February 9-13
Reading: Monday, the students will take their first EL assessment of the quarter. Tuesday, we will be doing the Reading NC Check In B Assessment, which covers all of second quarter reading standards. The remainder of the week will continue our Peter Pan/Literary Classic unit as we study character traits.
Writing: The main focus for writing this quarter is narrative. We will practice "showing not telling" in our writing by writing a descriptive paragraph of what our Neverlands look like.
Math: Monday, the students will take their final multiplication assessment, which will be focused on multiple step story problems. Tuesday, we will being our geometry unit which focuses on the attributes of quadrilaterals.
Science: This week's focus will be on comparing/contrasting the Earth, moon, and stars.
Specials:
Monday: P.E.
Tuesday: Counselor
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Music
Friday: Media
February 2-6(weather permitting)
Reading: We will continue to study Peter Pan with a focus on retelling and understanding how chapters build upon one another. The students will take their first assessment of the quarter on Thursday.
Writing: The main focus for writing this quarter is narrative. We will practice "showing not telling" in our writing by writing a descriptive paragraph of what our Neverlands look like.
Math: This week's multiplication focus is on solving multi-step story problems using multiplication and division. Thursday, the students will take their final assessment for this unit.
Science: Our new science unit is on Earth, Moon and Stars. This week's focus will be on identifying what a solar system is and describing what makes up our own solar system.
Specials:
Monday: P.E.
Tuesday: Counselor
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Music
Friday: Media
January 26-30 (weather permitting)
Reading: We are leaving frogs in quarter 2 and moving on to Neverland! This week we will begin our literary classic as we begin to read J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
Writing: The main focus for writing this quarter is narrative. We will begin the week with a fun, melting snowman creative writing paragraph and then begin writing a descriptive paragraph about our own Neverlands.
Math: This week's multiplication focus is on solving multi-step story problems using multiplication and division. Friday, the students will take their final assessment for this unit.
Science: Our new science unit is on Earth, Moon and Stars. This week's focus will be on identifying what a solar system is and describing what makes up our own solar system.
Specials:
Monday: P.E.
Tuesday: Counselor
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Music
Friday: Media