Saturday, August 31, 2013

Week of September 3-6, 2013

Language Arts

Question of the Week:What can we learn by exploring space?
Phonics: long vowels with the VCe pattern
Spelling Words: page, nose, space, size, fine, mice, late, huge, blaze, race, rice, vote, live, move, work
Conventions: subject of the sentence
Story of the Week: Exploring Space with an Astronaut
Comprehension Skills: main idea and details
Writing: finishing our personal narrative and beginning expository nonfiction

Math

- identifying coins and their values
-coin equivalencies
-counting in more than one way
-using data to represent, interpret, and compare
-using patterns in numbers
-developing fluency with plus 1 and plus 2 numbers

Science
-butterfly life cycle
-continue observing our 3 chrysalises in hopes that they are butterflies by the end of the week
-space