October
Math - This month in math students will use manipulatives, counting on, making a ten, and number lines to add and subtract fluently within 20. They will be able to use various strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Students will also understand the equal sign to determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true.
Reading - In the month of October, we will be reading both fiction and nonfiction texts . We will be asking and answering questions about details from the story to have a better understanding of the main idea. We will also be practicing different strategies that will help us tackle tricky words. We will learn how to use the key words as well as illustrations to learn more about the text.
Foundational Skills: During this month, students will continue to use capital letters and ending punctuation when writing complete sentences. Students will also decode one syllable words by tapping out their individual sounds. They will apply their knowledge of letter sound relationships to spell words correctly.
LetterLand - This month students will be learn about short vowel word families. They will finger sound words for reading and spelling using onsets and rhymes, e.g. h-en, f-un, h-at. In Unit 5, students will focus on rhyme patterns -en, -et, and -ell. They will learn why the two l’s go together at the end of short words (e.g. tell). Unit 6 is another rhyme pattern, -un, -ut, and –ug with short u words. Unit 7 focuses on all the short vowel sounds, as well as the digraphs ch and qu. Unit 8 will focus on the long vowel sounds of e, i, o and y (sounding like i). We learn why the letter y can sound like other letters.
Writing -In the month of October, students will continue working on “Small Moment” stories. A “Small Moment” is a short narrative about something that happened to you at one point in time. For example: I can write about going down the slide at the park instead of writing about my whole trip to the park.
Science - Students will recognize the features and patterns of the Earth, Moon, Sun as observed from Earth. They will recognize the differences in the features of day and night and apparent movement of objects in the sky. Students will also recognize observable changes in the Moon’s appearance from day to day.
Math - This month in math students will use manipulatives, counting on, making a ten, and number lines to add and subtract fluently within 20. They will be able to use various strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Students will also understand the equal sign to determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true.
Reading - In the month of October, we will be reading both fiction and nonfiction texts . We will be asking and answering questions about details from the story to have a better understanding of the main idea. We will also be practicing different strategies that will help us tackle tricky words. We will learn how to use the key words as well as illustrations to learn more about the text.
Foundational Skills: During this month, students will continue to use capital letters and ending punctuation when writing complete sentences. Students will also decode one syllable words by tapping out their individual sounds. They will apply their knowledge of letter sound relationships to spell words correctly.
LetterLand - This month students will be learn about short vowel word families. They will finger sound words for reading and spelling using onsets and rhymes, e.g. h-en, f-un, h-at. In Unit 5, students will focus on rhyme patterns -en, -et, and -ell. They will learn why the two l’s go together at the end of short words (e.g. tell). Unit 6 is another rhyme pattern, -un, -ut, and –ug with short u words. Unit 7 focuses on all the short vowel sounds, as well as the digraphs ch and qu. Unit 8 will focus on the long vowel sounds of e, i, o and y (sounding like i). We learn why the letter y can sound like other letters.
Writing -In the month of October, students will continue working on “Small Moment” stories. A “Small Moment” is a short narrative about something that happened to you at one point in time. For example: I can write about going down the slide at the park instead of writing about my whole trip to the park.
Science - Students will recognize the features and patterns of the Earth, Moon, Sun as observed from Earth. They will recognize the differences in the features of day and night and apparent movement of objects in the sky. Students will also recognize observable changes in the Moon’s appearance from day to day.