January

Chapter 5: Place Value to 100, will continue to be our focus in our Math curriculum for the month of January.

1. Read and write numbers through 100.

2. Compare and order numbers.

3. Recognize odd and even numbers and skip count by 5s and 2s.

4. Solve problems using logical reasoning.

We will be working on Superkids Unit 6 for the month of January.

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 6 of Adventures of the Superkids and will be focus areas during Daily 5 as well:

*Target Skills:

Reading

• • Identify and mark short and long vowels

  • Decode words with long-vowel patterns (CV)

Vocabulary:

• • Recognize and understand Memory Words said, only, you, out, of here

  • Rebuses and antonyms

  • Categorize activities as pretend or real

Comprehension:

• Visualize

• Draw Conclusions

• Recognize text structure and patterns in text

Fluency:

• Read with expression

• Read rhythmically

Writing:

• Write a dialogue between characters

• Write sentences about a character

Spelling:

• Spell Memory Words said, only, you, out, of, here

• Encode CV Pattern Words

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics:

• Form plurals with -s and -es

Social Studies Unit 4 "Everything Changes" as well as a mini unit on MLK Jr., will be the focus areas for the month of January.

*Target Skills:

• Use the terms past, present, and future to describe changes that happen in your life.

• Tell how we learn about the past.

• Use timeline to get information about events and the order of those events.

• Identify American Indian groups.

• Tell about American Indian traditions that are still practiced today.

• Explain difficulties of settlers.

• Compare lives of Pilgrim and American Indian families to families today.

• Describe the Pilgrims' first harvest celebration.

• Follow problem-solving steps to solve a problem.

• Compare your school to one from long ago.

• Compare transportation methods from long ago to those we use today.

• Explain how transportation inventions have changed the way people live.

• Understand that different people have different points of view.

• Identify inventions and ideas that made communication easier.

• Compare methods long ago with those used today.