Week at a Glance

ELA 

  • To encode and decode glued sounds: am, an
  • To read with accuracy and prosody
  • To generate and answer questions about “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “The Ants and the Grasshopper” using key details from the text
  • To categorize words related to the concept of features
  • To label words related to features
  • To retell “The Hare and the Tortoise” using key details from the text
  • To orally retell the fable in pairs
  • To identify the components of an informational text
  • To distinguish shades of meaning between verbs related to the word move
  • To act out shades of meaning for move
  • To analyze the main character’s actions using key details in “The Hare and the Tortoise”

MATH  

  • To subtract from 4 and 5
  • To subtract from 6 and 7
  • To subtract from 8
  • To subtract from 9

SCIENCE

  • In this Read-Along lesson, Ryan’s camping trip with his dad includes a night of stargazing, and a mystery to solve. The lesson includes a short exercise where students imagine what they might see looking through a telescope. 

SOCIAL STUDIES 

  • To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
  • To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

  • To identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer
  • To explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us
  • To discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time
  • To define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary TIme