Week at a Glance

ELA 

  • To decode and encode /sh/ words
  • To read a decodable story with /ch/ and /sh/ words
  • To read a decode difficult words from an informational text
  • To recognize and spell Memory Words: I, my, she, her, he, his
  • To use personal and possessive pronouns
  • To capitalize place names
  • To use capitalization and end marks to write sentences
  • To develop fluent reading with repeated readings of a poem
  • To read a poem rhythmically
  • To read and discuss a grade-level literary text 
  • To understand and describe characters and events
  • To connect events: cause and effect
  • To know and use text features
  • To understand and use Unit 1 Words to Know: communicate, powerful, balance
  • To draw to generate ideas before writing
  • To select a topic for a personal narrative
  • To draw and write about something you did at a place you visited

MATH  

  • To use models to represent and solve subtraction situations
  • To subtract parts from a whole
  • To write subtraction number sentences

SCIENCE

  •  To explore all of the different shapes of the Moon that can appear on different nights. In the activity, My Moon Book, students observe photos of the Moon taken over the course of four weeks and draw pictures of the Moon's phases in their book. They use these observations to discover patterns in how the Moon’s shape changes and predict when the next full moon will appear.

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • To explain why it’s important to be honest
  • To explain why it’s important to work as a team

RELIGION

  • To tell that God is Father to all of us
  • To explain that we show love for one another in many ways
  • To identify the Bible as God’s message to us
  • To tell that God the Father sent his only Son, Jesus, to teach us how much God loves us
  • To define Bible, Jesus, Scripture, and Word of God