Monday, April 14, 2014

April 14-18

Reading: Lesson 25
  • Phonemic Awareness: review phoneme isolation, identity, categorization, blending, segmentation
  • Letters: Uu
  • High-Frequency Words: and, there
  • Robust Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous
  • Comprehension: pointing out important details, using graphic organizers
  • Literature: Reading Whose House? by Barbara Seuling, Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley, and How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? by Julius Lester
  • Writing: friendly letters
Reading Homework
Guided Readers
  • Lesson 25 Red (focuses on recognizing words that start with U)
  •  Lesson 25 Blue (includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words (and, there). It also focuses on basic CVC words)
  • Lesson 25 Green (includes more complex sentences)
Math: Unit 5 
  • Unit 5: Consolidation of Concepts
    • 5.15: Practice: Number and Body-in-Space Activities
      • Objectives: equalize groups by adding; find partners of 7,8, and 9; reinforce numbers and patterns with body movements
      • Vocabulary: more, less, equal, unequal, pattern
    • 5.16: Add Partners to Find Totals
      • Objectives: show numbers 1-20 as tens and ones; find the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known; find the total of two partners
      • Vocabulary: partner, total, more, fewer
    • 5.17: Story Problems: Totals Under 10
      • Objectives: tell and retell addition and subtraction stories; solve story problems with drawings and equations; take away objects to make two groups equal
      • Vocabulary: add, subtract, more, fewer, equal
    • 5.18: Subtract to Make Equal Groups
      • Objectives: add or take away objects to make two groups equal
      • Vocabulary: front, forward, back, ahead, left, right, over, add, subtract, equal
    • 5.19: More Vertical Graphs and Comparisons
      • Objectives: sort and graph objects; read vertical graphs and compare quantities; visualize teen numbers as a ten and extra ones
      • Vocabulary: graph, more than, less than, most, least, teen number
  • Math Homework: 
    • Monday: 
    • Tuesday:  5.16 
    • Wednesday: 
    • Thursday: 5.18
    • Friday: 
  • Math Challenge (Optional)
    • no more math challenge sheets for Unit 5.
SPECIALS
Monday: Gym/Music
Tuesday: Gym/Music
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Music/Gym
Friday: Music/Gym