Week at a Glance

ELA

To introduce the concept of base word and suffix ~s
To introduce the concept of plurals
To explain the difference between narrative fiction and informational books
To read with accuracy and prosody
To signal unknown words while listening to Me…Jane text read aloud
To select the best topic statement for an informative paragraph
To identify determiners in sentences
To signal determiners in the sentence
To identify the key details and main topic of sections of the text Me…Jane

MATH

To read time to the half hour on an analog clock
To use a digital clock to tell and write time to the half hour
To tell and write time to the hour and half hour using digital and analog clocks

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Juan Carlos visits his grandmother who has a backyard full of ducks. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting like ducks.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To demonstrate a way to show respect for Jesus’ name
To tell the story of Jesus’ birth
To identify Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the Holy Family
To define angel, Holy Family, Joseph, and Mary

Week at a Glance

ELA

To introduce the concept of base word and suffix ~s
To introduce the concept of plurals
To explain the difference between narrative fiction and informational books
To read with accuracy and prosody
To signal unknown words while listening to Me…Jane text read aloud
To select the best topic statement for an informative paragraph
To identify determiners in sentences
To signal determiners in the sentence
To identify the key details and main topic of sections of the text Me…Jane

MATH

To use a digital clock to tell and write time to the hour
To read time to the half hour on an analog clock
To use a digital clock to tell and write time to the half hour
To tell and write time to the hour and half hour using digital and analog clocks

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Juan Carlos visits his grandmother who has a backyard full of ducks. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting like ducks.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To explain that Advent is a time to get ready to celebrate Jesus’ birth
To describe how during Advent we prepare ourselves to welcome Jesus into our hearts on Christmas
To define Advent, celebrate, and Light of the World

Week at a Glance

ELA

To introduce the concept of base word and suffix ~s
To introduce the concept of plurals
To explain the difference between narrative fiction and informational books
To read with accuracy and prosody
To generate and answer questions about Seven Blind Mice using key details from the text
To write questions on sticky notes
To retell Seven Blind Mice using key details from the text
To orally retell events of the story
To identify and use end punctuation for sentences
To analyze the characters’ actions using key details in Seven Blind Mice
To identify the lesson of Seven Blind Mice

MATH

To compare the lengths of objects using indirect measurement
To compare and order the lengths of objects
To measure the lengths of objects using nonstandard units
To guess, check, and revise to solve problems

SCIENCE

To make observations of baby animals and their parents, gathering evidence that they look similar because they share many of the same traits. In the activity, Baby Bird Rescue, students help identify lost baby birds based on observations of their specific traits.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To demonstrate sharing a sign of peace
To tell that Jesus brings us God the Father’s love
To explain that the Holy Spirit brings us God the Father’s gift of peace
To define Holy Spirit and Trinity

Week at a Glance

ELA

To introduce the concept of base word and suffix ~s
To introduce the concept of plurals
To explain the difference between narrative fiction and informational books
To read with accuracy and prosody
To analyze the main character’s actions using key details in “The Hare and the Tortoise”
To identify the components of an informational text
To annotate the components of an informational text using colored pencils
To distinguish shades of meaning between verbs related to the word move
To place words in order of quickest to slowest
To identify the key details from the text to determine the lessons of Aesop’s Fables
To collaboratively write an informative paragraph about the “The Ants and the Grasshopper”
To identify and use end punctuation for sentences
To decide where to place end punctuation in a paragraph

MATH * Chapter 2 Test on Friday

To subtract from 9
To subtract from 10
To relate addition and subtraction
To determine if a subtraction equation is true or false

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Ryan’s camping trip with his dad includes a night of stargazing, and a mystery to solve. The lesson includes a short exercise where students imagine what they might see looking through a telescope.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer
To explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us
To discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time
To define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary TIme

Week at a Glance

ELA

To encode and decode glued sounds: am, an
To read with accuracy and prosody

To generate and answer questions about “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “The Ants and the Grasshopper” using key details from the text
To categorize words related to the concept of features
To label words related to features
To retell “The Hare and the Tortoise” using key details from the text
To orally retell the fable in pairs
To identify the components of an informational text
To distinguish shades of meaning between verbs related to the word move
To act out shades of meaning for move
To analyze the main character’s actions using key details in “The Hare and the Tortoise”

MATH

To subtract from 4 and 5
To subtract from 6 and 7
To subtract from 8
To subtract from 9

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Ryan’s camping trip with his dad includes a night of stargazing, and a mystery to solve. The lesson includes a short exercise where students imagine what they might see looking through a telescope.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer
To explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us
To discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time
To define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary TIme

Week at a Glance

ELA

To apply the bonus letter spelling rule: ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz
To learn the glued sound: all
To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
To apply punctuation: exclamation point, quotation marks
To read with accuracy and prosody
To identify temporal words in writing
To practice giving and receiving compliments using a sentence frame
To demonstrate understanding of grade-level vocabulary

MATH

To build number sense with number of the day
To draw a diagram to solve subtraction problems
To subtract by comparing groups
To subtract from 4 and 5
To subtract from 6 and 7

SCIENCE

To use a model to investigate why the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day. In the activity, Star Projector, students use paper cups to project stars onto a sky picture, and observe what happens to these stars when a flashlight acts as a model of the Sun.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

To identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer
To explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us
To discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time
To define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary TIme

Week at a Glance

ELA

To apply the bonus letter spelling rule: ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz
To learn the glued sound: all
To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
To apply punctuation: exclamation point, quotation marks
To read with accuracy and prosody
To generate and answer questions about Green Eggs and Ham using key details from the text
To contribute to questions and answers chart
To write and draw to identify story elements in Green Eggs and Ham
To recognize and define interrogative sentences
To identify interrogative including details about characters, settings, and major events sentences
To retell Green Eggs and Ham
To use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of the words portrait, landscape, and still life
To find textual evidence to support vocabulary
To identify who is telling the story at key points in Green Eggs and Ham
To participate in a Readers’ Theater
To recognize and define imperative sentences
To write the central message in a response journal
To orally tell a story using time order words

MATH

To subtract parts from a whole
To write subtraction number sentences

SCIENCE

To use a model to investigate why the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day. In the activity, Star Projector, students use paper cups to project stars onto a sky picture, and observe what happens to these stars when a flashlight acts as a model of the Sun.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To identify similarities and differences among classmates
To compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents
To categorize classmates according to their special talents
To analyze the costs and benefits of different choices

RELIGION

To tell that God is Father to all of us
To explain that we show love for one another in many ways
To identify the Bible as God’s message to us

Week at a Glance

ELA

To segment phonemes
To understand the concept of consonant digraphs, keywords, and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
To spell ck at the end of words
To punctuate an asking sentence with a question mark
To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
To develop vocabulary knowledge of the word scholar
To use frequently occurring adjectives to describe visual images
To generate a variety of adjectives
To complete sentence frames with adjectives
To define multiple meanings for words signs and duck
To draw pictures for a partner to guess the new word
To write a narrative retelling of That Book Woman

MATH

To use models to represent and solve subtraction situations
To subtract parts from a whole
To write subtraction number sentences

SCIENCE

To use a model to investigate why the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day. In the activity, Star Projector, students use paper cups to project stars onto a sky picture, and observe what happens to these stars when a flashlight acts as a model of the Sun.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To identify similarities and differences among classmates
To compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents
To categorize classmates according to their special talents
To analyze the costs and benefits of different choices

RELIGION

To tell that God is Father to all of us
To explain that we show love for one another in many ways
To identify the Bible as God’s message to us

Week at a Glance

ELA

To segment phonemes
To understand the concept of consonant digraphs, keywords, and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
To spell ck at the end of words
To punctuate an asking sentence with a question mark
To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
To retell That Book Woman including key details about characters, settings, and major events
To create Tableaux for the problem and resolution of the story
To define multiple meanings for words poke and spell
To identify the steps to finding the meaning of multiple- meaning words
To act out and identify Cal’s feelings with a partner
To develop vocabulary knowledge of the word scholar
To use frequently occurring adjectives to describe visual images
To generate a variety of adjectives
To complete sentence frames with adjectives
To define multiple meanings for words signs and duck
To draw pictures for a partner to guess the new word
To write a narrative retelling of That Book Woman

MATH Chapter 1 test on Thursday

To build number sense with number of the day
To discover ways to make 9 and 10
To find missing parts of 10
To determine if a math statement is true or false

SCIENCE

To use a model to investigate why the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day. In the activity, Star Projector, students use paper cups to project stars onto a sky picture, and observe what happens to these stars when a flashlight acts as a model of the Sun.

SOCIAL STUDIES

To identify similarities and differences among classmates
To compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents
To categorize classmates according to their special talents
To analyze the costs and benefits of different choices

RELIGION

To tell that God is Father to all of us
To explain that we show love for one another in many ways
To identify the Bible as God’s message to us

Week at a Glance

ELA

To segment phonemes
To understand the concept of consonant digraphs, keywords, and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
To spell ck at the end of words
To punctuate an asking sentence with a question mark
To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
To read with accuracy and prosody
To retell with picture notes and visualization
To identify how pictures and captions communicate key details in My Librarian is a Camel
To develop vocabulary knowledge of the word: mobile
To write, speak, and illustrate how people in different countries borrow books
To generate and answer questions about That Book Woman using key details from the text
To generate a variety of adjectives
To complete sentence frames
To retell That Book Woman including key details about characters, settings, and major events
To create Tableaux for the problem and resolution of the story
To define multiple meanings for words poke and spell
To identify the steps to finding the meaning of multiple- meaning words

MATH

To build number sense with number of the day
To discover ways to make 9 and 10
To find missing parts of 10
To determine if a math statement is true or false

SCIENCE

To explore all of the different shapes of the Moon that can appear on different nights. In the activity, My Moon Book, students observe photos of the Moon taken over the course of four weeks and draw pictures of the Moon’s phases in their book. They use these observations to discover patterns in how the Moon’s shape changes and predict when the next full moon will appear.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Explain what it means to play fairly and be a good sport.
To identify similarities and differences among classmates
To compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents
To categorize classmates according to their special talents
To analyze the costs and benefits of different choices

RELIGION

To tell that God is Father to all of us
To explain that we show love for one another in many ways
To identify the Bible as God’s message to us

Week at a Glance

ELA

To practice phonemic awareness skills: sound manipulation (initial, final, medial)
To blend and read three-sound short vowel words
To segment and spell three-sound short vowel sounds
To practice sentence dictation procedures: capitalization, punctuation (period) and proofreading procedures
To relate the author’s note to the story
To connect stories to real life
To record knowledge
To complete a new-read assessment
To notice details
To generate and answer questions
To locate countries
To examine proper nouns
To examine complete sentences
To add the inflectional ending -ing to root words
To compare and contrast characters
Vocabulary Deep Dive: inspire

MATH

To build number sense with number of the day
To focus on ways to make the sums: 4-10

SCIENCE

To explore all of the different shapes of the Moon that can appear on different nights. In the activity, My Moon Book, students observe photos of the Moon taken over the course of four weeks and draw pictures of the Moon’s phases in their book. They use these observations to discover patterns in how the Moon’s shape changes and predict when the next full moon will appear.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Identify students’ responsibilities to one another in the school community.
Identify the benefits of four ways of cooperating in school.
Explain what it means to play fairly and be a good sport.

RELIGION

To tell that Jesus is the greatest gift from God the Father
To explain that God wants us to help others feel welcome
To tell that we show our love for God when we care for others
To define liturgy, Mass, and praise

Week at a Glance

ELA

To practice phonemic awareness skills: sound manipulation (initial, final, medial)
To blend and read three-sound short vowel sounds
To segment and spell three-sound short vowel sounds
To practice sentence dictation procedures: capitalization, punctuation (period) and proofreading procedures
To identify the problem and resolution
To dramatize the problem and resolution
To retell a story
To examine complete sentences
To add the inflectional ending -ing to root words
To compare and contrast characters
Vocabulary Deep Dive: inspire

MATH

To build number sense with number of the day
To add 0 to any number
To practice vertical addition
To write an addition number sentence

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Arushi wonders why she has to go to bed while the sun is still up, and learns that the sun stays up longer on some days than others. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting out a bedtime routine.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Identify students’ responsibilities to one another in the school community.
Identify the benefits of four ways of cooperating in school.
Explain what it means to play fairly and be a good sport.

RELIGION

To tell that Jesus is the greatest gift from God the Father
To explain that God wants us to help others feel welcome
To tell that we show our love for God when we care for others
To define liturgy, Mass, and praise

Week at a Glance

*Please make sure your child has headphones this week for i-Ready testing.

ELA

To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants: l, h, k, v, w, y, x, z, qu
To practice letter- keyword- sound for all vowels
To practice correct letter formation
To practice sound recognition
To match letter tiles to the letter squares in alphabetical order
To distinguish between what Tomas imagines and what is real in Tomas and the Library Lady
To compose a narrative retelling using sentence frames for structure
To develop vocabulary knowledge of the word value
To generate and answer questions about Waiting for the Biblioburro using key details from the text
To identify and generate verbs
To retell Waiting for the Biblioburro, including key details about characters, settings, and major events
To ask and answer questions about key vocabulary in Waiting for the Biblioburro

MATH

To build number sense with number of the day
To define odd and even numbers
To sort odd and even single digit numbers
To count forward up to 120
To place numbers on a number line up to 20

SCIENCE

To develop a model of the sun’s daily path across the sky, then use this model to help someone who’s lost. In the activity, Sun Finder, students create a mobile paper model of the sun and earth to illustrate the position of the sun throughout the day.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Identify students’ responsibilities to one another in the school community.
Identify the benefits of four ways of cooperating in school.
Explain what it means to play fairly and be a good sport.

RELIGION

To practice the prayers of the rosary
To pray the rosary is about instilling in children a greater love of Jesus and a better understanding of his life. They will also grow in their devotion to Mary, his mother and ours.

Week at a Glance

ELA

To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants: g, d, s, r, p, j
To practice letter- keyword- sound for vowels: a, e
To practice correct letter formation
To practice sound recognition
To match letter tiles to the letter squares in alphabetical order
To generate and answer questions about Tomas and the Library Lady, using key details from the text
To identify and generate common nouns
To retell Tomas and the Library Lady, including key details about characters, setting, problem and resolution
To ask and answer questions about key vocabulary
To identify and generate proper nouns
To write a narrative retelling of Tomas and the Library Lady that shows how library books change life for Tomas

MATH

To count and connect with objects and numbers
To practice one-to-one counting with small objects
To build number sense with number of the day

SCIENCE

In this Read-Along lesson, Jada explores why her shadow changes over the course of a day at the beach. The lesson includes a short exercise where students act out the movement of shadows with their bodies. Students will trace their shadows using colored chalk and track the shadow’s changes throughout the day.

RELIGION

To identify things that God creates
To tell that God created everything out of love for us
To explain that we show our thanks and love to God by caring for his creation
To define or explain Amen, creation, Creator, God, and saint

Week at a Glance

ELA

To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants: t, b, f, n, m, c
To practice letter- keyword- sound for vowels: i, u, o
To practice correct letter formation
To practice sound recognition
To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
To discuss that different readers enjoy different types of books

MATH

To count and connect with objects and numbers
To practice one-to-one counting with small objects
To build number sense with number of the day

SCIENCE

To deepen understanding of two foundational scientific practices: making observations and asking questions. In the activity, Curiosity Challenge, students “train their brains” by observing an everyday object and asking questions like a scientist would
To investigate what it takes to make a stationary object’s shadow move. In the activity, Moving Shadows, students use flashlights and paper gnomes to explore how moving the position of a light makes shadows move. Students relate these observations to shadows changing throughout the day and the Sun’s position moving across the sky

RELIGION

To identify things that God creates
To tell that God created everything out of love for us
To explain that we show our thanks and love to God by caring for his creation
To define or explain Amen, creation, Creator, God, and saint

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