Friday, March 6, 2015

March 9-13

Reading: Lesson 21
  • Phonemic Awareness: Review phoneme blending
  • Word Building: -ed and -en words
  • High-Frequency Words: out, who
  • Robust Vocabulary: contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate, treasure, sturdy, worth, compliment, confer, mingle
  • Comprehension: Rereading stories to monitor comprehension, identifying the setting
  • Literature: Rereading What a Treasure! by Jane Hillenbrand, Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats, The Most Perfect Spot by Diane Good, and The Snug Little House by Elis Moorhouse Lewis
  • Writing: Description of a Place and continuing to work on word choice
Reading Homework
Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 3-5 throughout the week) 
  • Lesson 21 Red (focuses on reading basic CVC words in the -ed, -et, and -en family )
  • Lesson 21 Blue(includes short sentences that focus on new sight word, out and who. It also focuses on basic CVC words)
  • Lesson 21 Green(includes more complex sentences)

Center "I Can" Statements (What we hope students "can do" during weekly centers)



  • I can choose a book at my level and read by myself and/or to a partner for 10-15 minutes. We use Raz Kids and guided readers (Free Read Center)
  • I can write 1 or more sentences about something I care about. (writing center)
  • I can write, read and use sight words and CVC words. Working on -ed, -en, et words. (word work)
  • I can  show all the partners of 10  and put mixed up numbers in order (math zone)
  • I can summarize a story.  (listening center/story response)
  • I can identify ending sounds in a variety of words (smart center)
  • I can create a book that illustrates words in the -ed, -en, and -et family (author/illustrator center)
  • I can choose an activity that will help me become a better learner (my choice center)

  • Math: Unit 4 
    • Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
      • 4.21: Triangles and Addition and Subtraction Stories
        • Objectives: express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; find and explore triangles in three-dimensional shapes and through creative movement
        • Vocabulary: triangle, prism, pyramid
      • 4.22: Horizontal Graphs and Comparisons
        • Objectives: use horizontal graphs to compare quantities; find and write equations for partners of 3,4,5, 6, and 10
        • Vocabulary: graph, partners
      • 4.23: Teen Number Book
        • Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones, match pictures to numbers, compare groups to determine which has fewer objects
        • Vocabulary: teen number
      • 4.24: Shapes in a Butterfly Scene
        • Objectives: identify and count shapes
        • Vocabulary: shape, rectangle, circle, triangle, oval, trapezoid, diamond
            • Math Homework: 
              • Monday: 
              • Tuesday: 4.22
              • Wednesday: 
              • Thursday: 4.24
              • Friday: Unit 4 Test
            Social Studies:
            • Neighborhoods: talking about what makes up a neighborhood and what is common in many neighborhoods 
            Science:
            • Continuing to conduct whole group research regarding space
              • We will create a list of questions we would like to attempt to answer and work together to answer them. 
            SPECIALS
            Monday: music/art
            Tuesday: media/gym
            Wednesday: art/music
            Thursday: gym/media
            Friday: music/art