March

Chapter 6: Place Value to 100 and beginning Chapter 7: will be our focus in our Math curriculum for the month of March.

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.

We will be finishing Unit 9 in Superkids and beginning Unit 10 during the month of March in reading.

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

*Target Skills:

Reading

• • Read and understand contractions with n't

  • Decode words with the noun suffix -er

  • Identify base words in words with endings

Vocabulary:

• • Discuss talent shows, pigeons, and baby animals

  • Understand compound words

  • Understand words with the suffix -er

Comprehension:

• Summarize

• Recognize plot: Beginning, middle, end

• Generate questions to determine important ideas

• Draw conclusions

• Identify lesson(s) taught by a story

Fluency:

• Read with expression

• Read with natural phrasing

Writing:

• Writing process: Revise and publish a story

Spelling:

• Spell contractions with n't

• Apply spelling rules for adding endings

Our Science Unit for the month of March is How Animals Meet Their Needs.

*Target Skills:

• Explore simple food chains by putting the animals of those food chains in order.

• Define a food chain.

• Explore an animal's surroundings by making a model of it.

• Recognize that animals are found living in places where their needs are met.

• Explore through inference that an animal's color can make it hard to see.

• Describe and name ways animals can stay safe.