Weekly Syllabus: October 14th-18th, 2024
Reminders
Tuesday, October 15th is October birthday free dress.
Religion
We will begin Chapter 4 Jesus, the Son of God. Students will explore the birth of Jesus, discover that Jesus is truly God and truly human, learn that Jesus was raised in a human family, decide a way to live as a disciple of Jesus through kindness, and pray by singing a prayer.
Language Arts
Unit 3 Lessons 1-5
Word Work: Identify the final ng sound, read and decode words with ng, recognize and spell memory words (do, have, show, how, me, and a), understand and use verbs are and is, and complete a pattern poem.
Spelling Words: king, sing, thing, hang, bang, sang, long, song, hung, and sung
Reading: Develop fluent reading with repeated readings of a poem, read a poem rhythmically, read and discuss grade level literary texts, compare and contrast two poems, identify key details of grade level poems, and listen to and discuss a complex informational text.
Writing: Discuss the difference between a fact and an opinion, identify opinions, write about an opinion, use synonyms for good and bad, write opinion with supporting reasons, and share opinions and reasons respectfully.
Author Study: Arnold Lobel
Mathematics
Focus for October Number Corner: Ten is the magic number for October, the tenth month of the year. Students compose and decompose the number 10, practice instantly seeing quantities on ten-frames, and learn about “leaps of ten” on the number line. The Calendar Grid features sets of fall pictures to inspire math stories and during the Calendar Collector workout, students collect and count patterns blocks and make a composite shape picture.
Bridges: We will begin Unit 2 Module 1 Counting, Comparing & Adding With Dominoes. Module 1 focuses on developing counting and addition skills, using dominoes as a springboard. Students learn games in which they match the dots on dominoes, count or add the dots on the two halves of a dominoes, and write equations and inequality statements for the amounts. They also share and discuss addition strategies beyond counting by 1s, such as counting on, combining small groups, and working from known facts to those less familiar. Two new Work Places are introduced.
Science: Structure, function, and information processing: We will be learning about Parent & offspring Traits-How to help a lost baby animal find its parents?
Animal Structures & Survival-Why do birds have beaks?
