What Are We Learning?

April 8th-12th, 2024

• ELA: We will start on Unit 5: Lesson 22 : Working Together,  in our reading series. We will read the story, "Oscar and the Frog," and "Zinnia's Flower Garden," in order to understand story sequence. We will review the character, setting, main idea, details, and  story sequence in each of the stories. We will learn our Alphafriend Ee-Edna Elephant.  We will review the  letter Ee, its sound, and objects that begin with that letter, and how to properly write Ee. We will review our 6 new sight words; all, her, over, she, some, & when.  We will use them in a sentence.  We will use our student readers in order to read, "My Pet Dog" & "Ben and Jen." We will continue to work on our rhyming words, beginning sounds, ending sounds and sounding out CVC words. We will learn about proper nouns for days & months. 

      SIGHT WORDS: I, like, the, and, see, we, a, can, to, come, me, with, my, you, what, are, now, is, of, how,   

                                   many, so, where, but, came, find, from, on, this, be, into, that, who, will,  your, for, go, 

   here, soon, they, up, make, play, them, give, say, new, all, her, over, she, some, when 

• Math:  We will start unit 12: Subtraction. Students will Able to understand the concept of subtraction or “taking away.” Students will form subtraction stories and write them using symbols. Students will also master subtraction fluency within 5. We will be able to subtract sets using objects and pictures. Students will review combinations to 10.

• Religion:  We will attend the Easter Mass on Tuesday. Students will be able to express the Church’s joy that Jesus is risen. We will also recognize Easter & spring as a time of new life. 

• Science/Social Studies: We will begin our week by learning about the Solar Eclipse.  We will then complete a mini unit on USA Symbols.  We will learn about Symbols.  Symbols a symbol is a picture or an object that stands for something else, just like a heart is a symbol for love. We will learn about Symbols that represent the USA- flag, bird, Statue of Liberty,  

Check out our INTERACTIVE Classroom below:

You can go through the slides to listen to a YouTube video on our letters, as well as listen to the stories we read in class that help us with beginning sounds. Find the book on the shelf on the left hand side of the classroom.