Phonics:

• Read and write words with the long e vowel team
• Learn trick words: breakfast, head, ready
• Identify the different syllable types in multisyllabic words
• Read and write words with different types of syllables
• Unit 11 Assessment - Friday 3/7

Reading/Writing:

• Use collective nouns to accurately describe groups of items
• Notice and wonder about the legend of John Henry
• Define tall tale
• Identify story elements
• Compare different versions of the same legend

Math:

• Identify the length of objects to the nearest inch
• Estimate the length of objects in inches
• Measure the length of objects in feet
• Compare inches, feet, and yards

Religion:

• Discuss the liturgical season of Lent
• Identify ways to pray, fast, and give alms during the season of Lent
• State that Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and is a period of 40 days
• Discuss the story of Jesus being tempted in the desert

Science:

• Learn how materials are invented
• Come up with ideas for inventions that use an exciting futuristic material: glass that bounces and stretches like rubber

Phonics:

• Spell and read words with long e vowel teams (ee, ea, ey)
• Match homophones with the long e sound
• Learn trick words: son, whose, won
• Read grade level decodable texts fluently

Reading/Writing:

• Discuss story events and character responses
• Examine the function of introductory statements in informative paragraphs
• Determine the lesson of The Legend of the Bluebonnet and explain how it is supported by key details
• Write an introduction as part of an informative paragraph

Math:

• Count faces, edges, and vertices of 3D shapes
• Compare 2D and 3D shapes
• Partition two-dimensional shapes into two, three, and four equal shares
• Determine the area of a rectangle
• Review 2D & 3D Shapes
• Chapter 12 Test - Friday 2/28 (review sheet went home on Friday)

Religion:

• Discuss forgiveness and why it is important
• Read and discuss the bible story, The Parable of the Lost Son
• Practice The Act of Contrition Prayer

Science:

• Discuss and answer the question, “why do we wear clothes?”
• Explore the different properties of materials used for clothing, such as texture, flexibility, and absorbency
• Design and build a hat that protects them from the Sun

Phonics:

• Spell trick words: great, country, away, thought, school, country
• Read and write words with long a spellings → ai, ay, a-e, a
• Read and comprehend on-level decodable passages

Reading/Writing:

• Define the word “legend”
• Discuss what s/he notices and wonders about The Legend of the Bluebonnet
• Define terms: shaman, famine, legend
• Determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues
• Discuss life lessons we can learn from The Legend of the Bluebonnet
• Identify story elements of a legend
• Compose an introduction sentence for an informative paragraph

Math:

• Identify 3D shapes
• Count faces, edges, and vertices of 3D shapes
• Compare 2D and 3D shapes

Religion:

• Define: confession, penance, reconciliation
• Discuss the story of the lost sheep
• Describe how it feels to be found or to find something s/he has lost

Social Studies:

• Give examples of one’s own family activities to relate new concepts to personal experience.
• Use reasoning skills to analyze the costs and benefits of purchasing goods.