Week of November 4-8, 2013

   

Our Objectives for the Week:

Language Arts
Question of the week: How can we work together to solve problems?

Story of the week: One Good Turn Deserves Another: A Mexican Folk Tale

Comprehension Skill: compare and contrast

Phonics Skill: Long /a/ using a, ai, and ay

Spelling Words: main, wait, say, away, play, raise, brain, paint, stay, today, tray, tail, behind, they're, sorry

Conventions: possessive nouns

Math

-relating doubles to near doubles

- using the calculator as a math tool

-using known combination to add 2 or more numbers

-compare a number to 20 to find the difference

-visualizing, retelling, and modeling the action of a variety of addition situations

Science

- understanding the properties of matter

-changes in matter