Week of 11/30/09

Reading

Popcorn Words: he, for

Amazing Words: meadow, stump, tree trunk, nest, hive, den

Letter: Ii

Phonics Skills: short i (as in pig, fix)

Grammar: Opposites, adjectives for opposites

Story: A Bed for the Winter (non fiction science reader)

Comprehension skill: Sequence

Science: Weather changes, preparing for winter weather, cycle of seasons, animal characteristics

Math

Unit 3: Patterns and Functions

Math focus points: finding objects that share one attribute, using attributes to sort a group of objects, comparing how objects are the same and different