Week 24

01/12 - 01/16

Weekly Spelling Test

Module 5 : week 2

Initial blends with r:

drip
trap
drum
trip
grin
scrub
flap
clap
sled
club
cold
because
pretty
again
away
fall
full
stretch

Challenge words

try
branch

Reading Comprehension* and Spelling Test on 1/16

*Students will be given two stories to read, and answer comprehension questions after each story.

Subject-verb agreement:

The dog runs everyday.

The dogs run everyday.

Past and Present Time:

I walked to school yesterday.

We swim fast.

Big Idea Words:

orbit, solar, period

Power words:

arrives, avoid, bare, blanket, faces, hidden, nears, pattern, seasons, shines, weather

High-Frequency words:

again, away, because, cold, fall, full, or, pretty

Writing

Students will work on opinion writing.

They will be given prompts to practice free writing.

Reading Logs:

Reading logs are sent home the last Friday of every month and due the first Friday of the following month. One picture on the log will be colored for every 20 minutes of reading. Reading logs will need to signed by the parents before they are sent back to school. Please make sure your child is reading and not just coloring the reading log, honesty is part of our faith.

January reading logs are due Monday (Feb 2nd)

***This will be one of the largest grades for your child***

Mystery Reader

Starting October all the way through March, we will have a Mystery Reader come into our classroom once a month, with a book of their choice, and read to the class. Prior to coming into the classroom, the mystery reader will provide 3-4 clues about themselves. The class will try and guess who our mystery reader is. A sign-up sheet will be provided by the the homeroom parents. We will need ONE parent to sign up for each month, to come in and read a book to the class.

CLUES:

Module 6: Understand Put Together and Take Apart Problems

Lesson 6.1 : Represent Total Unknown Problems with Objects and Drawings

Learning Objective- Use objects and drawings to show Put Together Total Unknown word problems, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.2:Represent Both Addends Unknown Problems with Objects and Drawings

Learning Objective- Use objects and drawings to show Put Together and Take Apart Both Addends Unknown word problems, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.3: Represent Addend Unknown Problems with Objects and Drawings

Learning Objective- Use objects and drawings to show Put Together Addend Unknown word problems, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.4: Represent Total Unknown Problems with a Visual Model

Learning Objective- Use visual models to show Put Together problems where the total is unknown, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.5: Represent Addend Unknown and Both Addends Unknown Problems with a visual Model

Learning Objective- Use visual models to show Put Together and Take Apart problems where one or both addends are unknown, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.6: Solve to Put Together and Take Apart Problems

Learning Objective- Use objects and drawings to show Put Together and Take Apart problems, write equations that match the problem, and solve the problem

Lesson 6.7: Solve Addition and Subtraction Problems

Learning Objective- Solve Add To, Take From, Put Together, and Take Apart problems, write equations that match the problem.

***After each lesson, a practice worksheet will be assigned as homework, the kids need bring it back the next day for a grade. ***

Assessment:

Each module will have TWO assessment forms (A and B) Form A, will be sent home for homework, we will go over it in class. The students will correct the form and take it home for review. Form B will be the test the kids will be graded on.

There will be a math test on Friday. Please practice with your child to make sure they understand how to write an equation from a word problem and solve it.

Unit 4: Animal Parts

Lesson 1: Parts Help Animals Live

Lesson 2: Animals and Their Parents

Lesson 3: Animals Take Care of Their Young

Lesson 4: Classification of Animals:

Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, Fish

Science tests will be given on WEDNESDAYS

Unit 3- History: Life Long Ago

Lesson 1: Families Long Ago

Vocabulary
- - - interview: ask a person questions and to write down the answers
    - time line: shows the order of when things happened
Grammar connect
- - - Compound words

Lesson 2: The First Americans

Vocabulary
- - - - Native Americans: the first people to live in North America
Grammar connect
- - - - Proper Nouns

Lesson 3: Coming to America

Vocabulary
- - - - settler: a person who decides to make a new place home
Grammar connect
- - - - Root Word--you can look for root words in a bigger word to help determine a word's meaning.

Lesson 4: The Pilgrims

Vocabulary
- - - - Pilgrims: group of settlers who came to America from England
      - history map: shows places or paths from long ago
Grammar connect
- - - - Proper Nouns

Lesson 5: People Keep America Free

Vocabulary
- - - - President: the leader of our country
      - slavery: when one person takes away another person's freedom
      - immigrant: someone who moves from one country to another
Grammar connect
- - - - Proper Nouns

History Activity:

Make a Mobile--Project
- - - Students will draw pictures of people, places, and events from long ago. They will write a sentence about each picture telling what they learned.
    - Students will create a timeline of their life.

Social Studies tests will be given on TUESDAYS