This month we will focus on Unit 8: Composing and Decomposing Numbers (Part 2).
Students will:
Investigate and describe part-whole relationships for numbers up to 10.
Model and solve single-step story and picture problems with sums to 5 and differences within 5, using concrete objects.
In Reading we will be learning about print within poetry.
We will focus on the following:
through multiple readings, readers explain their personal interpretation.
poets use tools (rhythm, repetition, line-breaks) to express feelings and experiences.
readers explore the point of view of the poem and discuss if there are other possible points of view.
Students will use these questions to further understanding:
What are you thinking about?
What are you picturing in your mind?
How are you feeling?
What do you think this poem is about?
What connections can you make to this poem?
In Writing we will be learning about print within poetry.
We will focus on the following:
Poets use tools (rhythm, repetition, line-breaks) to express feelings and experiences.
Poets can write about anything and decide that the poem will look like on a page
Poets reread their writing and make sure it is easy to read.
Poets think of different ways to write words
Students will focus on these questions to further understanding:
How did you decide to write this poem?
Which is your favorite/most important part of your poem?
This month in Social Studies the students will:
compare and contrast simple job descriptions of the work people do to earn money
recognize that history describes events and people from other times and places
sequence events in the past and present and begin to recognize that things change over time
Our focus will be on the following:
Change - students will investigate and understand that changes can be observed and measured
Water - students will investigate and understand that water flows downhill