Week of February 19-21, 2013

Language Arts

Reading: plot and theme, prefixes, expression and intonation

Story of the Week: The First Tortilla by Rudolfo Anaya

Writing: Expository Writing; What makes a good friend?

Conventions: adverbs that tell how
Phonics: digraphs oo, ue, ew, ui
Spelling Words: too, new, fruit, blue, true, fool, suit, spoon, clue, juice, drew, flew

Math

-ungroup a ten into ten ones in order to subtract
-invent ways to solve subtraction story problems
-solve 2-digit subtraction problems using the expanded method

Science
-explain the relationship between the planets and the sun
-describe the planets in the solar system