April 4 - 8

M - Media
T - P.E.
W - Music
Th - Art
F - Media/P.E

Math -
Students will:
11-5 - Complete comparison statements based on information in a bar graph.
11-6 - Solve problems involving finding a fraction of a number.
11-7 - Read a circle graph and find fractions of numbers to solve problems.
11-8 - Understand the meaning of probability, how to determine the probability of an event, and predict future events.

Reading - Genre Study - Tall Tales
Students will:
* Understand the features of a tall tale.
* Read and analyze a tall tale.
* Compare and contrast two tall tales.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Understand that the same sound can be spelled in different ways
• Understand that the letter c stands for the hard sound /k/ and the soft sound /s/
• Read and write words with soft c
• Articulate rules for when c stands for the soft sound and when it stands for the hard sound

Social Studies - The class will continue their unit on economics and will focus on supply and demand.

March 21 - 25

M - Music
T - Art  *Return books
W - P.E./Media
Th - Music/Art
F - No School

Math -
Students will:
11.1 - Use fractions to describe parts of regions.  Use fraction strips to explore unit fractions.
11.2 - Represent fractions in a variety of ways.  Use fractions to represent parts of a set.
11.3 - Write three equations to represent dividing a set into equal parts.  Solve word problems involving finding a unit fraction of a set.
11.4 - Make "as many as" comparison statements, and represent them with multiplication equations.

Word Study -
Students will:
• Understand that words with final vowels -y, -ey, or -ie usually have a long e sound
• Understand that words with final vowel -y in accented syllables usually have a long i sound
• Recognize the final -y (/e - /), -ey, -ie, and -y (/ı - /) in words of two or more syllables
• Write -y pattern words and indicate final pattern

Reading - Unit 8, Week 1 - Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast
Students will:
* Identify comparisons and contrasts in a picture and text.
* Identify and use the signal language for comparing and contrasting.
* Determine important information in a picture and text.

Writing - Procedural Texts
Students will:
* Establish themselves as procedural writing mentors by sharing something they made or did that followed a sequential order.
* Model how writers think about the steps they go through in the writing process.

Social Studies - We didn't get as far as I expected last week, so we will be beginning our economics unit this week.

March 14 - 18

M - Art  *Return library books
T - P.E./Media
W - Art/Music
Th - Media
F - P.E.

Math -
Students will:
E.5 - Relate the area model of multiplication to numeric methods of multiplication.  Practice one-digit by two-digit multiplication.
E.6 - Compare and analyze methods of multiplication
E.7 - Draw area models to represent the product of a one-digit number and a three-digit number.
E.8 - Practice one-digit by three-digit multiplication.
E.9 - Understand real-world division situations.

Reading - Unit 7 - Week 3, Readers Theater: Rough - Faced Girl 
Students will:
* Read short word groups and sentences as complete sentences.
* Demonstrate understanding of the text through purposeful phrasing.
* Use effective phrasing to make their reading sound like talking.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Understand that words with final vowels -y, -ey, or -ie usually have a long e sound
• Understand that words with final vowel -y in accented syllables usually have a long i sound
• Recognize the final -y (/e - /), -ey, -ie, and -y (/ı - /) in words of two or more syllables
• Write -y pattern words and indicate final pattern

Social Studies - The students will be finishing up our Structures of Life science unit early in the week and then we will get to our next social studies unit - How Does Our Economy Work?  The class will learn about markets and how supply and demand work together to affect the prices of goods and services.

March 7 - 11

M - P.E./Media
T - Art/Music
W - Media
Th - P.E.
F - Music

Math - Extension Lessons - Our math curriculum has some really good lessons that are meant for the end of the year, but we are going to fit them in early and will then get to Unit 11 (Fractions) in a couple of weeks.
Students will:
E.1 - Compare and order numbers up to 10,000.  Add, subtract, and compare with large numbers.
E.2 - Model a product of ones, ones and tens, and tens.
E.3 - Understand patterns of multiplication with ones, tens and hundreds.
E.4 - Represent one-digit by two-digit multiplication using area models.

Reading - Unit 7, Week 2 - Genre Study - Fairy Tales
Students will:
* Learn the features of fairy tales
* Read and analyze a fairy tale
* Compare and contrast two fairy tales using a graphic organizer

Word Study -
Students will:
* Recognize unaccented final syllables with -er, -ar, -or
• Hear the schwa / r/ sound and recognize that -er, -ar, and -or make the / r/ sound
• Write words with -er, -ar, -or

Science - The class will finish up learning about hydroponics and will continue our Structures of Life unit by researching an animal.