February 4-8, 2013

Objectives

Language Arts

Reading: fact and opinion, questioning, reading expository text, suffixes

Story of the Week: Soil by Sally Walker

Writing: short expository report (seasons)

Conventions: comparative and superlative adjectives
Phonics: diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy
Spelling Words: around, out, gown, sound, flower, howl, toy, noise, royal, moist, coil, cow

Math

-review picture, bar, and circle graphs for unit test (Test will now be on Tue.)
-coin combinations to make 25 cents
-counting by quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies
-coin combinations to make $1.00
**Please Note: Our Unit 4 Math test has been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 5th.

Science
-Continued study of the water cycle
-identify how Earth rotates to make day and night
-shadows
-understanding why season happen