Week at a Glance 9/6-9/9

ELA 

  • To distinguish short-vowel sounds a, e, i, o, u
  • To decode and encode short vowel words
  • To read a decodable story
  • To identify vowels and consonants
  • To decode phrases
  • To distinguish between words with different vowel sounds
  • To read a decodable informational text
  • To recognize and spell Memory Words: for, you, like, to, of, no
  • To encode plural ~s words
  • To use beginning capitalization and end marks in sentences
  • To add ~s to verbs
  • To understand exclamation marks
  • To understand and use adjectives and prepositional phrases
  • To read and discuss a grade-level literary text
  • To understand picture-text relationships
  • To identify patterns in a literary text
  • To identify topic of an informational text
  • To connect ideas
  • To retell key details
  • To compare and contrast: fiction and informational text

MATH  

  • To write addition facts horizontally and vertically
  • To write a number sentence to solve problems
  • To use counters to make sums of 4 and 5 in different ways
  • To use counters to make sums of 6 and 7 in different ways


SCIENCE

  • In this Read-Along lesson, Jada explores why her shadow changes over the course of a day at the beach. The lesson includes a short exercise where students act out the movement of shadows with their bodies. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • To tell why we have rules
  • To explain our classroom rules
  • To tell why we have laws
  • To tell the difference between laws and rules

RELIGION

  • To explain that we show our thanks and love to God by caring for his creation
  • To define or explain Amen, creation, Creator, God, and saint
  • To tell about the Sign of the Cross
  • To introduce and discuss: What can you do to help others? like Saint Vincent de Paul