Unit 3, Week 3--November 30-December 4, 2009
READING
Reading the story "Short Shadows, Long Shadows"
Comprehension: text structure; main idea and details; author's purpose;
test strategy--think and search; periodicals/newspapers
Fluency: word automaticity; echo-read
Vocabulary Words--boy, girl, people, when, care, water, together, our,
again, would, your, light
LANGUAGE
Past-tense verbs
SPELLING
Lesson 13--whip, whale, catch, match, chin, chop, slip, spin, our, your;
writing words in sentences
Trial test on Thursday. Final test on Friday.
MATH
Geometry and Fractions: identifying solid figures; flat surfaces and
vertices; relating plane shapes to solid figures;
identifying plane shapes; properties of a plane;
review addition and subtraction facts
Numbers: counting by 2's to 100
ELA--Unit 2--Enduring Understandings
~My friends and I learn new things as we grow.
~Everything that I know and everything that I do helps me to
understand others.
Essential Questions
~Why is it important to learn new things?
~Why do I need to understand others?
~How do I know when I understand others?
MATH--Unit 2--Enduring Understandings
~Knowing how things are alike and different is important.
~There are many ways to "tell about" a number.
~I can think in numbers.
Essential Questions
~Why do we need numbers? How are they used in our world?
~How can I tell about how things are different and how they
are alike?
~How can I "tell about" a number in different ways?
~Why is it important for me to think in numbers?
Please check your child's black and white every day for notes and behavior
chart.
Please work with your child every night with the highlighted vocabulary words,
highlighted stories, and spelling words.
For children on AR: Each week your child should be bringing home and reading
at least one book for the Accelerated Reading program. This book is on your
child's independent reading level. Your child will take a comprehension test
on this book on the computer before our next library session. Your child
needs to read this book several times before attempting to take the test.
He/She should be able to retell the story to you, stating as many of the
details they can remember(the more, the better). Library books should be
brought to school and brought home everyday--just like their homework folders
and composition books. They will use the books in school daily.
