do people around the world admire Cinderella?

• Read aloud a short beginner Cinderella story.
• Create a story map about our first Cinderella story.
• Create an opinion chart to begin to formulate ideas about the story.

Wit and Wisdom Goals for Unit 4:

Knowledge Goals:

• Recognize that countries all over the world share similar stories.
• Identify common elements of Cinderella stories that are shared across different cultures (good vs. evil characters, magical elements, proof of identity).
• Infer traits based on character actions.
• Identify admirable traits  such as being honest, hardworking, forgiving, and kind.

Reading Goals:

• Identify which character is telling the story at various points in the Cinderella stories.
• Describe the characters, settings, and events in the story by using elements from the illustrations and details.
• Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of the Cinderella characters.

Writing Goals:

• Write opinion pieces about Cinderella stories that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
• Select text evidence to support an opinion in response to a prompt.
• Draw on imagination from experience and provide sources to answer questions about a Cinderella character.

Speaking and Listening Goals:

• Draw on information from experiences and sources to describe people, events, and places with relevant details while speaking as well as asking and answering questions during class discussions.

Writing: Megabat Comprehension Packets

Students are using 2nd grade packets (for prep for next year) for comprehension in our daily chapter reading of Megabat Part 3. These are more complex packets using different graphic organizers, focus on story elements questions, and expanding thought process with abstract questions- students will think outside of the box to answer these 1 independently.

Also in writing:

• May prompt packet
• Mother’s Day writing
• Animal Report Writing (Science)
• Social Studies Packet 

Math: 2D Shapes

How can I recognize 2D shapes and equal shares?

Vocabulary words: circle, square, triangle, equal parts, fourths, halves, rectangle, side, square, trapezoid, two dimensional shapes, vertex, whole, composite shape-

• Monday- Lesson 5- Composite Shapes- Students use pattern blocks to make each new shape. Composite shapes are putting shapes together to make a new shape.
• Tuesday- Lesson 6- More Composite Shapes- Students will use pattern shapes to create new shapes and trace the new shapes.
• Wednesday: Lesson 7- Problem Solving: Use logical reasoning to solve problems: Students will create a composite shape putting shapes together, like a puzzle, to make a new shape. Then, kids put together the new shape without a sample to trace.
• Thursday- Lesson 8-Check My Progress- Students take a quiz to see if they have mastered the concepts thus far. Lesson 8 Continues- Equal parts: Students will use the pattern blocks to recreate equal parts. Example- a bigger square has 4 equal and smaller squares in them.
• Friday- Catch up day! Students will catch up on IPad activities in math: IXL lessons, SeeSaw activities, and IReady math lessons.

Religion: Celebrating Christmas

• All School Mass on Tuesday at 9:30
• Learn Songs about Mother Mary
• Discuss Mother’s Day and complete an activity for our wonderful Moms!
• God’s angels brought the good news of Jesus’ birth to the shepherds. The joyful song the angels sang is called the Gloria.
• We do not sing the Gloria during the season of Advent. We joyfully sing the Gloria during the season of Christmas.
• The season of Christmas begins on December 24, Christmas Eve.
• Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. He is the Son of God who came to save us.
• A celebrant is the priest or the bishop who leads people in praying the Mass. The vestments are the clothes this person wears
• During the Christmas season, the celebrant wears white vestments.
• Three Wise Men believed that someday a star would tell of the birth of the Son of God.
• The season of Christmas ends on the Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany.
• Jesus is the most important gift of Christmas.

Science: Continuation of Animals I missed a Friday recently, which put us behind on this project. We’ll conclude this project this week with the presentation of animal reports. AND due to the Alex Lemonade Stand, we didn’t get to this assignment last Friday.

Students will review categorization of animals: Birds,Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish

Students will choose one animal from the five groups and complete a first grade written report on that animal. Students will utilize the library on Epic here to find information about their animal and then present it to class. The information required will be:

1. Habitat description
2. Appearance of Animal
3. Attributes that are helpful to animal
4. Food they eat
5. Predator or Prey

Social Studies: Continuing unit on Continents and Oceans Continued Unit

Students will be learning about the 7 Continents through Google Slides, videos, songs and stories. Students will be reading from their packet facts about each continent and what each continent’s attributes are. Students will answer questions about each continent and write answers  in complete sentences. Also, students will identify the continents on a world map.

The main topic of each continent will be about:

• Size of continent
• Animals on continent
• Food that can grow on that continent
• What oceans border each continent.

• We have completed the reading portion and writing portion for the continents (general meaning) and Australia.

Week at a Glance: April 27- May 1, 2026

Friday, May 1, 2026 is First Grade’s Alex Lemonade Stand~ 

Highlights of the Week: We begin ABC Countdown on Tuesday! Make sure to check the ABC Countdown Calendar here to know what each special day is about-

Reading: Never Smile at a Monkey continues

Writing: Megabat writing in comprehension packet

Whole Group Lit circle: Megabat part 3 continues

Foundations: Continue Chapter 8 

Math: New- Math Chapter- 2D Shapes and Equal Shares

Science: Animal Study

Social Studies: Continents and Oceans

Religion: God Chooses Mary

Reading: Never Smile at a Monkey - last week!

• Focusing Question: How do animals use their unique features in unexpected ways?
• Review each animal in the story and how they protect themselves with their special (and deadly) defense mechanism.
• How important it is to know the dangers of some animals to be safe.
• Find attributes in a text that differentiate between different animals in the same category. 
• Clarify any confusion regarding the mammals in the story- focus on platypus.
• Categorize mammals in this story by attributes
• Review the importance of the words unsuspecting, protect, and never in this story.
• Author’s point of view in the story
• Use the concept map to identify attributes of each animal: can, has, is
• Locate and name text features and explain how they make the author’s point of view.
• Focus on the importance of conclusions in stories and the topic sentence and notice the similarities
• Practice writing conclusions related to the animals in the story.
• Find prepositional phrases in the story.
• Analyze how illustrations help make the author's point of view.
• Identify an illustration that helps to make the author's point of view.
• Compare this story to our previous story (they are both written by the same author- Steve Jenkions
•  Dive into how the illustrations are created in the story.

Writing: Megabat and the Fraidy Bat Story 3

Students will be writing in the new Megabat comprehension packet. This packet is a primer for 2nd grade as students will be:

• Writing the story elements
• Writing the the important parts of the story in sequential order
• Connecting the text to experiences they have had
• Thinking and writing character’s feelings and emotions as the chapters go on.
• Students will also write the answers to all the W questions (who,what, where, why)
• Students will predict what will happen next using inferences.

Fundations: Continue Unit 8 with Consonant Blends and R controlled words

• Daily students will write on a dry erase board- words and sentences that highlight the r controlled words (ur, ir, ar, or, er).
• Daily- Students will also write consonant blends that are either at the beginning of the word or at the end.
• Students will be assessed on these lessons after repeated practice writing the words and sentences.

Math: Begin Chapter 9 2D Shapes and Equal Shares

How can I recognize 2D shapes and equal shares?

Vocabulary words: circle, square, triangle, equal parts, fourths, halves, rectangle, side, square, trapezoid, two dimensional shapes, vertex, whole, composite shape-

Monday- Lesson 1- Squares and Rectangles- Students find out how many sides and vertices in a given shape with squares and rectangles.

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Triangles and Trapezoids- Students find out how many sides and vertices each triangle and trapezoid have. Students also detect open and closed shapes.

Wednesday- Lesson 3- Circles- Students compare different shapes to the circle as they discover a circle has no sides or vertices.

Thursday- Lesson 4 Compare Shapes- Students will use attribute circles, triangles, rec, and squares to make one big shape. Students will also compare and contrast how many sides and vertices each shape has.

Friday- Students will catch up on SeeSaw math activities and IReady and IXL lessons  on the current math chapter.

Science: Continuation of Animals

Students will review categorization of animals: Birds,Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish

Students will choose one animal from the five groups and complete a first grade written report on that animal. Students will utilize the library on Epic here to find information about their animal and then present it to class. The information required will be:

1. Habitat description
2. Appearance of Animal
3. Attributes that are helpful to animal
4. Food they eat
5. Predator or Prey

Social Studies: Continents and Oceans Unit continues:

Students will be learning about the 7 Continents through Google Slides, videos, songs and stories. Students will be reading from their packet facts about each continent and what each continent’s attributes are. Students will answer questions about each continent and write answers  in complete sentences. Also, students will identify the continents on a world map.

The main topic of each continent will be about:

• Size of continent
• Animals on continent
• Food that can grow on that continent
• What oceans border each continent.

Religion: Session 14- God Chooses Mary

• Mary in heaven sees our needs. She asks her Son, Jesus, to help us.
• God chose Mary to be Jesus’ mother.
• Mary said she wanted to serve God. She said yes to God.
• God gave Mary the gift of grace. Grace helps us have faith and trust in God.
• Mary was the first person to know that Jesus was coming.
• Mary is important to our Church. She is called the Mother of God.
• God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary. The angel told Mary, “Do not be afraid. You will have a son. You will name him Jesus.” 
• We have a prayer for Mary called the Hail Mary. We ask her to pray for us sinners.
• Mary is blessed among women.
• God chose Mary to be the mother of his Son, Jesus. Mary answered God’s call.

All School Mass on Tuesday at 9:30

Weeku at a Glance: April 20-24, 2026

HIghlights of the Week:

Reading: New story (last one for this unit)

Writing: April Journal

Fundations: Unit 8 continues with R blends

Whole Group Lit circle: Megabat 3 continues

Math: Conclusion of Chapter 8

Science: Continuation of study of bats

Social Studies: Continents and Oceans

Religion: Jesus Teaches Us to Share

Reading: Wit and Wisdom Unit 2 Last Story in this unit! Never Smile at a Monkey

Focusing Question: How do animals use their unique features in unexpected ways?

Lessons 27-29- In these lessons, students are introduced to Never Smile at a Monkey, an intense text about a host of new animals and their many unusual features that can prove dangerous to unsuspecting people. 

• Find attributes in a text that differentiate between different animals in the same category.
• Picture walk the new story and jot down questions or observations.
• Define- unsuspecting and discuss how it is used in the story.
• After reading the story, go through each page and discuss the “unsuspecting” parts. 
• Discuss how animals can protect themselves from unsuspecting predators and how to sense danger around them.
• Find attributes in a text that differentiate between different animals in the same category.
• Make a new mammal/ attribute 1 and 2 chart with the animals in this story.
• Write in a sentence frame, an animal from the story, with the two attributes.
• Identify the author’s point and reasons given to support that point in sections: Never Smile at a Monkey.
• Define words about the puffer fish using three attributes.
• Identify the reason it is important to add a conclusion to an informational paragraph.
• Write an informational paragraph about electric caterpillars. 
• Expand sentences using prepositions and prepositional phrases.
• Discuss new information that we learned in this book that compares to our last book about animals. 
• Locate and name text features and explain how they help make the author’s point in Never Smile at a Monkey.

Writing:

• April Sentence Journal
• Writing in Megabat packet
• Writing in Social Studies packet
• Informational paragraph for reading.

Fundations: Continue with lesson 8- Letter R/ Blends

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the R blends that begin words.

Students will be writing such words on dry erase boards and in sentences.

Practice makes progress! The more we write the better we will attain these skills!

Whole Group Lit Circle: Continue Megabat part 3 Megabat is a Fraidy Bat

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the story elements (characters, setting, plot) and answer comprehension questions with complete sentences.

Students will “test” their knowledge of our book by daily Kahoots-

Math: Conclusion of Chapter 8 Measurement and Clocks

Vocabulary Words: analog clock, length, digital clock, measure, half hour, o’clock, minute

Essential Question- How do I determine length and time?

Monday- Lesson8 Time to the half-hour- digital; Students will demonstrate knowledge of telling time to the half hour.

Tuesday-Lesson 9- Time to the Half- hour: Students will draw hands on the analog clock showing the determined time and write time on a digital clock.

Wednesday-Chapter 8 Review in our book: Homework will be a practice test to prepare for Thursday’s assessment.

Thursday- Chapter 8 Assessment- Measurement and Time skills will be assessed in two tests.

Friday- Catch up on IXL lessons, SEESAW activities, IReady practice lessons-

Science: Study of Bats- Nonfiction Study

Students have begun studying bats, with the help of Epic, by using nonfiction books about bats. Students focused on these features:

• Appearance
• Habitat
• Food they eat
• Predator/ Prey
• Fun Facts
• Echolocation 
• Attributes of bats

All students are working in small groups for this unit study. The class is doing an excellent job searching bat books and extracting necessary information and writing it in their packet.

Our bat unit will conclude this week with creating a habitat for bats-based on learned information and presenting it to the class.

From last week: Science: Students will work on Classification for different types of animals and conclude with a short study of bats.

1. Students will work in small groups to determine and classify animals by their attributes to correct categories. 
2. Students will compare and contrast: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians as they learn specific characteristics about their species.
3. Students will conclude this unit by learning about real bats, since we’re reading Megabat, and write an informational story about bats.

Social Studies: 

Social Studies: Social Studies: Begin a unit on Continents and Oceans Didn’t get to this last week due to a shortened week- We will work on these objectives this week.

Students will learn about all the continents in detail and oceans, too.

Objectives:

• Students will create books about continents and oceans with a small group.
• Students will be able to identify by shape/ size the continents.
• Students will be able to describe attributes of all the continents.
• Students will be able to describe the location of continents and oceans on the map.
• This is an interactive unit with a writing component, too.

Religion: Unit 3 Session 13 Jesus Teaches us to Share

A Christian is someone who wants to live as Jesus taught us to live. We Catholics are Christians. As members of the Catholic Church, we share Jesus’ love all over the world. 

Luke 19:1–10 tells us about Zacchaeus. He did not know God and was lost. Jesus showed Zacchaeus God the Father’s love.

• We believe in God the Father, Jesus his Son, and the Holy Spirit. At Mass we stand and pray our beliefs.
• After the Holy Spirit visited them, Jesus’ friends were happy. 
• After Pentecost, Jesus’ friends ate and prayed together. They shared their food, money, and everything they had. They also shared what they knew about Jesus.
• People who want to live as Jesus Christ taught us to live are called Christians. We Catholics are also Christians.
• We belong to the Catholic Church. As Catholics, we share and pray together.
• One way we share Jesus’ peace at Mass is by offering the Sign of Peace to the people around us.
•  Our neighbors are the people around us. God wants us to love our neighbors.

Week at a Glance: April 13-17, 2026

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Conclude Story in Wit and Wisdom 

Writing: April journal 

Fundations: Begin Unit 8 R sounds

Whole Group LIt Circle: conclude Megabat book1

Math: clocks-time

Science: Study of Bats

Social Studies: Continents and Ocean Study

Religion: The Holy Spirit

Something special happening on April 16- We are celebrating Bernie’s Birthday!

Bernie Grace is one the kindest people you will ever meet- he truly walks in Jesus’ light!

Reading: Conclusion of What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Lessons 23-26

• Learning Goals: Use text information to locate more information in our current story.
• Review Adjectives from the cards around the room.
• Look at a portrait of a young hare and discuss texture and different parts of the hare.
• Dive in the the colors of the hare for specificity
• Discuss what new things did you discover about the hare’s features after examining the the Young Hare-
• Read the story again- this time going through parts of the animals we learned about and thinking of different body parts and how they are important.
• Discuss the importance of bold print, text size, text location, headings, back matter- and have students analyze these text features.
• Review the following prepositions: in, with, on, up, to, by, near, around, under, over, beneath, at-
• Make a Pic Collage of some of the animals in our story to represent their most important features. 
• Fill in the blanks`of this sentence with learned facts about animals: A cricket is a ________ that can _____________ and has _____________.

Reading and Science:

• Categorization animals by: reptile, amphibian, mammal, birds, fish
• Sort pictures into categories listed above.
• Learn how to classify animals into each category-

Writing: 

• Students will continue writing and their April journal, which prompts them with a question for them to expound on.
• Students will also write in their comprehension packet on Megabat. 
• We have learned some neat concepts, such as: synonyms, antonyms, homographs, homophones, and metaphors.

Fundations:

Students concluded unit 7 with an assessment last Friday. Unit 8 brings us skills to learn about blends that have the letter r.  Students will practice using R controlled blends using dry erase boards, markers, and writing sentences with new trick words and R controlled blends.

Whole Group Lit Circle: Conclusion of Megabat 1

Students will conclude our story. We’ve been focused on Megabat 1. We will conclude our comprehension packet and begin our science unit study of bats. We will also have another round of whole group lit circles with Megabat part 3. We will experience more adventures with Daniel and Megabat!

Math: Continuing Chapter 8 Measurement and Clocks

New Vocabulary Words: digital clock, analog clock, half hour, hour, hour hand, length, long, measure, minute,  minute hand, o’clock, short, unit

• -Monday: Lesson 4 Problem Solving: Strategy: Guess, Check, and Revise- Students willsearch for facts in the story problems and answer the questions being asked.
• Tuesday-Check My Progress- Vocabulary Check, Concept Check for Lessons 1-4, and Brain bulder questions. Also, Lesson 5- Clocks- Time to the Hour: Analog Clock- Students will determine length and time.
• Wednesday:-Lesson 6 Time to the Hour: Digital: Students will learn to read digital clocks and determine what the time is on analog clocks for review. 
• Thursday: Lesson 7: Time to the Half Hour: Analog clocks- Students will be given paper clocks to show the time to half past and review analog’s hour time.
• Friday- SEESAW Math activities, Catch up with IXL lessons, and Math IReady lessons

 Science: Students will work on Classification for different types of animals and conclude with a short study of bats.

1. Students will work in small groups to determine and classify animals by their attributes to correct categories. 
2. Students will compare and contrast: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians as they learn specific characteristics about their species.
3. Students will conclude this unit by learning about real bats, since we’re reading Megabat, and write an informational story about bats.

Social Studies: Social Studies: Begin a unit on Continents and Oceans Didn’t get to this last week due to a shortened week- We will work on these objectives this week.

Students will learn about all the continents in detail and oceans, too.

Objectives:

• Students will create books about continents and oceans with a small group.
• Students will be able to identify by shape/ size the continents.
• Students will be able to describe attributes of all the continents.
• Students will be able to describe the location of continents and oceans on the map.
• This is an interactive unit with a writing component, too.

Religion: Unit 3 Session 12- Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit

• God shows his love for us by sending us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit guides us. He unites us as followers of Jesus.
• God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity.
• A parish is a community of Jesus’ followers. The people of our parish worship God together in our church.
• All rights reserved. W1707 © The Holy Spirit helps us act with kindness, love, and courage.
• Pentecost is the special day the Holy Spirit appeared to Jesus’ friends.
• At Pentecost, a big wind came from the sky. The disciples saw flames of fire. The Holy Spirit had come.
• The Holy Spirit gave Jesus’ friends courage. They were not afraid to talk about Jesus anymore.

Week at a Glance: April 7-10, 2026

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Wit and Wisdom- Tails book continues!

Writing: April Journal work

Fundations: 

Whole Group Lit Circle: Conclusion of Megabat 1 and move onto Megabat 3

Math: New Math Chapter on measurement and clocks

Mystery Science: Learning about BATS! Real ones!

Social Studies: Begin a big unit on Continents and Oceans

Religion: Begin Unit 3- The Church, Our Community, and the Holy Spirit

Reading: Continuing with What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Lessons 24-26

• Categorize different mammals and attributes
• Review what details are and the importance they play in pictures and text.
• Create a categorization chart listing different animals and specific attributes and compare and contrast how they are the same and different.
• Chart (whole group) What I know about animals and What I can do online to write or indicate learning.
• True or False game with animal attributes
• Experiment with prepositional phrases
• Act out animal behaviors with prepositions.
• Revisit Jane Goodall and how she learned about animals.
• Read an opinion story Why bald eagles are the best-and connect the points and reasons listed in the text.
• What is the author’s point of view regarding the bald eagle?
• What reasons support the author’s POV?
• Students vote on “the best” animal and create “question corners”  in the room so kids can vote on their favorite animal and give reasons why.
• Lastly, students create a poster for the chosen animal to represent our class.

Whole Group Lit Circle for the conclusion of Megabat. 

Students will work on the conclusion of Megabat 1 through activities and projects.

Lit Circle/ Science/ Writing- Students will learn about real bats in a mini science unit that is in the back of our Megabat book. We will make a Pic Collage of different types of bats we learn about, too. 

Math: New Chapter: Chapter 8- Measurement and Time

New Vocabulary Words: digital clock, analog clock, half hour, hour, hour hand, length, long, measure, minute,  minute hand, o’clock, short, unit

Tuesday- Compare Lengths- How do I determine the length and time? Longer than, shorter than

Wednesday- Compare and Order Lengths- Focus on shorter and longer while measuring objects with unit cubes. 

Thursday- Lesson 3- Measuring with nonstandard units of length- (unit cubes)- Students will measure with unit cubes and estimate how many cubes will measure the length of given objects.

Friday- IREADY Math lessons, IXL math lessons, and SeeSaw Math Activities

Also, daily math games and IXL specific lessons

Religion: Begin Unit 3 Session 11 Following Jesus

Jesus chose his friends, the Twelve Apostles, to help him teach others about God. Jesus told them to take no money or food with them. The Twelve did as Jesus instructed them. They had faith and trust in God to provide for their needs. 

Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit: God invites all people to celebrate in his love and joy.

• The Holy Spirit is with us- vocabulary word parish-
• Learn about St. Peter who holds the keys to the Kingdom of God.
• Jesus asks friends to follow- I will make you fishers of men.
• Discuss people/ things in Church and label them.
• Students will make friendship fish to reflect Jesus’ love for his Twelve Apostles.
• Tuesday All School Mass at 9:30

Science is listed above for Writing and Reading this week-

Social Studies: Begin a unit on Continents and Oceans

Students will learn about all the continents in detail and oceans, too.

Objectives:

• Students will create books about continents and oceans with a small group.
• Students will be able to identify by shape/ size the continents.
• Students will be able to describe attributes of all the continents.
• Students will be able to describe the location of continents and oceans on the map.
• This is an interactive unit with a writing component, too.