Weekly Focus Links
August 3rd
August 6th through August 10th August 13th through August 17th August 20st through August 24th August 27th through August 31st September 4th through September 7th September 10th through September 14th September 17th through September 21st September 24th through September 28th October 1st through October 5th October 8th through October 12th Fall Break October 22nd through October 26th October 29th through November 2nd November 5th through November 9th November 12th through November 16th November 19th through November 20th Thanksgiving Break November 26th through November 30th December 3rd through December 7th December 10th through December 14th December 17th through December December 20th Winter Break - August 8th through 12th - Language arts review, counting/making towers in math August 15th through 19th - Unit 1 Week 1 Language Arts: short a spelling words, plot of a story, writing sentences Math: pictographs, ordering numbers, writing numbers August 22nd through 26th - Unit 1 Week 2 Language Arts: short i words, plot of a story, subject of a sentence, writing sentences Math: Acting out "some, some more" and "some, some went away stories, shapes on a geoboard, sorting August 29th through Sept. 2nd - Unit 1 Week 3 Language Arts: short o words, predicate of a sentence, writing a short poem, plot of a story, compare/contrast Math: Counting pennies, dividing a solid in half, identifying a number that is "between" other numbers Sept. 5th through 9th - Unit 1 Week 4 Language Arts: words with (s), declarative sentences (telling sentences), main idea/details, writing a personal narrative Math: Using wrap-ups for counting, writing addition sentences, ordinal positions, written assessment 3 Sept. 12th through 16th - Unit 1 Week 5 Language Arts: short e words, interrogative sentences (asking sentences), main idea/details, writing a realistic story Math: Addition facts (doubles), identifying a rectangle, patterns, writing number sentences, written assessment 4 Sept. 19th through 23rd - Unit 1 Week 6 Language Arts: short u words, exclamatory sentences (sentences with strong feeling), sequence, writing a composition Math: Addition facts, using a balance, written assessment 5 Sept. 26th through 30th - Unit 2 Week 1 Language Arts: sh/th words, sequence, common nouns, writing a friendly letter Math: fact assessment 1, ordering numbers, counting backwards, covering designs with pattern blocks, writing "some, some went away" number sentences, identifying morning, afternoon, evening, night Oct. 3rd through 7th - Unit 2 Week 2 Language Arts: long a words (a_e), cause and effect, proper nouns, writing a brief composition Math: written assessment 6, adding 1 addition facts, sorting pattern blocks, graphing, using a balance Oct. 10th through 14th - Unit 2 Week 3 Language Arts: long i words (i_e), author's purpose, writing special titles, writing an explanation Math: fact assessment 2, written assessment 7, adding 0 addition facts, covering a design in different ways using pattern blocks, counting by 10's Oct. 24th through 28th - Unit 2 Week 4 Language Arts: long o words (o-e), sequence, contractions, writing a poem Math: subtracting 1, counting dimes, counting by 2's, fact assessment 3 (adding 0 and 1, doubles), written assessment 8 (shapes, writing numbers, addition, story problem) Oct. 31st through Nov. 4th - Unit 2 Week 5 Language Arts: long u words (u-e), adding -ed and -ing, author's purpose, singular and plural nouns, writing a description Math: Telling time to the hour, subtracting 0 and subtracting a number from itself, identifying even numbers to 20, fact assessment 4 (adding and subtracting 1), written assessment 9 (addition and subtraction, problem solving, 1 more) Nov. 7th through 11th - Unit 2 Week 6 Language Arts: long e words (-e, -ee), compare/contrast, nouns, writing an expository paragraph, syllables Math: Identifying and locating numbers on a hundred chart, counting dimes and pennies, creating a design using a line of symmetry, fact assessment 5 (-0, difference of 0) Nov. 14th through 18th - Unit 3 Week 1 Language Arts: Unit 2 Assessment, words ending with -y, sequence, verbs, writing a realistic story Math: Written assessment 10 (adding, subtracting, money, counting by 10's), identifying odd and even numbers, numbering a clock face, adding two to an even number, adding two to an odd number Nov. 21st through 25th - Thanksgiving Themed activities Nov. 28th through Dec. 2nd - Unit 3 Week 2 Language Arts: words with -nk and -ng, compare/contrast, verbs with -s, writing comments about a story Math: comparing and ordering objects by length, writing the numbers 0-10 using words, identifying pairs, fact assessment (adding 1 and 2, subtracting 1) Dec. 5th through 9th - Unit 3 Week 3 Language Arts: words with -es, Math: written assessment 12 (adding and subtracting, time, money, missing numbers), writing money amounts, dividing a square into halves, subtracting 2 Dec. 12th through 16th - Unit 3 Week 4 Language Arts: Math: Tally marks, written assessment 13 (adding/subtracting, patterns, before/after), using a ruler to draw a line segment, sorting common objects December 19th through 20th - Polar Express Theme Day and Breakfast with Santa/Classroom Party |
January 3rd through 4th
Jan. 7th through 11th Jan. 14th through 18th Jan. 21st through 25th Jan. 28th through Feb. 1st Feb. 4th through 8th Feb. 11th through 15th Feb. 18th through 22nd Feb. 25th through March 1st March 4th through 8th March 11th through 15th March 18th through 21st Spring Break April 1st through 5th April 8th through 12th April 15th through 19th April 22nd through 26th April 29th through May 3rd May 8th through 12th May 6th through 10th May 13th through 17th May 20th through 21st January 4th through 6th: Language Arts: Thematic lessons/review skills Math: adding two-digit numbers without regrouping Jan. 9th through 13th - Unit 3 Week 5 Language Arts: er, ir, ur words, writing captions for pictures, fact and opinion, verbs Math: written assessment 14, addition facts (doubles + 1) Jan. 16th through 20th - Unit 3 Week 6 Language Arts: words with -er and -est endings, contractions, writing a play scene, drawing conclusions Math: fact assessment 10, written assessment 15, adding two digit numbers without regrouping, identifying how many more on a graph |