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Below, you will find drop down menus for each week. You will see the topics we're working on, and important questions we're asking. I recommend using those questions to start conversations with your student!
Math: Chapter 4, Length
Facts of the week: 7+2, 2+7 and 4+7, 7+4 8+2, 2+8 and 6+8, 8+6, 9+2, 2+9 and 6+9, 9+6
Literacy: Learning list 2D, Practicing 2C for a Mastery Test on Friday, Reading List 2B
History: Japan
Science: Properties of Matter Big Question: How are containers matched to the stuff they contain?
Literature and Poetry: Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis, Land of Counterpane - Robert Louis Stevenson
Saying of the Week:
Math: Chapter 3, Addition and Subtraction with regrouping. Chapter 3 test this week!
Fact of the week: 6+2, 2+6, 7+2, 2+7, 8+8, 9+9, 7+4, 4+7
Literacy: Learning list 2D, Practicing 2C for a Practice Test on Friday, Reading List 2B
History: Ancient China Big Question: Which Chinese inventions do you think are the most useful? Why?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis, Limericks
Saying of the Week: "Don't judge a book by its cover"
Math: Chapter 3, Addition and Subtraction with regrouping. Chapter 3 test next week!
Fact of the week: 5+2, 2+5, 6+2, 2+6, 8+8, 9+9
Literacy: Learning list 2C, Practicing 2B for Mastery Test on Friday, Reading List 2A
History: Ancient China Big Question: Why is it sometimes difficult to learning the Chinese language?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis, I Saw an Old Man with a Beard - Edward Lear
Saying of the Week: "Don't judge a book by its cover"
Math: Chapter 3, Addition and Subtraction, adding multi-digit numbers with regrouping, subtraction without regrouping, Chapter Test this week!
Fact of the week: 2+3, 3+2, 2+3, 3+2, 6+6, 7+7
Literacy: We will continue to practice list 2B for the mastery test, but we will not learn new words this week, since it's a short week. Instead, we'll take time to work on capital letters, H-H-H words, the doubling rule, and other grammar concepts.
History: Ancient China
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis, There Was an Old Man with a Beard - Edward Lear
Saying of the Week: "Don't cry over spilled milk"
Math: Chapter 3, Addition and Subtraction, adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers without regrouping
Fact of the week: 2+3, 3+2, 2+3, 3+2, 6+6, 7+7
Literacy: We will practice list 2B for a practice test on Friday, we will begin learning list 2C, and we will practice reading 2A.
History: Ancient China
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, Something Told the Wild Geese - Rachel Field
Saying of the Week: "Don't cry over spilled milk"
WONDER DAY on Friday!!
Math: Chapter 2, Addition and Subtraction, adding multi-digit numbers without regrouping
Fact of the week: 1+8, 8+1, 1+9, 9+1
Literacy: We will continue practicing list 2A for a mastery test on Friday, and we will continue learning list 2B.
History: Ancient India Big Question: Who was Prince Asoka and why is he remembered?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
Saying of the Week: "Cold feet"
Math: Chapter 2, Addition and Subtraction
Fact of the week: 1+7, 7+1, 4+4, 1+8, 8+1, 5+5
Literacy: We will begin practicing list 2A for a practice test this Thursday, and we will start learning list 2B.
History: Ancient India Big Question: What do we know about the Ancient Indus Civilization?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, The Blind Men and The Elephant, John Godfrey Saxe
Saying of the Week: "Cold feet"
Math: Chapter 2, Addition and Subtraction
Fact of the week: 1+6, 6+1
Literacy: We began our first week of new words, list 2A! We will also be working on parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms.
History: Ancient India Big Question: What do we know about the Ancient Indus Civilization?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, The Blind Men and The Elephant, John Godfrey Saxe
Saying of the Week: "Better late than never!"
Math: Chapter 1, Numbers to 1000
Fact of the week: 1+5, 5+1
Literacy: We begin our first spelling list - 2A! We will continue to practice grammar and spelling concepts.
History: Ancient India Big Question: What do we know about the Ancient Indus Civilization?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, Who Has Seen the Wind? - Christina Rossetti
Saying of the Week: "Better Late Than Never"
Math: Chapter 1, Numbers to 1000
Fact of the week: 1+4, 4+1
Literacy: Last week of review, phonograms, types of sentences, parts of speech
History: Ancient India Big Question: What do we know about the Ancient Indus Civilization?
Science: Exploring Land and Water Big Question: How can things that happen on Earth change the land?
Literature and Poetry: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, Who Has Seen the Wind? - Christina Rossetti
Saying of the Week: "Back to the Drawing Board"