Week of September 24th

RELIGION

*Bible Hunt ~ Alphabet Boxes Activity

*Identify Old and New Testaments

*Chapter 3: God's Word

*Identify God's promise to Noah in the sign of a rainbow

*Review The Beatitudes and how to live them out in daily life

*Begin learning about the Feast of St. Francis

MATH

*Begin Unit Two

*Basic Facts Strategies Lessons:

-Adding one and two ~ counting on

-Doubles and Doubles + 1

-Turn around facts

-Adding nine shortcut = students add 10 and minus 1

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Adjectives = What are they? How are they used?

*Continue practicing Daily 5 routines

*Benchmark students to identify reading levels

SOCIAL STUDIES

*State Map Assessment

*Begin 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?

WRITING

*Learn how to and incorporate descriptive words into writing

*Listen to the book Miss Tizzy

*Make a friends list

*Write about a friend

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Happy Friday!

Week of September 17th

RELIGION

*Chapter 2: God's Promise

*Learn of the tree of knowledge of good and evil ~ original sin

*List ways we can choose God

*Listen to the story of The Good Shepherd ~ help students understand connection to God

*Guided Meditation: Who Knows Best?

*Send a Bible from home to school on Friday or Monday!

MATH

*Explorations Day - students will explore new concepts with interactive stations around the room

*Unit One Chapter Review

*Unit One Assessment Wednesday

*Begin Unit Two

*Identify appropriate steps to solve word problems

DAILY 5

*Continue practicing Daily 5 routines

*Benchmark students to identify reading levels

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Identify and use four cardinal directions

*Read and use a simple map with a key

*Create a simple map with a key: BAREFOOT ISLAND

*Understand and use a state map

WRITING

*Listen to the book Shortcut

*Sketch a picture and write sentences to support illustrations

*Write an "It Happened to Me" story

*Learn how to and incorporate descriptive words into writing

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of September 10th

RELIGION

*People of Faith: Our Lady of Fatima

*Students will complete a Mary brochure

*Chapter 2: God's Promise

*Listen to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

*Learn of the tree of knowledge of good and evil ~ original sin

MATH

*Play the Number Grid game

*Practice using a calculator by brainstorming number sentences to equal a predetermined number

*Form patterns using a calculator code

*Explorations Day - students will explore new concepts with interactive stations around the room

*FIRST MATH HOMELINK THIS WEEK!!

DAILY 5

*Continue practicing Daily 5 routines

*Benchmark students to identify reading levels

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Post mindset goals in the classroom

*Begin Maps Unit

*Identify and use four cardinal directions

*Read and use a simple map with a key

WRITING

*Listen to the book Big Mama's House

*Discuss how author's use illustrations to brainstorm ideas

*Sketch a picture and write sentences to support illustrations

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

In Memory of 9/11

HAPPY WEEKEND! GO TEAM GO!

Week of September 4th

RELIGION

*Chapter 1: God's Creation

*Give thanks for God's Creation

*Identify the elements of Creation

*Identify God's greatest gift ~ people

*Design a creation masterpiece

MATH

*Counting $1, $10 and $100

*Learn math boxes routine *Practice using a number grid

*Solve number grid puzzles

*Review newly learned games

DAILY 5

*Mosaic apples for September ceiling decorations

*Identify one fact/one opinion about apples

*Teach Read to Someone, Listen to Reading and Word Work

*Friday Letters to the teacher

SOCIAL STUDIES

*FIXED and GROWTH mindset

*Determine what the brain says and thinks during each mindset*Read trade books and view video clips to support understanding
*Individual surveys and goals for a growth mindset

WRITING

*Introduce the writing community

*Illustrate pictures and support with written sentences

*Use capital letters and ending punctuation