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Literacy instruction includes the following:
Spelling
Word Study
Reading Fluency (using poetry)
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Each spelling list consists of 20 words and is initially studied for one week. Each week there is a skill focus that the list reinforces.
On Monday we introduce the new words during ELA Literacy Block. The children will then be expected to complete that day's assigned spelling homework in their spelling notebook. They must complete one spelling assignment for each day Monday through Thursday each Week. The Spelling Test will be given on Friday using the new set of words introduced on Monday.
Focus for Spelling week of 4/21/2025 & 4/28/2025
Homographs
Fluency:
Every two weeks there is an assigned poem for fluency practice which students practice with partners in the classroom. Students are currently practicing fluency with the following poem(s):
(Comprehension falls here)
In Literacy, we are immersed in our World War II unit. Students will be reading one of two novels:
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.
I Am David by AnneHolm
David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark. Is that enough to survive?
This week in Literacy:
WWII Historical Fiction Unit
Students will:
read historical fiction novels set during WWII
compare texts on the same subject
focus on building vocabulary
Take annotations (notes) on a text
identify main idea and details
make inferences
answer questions using text evidence
Spelling focus: prefixes
Grammar Study: subject-verb agreement
Students will...
focus on grammar
write in response to reading
develop, revise, organize, and produce clear and effective writing
use a combination of quotes and their own words in their writing
use technology to produce and publish writing
We are wrapping up Module 5: Geometry
Trapezoid and Parallelogram
Kite and Rhombus
Rectangle and Square
Hierarchy of Quadrilaterals
Start Module 6 - Coordinate Grids
Daily mixed math review
This week in Science:
Unit: Mixtures & Solutions
This week we will continue exploring Chemistry.
Students will...
Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Examine the effects of mixing 2 substances with water.
Learn about changes in substances can lead to the development of new materials and new ways to produce energy and resources such as clean drinking water.
have experiences with matter forming new substances when it is part of a chemical reaction.
Social Studies
Unit: History with WWII
Students will...
explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in history (specifically during WWII)
integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources
identify primary and secondary sources of information
Timeline of WWII
Create a WWII Scrapbook
This week in Geography
Daily Geography Weekly Focus: Climates Zones of the United States
SEL - Lesson 2 - Managing Emotions
For read-aloud, we are currently reading Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. Daniel's Story is told by Daniel in a unique way. It is told in flashbacks as Daniel travels from place to place on a train using old photographs he has taken to tell his story. Below is the summary:
Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel's family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz -, the Nazi death camp. Though many around him lose hope in the face of such terror, Daniel, supported by his courageous family, struggles for survival. He finds hope, life and even love in the midst of despair.