Week at a Glance

ELA 

  • To decode CVVC words with ue and ie
  • To read a decodable story with CVVC words
  • To read an informational text
  • To decode difficult words from an informational text
  • To review and decode short and long vowel patterns
  • To encode CVVC words with ue and ie
  • To recognize and spell Memory Words: would, could, some, one, new, were
  • To recognize and understand dialogue punctuation
  • To identify speakers in a play
  • To understand and use Unit 8 Words to Know: exactly, create, category
  • To understand and use homophones
  • To discuss plot structure: cause and effect connections
  • To understand characters

MATH  

  • To count and write numbers 11 to 19
  • To count groups of 10
  • To use dimes to count by 10s
  • To make groups of ten and some more
  • To make groups of tens and ones
  • To make a table to solve problems
  • To write numbers to 100 in different ways

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.

RELIGION 

  • To describe how the Holy Spirit is with us
  • To explain that the Holy Spirit gave the apostles courage
  • To define parish and Pentecost