ELA Grammar
*Common Nouns (no capital needed) vs Proper Nouns (capitalize)
*Contractions (a single word that stands for 2 words) I’m = I am
ELA Reading Accuracy
*Vowel Combinations Rule “Two vowels go walking the first one does the talking”. ( reach, beneath, boat, roller coaster, trail, brainstorm, suit,
ELA Reading Comprehension
*What’s the most important event or thing that happened, and why was it the most important event?
Math Computation
*Fast and flexible with facts up to 12. (No fingers)
Math Measurement
*Steps to measuring correctly:
- Start at the end of the object.
- Line your measurement tools(cubes, paperclips) next to each other. (no overlapping)
- No spaces between the measurement tools.
- Measure to the end.
Math Measurement vocabulary
*Measuring in order (longest to shortest or shortest to longest).
*Comparing measurements (How much taller/shorter?) (3 more than/ less than). Students need to decide whether to add the given numbers or to subtract them.
Social Studies “How do we get what we need or want?
*We’ve already talked about “Needs and Wants”, “Producers and Consumers”, and “Scarcity”.
*We still need to discuss “Making Choices”, “Trading”, and “Money”. Students will also be making a person that reflects a job or career they might want to do in the future.
Science “Earth Systems”
*We’ve already talked about the “Seasons”, Phases of the Moon”, “Rotation of the Earth and Moon”(daily and yearly), and we have a daily calendar where we track the weather, the temperature, and the phase of the moon.
*We will be going over some more “Fun Facts” about the Earth, Sun, Moon, and constellations. Also we will mix Math and Science when they learn about measuring and reading the temperature on a thermometer. We will wrap up the unit with some crafts dealing with the Moon phases and the constellations.
Writing “Informational”
When we have completed our Science unit the Students will use the facts we as a class have accumulated about the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon on our R.A.N chart to write an informational piece about the Sun, the Moon, or the Earth.