Week at a Glance
ELA
- To distinguish short-vowel sounds a, e, i, o, u
- To decode and encode short vowel words
- To read a decodable story
- To identify vowels and consonants
- To decode phrases
- To distinguish between words with different vowel sounds
- To read a decodable informational text
- To recognize and spell Memory Words: for, you, like, to, of, no
- To encode plural ~s words
- To use beginning capitalization and end marks in sentences
- To add ~s to verbs
- To understand exclamation marks
- To understand and use adjectives and prepositional phrases
- To read and discuss a grade-level literary text
- To understand picture-text relationships
- To identify patterns in a literary text
- To identify topic of an informational text
- To connect ideas
- To retell key details
- To compare and contrast: fiction and informational text
MATH
- To write addition facts horizontally and vertically
- To write a number sentence to solve problems
- To use counters to make sums of 4 and 5 in different ways
- To use counters to make sums of 6 and 7 in different ways
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.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- To tell why we have rules
- To explain our classroom rules
- To tell why we have laws
- To tell the difference between laws and rules
RELIGION
- 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
- To tell about the Sign of the Cross
- To introduce and discuss: What can you do to help others? like Saint Vincent de Paul