ELA 

• To apply the bonus letter spelling rule: ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz
• To learn the glued sound: all
• To understand the narrative story form: character, setting, main events
• To apply punctuation: exclamation point, quotation marks
• To read with accuracy and prosody
• To identify temporal words in writing
• To practice giving and receiving compliments using a sentence frame
• To demonstrate understanding of grade-level vocabulary

MATH  

• To build number sense with number of the day
• To draw a diagram to solve subtraction problems
• To subtract by comparing groups

SCIENCE

• To 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 

• To make decisions about the best way to be a good citizen
• To describe characteristics of being a good citizen

RELIGION

• To identify psalms as songs and poems of prayer
• To explain that Ordinary Time is a time to show our thanks for God’s creation and for the gifts God gives us
• To discuss the images of God’s creation- especially wheat and grapes that become bread and wine- displayed during Ordinary Time
• To define celebrate, liturgical year, and Ordinary TIme