Week of February 26th

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

Happy Lent 2018

Week of February 5th

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