Week of October 29th

RELIGION

*Finish sacraments brochure to name the seven sacraments

*Identify key characteristics of each sacrament

MATH

*Using coins to show amounts two different ways

*Problem Solving Task (whole class)

*Winifred the Witch problem solving task (independent)

*Telling time

*Explorations in small groups (place value, time and using geoboards)

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

~Pre-test Monday; Post-test Friday (unless 98-100 on pretest)

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Proper Nouns and Common Nouns Assessment

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SCIENCE

*HUMAN BODY!

*Cells and Germs Experiments

*Define organ

*Identify major organs in the body and their functions

WRITING

*Scary Stories published! BOO!

*Finish drafts of scary stories and publish with teacher assistance

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of October 22nd

RELIGION

*First Reconciliation preparation begins

*Define Sacrament

*How do sacraments bring us closer to God

*Create a sacraments brochure to name the seven sacraments

*Identify key characteristics of each sacrament

MATH

*Unit Two Review

*Unit Two Assessment Wednesday

*Begin Unit 3 ~ look for a new Family Letter

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

~Pre-test Monday; Post-test Friday (unless 98-100 on pretest)

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Proper Nouns and Common Nouns

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Government Unit Review

*Government Unit Assessment Tuesday *Shift to Science Unit ~ HUMAN BODY!

WRITING

*Scary Stories Week! BOO!

*Put ideas into a graphic organizer as a pre-writing strategy

*First drafts of scary stories

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of October 16th

RELIGION

*Whole Life Curriculum

*What makes children so special?

*Letter from God homework

*God gives each of us many gifts

*Chart our unique talents

MATH

*Unit Two

*What's My Rule? Function Machine!

*Subtraction Facts strategies

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

~Pre-test Monday; Post-test Friday (unless 98-100 on pretest)

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Proper Nouns

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Government Unit *Define democracy

*Identify the president and governor

*List key roles of the president, governor and mayor

*Identify the state capital and national capital

WRITING

*Scary Stories Week Begins! BOO!

*Read Harry and the Terrible Whatzit

*Write scary sentences to generate story ideas

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Remember, it's...

Week of October 1st

RELIGION

*Celebrate our patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi

*View a video of St. Francis's life

*Complete a brochure to record new learnings

*Create St. Francis cinquain poems for hallway bulletin board

*Rosary Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in the church

MATH

*Unit Two

*Basic Facts Strategies Lessons:

-Doubles +/- one and two

-Fact Families

*Explorations Day (explore new concepts with work stations)

*Begin Time Tests ~ weekly practice

-Goal is solve a given fact within three seconds

-Students will work at their own developmental pace

-More information to come at conferences

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Adjectives Week #2 and Opinion Writing

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Communities Unit

*Big Questions: What is a community?

What are the responsibilities of being part of a community?

What are rules and laws?

How do they keep us safe?

*Guest Speaker to visit about laws and safety: Officer Brent Kock

*Assessment this week

WRITING

*Write about a friend

*Halloween adjectives project: "Who's Under the Mask?"

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation