Lesson Plans for Jan. 6-9

Weekly Plans

Spelling: We will not have any new spelling words this week. As a reminder, 3^rd nine weeks spelling words and sentences will be graded. Please practice writing sentences with your child. There are examples of dictation sentences on the homework sheet.

 

Reading: This week will be a review of previous skills taught. We will be giving a pre-test in reading. This is not a test that will be recorded in the grade book. This test indicates which skills your child knows and what should be reinforced for this nine weeks.

Math: We will also be giving a pre-test in math. We will begin to learn about place value. Students will learn that 23 has 2 tens and 3 ones or that 55 has 5 tens and 5 ones.

 

Social Science: We will be discussing goal setting for the New Year.

 

Lesson Plans for the week of December 15-19

 

Weekly Plans

Spelling: We will not have any new spelling words this week. As a reminder, 3^rd nine weeks spelling words and sentences will be graded. Please practice writing sentences with your child.

 

Reading: There will not be a new reading passage this week. We will be reviewing sounds and

 parts of a story (setting, characters, sequence). We will review grammar like: nouns (common and proper), verbs, and how to place commas correctly in a series. For example: We have a lot of birthdays in November, December, and January. 

 

Math: We will continue to review missing addends and fact families. 

 

Social Science: We will be doing a variety of Christmas crafts and activities.

Lesson Plans for the week of December 8-12

Weekly Plans

Spelling: There will not be a spelling test this Friday. Please practice the words for homework for your child to understand the skill.

Words are: bang, blink, ring, pink, rang, flagpole, inside, backpack, bedtime, lunchbox, an, each

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: We will learn about the final  -ng as in wing and –nk as in bank. Our reading skill we be plot. Students will also learn about compound words as in raincoat. Our grammar skill will be to learn about commas in a series (I went to the store and bought milk, eggs, and fruit.)  and commas in dates (June 14, 2013).

High-Frequency words are: Review all high-frequency words for the second nine weeks. Test will be December 8^th.

 

Math: We will continue to missing addends and fact families. 

 

Social Science: We will learn about Christmas traditions.

 

Plans for the week of December 1st-5th

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be December 5th. Please remember that spelling words are graded this nine weeks. The dictation sentences will not be graded, just the words!

Words are: my, by, try, any, body, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, said, there

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

Reading: Monday, we will start to read, An Egg is an Egg. We will learn about the vowel sounds of /y/ like try or lucky. We will learn about the verbs (action words) in a sentence. We will talk about compare and contrast.

High-Frequency words are: Review all high-frequency words for the second nine weeks.

Math: We will continue to missing addends and fact families. For example: __+7=11, 4 is the missing addend. Fact families are made up with four facts by using 3 of the same numbers. For example: 4+3=7, 3+4=7, 7-4=3, 7-3=4.  

Social Science: We will learn about reindeer.

Lesson Plans for Novmber 17-21

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be Friday, November 21st. Remember the words are graded but NOT the dictation sentences. Letters that are written backwards makes the word incorrect and the word is counted wrong.

Words are: be, feet, he, see, we, green, me, she, tree, week, all, your

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: On Tuesday, we will start to read, Honey Bees. We will learn about the long e: /ee/ as in week and /e/ as in he. We will discuss words that have a VCCV pattern as in happen or rabbit.

We will talk about compare and contrast. Our grammar skill will be to find nouns in a sentence.

Please review all High-Frequency words. These words are in your child’s fish notebook. Test will be given soon!

 

Math: We will continue to missing addends and fact families. For example: __+7=11, 4 is the missing addend. Fact families are made up with 4 facts by 3 of the same numbers. For example: 4+3=7, 3+4=7, 7-4=3, 7-3=4.  

 

Social Science: We will talk about Thanksgiving. Please send any resources if you have them.

 

Plans for the week of November 10-14

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be Friday, November 14th.  Remember the words are graded but NOT the dictation sentences. Letters that are written backwards makes the word incorrect and the word is counted wrong.

Words are: huge, June, rule, tube, use, cube, cute, flute, rude, mule, but, not

 

Reading: Our story is Life in the Forest. Students will learn about long /u/ as in huge, long /e/ as in these  and the inflected endings –ed as in spilled (-ed makes the /d/ sound), asked (-ed makes the /t/ sound) and rested (-ed makes the /ed/ sound).  In our story we will learn about author’s purpose for writing stories. Our grammar skill is to learn about adding –s to nouns to make them mean more than one.

High-Frequency words: find, down, did, come, may, long, day, get, made, part

 

Math: We will continue to discuss addends and fact families. Practice adding and subtracting 1 and double (ex: 4+4= 8, 6+6=12) facts. We will also continue to review addition and subtraction.

 

Social Science:  We will learn about air. We will learn how air moves items even when we don’t see it. We will be making parachutes and doing many experiments with air. If you have any resources you would like to send please do!

Lesson Plans for November 3-7

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be Friday, November 7th. Remember starting now (2^nd nine weeks) the words will be graded but NOT the dictation sentences. Please practice using correct or best handwriting.

Words are: bone, home, hope, hose, stone, aren’t, she’ll, don’t, isn’t, I’m, one, had

 

Reading: Our story is The Big Circle. Students will learn about long /o/ as in bone and contractions as in can’t (can not) or I’m (I am).  In our story, we will learn about sequence. Our grammar skill is to learn about matching nouns to verbs.

 

High-Frequency words: my, than, first, water, been, call, who, oil, its, now

 

Math: We will continue to learn about missing addends (9+___=12, the missing added is 3) and related facts (3+7=10 or 10-7=3).

 

Social Science:  We will learn about air. We will learn how air moves items even when we don’t see it. We will be making parachutes and doing many experiments with air. If you have any resources you would like to send please do!

Plans for October 27-31

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be, October 31^st.  Remember starting now (2^nd nine weeks) the words will be graded but NOT the dictation sentences.

Words are: like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, their, or

 

Reading: Our story is Who Works Here. Students will learn about long /i/ as in like and the digraphs /wh/ as in whale, /ch/ as in chat, and /tch/ as in pitch.  In our story we will learn about author’s purpose. Our grammar skill is to learn about proper nouns with special titles like Dr. Harris, Mrs. Polly.

High-Frequency words: two, number, write, see, no, could, more, go way, people

 

Math: We will learn about subtraction. We will also continue to discuss missing addends.

 

Social Science: We are doing various Halloween (pumpkins, spiders, etc.) activities.

Weekly Plans for the week of October 20-24

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be October 24th. The spelling words WILL BE GRADED. DICTATION sentences will still be given for practice.

Words are: face, made, age, safe, take, make, cage, cake, late, name, his, this

Reading: Our story is The Farmer in the Hat. Students will learn about long /a/ as in name and the soft c /s/ like in face and soft g /j/ as in cage.  In our story we will learn about cause and effect. Our grammar skill is to learn about proper nouns.

High-Frequency words: some, would, like, into, has, her, make, him, time, look

 

High-Frequency words:

Math: We will learn about related facts like: 3+4=7 and 7-4=3. We will also continue to learn about decomposing numbers (subtracting) through using pictures and the number line.

 

Social Science: We will learn about spiders. If you have any resources you would like to send please do!

 

HAPPY FALL BREAK! Plans for the week of October 13-17

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be October 17th. The spelling words WILL BE GRADED. DICTATION sentences will still be given for practice.

Words are: ship, fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, that, for, as

Reading: Our next story is A Big Fish for Max. Students will learn about the digraphs /sh/ as in ship and /th/ as in thin and the vowel sound in words like ball. In our story we will learn about main idea and predicting. Our grammar skill is to learn about putting words in ABC order.

High-Frequency words: will, up, other, about, out, many, them, then, these, so

Math: We will learn about decomposing numbers (subtracting) through using pictures and the number line.

Social Science: We will learn about pumpkins. Please send in an orange piece of poster board.

Weekly Plans for September 29-October 3

Weekly Plans

 

Spelling: There will be no new spelling words until Monday, October 6^th. That means no spelling homework this week!

Reading: We will be reviewing in order to be ready for our Quarter 1 reading test.

Math: We will be reviewing for Quarter 1 math test. Your child should practice adding, 1 more, 2 more, making numbers different ways and solving word problems.

Social Science: Students will learn about the apples and Johnny Appleseed. Please send your assigned apple item by Thursday, October 2^nd. If you have any resources on apples please send them.

Lesson Plans for the week of September 22-26

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be September 26th. The spelling words and dictation sentences are not graded the 1^st nine weeks but IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to establish this routine of studying and testing.

Words are: run, cut, must, sun, up, bump, jump, bus, nut, rug, to, is

 

Reading: This week’s story is Animal Park. The genre is photo essay. A photo essay uses photos and words to explain about the real world. Students will also learn about the short /u/ as in cut and final blends as in must. Our comprehension reading skill is cause and effect. In language, we will learn about capitalizing names and dates. For example: Bob Joe turned eleven on August 5, 2014. Please make sure that your child is using correct capitalization and punctuation on homework.

High Frequency Word list is in your child’s notebook. Please review all words.

 

Math: We will be focusing on addition to 20 and making numbers different ways using tally marks, tens frame, and number sentences.

 

Social Science: Students will learn about the season of fall.

Lesson Plans for the week of September 15-19

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be September 19th. The spelling words and dictation sentences are not graded the 1^st nine weeks but IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to establish this routine of studying and testing.

Words are: bed, jet, leg, men, net, red, sled, step, the, wet, from, the

 

Reading: Our story we will read is, Get the Egg! The genre is realistic fiction. Students will also learn about the short /e/ as in egg and initial blends. Our reading skill is to learn about realism & fantasy and story structure.  In language, we will review declarative (telling sentence) and interrogative (asking/questions) sentences.

High Frequency Words: there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their, if

 

Math: We will be making numbers different ways and focusing on concepts of addition. We will work with strategies such as counting on and using a number line. For example: 3+2=5, 2+3=5, 4+1=5, 5+0=5, 2+1+2=5, 3+4+1=8.

 

Social Science: We will be finishing up our balance and motion unit. We also we talk about the habitat of a farm.

Lesson Plans for the week of Sep. 8-12

Lesson Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be September 12^th. The spelling words and dictation sentences are not graded the 1^st nine weeks but IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to establish this routine of studying and testing.

Spelling words are: nap, naps, sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, they, have

Reading: Our story we will read is, “A Fox and a Kit.”  The genre is nonfiction. We will learn about the inflected endings –s and –ing. Our reading skill will be to learn about finding the main idea in a story. In language, we will learn about interrogative (asking/questions) sentences.

High Frequency Words (Students are supposed to recognize these words in 3 seconds or less): but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, can, said

Math: We will be making numbers different ways and focusing on concepts of addition. For example: 3+2=5, 4+1=5, 5+0=5, 2+3=5

 

Social Science: We will learn about our 5 senses.

Lesson Plans for the week of September 2-5

Lesson Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be September 5th. The spelling words and dictation sentences are not graded the 1^st nine weeks but IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to establish this routine of studying and testing.

Spelling words are: mom, ox, hot, hop, pop, pot, lock, mop, got, rock, on, are

Reading: Our story we will read is, “The Big Blue Ox.”  The genre is fantasy. We will learn about the short /o/ as in hop and words with a plural –s as in pots. We will continue to identify the characters and setting of a story. In language, we will learn how to identify and write declarative (telling) sentences.

High Frequency Words (Students are supposed to recognize these words in 3 seconds or less): at, be, this, have, from, or, one, had, by, word

Math: We will continue adding numbers. Our focus will be making numbers and adding 3 numbers together (Example 2+3+1=6.) We will use the strategy of counting on or the number line as a tool.

 

Social Science: We will start a unit on how items are balanced and how items move (roll, spin, etc.)

Lesson Plans for August 25-29

Lesson Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be August 29. The spelling words and dictation sentences are not graded the 1^st nine weeks but IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to establish this routine of studying and testing.

Spelling words are: did, fix, in, it, lip, mix, pin, sit, six, wig, you, was

Reading: Our story we will read is, “Pig in a Wig.”  The genre is fantasy. We will learn about the short /i/ as in pig and the final /x/ as in six. Our reading skill will be to learn about the difference between reality/fantasy and summarizing. In language, we will learn how to find the naming part of a sentence.

High Frequency Words (Students are supposed to recognize these words in 3 seconds or less): he, as, was, with, for, his, on, they, are, I

 

 

Math: We will continue making numbers. Our focus will be making numbers to 10 (Example 8+2=2+8.) The number line will be used as a strategy for adding numbers.

 

Social Science: We will start a unit on how items are balanced and how items move (roll, spin, etc.)