Monday, February 26, 2018

Week of February 26th

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RELIGION
*First Communion Preparation
*Chapter 2: We Gather
*Discuss the Introductory Rites at Mass
*Vocabulary word: procession
*Model and reenact a procession as seen at Mass

MATH
*Weekly time tests continue
*Unit 7 begins
*Look for patterns in counting
*Using compliments of 10 to make addition easier
*Mentally adding one and two digit numbers

DAILY 5
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading
*Mini-Lesson: BLACK HISTORY MONTH

SCIENCE
*Habitat Review and Assessment

WRITING
*Return to fiction writing
*Tradebooks: Dogzilla, Brave Charlotte, Honk!
*Create an animal character and write about something interesting that happens to it
*Create a unique character

Sunday, February 4, 2018

Week of February 5th

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RELIGION
*Holy Trinity Review and Assessment
*Begin First Eucharist preparation
*Renewal of Baptismal promises in class
*Identify family and friends who will support the students in their preparation

MATH
*Weekly time tests continue
*Subtraction number stories/models
*Calculating multiples in a group (ex: # wheels on 4 cars = 16)
*Identifying arrays and array number stories

DAILY 5
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading
*Mini-Lesson: Prefixes and their meaning

SCIENCE
*Define a habitat
*Identify what an animal needs from its habitat
*Habitats study: forests, polar, pond, ocean, desert, savanna
1. Determine important characteristics
2. Name animals that live there
3. Identify where in the world

WRITING
*Animal Research Project
*Choose an animal of interest
*Read text and determine text features
*Record animal facts to use for a report