Weekly Learning Topics

Week 17 ( January 6-9)

Overview

Literacy

• We will be learning new spelling words with the spelling rules that go with them.

• We will review the [ea] /E//e//A/ phonogram.

• We will review the 5 parts of a sentence.                                                                                      A group of words that...

  • have a subject.

  • have a predicate. 

  • state a complete thought.

  • begin with a capital letter.

  • finish with a punctuation mark.

Math

• We will learn how to build 2's multiplication tables.

• We will be learning how the 2's multiplication table is commutative.                      (Changing the order of the numbers you multiply doesn't change the total)

• We will practice using 2's and 5's multiplication tables.

History

• We will be learning why the Americans fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.

• We will be learning about difficulties and challenges the Americans faced at the end of the Revolutionary War.

• We will learn how the Constitution was created so that Americans would have a written set of rules describing how the government would work

• We will learn why many Americans wanted the Constitution to have a bill of rights.

Lesson Plans

Monday: Teacher Work Day

Tuesday

Literacy

Spelling Test 2-Way Words

• poem: We say pO-um but we write pO-em.

• margin: We say mar-jun but we write mar-jin.

• alphabet: We say al-fu-bet but we write al-fA-bet.

• English: We say ing-lish but we write eng-lish.

• language: We say lang-gwij but we write lan-goo-Aj.

• human: We say hU-mun but we write hU-man.

• grammar: We say gra-mer but we write gram-mar.

Literacy AM (7:45 - 8:45)

Learning Objectives

• Students will practice sounding out and writing new spelling words.

• Students will be able to describe what a sentence subject and predicate is and write a sentence with both. 

Instruction

1. Introduce new words.                                                                   (20 minutes)

   1. Week 14 Day 1

   2. 2-way words

      1. Cattle: We say ca-tle but we write cat-tle.

      2. Blizzard: We say bli-zerd but we write bliz-zard.

      3. Escape: We say is-scape but we write es-cape.

      4. Reason: We say rE-zun but we write rE-zon.

      5. Select: We say su-lekt but we write sE-lekt.

2. Stretch Break                                                                                    (5 minutes)

3. Students transfer new words into Notebooks                               (5 minutes)

4. Phonogram Review [ea] /E//e//A/                                               (5 minutes)

5. Grammar:                                                                                       (15 minutes)

   1.  A sentence is a group of words that…    

      1. Has a subject (The “who” or “what’ of a sentence)

      2. Has a predicate (Tells us what the subject “does,” “is,” or “feels”)

   2. Examples

      1. (Does) The elephant bathes in the lake.

      2. (Is) The elephant is enormous

      3. (Feels) The elephant feels refreshed in the cool water.

6. Stretch Break                                                                                    (5 minutes)

7. Guided Practice                                                                              (5 minutes)                                                                     Students brainstorm sentences for what a monkey does, is, and                                                                                          feels.

Literacy PM (1:10 - 1:55)

Instruction

1. Reading Comprehension (McCall Crabbs #57)                        (15 minutes)

   1. Vocabulary

      1. Bustle: Moving around quickly and busily. Like busy bees.

      2. Erupt: When lava bursts out of a volcano very suddenly and powerfully.

   2. Guided and partner reading

   3. Comprehension questions. 

2. Stretch break                                                                                    (5 minutes)

3. Spelling Quiz: Week 11 Lesson 1 Words                                       (10 minutes)

4. Writing Practice                                                                              (15 minutes)

   1. Students write about their favorite animal.

   2. Students write about what it

      1. Does

      2. Is

      3. Feels

   3. Students identify the subject and predicate of their sentences.

Math AM (9:30-10:10)

5’s Times Table Review

Instruction

1. Worksheets                                                                                      (25 minutes)

1. Math Game                                                                                    (15 minutes)

Math PM (11:40-12:20)

5’s Times Table Review

Instruction

1. Math Facts                                                                                      (10 minutes)

2. Worksheets                                                                                      (20 minutes)

1. Go Over Difficult Questions Together                                          (10 minutes)

History (10:10-10:30)

Making the Constitution

Chapter 1: Life After the American Revolutionary War

Materials

• Student Readers

• Student Notebooks

• PDF Review pictures from Core Knowledge History Guide Online

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to give reasons why the Americans fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.

Instruction

1. Introduction

   1. Tell students that we will be starting a new unit about the beginning of the United States of America

   2. Point out the location of the USA on a map.

2. Review

   1. Remind students that before the United States of America became a nation, there were native Americans living in different areas of the country. 

      1. Eg. Eastern Woodlands, Southwestern, and Northwestern groups.

      2. Show students pictures of Native American scenes and have them recall things that they have learned about them before. 

3. Remind students of how English people emigrated from England to Northern America.

   1. Show where the English settlers came from on the world map.

   2. Ask students what they remember about the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies.

4. Remind students of the initial thirteen colonies.

   1. Ask students if they can remember why the colonists didn’t appreciate being charged taxes by King George III.

   2. Ask students if they can remember anything about the Boston Tea Party.

Week 18 (January 12-16)

Overview

Literacy

• We will review that the subject is the "who" or "what" of a sentence.

• We will review that the predicate tells us what the subject "does,""is,"or "feels."

Math

• We will learn how to build 10's multiplication tables.

• We will learn how to use multiplication facts to solve division problems where the divisor is 2.

• We will learn how to use multiplication facts to solve division problems where the divisor is 5 or 10.

• We will practice multiplication and division of 2's, 5's, and 10's.

History

• We will learn about the differing opinions of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention about what kind of a government our country should have.

• We will learn about the importance of compromise in the creation of the Constitution.

• We will talk about reasons why some Americans might have been worried about creating a Constitution.

Lesson Plans

Monday

Math AM (9:30-10:10)

Chapter 7 Lesson 7

• Textbook p. 168-171

• Workbook p. 165-166

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to build the 10’ multiplication table.

Instruction

1. Think                                                                                                 (5 minutes)

2. Learn                                                                                               (15 minutes)

1. Do                                                                                                    (20 minutes)

Math PM (11:40-12:20)

Chapter 7 Lesson 7

• Textbook p. 168-171

• Workbook p. 165-166

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to build the 10’ multiplication table.

Instruction

1. Math Facts                                                                                      (10 minutes)

2. Workbook                                                                                       (20 minutes)

1. Go over difficult problems together                                            (10 minutes)

History (10:10-10:30)

Making the Constitution

Chapter 2: Writing the Constitution (Part II)

Materials

• Student Readers

• Student Notebooks

Learning Objective

• Students will be able to state the differing opinions of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention.

Instruction

1. Read p. 5-7 

   1. Interesting to note that Benjamin Franklin was 81 years old at the time of the Constitutional Convention (p.5)

   2. The place where the leaders met was called “Independence Hall” and was the same place where the Declaration of Independence was discussed and signed.

2. Pair and Share: Do you think that it was fair that the Constitutional meetings were held in secret and common people were not permitted to know what was taking place? 

Week 19 (January 20-23)

Overview

Math

• We will learn how to determine whether to use multiplication or division to solve word problems.

• We will review all the math that we have learned from the beginning of the year.

History

• We will learn about what James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton did to help Americans understand the Constitution.

• We will learn how the "We the people" beginning of the Constitution means that the people and not a president or king decide what laws should be in our country.

• We will learn that the collection of documents about the United States government and history can be found at the National Archives.

• We will read a picture book about the beginning of our country called A More Perfect Union by Betsy and Giulio Maestro.

Lesson Plans

Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Tuesday 

Math AM (9:30-10:10)

Chapter 7 Lesson 11

• Textbook p. 179-181

• Workbook p. 177-180

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to determine the correct operation to solve a multiplication or division word problem.

Instruction

1. Think                                                                                                 (5 minutes)

2. Learn                                                                                               (15 minutes)

1. Do                                                                                                    (20 minutes)

Math PM (11:40-12:20)

Chapter 7 Lesson 11

• Textbook p. 179-181

• Workbook p. 177-180

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to determine the correct operation to solve a multiplication or division word problem.

Instruction

1. Math Facts                                                                                      (10 minutes)

2. Workbook                                                                                       (20 minutes)

1. Go Over Difficult Problems Together                                           (20 minutes)

History (10:10-10:30)

Making the Constitution

Chapter 4: Explaining the Constitution (Part 2)

Materials

• Student Readers

• Student Notebooks

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to state what James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton did to help Americans understand the Constitution.

Instruction

1. Review: Remind students about the Federalist Papers.

   1. They were newspaper articles.

   2. They taught people about the Constitution.

2. Read p. 15-17

3. Question: Ask students what James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton did to help Americans understand the constitution.

1. Pair and Share: Why do you think some of the colonists were fearful of the president becoming as powerful as a king?

Week 20 (January 26-30)

Overview

Math

• We will be learning how to mentally add 1 to a 2-digit or 3-digit number.

• We will be learning how to mentally add multiples of 10 to 2-digit and 3-digit numbers.

• We will be learning how to find the compliment of a number that makes 100.

• We will be learning how to add 97,98, and 99 to 2-digit and 3-digit numbers.

History

• We will be learning that the events of the War of 1812 occurred a little less than 40 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Lesson Plans

Monday

Math PM (11:40-12:20)

Chapter 8 Lesson 1

• Textbook p. 2-3

• Workbook p. 1-2

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to add ones to a two-digit or three-digit number mentally.

Instruction

1. Math Facts                                                                                      (10 minutes)

2. Workbook                                                                                       (20 minutes)

1. Go over difficult problems together                                            (10 minutes)

Math PM (11:40-12:20)

Chapter 7 Lesson 7

• Textbook p. 168-171

• Workbook p. 165-166

Lesson Objectives:

• Students will be able to build the 10’s multiplication table.

Instruction

1. Math Facts                                                                                      (10 minutes)

2. Workbook                                                                                       (20 minutes)

1. Go over difficult problems together                                            (10 minutes)

History (10:10-10:30)

The War of 1812

Chapter 1: Trouble at Sea

Materials

• Student Readers

• Student Notebooks

• PDF Print Outs

  • 13 colonies

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Constitution

Learning Objective

• Students will be able to relate that the War of 1812 occurred a little less than 40 years after the Declaration of Independence.

Instruction

1. Introduction 

   1. Last unit we learned about the very beginning of our country when we won our independence from Great Britain and created new rules about how we would run our country in the Constitution.

2. In our new unit we are going to jump ahead in time a little less than 40 years to another conflict between our country and Great Britain.

   1. In Europe many countries were at war with France who were conquering new territories under the leadership of Napoleon.

1. The British began to take some actions that did not make the new Americans happy.

   1. They took away American ships that were trading with French colonies in the Caribbean (Show world map).

   2. They even began to take sailors from the ships to fight in their own navy against the French.

2. Make a timeline

   1. Put a map of the colonies on the far left.                                                                                                    Remind students that the thirteen colonies were ruled by Great Britain before the Revolutionary War.

   2. Put an image of the Declaration of Independence in the middle.                                                               Remind students that this is what the colonists sent to Great Britain to tell them that they did not want to be ruled by them anymore. 

   3. Put an image of the Constitution to the right of the Declaration of Independence.                                                Remind students that the Constitution was a written document explaining how the American’s new government would run.

   4. Write the War of 1812 to the right of the Constitution.                                                                                   Hand out new student readers and tell students that the name of the new unit is “The War of 1812” and that this event happened a little less than 40 years after the Declaration of Independence.