Reading: This week we will be determining the central message in fiction texts. The central message is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
Phonics: /oi/ as in joint or void and /oy/ as in joy or oyster words /oi/ is usually in the middle of a word, while /oy/ is at the end or beginning. Red Words: enough, world, toward, thought Language Arts: This week we continue with reflexive pronouns. The nine English reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. Writing: This week we continue writing narrative stories. This week, we will take familiar stories (such as Little Red Riding Hood) and create a new problem and solution for the story. Math: This week we introduce fractions by partitioning shapes into equal parts. Then we will identify those parts as halves, thirds, and quarters. Science: We continue our study the life cycles of animals and plants. Reading: This week we review recounting stories and the importance of how the beginning of the story introduces the characters, setting, and problem, the middle is the struggle to resolve the problem, and the end is the solution to the problem.
Phonics: Prefix: micro - meaning small (ex. microjet, microform) Red Words: arrived, courts, knee, heard Language Arts: This week we introduce reflexive pronouns. The nine English reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Writing: Our last writing unit is narrative. We will incorporate the story elements we are reviewing and previewing in Reading. Math: This week we continue to identify shapes according to their attributes. Students must dentify triangles, quadrilaterals (four sided shapes), pentagons, hexagons, and cubes (the only 3-d shape we study). Students will need to understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories. Science: We continue our study the life cycles of animals and plants. Reading: Our last unit of study will be a fiction unit. We start off this unit by reviewing Point of View. Although students have already learned the standards, they should now be practicing these standards with more difficult text. We will introduce first, second, and third person point of view.
Phonics: Prefixes: un-, mis-, dis-, and non- (ex. unbutton, misunderstand, disrespect, nonfiction) Red Words: don't, sign, too who Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. We continue our focus on using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: We continue our opinion writing this week. We are writing about a pet we would like to have. Students will back up their opinion with three reasons and examples or evidence. Math: Our focus this week is on building arrays and using repeated addition to represent the rows and columns in arrays. We also begin Geometry. Students will recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces. Students will also dentify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. Science: We begin our unit on life cycles. We will study the life cycles of animals and plants. Reading: This week we wrap up Unit 5. We will review this week. Our Unit 5 reading assessment will be on Thursday, March 31. There are no study guides for reading.
Phonics: Prefixes: re-, pre-, and mid- (ex. reheat, pregame, midyear) Red Words: don't, sign, too who Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. We continue our focus on using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: We continue our opinion writing this week with writing about our favorite subject. Students will back up their opinion with three reasons and examples or evidence. Math: This week we will we start unit 6. Our focus this week is on building arrays and using repeated addition to represent the rows and columns in arrays. Social Studies: This week we review economics (good/services, spend/save, bartering/trading, and opportunity cost) and local, state, and national government. Study guides went home last week and were attached to our Friday emails.. The unit assessment will be on Thursday, March 31. The assessment will contain the standards on mayor, governor, and president, as well as economics. Reading: This week we wrap up Unit 5. Our last focus is comparing and contrasting two non-fiction texts on the same topic. Our Unit 5 reading assessment will be on Wednesday, March 30. There are no study guides for reading.
Phonics: Decoding words with with "augh", as in caught and "al", as in altogether. Red Words: chocolate, hour, pasture, place Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. We continue our focus on using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: We continue our opinion writing this week. This week we will be writing about our favorite food. Students will back up their opinion with three reasons and examples. Math: This week we will be reviewing for the Unit 4 assessment on Friday, March 25. We will be going over study guide answers in class. Social Studies: We begin our study on economics (good/services, spend/save, bartering/trading, and opportunity cost). Study guides go home Wednesday. The unit assessment will be on Wednesday, March 30. The assessment will contain the standards on mayor, governor, and president, as well as economics. Reading: This week we dive into text structure. We focus on how certain texts are written in a specific order, such as: historical events, steps in a procedure, or scientific experiments.
Phonics: Decoding words with /ph/ & /gh/ that make the f sound Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Our new focus will be using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: We begin our opinion writing this week. This week we will be writing about our favorite season. Students will back up their opinion with three reasons and examples. Math: This week we will continue to work on solving two-step word problems using addition and subtraction. Social Studies: We start our study on mayor, governor, and president and their roles. Reading: This week our focus is on determining the Main Idea/Main Topic and key details that support that main idea in a multi-paragraph text. We are determining the main topic and key details in each paragraph.
Phonics: Decoding words with /kn/, /wr/, /gn/, & /mb/ sounds. Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Our new focus will be using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: This week we are editing and revising our space writing. Math: This week we will work on completing two-step word problems using addition and subtraction. Social Studies: We continue our unit on Jimmy Carter and his contributions to Georgia. Reading: This week our focus is on determining the Main Idea/Main Topic and key details that support that main idea. An example is, the main topic is dogs. A key detail cold include: 1. Baby dogs are called puppies. 2. Wolves are wild dogs. 3. You can train dogs to do tricks.
Phonics: This week we are working on decoding words with the /aw/ sound as in awful and /au/ sound as in applaud. Red words: always, grandfather, hook, wood Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Our new focus will be using adjectives and adverbs correctly in our writing. Writing: We continue our informational writing unit this week. We will be writing about space. We will practice using graphic organizers to take notes. Math: This week will be subtracting 3 digit numbers with regrouping. Students will use different strategies to solve these equations: base ten blocks, breaking numbers apart by place value, and using a number line. Social Studies: We begin our unit on Jimmy Carter and his contributions to Georgia. Reading: This week we continue with Unit 5 Non-Fiction. This week our focus is on determining the author's point and the reasons they use to support that point. An example is, the author's main point is that dogs are the best pet. Reasons could include, 1. You can teach them tricks. 2. They are always happy to see you. 3. You have to walk them so you get exercise too. It is much like their opinion writing where the students made a claim and then supported that claim with three reasons.
Phonics: This week we are working on decoding words with the /ui/ sound, as in suit and cruise Red words: keep, goes, pace, seafood Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Writing: We continue our informational writing unit this week. We will be writing about space. We will practice using graphic organizers to take notes. Math: This week will be subtracting 3 digit numbers. We will be using base ten blocks and also breaking apart the second number into hundreds, tens, and ones and subtracting it from the first number. An example follows: When using this strategy always keep the first number the same and only decompose the second number. 352-261 352-(200+60+1) 352-200=152 152-60= 92 (count backwards by 10s, six times) 92-1=91 Science: This week we will continue to investigate the properties of stars. We will also review for the unit assessment on Friday. Use the Kahoot below to practice: https://create.kahoot.it/details/c514d85c-17b4-4873-a3cd-626b23fede56 Reading: This week we start Unit 5 Non-Fiction. We will be working to find the Main Topic and practice Main Idea. Our focus is on Author's Purpose - is the author trying to Answer a question, Describe something or someone, or Explain how to do something. We will be citing text evidence to prove our ideas. We will be studying text specific vocabulary and using context clues to determine meaning of these unknown words.
Phonics: This week we are working on decoding words with the /oo/ sound, as in bloom and root. Red words: live, house, many, school Language Arts: We continue to work on writing complete sentences with a subject (naming part) and a predicate (action part). We also continue to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Writing: We start our informational writing unit this week. We will be writing about space. We will practice using graphic organizers to take notes. Math: This week will be interpreting graphs and focusing on two step problems on the graphing. Science: This week we will be investigating shadows and properties of stars. |
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