Jeffrey Clark School

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Fundations:  

We will begin Unit 12 on 5/3.  We will read, sound out, spell, and write multi-syllable words.  We will learn to scoop or underline the two syllables or parts.  Unit 12 practice box words: people, month, little, been, want, own, Mr., Mrs.  Unit 12 story: Jackson     

We will begin Unit 13 on 5/24.  

Journeys: 

Unit 5 Lesson 25: 5/15-5/19: theme: friendship and culture.  Practice box words; buy, city, family, myself, party, please, school, seven.  Comprehension skills: understanding characters and summarizing important story events.  Vocabulary: synonyms.  Phonics: vowel teams ou, ow, oi, oy, au, aw.  Grammar: contractions with not.  Superstar words: blossom, ledge, lugging, shady, shallow, cavern.  

Beginning 5/22, we will cover as much as Unit 6 as possible before the end of the year.  A letter will be sent home on 5/22 detailing Unit 6 skills and the final practice box word lists will be sent home every few days for review.  

Go Math:      

We will begin Ch. 12 two-dimensional geometry and fractions on 5/8.  There are ten lessons in Ch. 12.  We will name, describe, and combine 2-D shapes, identify equal and unequal shares, and identify and show halves and fourths. Ch. 12 vocabulary: circle, hexagon, rectangle, square, triangle, equal parts, fourths, fourth of, quarter of, halves, half of, side, vertex, vertices, corner, corners, unequal parts.   The Ch. 12 test will take place on Wednesday, 5/31.  A study guide will be sent home on 5/24 to use as a review.  If completed, please return to school!  Thanks           

Science: we will learn about patterns in the sky (sun, moon, and stars) starting 9/20.  We will learn about living and nonliving things starting 11/14.  January topics will include animal and plant adaptations, what animals do in winter, habitats, and seasons.  April/May topics will include Earth Day, light and sound.      

Grammar skills: September: we will review proper sentence mechanics (starting each sentence with an uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation).  

 

Writing skills: September: we will review proper letter formation and will write one/two sentence(s) using various sentences starters or prompts.  Focus will be placed on starting each sentence with an uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation. We will use various read alouds to learn how writers work.  October/November: we will work on writing personal narratives.  Focus will be placed on having a beginning, middle, and end to each story, using proper sentence mechanics (uppercase letter to start, finger spacing between words, neatest writing, and punctuation), and adding details to sentences and illustrations.  We will begin Unit 3 fiction on 1/4.. We will learn to write fantasy and realistic fiction stories.  We will begin Unit 4: opinion writing and book review on 3/6.  We will begin Unit 5: nonfiction on 3/29.