Week at a Glance

ELA

  • To segment and blend up to 5 sounds
  • To add suffix -s to words with 5 sounds
  • To add suffixes -ed, -ing to unchanging base words with closed syllables
  • To introduce vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
  • To differentiate between narrative fiction and informational books
  • To read with accuracy and prosody
  • To plan an informative paragraph about how two animals use the same feature differently
  • To know and use text features to locate more information 
  • To write and draw evidence about the chimpanzees uncovered through text features
  • To identify and use frequently occurring prepositions and prepositional phrases
  • To add a drawing to a written description of how two animals use the same feature differently to clarify ideas
  • To categorize words related to mammal by defining their attributes

MATH 

  • To act out to solve problems
  • To use counters and a ten-frame to make sums greater than 10
  • To identify related addition facts
  • To add three numbers by looking for doubles or making a ten

SCIENCE

  • In this Read-Along lesson, Lin explores the sounds made by different kinds of instruments, and discovers what happens when vibrations start—and when they stop. The lesson includes a short exercise where students experiment with a piece of paper to make the connection between vibrations and sound. Students make simple musical instruments using only their heads and string.

RELIGION

  • To tell that Jesus served his friends
  • To explain that Jesus wants us to follow his example