Language Arts
Unit 9: Make Connections and Identify Cause and Effect (Week 1)
- Letter(s): Jj
- Phonics:
- Identify the sound /j/
- Associate the letter Jj with the sound /j/
- Listen for initial /j/
- Substitute initial sounds
- Blend CVC words
- Spell CVC words using Jj and letters previously learned
- Sight Words: this, she, saw
- Identify cause and effect in pictures and text
- Recognize signal language for cause and effect
- Make connections to deepen understanding of the text
- Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence
Writing/Concepts of Print
Informational Reports: Write an Informational Report
- Use appropriate end punctuation
- Put spaces between words
- Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
- Write some CVC words
- Write high-frequency words
- Demonstrate writer's voice
- Listen for sounds in words
- Reread from the beginning of a sentence
- Draft, revise, or edit a report
Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 8.3 (Will come home on Friday, April 22 in Friday Folders.
- Have your child read the books from their book bag throughout the week
- A variety of emerging reader printable books: Leveled Readers
- Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home
- Practice sight words throughout the week: write and read them
Writing Prompts:
- Monday: weekend update
- Tuesday: reading a nonfiction story, writing about a new piece of information we learned (informational report)
- Wednesday: free write! (students choose what they write about)
- Thursday: Draw and write about what you know about firefighters/fire departments
- Friday: free write! (students choose what they write about)
Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 8.3 (Will come home on Friday, April 22 in Friday Folders.
- Have your child read the books from their book bag throughout the week
- A variety of emerging reader printable books: Leveled Readers
- Dream Box and Raz Kids can both be accessed at home
- Practice sight words throughout the week: write and read them
Writing Prompts:
- Monday: weekend update
- Tuesday: reading a nonfiction story, writing about a new piece of information we learned (informational report)
- Wednesday: free write! (students choose what they write about)
- Thursday: Draw and write about what you know about firefighters/fire departments
- Friday: free write! (students choose what they write about)
Language Arts Centers:
Read to Self: Students read books from their personalized book bags. Students can also choose from our classroom leveled library.
Team Center/Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students start by reading two stories together on Raz Kids. They can then play a game, read a physical book together or to each other, or work on a puzzle together
Word Work: students choose from a variety of activities that focus on sight words, letter work, CVC words, and rhyming. New choices added every 1-2 weeks
Work on Writing/Science: Students work in their new "fish observation journal" to observe a variety of things regarding our pet fish. We make 1-2 observations a week. Some are done independently, some are done in groups, and some are done as a whole class. We will work on these into May and continue to discuss our observations as we go
Listen To Reading: Students listen to
Art: Paint, draw, use construction paper, or use iPad to create a "weather scene" with cause and effect in mind (rain in springs helps things grow)
Language Arts Centers:
Read to Self: Students read books from their personalized book bags. Students can also choose from our classroom leveled library.
Team Center/Read With Others: The focus of this center is working together and making decisions together. Students start by reading two stories together on Raz Kids. They can then play a game, read a physical book together or to each other, or work on a puzzle together
Word Work: students choose from a variety of activities that focus on sight words, letter work, CVC words, and rhyming. New choices added every 1-2 weeks
Work on Writing/Science: Students work in their new "fish observation journal" to observe a variety of things regarding our pet fish. We make 1-2 observations a week. Some are done independently, some are done in groups, and some are done as a whole class. We will work on these into May and continue to discuss our observations as we go
Listen To Reading: Students listen to
Art: Paint, draw, use construction paper, or use iPad to create a "weather scene" with cause and effect in mind (rain in springs helps things grow)
Math:
Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts) and Unit 6 (Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers)
- 5.25: Shapes in a Robot Scene
- Objectives: recognize and count geometric shapes; recognize symmetry and reflections
- Vocabulary: reflection, flip, symmetry
- 5.26: Practice: Use Mathematical Processess
- Objectives: apply mathematical concepts and skills in meaningful contexts; reinforce the skills embedded in this unit with a variety of problem-solving situation
- 6.1: Coins and Their Values
- Objectives: identify pennies, nickels, and dimes, and their values; count different coin amounts
- Vocabulary: dime, cent, penny, nickel
- 6.2: Make Coin Collections
- Objectives: count different coin amounts; identify a dollar and its value; identify a quarter and its value
- Vocabulary: dollar, coin, quarter
Math Practice (Optional Printouts): Challenge sheets are done for Unit 5
- Monday: 5.25
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: Unit 5 Test
- Thursday:6.1 challenge
- Friday: 6.2, 6.2 challenge
Science:
- Continuing to observe signs of spring
- creating graphic organizer regarding what we observe
- Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
- Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
- Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made
- Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish
SPECIALS
Monday: media/gym
Tuesday: art/music
Wednesday: gym/media
Thursday: art/music
Friday: gym/media
Field Trip!
Mound Fire Department tour
- Thursday, April 28 from 9-10.
- We will be walking there (it's right across from Shirley Hills).
Math:
Unit 5 (Consolidation of Concepts) and Unit 6 (Money, Time, Measurement, and Numbers)
- 5.25: Shapes in a Robot Scene
- Objectives: recognize and count geometric shapes; recognize symmetry and reflections
- Vocabulary: reflection, flip, symmetry
- 5.26: Practice: Use Mathematical Processess
- Objectives: apply mathematical concepts and skills in meaningful contexts; reinforce the skills embedded in this unit with a variety of problem-solving situation
- 6.1: Coins and Their Values
- Objectives: identify pennies, nickels, and dimes, and their values; count different coin amounts
- Vocabulary: dime, cent, penny, nickel
- 6.2: Make Coin Collections
- Objectives: count different coin amounts; identify a dollar and its value; identify a quarter and its value
- Vocabulary: dollar, coin, quarter
Math Practice (Optional Printouts): Challenge sheets are done for Unit 5
- Monday: 5.25
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: Unit 5 Test
- Thursday:6.1 challenge
- Friday: 6.2, 6.2 challenge
Science:
- Continuing to observe signs of spring
- creating graphic organizer regarding what we observe
- Observing any changes in our "classroom tree"
- Observing signs of wildlife, discussing habitats
- Identifying things found in nature versus things that are human made
- Observing fish, learning how different parts of a fish function (gils, fins), discussing habitats of a fish
SPECIALS
Monday: media/gym
Tuesday: art/music
Wednesday: gym/media
Thursday: art/music
Friday: gym/media
Mound Fire Department tour
- Thursday, April 28 from 9-10.
- We will be walking there (it's right across from Shirley Hills).
