ELA  

• Unit 6 test Tuesday
• Glued sounds: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank
• Blending and reading words with ng or nk
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about Seven Blind Mice using key details from the text.
• Retell Seven Blind Mice using key details from the text.
• Analyze the character’s actions using key details in Seven Blind Mice.

MATH

• Math test Tuesday
• Make and read a tally chart.
• Make a table to solve problems.
• Make a picture graph.

SCIENCE

• We will be learning about  physical and behavioral animal adaptations that help animals survive in their environment or habitat.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify family, school, and community groups.
• Sort pictures according to specific criteria.
• Apply knowledge about groups to one’s own life.

RELIGION

• Identify Jesus as the Bread of Life.
• Tell the story of the Last Supper.
• Explain that Jesus is present in the consecrated bread and wine that become his Body and Blood.
• Describe what we remember and celebrate at Mass.
• Define Blessed Sacrament, consecration, Eucharist, and Last Supper.

ELA  

• Baseword and suffix with the suffix -s
• Pluralizaion
• Narrative fiction vs. informational books
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about The Hare and the Tortoise and The Ants and the Grasshopper using key details from the text.
• Categorize words related to the concept of features.
• Retell The Hare and the Tortoise using key details from the text.
• Identify the components of an informative paragraph.

MATH

• Add tens and ones to find the sum with regrouping.
• Subtract tens to find the difference.
• Use a number line to count back by tens.
• Relate addition and subtraction facts to solve problems.

SCIENCE

• We will watch a read-along, Amy notices that baby animals look a lot like the adults in their families—and then discovers that she does, too! The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting like farm animals. We will then play a Matchup Game, where students work together to match pictures of animals with their babies.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Tell that Jesus wants us to love one another as he loves us.
• Explain that the sacraments are signs of Jesus’ love for us.
• Describe how Jesus welcomed and blessed children.
• Define priest, sacrament, Sacraments at the Service of Communion, Sacraments of Healing, and Sacraments of Initiation.

Monday: Mass

Tuesday: Santa Secret Shop

Wednesday: Christmas Show Dress Rehearsal 12:30 pm in Church

Thursday: Christmas Concert in Church at 6:30 pm 

ELA  

• Unit 5 Test Tuesday
• Base word and suffix with the suffix s
• Pluralization

• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Analyze the main character’s actions using key details in The Hare and the Tortoise
• Identify the components of an informational paragraph using colored pencils.
• Collaboratively write an informative paragraph about The Ants and the Grasshopper.

MATH

• Identify numbers that are ten more and ten less than a given number.
• Use nickels to count by fives.
• Compare two-digit numbers.
• Compare two two-digit numbers using symbols.
• Make groups of hundreds, tens, and ones.

SCIENCE

• Read-Along lesson, Amy notices that baby animals look a lot like the adults in their families—and then discovers that she does, too! The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting like farm animals.  In the activity, Matchup Game, students work together to match pictures of animals with their babies.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Tell that Jesus was born in a stable.
• Explain that Advent is a time of waiting.

ELA  

• Glued sound: all

• Punctuation
• Glued sounds: am, an
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about The Hare and the Tortoise and The Ants and the Grasshopper using key details from the text.
• Categorize words related to the concept of features.
• Retell The Hare and the Tortoise using key details from the text.
• Identify the components of an informative paragraph.

MATH

• Use dimes to count by tens
• Make groups of ten and some more
• Make groups of tens and ones
• Make a table to solve problems
• Write numbers to 100 in different ways

SCIENCE

• Students carry out an investigation to determine the relationship between the shape of different bird beaks and the food each bird eats. In the activity, Find the Best Beak, students experiment with long pointy beaks that are great for picking up seeds and wide flat beaks that are good for scooping. They discover that different beaks are best for different kinds of food.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Demonstrate understanding that the Church is God’s family.
• Explain that followers of Christ are called Christians.
• Define Christian and Sign of Peace.

ELA  

• Glued sound: all

• Punctuation
• Start Unit 5
• Glued sounds: am, an
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story

MATH

• Count and write numbers 11 to 19
• Count groups of tens
• Review

SCIENCE

• Read-Along lesson, Juan Carlos visits his grandmother who has a backyard full of ducks. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting like ducks. The students will watch videos and discover ways that animal parents help their offspring.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen.

• Describe characteristics of being a good citizen.

RELIGION

• Explain that God wants all people to be part of his Church.
• Describe how the Holy Spirit is with us.
• Explain that the Holy Spirit gave the Apostles courage.
• Define parish and Pentecost.

ELA  

• Unit 4 test on Wednesday
• Bonus letter spelling rule: ff,ll, ss, and sometimes zz.
• Glued sound: all
• Punctuation
• Start Unit 5
• Glued sounds: am, an
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• Proofreading
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about Green Eggs and Ham using key details from the text.
• Retell Green Eggs and Ham, including details about characters, settings, and major events.
• Identify who is telling the story at key points in Green Eggs and Ham.
• Identify interrogative sentences.
• Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of the words portrait, landscape, and still life.

MATH

• Subtract to find missing addends
• Chapter 4 test Thursday
• Count and write numbers 11 to 19

SCIENCE

• Students make observations of baby animals and their parents, gathering evidence that they look similar because they share many of the same traits. In the activity, Baby Bird Rescue, students help identify lost baby birds based on observations of their specific traits.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen.

• Describe characteristics of being a good citizen.

RELIGION

• Explain that God wants all people to be part of his Church.
• Describe how the Holy Spirit is with us.
• Explain that the Holy Spirit gave the Apostles courage.
• Define parish and Pentecost.

Monday- Veterans Day dress down.  Students can wear red, white, and blue.

Wednesday- Regular dress down for winning the Halloween door contest!

Friday- Packers vs Bears dress down for the entire school.  If your child does not have Bears or Packers, then any team is fine.

ELA  

• Bonus letter spelling rule: ff,ll, ss, and sometimes zz.
• Glued sound: all
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about Green Eggs and Ham using key details from the text.
• Retell Green Eggs and Ham, including details about characters, settings, and major events.
• Identify who is telling the story at key points in Green Eggs and Ham.

MATH

• Relate doubles addition facts to subtraction facts.
• Write a number sentence to solve problems.
• Subtract using the make 10 to subtract strategy.
• Identify similarities in related addition and subtraction sentences.
• Identify similarities in fact families.

SCIENCE

• Lights and Sound Unit continues
• Students practice using light to communicate information. In the activity, Secret Signals, students work in pairs to build a device that solves the problem of communicating over a distance. They send secret messages to one another using light and colored markers.
• Read-Along lesson, Gabrielle sets sail with her aunt—the captain of a tugboat—and discovers how the sights and sounds on the bay can help boats find their way. Students get moving by pretending to be boats. 
• Start Animal Superpowers Unit
• Students make observations of baby animals and their parents, gathering evidence that they look similar because they share many of the same traits. In the activity, Baby Bird Rescue, students help identify lost baby birds based on observations of their specific traits.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen.
• Describe characteristics of being a good citizen.

RELIGION

• Tell that the Church is found around the world.
• Explain the importance of being a good friend.
• Tell how Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John to be his followers.
• Define catholic, Church, and guardian angel.

ELA  

• Bonus letter spelling rule: ff,ll, ss, and sometimes zz.
• Glued sound: all
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Analyze the main character’s feelings using key details in That Book Woman.
• Analyze characters using key details in That Book Woman.
• Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe visual images.
• Develop vocabulary knowledge of the word scholar.
• Write a narrative retelling of That Book Woman that shows how the packhorse librarian changes life for Cal.

MATH

• Math Review
• Chapter 3 Math Test on Tuesday
• Count back by 1, 2, or 3 to subtract.

SCIENCE

• Lights and Sound Unit
• Students practice using light to communicate information. In the activity, Secret Signals, students work in pairs to build a device that solves the problem of communicating over a distance. They send secret messages to one another using light and colored markers.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Identify Jesus as the Messiah.
• Describe how during Advent we prepare ourselves to welcome Jesus into our hearts on Christmas.
• Define Advent, Light of the World, and Messiah.

ELA  

• Bonus letter spelling rule: ff,ll, ss, and sometimes zz.
• Glued sound: all
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Analyze the main character’s feelings using key details in That Book Woman.
• Analyze characters using key details in That Book Woman.
• Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe visual images.
• Develop vocabulary knowledge of the word scholar.

MATH

• Act it out to solve math problems
• Use counters and ten-frame to make sums greater than 10
• Identify related addition facts.
• Add three numbers by looking for doubles or making ten

SCIENCE

• Lights and Sound Unit
• Students practice using light to communicate information. In the activity, Secret Signals, students work in pairs to build a device that solves the problem of communicating over a distance. They send secret messages to one another using light and colored markers.
• We will watch a Read-Along lesson, Gabrielle sets sail with her aunt—the captain of a tugboat—and discovers how the sights and sounds on the bay can help boats find their way. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by pretending to be boats. We will  do an activity, Navigating by Sights and Sounds, where students play games to practice listening for sound cues.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Identify disciples as Jesus’ friend who followed him and tried to live with him.
• Tell the story of Jesus’ Resurrection.
• Explain how Jesus is always with us.
• Define Christ, disciple, and Resurrection.

ELA  

• Concept of consonant digraph, keywords and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
• Spelling of ck at end of words
• Punctuation
• Unit 3 Test on Wednesday
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about That Book Woman using key details from the text.
• Retell That Book Women, including key details about characters, setting, and major events.
• Define multiple meanings for words poke and spell.

MATH

• Use pennies to count on.
• Use a number line to help find the sum.
• Use the doubles to add strategy to help find the sum.
• Use the near doubles to add strategy to help find the sum.

SCIENCE

• Lights and Sound Unit
• Students investigate vibrations as a source of sound effects for movies. In the activity, Be a Sound Effects Artist, students use their hands and feet to create a "rainstorm," and then use rulers to create a “boing” sound for a cartoon bouncy ball.
• Students will watch a Read-Along lesson where 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. 

• SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Explain that Jesus shows us the way to God.
• Explain the difference between wants and needs.
• Pray the Lord’s Prayer.
• Explain forgiveness.
• Define temptation and trespass.

ELA  

• Concept of consonant digraph, keywords and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
• Spelling of ck at end of words
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Generate and answer questions about That Book Woman using key details from the text.

MATH

• Chapter 2 test Tuesday

• Count on from the greater number to find the sum

SCIENCE

• Students will watch a 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

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Explain that Jesus shows us the way to God.
• Explain the difference between wants and needs.
• Pray the Lord’s Prayer.
• Explain forgiveness.
• Define temptation and trespass.

ELA  

• Concept of consonant digraph, keywords and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
• Spelling of ck at end of words
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of the words and phrases in My Librarian Is A Camel.
• Determine the meaning of the word remote and mobile.
• Identify how pictures and captions communicate key details in My Librarian Is A Camel.

MATH

• Subtract numbers from nine
• Subtract numbers from ten
• Find related addition and subtraction
• Determine whether math statements are true or false

SCIENCE

• Students will use a model to investigate why the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day. In the activity, Star Projector, students use paper cups to project stars onto a sky picture, and observe what happens to these stars when a flashlight acts as a model of the Sun.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify the purpose and benefits of having rules at school.
• Compare rules at home with rules at school and laws in the community.
• Illustrate the consequences of following and breaking rules.

RELIGION

• Tell that the Beautitudes are ways to live in the world.
• Tell that Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer.
• Pray the first half of the Lord’s Prayer.
• Explain that being kind to others is doing God’s will.
• Define Beautitudes, heaven, Kingdom of God, and prayer.

Field Trip Wednesday! 

Please send your child in their gym uniform for our field trip. 

We will eat at the farm so, your child will need a paper bag lunch.

ELA  

• Unit 2 test Tuesday

• Phoneme segmentation

• Concept of consonant digraph, keywords and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
• Spelling of ck at end of words
• Punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Speak about how Waiting For The Biblioburro adds to knowledge of how books change lives.
• Generate questions about My Librarian Is A Camel using key details from the text.
• Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in My Librarian Is A Camel.

MATH

• Compare groups of up to nine objects
• Subtract numbers from four and five
• Subtract numbers from six and seven
• Subtract numbers from eight

SCIENCE

• Students 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

• Identify similarities and differences among classmates.
• Compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents.
• Categorize classmates according to their special talent.
• Analyze the cost and benefits of different choices.

RELIGION

• Demonstrate a way to show respect for Jesus’ name.
• Tell the story of Jesus’ birth
• Identify Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the Holy Family.
• Define Angel, Holy Family, Joseph, and Mary.

ELA 

• To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants and vowels
• To practice sound recognition 
• Phonemic awareness skills: sound manipulation (initial, final, medial)
• Segmenting and spelling three-sound short vowel words
• Sentence dictation procedures: capitalization, punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• To discuss that different readers enjoy different types of books
• Analyze Ana’s dreams using key details in Waiting for the Biblioburro.
• Identify root words and inflectional ending -ing
• Write a narrative retelling of Waiting for the Biblioburro that shows how the Biblioburro changes life for Ana.
• Develop vocabulary knowledge of the word inspire

MATH

• Write subtraction number sentences
• Subtract 0 or find a difference of 0
• Subtract across and down
• Draw a diagram to solve problems

SCIENCE

• Students watch a read aloud about Arushi who wonders why she has to go to bed while the sun is still up, and learns that the sun stays up longer on some days than others. The lesson includes a short exercise where students get moving by acting out a bedtime routine. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify similarities and differences among classmates.
• Compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents.
• Categorize classmates according to their special talent.
• Analyze the cost and benefits of different choices.

RELIGION

• Identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer.
• Explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us.
• Discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time.
• Define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary Time.

ELA 

• To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants and vowels
• To practice sound recognition 
• Phonemic awareness skills: sound manipulation (initial, final, medial)
• Segmenting and spelling three-sound short vowel words
• Sentence dictation procedures: capitalization, punctuation
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• To discuss that different readers enjoy different types of books
• Generate and answer questions about Waiting for the Biblioburro, using key details from the text.
• Retell Waiting for the Biblioburro, including key details about characters, setting, and major events.
• Identify and generate verbs.
• Add -ed to verbs to make them past tense.

MATH

• Identify math statements as true and false
• Chapter 1 test Wednesday
• Use models to represent and solve subtraction situations
• Subtract parts from a whole 

SCIENCE

• Students develop a model of the sun’s daily path across the sky, then use this model to help someone who’s lost. In the activity, Sun Finder, students create a mobile paper model of the sun and earth to illustrate the position of the sun throughout the day.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Identify similarities and differences among classmates.
• Compare and contrast classmates’ personal preferences and talents.
• Categorize classmates according to their special talent.
• Analyze the cost and benefits of different choices.

RELIGION

• Demonstrate sharing a sign of peace.
• Explain that the Holy Spirit brings us God the Father’s gift of peace.
• Tell that God the Father sent his only Son, Jesus, to teach us how much God loves us.
• Define Holy Spirit and Trinity.