Week at a Glance
ELA
- To understand and use Unit 9 Words to Know: audience, talent, explain
- To decode irregular n’t contractions
- To decode words with -er and -est endings
- To decode difficult words from an informational text
- To use a code to complete words in a secret message
- To recognize and spell Memory Words: can’t, won’t, don’t, boy, girl, two, four, about, over, before
- To read a conversation with expression
- To listen to an informational text
- To identify topic of an informational text
- To discuss picture-text relationships
- To discuss text structure: Sequence of Events
- To discuss names for baby animals
MATH
- To compare two two-digit numbers using symbols
- To make groups of hundreds, tens, and ones
- To count numerals to 120
- To read and write numbers up to 120
SCIENCE
- Students carry out an investigation to determine the relationship between the shape of different bird beaks and the food each bird eats. In the activity, Find the Best Beak, students experiment with long pointy beaks that are great for picking up seeds and wide flat beaks that are good for scooping. They discover that different beaks are best for different kinds of food.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- To learn about what the president does and who can become president
RELIGION
- To tell the story of Mary’s saying yes to God
- To explain that God gave Mary grace to become the Mother of God
- To define grace
