In math, students will work with patterns. By the end of the unit students should be able to: Identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer repeating patterns.
Students will be asked to sequence, compare and contrast, and classify through thinking questions, sentence frames, and word banks.
Sentence: use of grammatical structures such as:
The pattern is ___.
I made a pattern, I know because __.
This is a repeating pattern. The core is ___.
Word: use of words such as pattern, core, repeat, continue, extend; shape names & colors (depending on patterns)
This month in reading we will be recognizing patterns in books.
During this unit students will:
Notice how authors and illustrators portray how people are different.
Notice patterns in text and use them to predict.
Cross-check one source of information with another.
This month in writing we will be creating our own pattern book.
During this unit students will learn how:
authors (and students) apply concepts about print to construct texts.
writers communicate across pages with pictures and words.
patterns make things predictable.
Being a good citizen within our community by:
taking turns and sharing
taking care of personal belongings and respecting what belongs to others
following rules and understanding consequences
practicing honesty, self-control, and kindness to others
Understanding how communities express patriotism through events and symbols by:
recognizing the American flag
recognizing the Pledge of Allegiance
recognizing the holiday and people associated with Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving
Our focus will be on pumpkins as we continue investigating and understanding basic needs and life processes of plants and animals. We will learn:
the basic characteristics of a pumpkin as identified by direct observation, including color, shape, and texture
how pumpkins change and grow as we sequence the life cycle of a pumpkin from seed to mature plant