ELA  

• Closed-syllable concept with short vowels.
• Closed syllable vs open syllable
• Vowel team sounds for: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy
• Narrative fiction vs informational
• Reading with accuracy and prosody
• To understand that reading a book multiple times for different purposes helps readers better understand and enjoy the story
• Identify the main topic and retell key details of sections of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Know and use text features to locate more information in What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
• Write and draw evidence about the chimpanzee uncovered through text features.
• Write and informative paragraph that describes how two animals use the same feature differently.

MATH

• Look at attributes to identify cubes and rectangular prisms.
• Look at attributes to identify cones and cylinders.
• Look for a pattern to solve problems.
• Combine three-dimensional shapes to make a composite shape.

SCIENCE

• Students identify the pattern that young plants are similar to their parent plants. In the activity, Mixed-up Plants, students observe three seedlings and three adult plants and use their observations to match each seedling to its adult counterpart.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Distinguish between needs as things we must have to live and wants as things it would be nice to have.
• Identify food, clothing, and shelter as needs each family has.
• Understand that people use money to buy goods and services in markets.
• Explore the choices people make when buying needs and wants.
• Describe jobs that people do to earn money to meet their needs and wants.
• Identify items a family might need and want while away from home.

RELIGION

• Tell the story of the lost coin.
• Express an understanding of God’s love as being greater than any sin.
• Tell the story of the lost sheep.
• Define forgiveness and sin.