April

We are continuing to work on Chapter 7 in our Math curriculum focusing on:

1. Identify and sort plane figures.

2. Identify and sort solid figures.

3. Recognize different geometric transformations.

4. Solve problems by finding and using a pattern.

The last week of April we will begin Chapter 8 learning all about Money and Time!

We have begun working on Unit 1 of the second part of our Superkid's curriculum-- MORE Adventures of Superkids! The class is very excited about this!

Daily 5 will continue to be a part of our literacy time. Students are self-paced during this time while I will be working with small, differentiated reading groups. Students continue to work on: Read to Self, Work on Writing, Word Work, and Listen to Reading "rotating" every 15 minutes. Students will reference Daily 5 slides to know the expectations and work for each 15 minute time block.

The following are the focus target areas in Unit 1 of MORE Adventures of the Superkids and will be focus areas during Daily 5 as well:

*Target Skills:

Reading

• • Associate y with long "i" and long "e"

  • Associate ay with long "a"

  • Decode words with y(saying long i), y(saying long e), and ay(saying long a)

Vocabulary:

• • Recognize and understand Memory Words and Pattern Words

  • Discuss rainy day projects and words related to rainy and sunny

Comprehension:

• Associate words with pictures

• Recognize text structure

• Sequence steps

Fluency:

• Read at appropriate rate

Writing:

• Generate ideas before writing

• Write directions and a list

Spelling:

• Spell Memory Words down, too, work, many, first

• Encode Pattern Words with "y" and "ay"

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

• Understand and form adjectives ending with -y

The following are the focus target areas in Unit 2 of MORE Adventures of the Superkids. These skills will begin later in the month of April.

*Target Skills:

Reading

• • Decode words ending in y, ier, iest, ied, ies

  • Identify base words in words with endings

Vocabulary:

• • Recognize and understand Memory Words and Pattern Words

  • Homophones their, there

  • Discuss fortune cookies, wishes, and idioms

Comprehension:

• Monitor comprehension and use fix-up tips

• Understand setting and its importance

Fluency:

• Read with expression

Writing:

• Write messages and a personal wish

Spelling:

• Apply spelling rule for adding endings

• Spell Memory Words their, now, always, because, been

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

• Understand and form comparative and superlative adjectives

• Understand verbs endings -ed, -es

Our Science Unit for the month of March is The Sky.

*Target Skills:

• Explore and predict warm places using a thermometer

• Recognize that the Sun provides Earth with light and heat

• Recognize the pattern of the Sun's position in the sky

• Explain why we have day and night

• Explore and observe objects in the dark

• Recognize that the Moon gets its light from the Sun

• Explain that groups of stars form constellations

• Explore by modeling how the Earth moves around the sun

• Discuss likenesses and differences among the planets