ELA 

• To decode short-vowel words
• To read a decodable story
• TO read a grade-level text
• To encode spelling patterns
• To use and spell Memory Words: was, put
• To encode pattern words and short vowel words
• To encode rhyming words
• To understand and use alphabetical order
• To recognize contraction let’s
• To understand speech balloons
• To understand and use said and dialogue punctuation
• To understand and use possessive nouns
• To develop fluent reading with repeated readings of a story
• To observe punctuation while reading
• To connect events: cause and effect
• To retell a story
• To identify topic of a grade-level text
• To give and support opinions
• To write sentences about what you like to do

MATH  

• To use counters to make sums of 6 and 7 in different ways
• To use counters to make sums of 8 in different ways
• To use counters to make sums of 9 in different ways
• To use a ten-frame and counters to make sums of 10 in different ways

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

• To explain what it means to be respectful and responsible
• To explain and give examples of good and bad choices

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 share our love for God when we care for others
• To define liturgy, Mass, and praise