Week at a Glance

September 11th-15th

ELA 

  • To practice letter- keyword- sound for consonants: l, h, k, v, w, y, x, z, qu
  • To practice letter- keyword- sound for all vowels
  • To practice correct letter formation
  • To practice sound recognition 
  • To match letter tiles to the letter squares in alphabetical order
  • To distinguish between what Tomas imagines and what is real in Tomas and the Library Lady
  • To compose a narrative retelling using sentence frames for structure
  • To develop vocabulary knowledge of the word value
  • To generate and answer questions about Waiting for the Biblioburro using key details from the text
  • To identify and generate verbs
  • To retell Waiting for the Biblioburro, including key details about characters, settings, and major events
  • To ask and answer questions about key vocabulary in Waiting for the Biblioburro

MATH

  • To build number sense with number of the day
  • To define odd and even numbers
  • To sort odd and even single digit numbers
  • To count forward up to 120
  • To place numbers on a number line up to 20

SCIENCE

  • To 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 students’ responsibilities to one another in the school community. 
  • Identify the benefits of four ways of cooperating in school. 
  • Explain what it means to play fairly and be a good sport.

RELIGION

  • To practice the prayers of the rosary 
  • To pray the rosary is about instilling in children a greater love of Jesus and a better understanding of his life. They will also grow in their devotion to Mary, his mother and ours.