This week in literacy, we will continue to work on making text to text connections. We will also tie in conversations about the author's message, or theme, of text. Our literature connections this week will include Now One Foot, Now the Other and The Two of Them. We will use these two stories as models for making text to text connections.
In writing, we continue talking about the descriptive setting aspect of personal narratives. We will work on word choice and expanding ideas using descriptive language. We will also review the use of the capital letter I in writing.
Unit Three continues on in math this week. Our daily lessons will cover coin combinations, telling time to the 15 minutes interval, place value and collecting and graphing data. We will begin using Math Daily Five this week as well. This will allow for more small group and differentiated instruction during the math block, rather than whole group. When students are not doing "Math with a Group", they will be engaged in math activities in the following categories: Math by Myself, Math in My Journal, Math with a Partner and Math with Tools. We will be using a weekly checklist to help develop time management and the monitoring of independent work.
In social studies, we will conclude our unit on economics. We will finish up this week by talking about saving and spending. We will have our assessment on goods and services on Friday. Students will be required to sort different items into the categories of goods and services. In order to exceed the expectation and receive a grade of a 4, students will need to correctly sort all 15 items correctly and add two additional items to each category.
In science, we will launch our study of nocturnal animals. We will begin by studying the bat. We will select our topics for the nocturnal animal research project on Friday. Additional information on this project will come home next week!
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