Monday, April 1, 2013

Week of April 2-5, 2013


Language Arts
Reading: plot and theme, background knowledge, classify and categorize, idioms
Story of the Week: Bad Dog, Dodger! by Barbara Abercrombie
Writing: Expository Nonfiction Writing: Research reports on sharks/whales
Conventions: using I and me correctly
Phonics: silent letter patterns kn, wr, gn, mb
Spelling Words:
knock, sign, knee, wrong, write, climb, wrap
wren, gnat, lamb, comb, knob

Math
-place value up to the thousands
-word names for numbers between 100 and 1,000
-buy and sell goods using exact money amounts
-use dollar sign and decimal point to write dollar amounts
-making change from a five-dollar bill