March: Reader's Workshop: Finish Non-Fiction Strategies in Reading. Begin Reading Non-Fiction in a Content Area. Writer's Workshop: Finish Nonfiction Writing. Begin Authors as Mentors Unit: Revising and the Craft of Writing Authors as Mentors Unit: Revising and the Craft of Writing. Math: Finish Unit 6: Whole number operations, comparison, estimating, diagrams, graphs, partial sums, addition stories. Begin Unit 7: Whole Number Operations, Measurement and Data Word Study: R-controlled syllables: ar, or, er, ir, ur. Begin Double Vowel Syllables: ai, ay, ea, ee Grammar and Vocabulary: Verbs, past tenses, and Subject-Verb Agreement. The verb, be. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Unit 8 and beginning unit 9. Social Studies: Finish Unit 2 Communities: Economics and Resources and begin Unit 3 Our World and People Science: Begin Life Science Unit
February: Reader's Workshop: Finish Nonfiction Strategies in Reading. Begin Reading Non-Fiction in a Content Area. Writer's Workshop: Completing Realistic Fiction Writing. Begin Unit on Informational Writing Math: Unit 5: Finish Addition and Subtraction, Arrays, Counting up and back change in money, Open Number Lines, Mental Addition, Word Problems. Begin Unit 6: Whole number operations, comparison, estimating, diagrams, graphs, partial sums, addition stories. Phonics: R-controlled syllables, y, ly ty, as suffix, Open syllables (long vowel). Grammar and Vocabulary: Verbs, past tenses, and Subject-Verb Agreement: have/has, go/went, eat/ate, come/came, give/gave. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Units 7-8. Social Studies: Finish Unit 2 Communities: Economics and Resources and begin Unit 3 Our World and People, African American History Month, Presidents' Day. Science: Complete Unit 2: Earth. Processes that shape our earth: erosion by wind, water, glaciers
January: Reader's Workshop: Finish Readers Think and Talk about their book's Characters. Begin Non-Fiction Strategies in Reading. Writer's Workshop: Begin Realistic Fiction Writing. If time, begin Authors as Mentors Unit: Revising and the Craft of Writing. Math: Time to the five minute mark, Place Value in numbers up to 1,000, Measurement in feet, inches, and centimeters. Phonics: Fundations Unit 5: Combining and dividing syllables, ic or ick rule, more suffixes, new prefixes. Begin Fundations Unit 6: Open syllables, vowel-consonant-final e (v-e) syllables, v-e and closed syllables, -ive suffix, y as vowel, /s/ and /z/ sounds for s, and words do not end in v, must have silent e. Grammar and Vocabulary: Adjectives, and use of and, but, or. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Units 5-6. Social Studies: Continue Unit 2 on Economics of Communities, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Science: Continue Processes that shape our earth: earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion by wind, water, glaciers.
December:
Reader's Workshop: Finish Readers build comprehension by reading series books with fluency and begin Readers Think and Talk about their book's Characters. Writer's Workshop: Completing Small Moments, begin Realistic Fiction Writing. Math: Unit 3: Subtraction Strategies, begin Unit 4: Time and Money Word Study: Phonics: Continue suffixes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing and vowel teams ay, ai, ee, ea, ey, oa, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, oe. Begin combining syllables and division of multisyllablic words. Prefixes, ic or ick at end of word. Grammar and Vocabulary: Nouns: common and proper, plural and singular. Begin Verbs present and past tense. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We will try to complete both Units 4-5. Community Time: Making and keeping friends Social Studies: Communities: Economics and Resources Unit 2: Needs/wants, goods/services, and consumers/producers in communities Science: Earth Science: Erosion, where water is found on earth November: Reader's Workshop: Readers build comprehension by reading series books with fluency. Writer's Workshop: Completing Small Moments, begin Realistic Fiction Writing. Math: Addition Strategies, begin Subtraction Strategies. Word Study: Exceptions to closed syllables: -ild, -old, -ost, -ind, -olt and vowel teams ay, ai, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy. Three sounds for -ed and suffixes. Grammar and Vocabulary: Nouns: common and proper, plural and singular. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Units 3-4. Social Studies: Continue Communities: Citizenship, Money, Goods and Services, Thanksgiving. Science: Earth Science
October: Reader's Workshop:Careful readers have good habits: Reading, re-telling, fluency. Writer's Workshop:Launching Writer's Workshop concludes, Personal Narratives, including Small Moments. Math: Addition Strategies, Addition number stories, Applying Rules to numbers. Phonics:Letter sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, 3 spellings for K sound, closed syllables. Begin review of welded (glued) sounds. Grammar and Vocabulary: Sentences that tell, ask, command, and show strong feeling, verbs. See Sadlier Online Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Units 1-2 and possibly moving into 3-4 Social Studies: Communities: Citizenship, Money, Goods and Services Science: Structure and properties of matter, Classifying Matter
September:
Reader's Workshop: Careful readers have good habits. Writer's Workshop: Launching Writer's Workshop, Personal Narratives. Math: Place Value Phonics: Letter sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, 3 spellings for K sound, closed syllables. Grammar and Vocabulary: Sentences, subject and predicate Social Studies: Communities: Roles and Responsibilities in Communities Science/Technology: Structure and properties of matter, Google Classroom Community: Building a Community, Classroom community, my place in our classroom community
June: Reader's Workshop: Reader's Theater and Independent Book reading/Study Writer's Workshop: Persuasive writing Math: Dividing shapes into equal parts, review of money, multiplication, equal shares Phonics: Vowel teams Grammar/Vocabulary: Verb tenses and Units 13-14 in Sadlier Social Studies: Our culture and our world, different perspectives Science: finish Life Science unit Community Time: Self expression, creativity, playtime May: Reader's Workshop: Finish Digging Deeper into Fairy Tales Unit. Rehearse Reader's Theater for parent performance. Writer's Workshop: Finish Poetry Unit, begin Opinion Writing: paragraph writing, editing and revising Math: Finish Unit 8: Geometry and Arrays. Phonics: Continue Double Vowel Syllables: oi, oy, oa, oe, oy, ou, ow, ow. Grammar and Vocabulary: Adjectives, verbs - past tenses, and Subject-Verb Agreement. Subject and Object Pronouns. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing units 12-13. Social Studies: Maps and globes, features of, map keys, compass points, 7 continents, 5 oceans, North and South Poles, equator. Science: Begin Life Science Unit. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems. Community Time: Creativity, play, and self-expression
April: Reader's Workshop: Begin Digging Deeper into Fairy Tales Unit. Writer's Workshop: Continue Writer's Craft Unit, begin Opinion Writing. Math: Finish Unit 7: Whole Number Operations, Measurement and Data. Begin Unit 8: Geometry and Arrays. Phonics: Begin Double Vowel Syllables: ay, ai, ea, ee,Grammar and Vocabulary: Verbs, past tenses, and Subject-Verb Agreement. The verb, be. Pronouns I, me. See Sadlier Resource page for Vocabulary words. We are completing Units 10-11 Social Studies: Maps and globes, features of, map keys, compass points, 7 continents, 5 oceans, North and South Poles, equator Science: Earth Day, begin Life Science Unit: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems. Community Time: Social and emotional needs of people.