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What We're Learning
What We're Learning
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š WHAT WEāRE LEARNING THIS WEEK š
Ā āRELIGION: Ā We will spend time learning about our new Bishop this week...Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala.
Ā āRELIGION: Ā We will spend time learning about our new Bishop this week...Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala.
āMORNING PACKETS:Ā Ā Students will work on Week 33's morning packetĀ
āMORNING PACKETS:Ā Ā Students will work on Week 33's morning packetĀ
šENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA):Ā AMPLIFY Skills and Knowledge
šENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA):Ā AMPLIFY Skills and Knowledge
SPELLING - There is no spelling list this week.
SPELLING - There is no spelling list this week.
AMPLIFY SKILLS:Ā Students will continue working in Skills 5 this week.Ā This unit is devoted to introducing spelling alternatives for vowel sounds. Vowel sounds and their spellings are the most challenging part of the English writing system. There are only two vowel sounds that are almost always spelled just one way (/a/ and /ar/). The other sixteen vowel sounds have at least one significant spelling alternative. Several of them have many spelling alternatives.
AMPLIFY SKILLS:Ā Students will continue working in Skills 5 this week.Ā This unit is devoted to introducing spelling alternatives for vowel sounds. Vowel sounds and their spellings are the most challenging part of the English writing system. There are only two vowel sounds that are almost always spelled just one way (/a/ and /ar/). The other sixteen vowel sounds have at least one significant spelling alternative. Several of them have many spelling alternatives.
The following tricky spellings are taught in this unit:
The following tricky spellings are taught in this unit:
āaā can be pronounced /a/ (hat), /ae/ (paper), /É/ (about), or /aw/ (wall)
āaā can be pronounced /a/ (hat), /ae/ (paper), /É/ (about), or /aw/ (wall)
āeā can be pronounced /e/ (pet), /ee/ (me), or /É/ (debate)
āeā can be pronounced /e/ (pet), /ee/ (me), or /É/ (debate)
āoā can be pronounced /o/ (hop), /oe/ (open), or /u/ (son)
āoā can be pronounced /o/ (hop), /oe/ (open), or /u/ (son)
āo_eā can be pronounced /oe/ (home) or /u/ (come)
āo_eā can be pronounced /oe/ (home) or /u/ (come)
āouā can be pronounced /ou/ (shout) or /u/ (touch)
āouā can be pronounced /ou/ (shout) or /u/ (touch)
Decodable Reader: Ā Sir Gus is a fictional Reader detailing the serendipitous undertakings of Sir Gus, one of King Alfredās knights. Despite his title as āSir Gus the Fearless,ā Sir Gus actually has many different fears. In this Reader, Sir Gus has to face a thief, a troll, pirates, an evil wizard, and an enemy king.
Decodable Reader: Ā Sir Gus is a fictional Reader detailing the serendipitous undertakings of Sir Gus, one of King Alfredās knights. Despite his title as āSir Gus the Fearless,ā Sir Gus actually has many different fears. In this Reader, Sir Gus has to face a thief, a troll, pirates, an evil wizard, and an enemy king.
Grammar: In Unit 5, students will continue to review previously taught grammar skills, including capitalization and punctuation, use of apostrophes, and the identification of nouns and verbs as parts of speech. New concepts introduced include adjectives as a new part of speech, the concept of verb tenses (present, past, and future), and the components of a sentence, subject and predicate.
Grammar: In Unit 5, students will continue to review previously taught grammar skills, including capitalization and punctuation, use of apostrophes, and the identification of nouns and verbs as parts of speech. New concepts introduced include adjectives as a new part of speech, the concept of verb tenses (present, past, and future), and the components of a sentence, subject and predicate.
Writing: In Unit 5, students will continue to practice narrative writing. They will learn to brainstorm and write a logically plausible, but different, ending to a story. They will first be introduced to this type of writing activity using a story of your choice from Sir Gus; they will then rewrite an ending to the story āFire!ā from Sir Gus.
Writing: In Unit 5, students will continue to practice narrative writing. They will learn to brainstorm and write a logically plausible, but different, ending to a story. They will first be introduced to this type of writing activity using a story of your choice from Sir Gus; they will then rewrite an ending to the story āFire!ā from Sir Gus.
AMPLIFY KNOWLEDGE:Ā We will begin Domain 9 - The Civil War this week.Ā This domain will introduce students to an important period in the history of the United States. Students will learn about the controversy over slavery between the North and the South, which eventually led to the U.S. Civil War. They will learn about this war and how the end of the war also meant the end of slavery. āEnslaved Africansā is the term used to describe Africans and the descendants of those Africans taken from Africa against their will and forced into slavery in the United States through the conclusion of the Civil War. The communities of people enslaved in the South established a new culture that combined the homeland of their ancestors and the Americas. Although slave trade was abolished in the United States in January 1808, and at the time of the Civil War very few enslaved Africans had actually been born in Africa, the term āenslaved Africansā is used in place of āslavesā to honor the history of the enslaved people. Students will also learn about some women and men who were significant during this time, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant.
AMPLIFY KNOWLEDGE:Ā We will begin Domain 9 - The Civil War this week.Ā This domain will introduce students to an important period in the history of the United States. Students will learn about the controversy over slavery between the North and the South, which eventually led to the U.S. Civil War. They will learn about this war and how the end of the war also meant the end of slavery. āEnslaved Africansā is the term used to describe Africans and the descendants of those Africans taken from Africa against their will and forced into slavery in the United States through the conclusion of the Civil War. The communities of people enslaved in the South established a new culture that combined the homeland of their ancestors and the Americas. Although slave trade was abolished in the United States in January 1808, and at the time of the Civil War very few enslaved Africans had actually been born in Africa, the term āenslaved Africansā is used in place of āslavesā to honor the history of the enslaved people. Students will also learn about some women and men who were significant during this time, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant.
Unit Stories:Ā Harriet Tubman Pt. 1, Harriet Tubman Pt. 2, The Controversy Over Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, The Division of the United States, The War Begins, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, The Emancipation Proclamation, Ulysses S. Grant, and The End of the War
Unit Stories:Ā Harriet Tubman Pt. 1, Harriet Tubman Pt. 2, The Controversy Over Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, The Division of the United States, The War Begins, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, The Emancipation Proclamation, Ulysses S. Grant, and The End of the War
Unit Objectives:
Unit Objectives:
Describe the life and contributions of Harriet Tubman
Describe the life and contributions of Harriet Tubman
Identify the Underground Railroad as a system of escape for enslaved Africans in the United States
Identify the Underground Railroad as a system of escape for enslaved Africans in the United States
Describe the adult life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln
Describe the adult life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln
Differentiate between the Union and the Confederacy
Differentiate between the Union and the Confederacy
Describe why the southern states seceded from the United States
Describe why the southern states seceded from the United States
Identify the U.S. Civil War, or the War Between the States, as a war waged because of differences between the North and the South
Identify the U.S. Civil War, or the War Between the States, as a war waged because of differences between the North and the South
Identify the people of the North as āYankeesā and those of the South as āRebelsā
Identify the people of the North as āYankeesā and those of the South as āRebelsā
Explain Abraham Lincolnās role in keeping the Union together during the U.S. Civil War
Explain Abraham Lincolnās role in keeping the Union together during the U.S. Civil War
Identify Robert E. Lee as the commander of the Confederate Army
Identify Robert E. Lee as the commander of the Confederate Army
Identify Clara Barton as the āAngel of the Battlefieldā and the founder of the American Red Cross
Identify Clara Barton as the āAngel of the Battlefieldā and the founder of the American Red Cross
Identify Abraham Lincoln as the author of the Emancipation Proclamation
Identify Abraham Lincoln as the author of the Emancipation Proclamation
Explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Identify Ulysses S. Grant as the commander of the Union Army
Identify Ulysses S. Grant as the commander of the Union Army
Explain that the Northās victory reunited the North and the South as one country and ended slavery
Explain that the Northās victory reunited the North and the South as one country and ended slavery
šMATH: šMATH: Ā We began Unit 11 - Data Analysis last week.Ā Ā
šMATH: šMATH: Ā We began Unit 11 - Data Analysis last week.Ā Ā
In this unit, students will:
In this unit, students will:
~understand picture graphs
~understand picture graphs
~understand bar graphs
~understand bar graphs
~solve problems using bar graphs
~solve problems using bar graphs
~collect measurement data
~collect measurement data
~understand line plots
~understand line plots
~show data on a line plot
~show data on a line plot
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
data - information
data - information
picture graph - a graph that uses pictures to show information
picture graph - a graph that uses pictures to show information
bar graphĀ - a graph that uses bars to show information
bar graphĀ - a graph that uses bars to show information