Week at a Glance
ELA
- To introduce the concept of base word and suffix ~s
- To introduce the concept of plurals
- To explain the difference between narrative fiction and informational books
- To read with accuracy and prosody
- To analyze the main character’s actions using key details in “The Hare and the Tortoise”
- To identify the components of an informational text
- To annotate the components of an informational text using colored pencils
- To distinguish shades of meaning between verbs related to the word move
- To place words in order of quickest to slowest
- To identify the key details from the text to determine the lessons of Aesop’s Fables
- To collaboratively write an informative paragraph about the “The Ants and the Grasshopper”
- To identify and use end punctuation for sentences
- To decide where to place end punctuation in a paragraph
MATH * Chapter 2 Test on Friday
- To subtract from 9
- To subtract from 10
- To relate addition and subtraction
- To determine if a subtraction equation is true or false
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
