Week of April 29th

RELIGION

*Finish First Eucharist unit with Chapter 8: We Go Forth

*Celebrate the students who have made their First Communion

*Share their experiences to get those receiving next weekend excited and prepared

*Listen to the story of Pentecost

MATH

*Unit 9 Measurement

*Measure same items twice using inches and centimeters

*Measuring long distances ~ adding miles to create routes

*Measurement stations and challenge tasks to support new learning

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

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

~Goal is three seconds per problem

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Identifying the main idea of a multiparagraph text

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SCIENCE

*Weather Unit
*Recognize clouds as a part of the water cycle
*Identify and describe three types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus and stratus
*Describe the events of the water cycle
*Name tools used measure weather and their function
*Research extreme types of weather in small groups

WRITING

*Celebrate National Poetry Month

*Begin poetry study ~ students will listen to poetry, read poetry and write poetry

*Types of poetry ~ Couplet, Haiku, Acrostic, Hink Pink and Cinquain
*Begin short story writing unit
*Listen to stories that have strong characters

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of April 15th

RELIGION

HOLY WEEK

*Create resurrection egg story to tell the story of the Triduum

*Tell the story of the Triduum to the 1st graders

*Discuss the Stations of the Cross

MATH

*Identify fractions as part of a whole

*Compare fractions

*Fraction problem solving tasks

*Unit 8 Review

*Unit 8 Assessment

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

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

~Goal is three seconds per problem

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Glossary Assessment

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SCIENCE

*Define FORCE
*Identify a force as a push/pull that causes something to move
*Name the four forces: moving water, moving air, gravity and magnetism
*Friction experiment using Legos and Hot Wheels
*Recognize friction as a factor that slows a force's momentum

*Unit Assessment

WRITING

*Celebrate National Poetry Month

*Begin poetry study ~ students will listen to poetry, read poetry and write poetry

*Types of poetry ~ Couplet, Haiku, Acrostic, Hink Pink and Cinquain

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of April 1st

RELIGION

*Discuss the Liturgy of the Eucharist and its components
*Define consecration
*Recognize the Last Supper in the Eucharist
*Identify the two sacrifices offered at mass:  Jesus and our gifts
*Label mass timeline
*Teach HOW to receive the Body and Blood of Christ

MATH

*Unit 8 begins

*Identify fractions as part of a whole
*Shaded part goes over the whole (total number of parts)
*Shade shapes to match fractions

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

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

~Goal is three seconds per problem

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Non-fiction text feature review and glossaries

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SCIENCE

*Define FORCE
*Identify a force as a push/pull that causes something to move
*Name the four forces: moving water, moving air, gravity and magnetism
*Friction experiment
*Recognize friction as a factor that slows a force's momentum

WRITING

*Biography research and note collection
*Begin rough drafts of reports!!!

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation