Week at a Glance
ELA
- To identify short and long vowel sounds
- To decode CVC words
- To decode CVCe words
- To decode difficult words from an informational text
- To recognize and spell Memory Words: said, only, you, out, of, here
- To listen to an informational text
- To make predictions
- To understand characters and retell key details
- To understand text structure
- To identify topic of an informational text
- To connect ideas
- To understand author’s purpose
- To write facts about a topic as an informational paragraph
- To understand and use the suffixes -ness, -less
- To understand and use Unit 6 Words to Know: clever, helpful, expect
MATH
- To use the doubles to add strategy to help find the sum
- To use near doubles to add strategy to help find the sum
- To use strategies to add numbers
- To make a 10 to add
SCIENCE
- Students practice using light to communicate information. In the activity, Secret Signals, students work in pairs to build a device that solves the problem of communicating over a distance. They send secret messages to one another using light and colored markers.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- To explain how families and communities have changed over time
- To explain why diverse communities are an important part of our world
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