Week at a Glance: May 5-9, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Unit 5 Week 2-

Math- Continuing Chapter 12- Data

Spelling: Words with /ei/

Writing: Continue Poetry unit

Religion- Tuesday- May Crowning at 9:30

Social Studies- Continue Immigration Project

Other Highlights:

• Tuesday- 9:30 May Crowning

ABC Countdown for the Week:

• Monday- E Extra Recess and Emily’s Pictures
• PollTuesday- F- Fancy Dress and Frisbee time
• Wednesday- G- Guinea pigs and Gratitude Day
• Thursday- H- Harry Potter Day
• Friday-- Ice pops and Iris Day

Spelling Words: eight, eighteen, weigh, weight, weightless, neighbor, ceiling, receive, height, freight BONUS: perceive, paperweight, leisurely

Vocabulary words: analysis, threat, damage, anticipate, pollution, surface, landforms, processes, damaging, produces

High Frequency Words- built, square

• Daily practice with spelling words in spelling activities on SeeSaw
• Daily practice with spelling words through the week in reading book.
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Reading: Unit 5 Week 2 

Essential Question: How do changes on Earth affect the environment?

Objectives: 

• I can learn more about informational texts and analyze text structure informational text. 
• I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
• I can use knowledge of the sound and shape of poetry to write a poem.
• Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments.
• Describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards.
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution.
• Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication,and pronounciation.
• Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text. 
• Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as: eigh, ough, and en
• Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
• Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of the genre, and structures 
• Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational texts, including organizational patterns and such as problem and solution, cause and effect.
• Discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.
• Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
• Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound spelling patterns such as eigh, ough, and en.

SeeSaw activities regarding objectives in this week’s reading.

Daily DOL and Simple Solutions Grammar-

Writing:

• Writing work in reading books, SeeSaw activities and student Poetry books.
• Writing for Social Studies Project
• Writing for slideshow reading project

Math: Chapter 12-  Represent and Interpret Data:

Essential Question- How do we obtain useful information from a set of data?

• Mathematical Practices:
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
• Attend to precision.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Math Vocabulary for this chapter: data, frequency table, survey, tally chart, tally marks, analyze, interpret, pictograph, key, picture graph, bar graph, scale

Monday-Lesson 1- Students will collect and record data through observations and survey: Collect and Record Data.

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Students will draw a scaled picture graph; Draw scaled picture graphs.

Wednesday- Lesson 3- Students will draw scaled bar graphs; Draw scaled bar graphs.

Thursday- Lesson 4- Students will relate bar graphs to scaled picture graphs; Relate bar graphs to scaled picture graphs.

--Students will complete daily lessons for Math in IReady, IXL,  and SeeSaw-

Social Studies: 

Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will  learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:

Why are you leaving the county and coming to the USA?

What was your role in your country? (Examples: Mom, Dad, Teacher, Student)

• What are some words in your native language that we could learn? (five words)

What are your hopes and dreams for coming to America?

After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups. 

HERE are the guidelines for this project

Religion: Session 21 

Religion: Complete Unit 4 w/ assessment and begin Unit 5:

Unit 5 Morality, Our Lived Faith- The focus on this unit is on living like Jesus. In this unit, children will learn the following concepts.

Session 21- Faith, Hope, and Clarity: The virtues of faith, hope, and charity- the Theological Virtues- are gifts from God that form the foundation of our Christian life. When we practice these virtues, we grow closer to God.

Session Theme:  We live like Jesus when we practice the virtues of faith, hope, and charity.

--Daily prayers, devotions, and Tuesday- May Crowning 9:30 Mass

Week at a Glance: April 28-May 2, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

• Reading: Begin Unit 5 in our Reading book
• Spelling: Phonics vowel patterns: au, aw, al, augh, ough-
• Writing: Students conclude Writing projects on Slideshow
• Math: Review for Assessment for Chapter 11
• Social Studies: Continue Immigration Unit
• Religion:Starting a purposeful prayer group

Other Important Things:

• ABC Countdown begins this week! Our school family will be constructing their wish list for the ABC Countdown activities on Monday. Please hang up ABC Countdown in a familiar place so you know the special events of the day*
• Band preview on 4/30

Pixie and Trixie celebrate their 2nd birthday on Tuesday, 4/29!

Spelling Words: 

Fault, author, bought, sought, awful, distraught, naughty, fought, squawk, sprawls, (bonus) awesome, afterthought, exhaustion

Vocabulary words: extreme, spectacular, attracts, region, transport

Unit Vocabulary words: analysis, threat, damage, anticipate, pollution

*Daily practice of spelling words with activities in homework.

Reading: Unit 5 Week 1- Dee Down and Other Extreme Places to Live-

• Phonics vowel patterns: au, aw, al, augh, ough-
• Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as: eigh, ough, en
• Essential question- How does the world challenge us?
• Learning Goals:
• I can learn more about informational texts and analyze text features in an informational text.
• I can use language to make connections between reading and writing.
• I can use knowledge of the sound and shape of poetry to write a poem.
• Interact w/ sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, freewriting, annotating, or illustrating.
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers,and bold and italicized font to support understanding.
• Identify ways in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation.
• Describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, natural resources, and natural hazards. 
• Determine the main and ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
• Explain the author’s use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.
• Daily entries in Simple Solution Grammar packet
• Daily daily oral language lessons

Writing:

• Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar book and Daily Oral Language Packet
• Projects-- Slideshow for Reading 
• Continue cursive writing in cursive handwriting packet

Unit 5 writing objectives: Poetry will take place throughout the month of MAY-

Students will:

• Explore the genre of poetry
• Use imagery rhythm, and rhyme
• Use adjectives to compare accurately
• Write a poem

Math: Chapter 11- Conclude Chapter 11 on Measurement/ Time

• Daily practice in Simple Solutions Math packet
• Daily SeeSaw practice with math concepts
• Review of key concepts of Chapter 11 Measurement-

This week’s math review focuses on telling time, elapsed time, and metric system-

Chapter 11- Measuring Time: Mathematical Practices:

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will  learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:

Why are you leaving the county and coming to the USA?

What was your role in your country? (Examples: Mom, Dad, Teacher, Student)

• What are some words in your native language that we could learn? (five words)

What are your hopes and dreams for coming to America?

After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups. 

Here are the guidelines for this project

Religion:Session 21 

Religion: Complete Unit 4 w/ assessment and begin Unit 5:

Unit 5 Morality, Our Lived Faith- The focus on this unit is on living like Jesus. In this unit, children will learn the following concepts.

Session 21- Faith, Hope, and Clarity: The virtues of faith, hope, and charity- the Theological Virtues- are gifts from God that form the foundation of our Christian life. When we practice these virtues, we grow closer to God.

Session Theme:  We live like Jesus when we practice the virtues of faith, hope, and charity.

--Daily prayers, devotions, and Tuesday- May Crowning 9:30 Mass

--As much as possible: Religious songs and Prayer group for Iris

Week at a Glance: April 22-25, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Project week- Informational Posters

Spelling: Review week

Writing: Research on a town that has changed

Math: Chapter 11 continues with measurement

Religion: Session 20: Easter/ Holy Week

Social Studies: Immigration Chapter continues: Research Country

Other Highlights: 

• Tuesday-Friday-Our class has morning prayer for the school. Students will be reading devotions in pairs every morning this week. I will send an email to the students who will be reading soon.

Spelling Words: Review words from Unit 4:

Ate, eight, minute, research, visible, flexible, likable, thirteen, search, third, earn, thirty, inspect no bonus words this week--

Reading: Unit 4- Week 6 Last week with Unit 4-

This week students will:

• Research communities that have changed over time.
• Create a poster showing a part of a city or town that has changed.

Lesson 1- Compare across texts:

Inquire:

• Introduce Inquiry Project
• Read “From Wood to Stone”
• Generate questions about the topic
• Apply Academic Vocabulary

Lesson 2

Explore and Plan:

• Informational Writing
• Read “Yankee Stadium: Then and Now”
• Set a purpose, identify a topic, and a list research goals

Conduct Research:

• Use the Library of Congress Web site
• Gather information on a research topic

Lesson 3-Collaborate and Discuss

• Analyze a Student Model
• Identify features of an informational poster

Refine Research:

• Identify source types
• Read “History in the Making”
• Apply identifying source types of article

Lesson 4- Extend Research:

• Find or create images
• Incorporate images into posters

Collaborate and Discuss

• Revise & Edit; Clarify and Coherence
• Peer review posters

Lesson 5- Celebrate and Reflect

• Share your posters
• Reflect on your project

Reflect on the Unit:

• Reflect on your goals, reading, and writing

Writing:

*Writing an informational poster-

*Create an informational poster based on research of a town/ community that has changed using the Library of Congress website and Google searches.

Math:  This week’s math is focused on telling time-

Chapter 11- Measuring Time: Mathematical Practices:

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Vocabulary words: analog and digital clock, time interval,

Monday- Lesson 4- Solve Mass Problems: Why do we measure? Students practice algebra skills with finding the mass of multiple objects. 

We completed Lesson 5- Measuring Time last week-

Tuesday- Lesson 6- Time intervals; Measurement and data; Students will determine time intervals to solve problems.

Wednesday- Lesson 7- Problem Solving Investigation- Strategy: Work Backward; Students will work backward to solve problems. 

Thursday- Practice for Assessment on Measurement-

-- Daily practice and enrichment math skills with IXL, SeeSaw assignments, and IREADY

Religion: Session 20- Celebrating Lent and Holy Week

Session Theme:  Lent and Holy Week are times to think of how we treat others-

Outcomes:

• Retell the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.
• Explain Lent is a time to think about how we treat others.
• Describe practices and experiences of Lent and Holy Week.
• Define almsgiving, intercessions, and Prayer of the Faithful.

Daily prayers and devotions-

Tuesday- 8:30 Mass-  no buddies; Our class’ turn to bring up the Gifts and read the morning prayers

--Daily songs, prayers, and devotions

Social Studies Project- Students will be assigned a country to research (in small groups) and will have a role in their research. They will  learn the culture about the country they are immigrating from and what certain roles/ expectations were in their country and answer the following questions:

1. Why are you leaving the county and coming to the USA?
2. What was your role in your country? (Examples: Mom, Dad, Child)
3. What are some words in your native language that we could learn? (five words)
4. What are your hopes and dreams for coming to America?

After research- students will present their immigration country to the class and classmates will record information learned from the other groups. 

Week at a Glance: April 7-11, 2025

Highlights of the Week:

Reading: Narrative Nonfiction genre

Spelling: Homographs

Writing: Opinion writing

Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions

Social Studies: Settling in the US

Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation

Other Highlights:

• No Mass on Tuesday
• Thursday- Stations of the Cross at 12:30
• Friday- Grandparent’s Day Mass at 8:30- Not  buddy Mass; Students can sit with their Grandparents-

Spelling: transplant, consult, finance, content, minute, digest, upset, research, incline, construct- bonus words-- entrances, manifest, invalid

Vocabulary words: destroyed, opportunity, sustainability, reclaimed, constructed-

Unit vocabulary words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar

High Frequency Words: equation, among

Reading: Unit 4 Week 4- How can a leader’s experiences inspire change?

Learning Goals:

• I can learn about themes concerning events by distinguishing viewpoints in narrative nonfiction.
• I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
• I can use elements of opinion writing to write an opinion essay.

Objectives:

• Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
• Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
• Know that information, critical information, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions.
• Explore timelines
• Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text. 
• Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in text. 
• Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence and cause and effect. 
• Introduce a topic or text, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
• Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons.
• Provide a concluding statement or section. 

Writing:

• Daily work in Reading book-
• Daily SeeSaw writing activities 
• Daily writing in Simple Solutions Grammar
• Writing an opinion essay- this will take a few weeks to completion.

Math: Completion of Chapter 10 Fractions

Objectives/ Mathematical Practices:

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.

Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, numerator, is equal to (=), is greater than, is less than, 

Monday- Lesson 8- Compare fractions- Students will use models to compare 2 fractions and record the results. 

Tuesday- Lesson 9- Review fractions chapter to prepare for Thursday’s assessment

Wednesday- Chapter 10 Preparations for fraction assessment- Quiz day!

Thursday- Chapter 10 Assessment for fractions

Daily math assignments:

•  in SeeSaw
• IReady Math lessons
•  Simple Solutions Math Packets
• IXL daily lessons

Social Studies: Continuing Lesson 5- Settling in the USA

Questions to answer in this lesson:

• Why do immigrants come to the states?
• How immigrants came to the USA?
• Where did immigrants settle in the US?
• What was life like for immigrants in the US?
• How to become a US citizen-

Video: How do history and culture shape your community?

Essential Question--How do people become part of our country?Overview: Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Objectives:Social Studies

• Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
• Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
• Draw conclusions from primary and secondary sources.

Language Arts

• Identify main ideas in text. (reading)
• Describe and illustrate an idea. (writing)

Preview-Think about how it feels to move to a new place and then listen to audio clips from immigrants about their experiences. 

Hands-On Activity: Analyzing Primary Sources-Investigate immigration in the United States by carefully analyzing visual and written primary sources from various time periods.

Show What You Know- Compare opportunities and challenges of immigration. 

Also: Students will present March Book Reports: Study of Ireland

Religion: Celebrating Reconciliation Session 17 Unit 4 (Sacraments)

When we turn away from God the Father through personal sin, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. God always forgives us and gives us the grace to be truly sorry for our sins. In this sacrament, we confess our sins to a priest, who shares with us Jesus’ gifts of forgiveness and peace.

Session Theme: When we sin and fail to love God the Father and others, Jesus the Son calls us to forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

• Daily prayers, devotions, and songs
• Friday Grandparent’s Day Mass at 8:30 Non -buddy Mass