Unit 1 - Numbers Within 10

Addition and Subtraction

Reading - 9/25 Starts Week 4

UNIT 1 THEME: My Neighborhood

• Essential Question: What is a neighborhood?

• Reading Workshop: Know about different types of fiction and understand their elements.

• Phonics: Reviewing alphabet sounds
• High Frequency Words: Week 1) a, I, is, his, see; Week 2) we, like, the, one, do; Week 3) look, you, was, by, are; Week 4) have, they, that two, up; Week 5) he, as, to, with, three; Week 6) where, here, for, me, go

Science

Topic 1 - Sound

What happens when objects vibrate?

Social Studies

Topic 1 - Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

Big Question: Who is responsible for making and enforcing rules?

Arts

In beginner music, we are meeting the low middle C bell and learning about long and short notes. In art, we are working on line.

Unit 1 - Numbers Within 20

Addition, Subtraction, and Data

Reading - 9/25 Starts Week 4

Finishing - UNIT 1 THEME: You are Here

• Essential Question: How do different places affect us?
• Reading Workshop: Read realistic fiction and understand its elements.
• Phonics: Long and Short Vowels; Consonant Blends; Digraphs and Trigraphs: ch, sh, wh, th, ph, tch; Endings: -s, -es, -ed, -ing; r-controlled vowels: ar, or, ore, oar
• High Frequency Words: Week 1) which, each, than; Week 2) called, long, most; Week 3) more, things, sound; Week 4) great, before, means; Week 5) follow, form, show; Week 6) also, large, small

Science

Finishing - Topic 1 - Properties of Matter

Essential Question: How can different materials be used?

Social Studies

Topic 1 - Families Today and in the Past

Big Question: How does life change throughout history?

Arts

In intermediate music, we are reviewing the C Major scale, hand signs, and simple songs that we learned last year as we transition from bells to xylophones. In art, we are working on line.

Unit 1: Three-Digit Numbers

Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction

Reading - 9/25 Starts Week 4

Finishing - UNIT 1 THEME: Environments

• Essential Question: How does our environment affect us?
• Reading Workshop: Know about different types of traditional tales and understand their elements.
• Trade Book - Starts in Unit 2
• Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: competition, solve, custom, occasion, organization
• Words of the Week: Week 1) fierce, baring, flexing, crouching, swipe; Week 2) preparations, magnificent, brooded, rejoicing, satisfied; Week 3) dreams, amazing, bored, discovery, proud; Week 4) shield, lack, exposure, nomadic, landscape; Week 5) pouch, globe, murmuring, mountainside, footpath
• Word Study: Week 1)Words with VC/CV; Week 2) Inflected Endings; Week 3) Base Words with added endings, Week 4) Vowel Digraphs ee, ea, ai, ay, ow, oa; Week 5) Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy
• Week 6 Project: Write a letter about park safety.

Science

Topic 1 - Motion and Forces

Essential Question: How do forces on an object affect its motion?

Social Studies

Topic 1 - Our Environment

Essential Question: How do people interact with our planet?

Arts

In intermediate music, we are reviewing the C Major scale, hand signs, and simple songs that we learned last year as we transition from bells to xylophones. In art, we are working on line.

Unit 1 - Expressions and Equations

Area, Algebraic Expressions, and Exponents

Reading

UNIT 1 THEME: Childhood

Essential Question: What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?

Trade Book: Bud, Not Buddy - Due Oct. 26 - Updated date due to schedule change.

Writing: Nonfiction Narrative - When did a challenge lead to a triumph?

Science - Middle School Course 1

Topic 1 - Introduction to Matter

Essential Question: How can we observe, measure, and use matter?

Social Studies - Middle School American History

Topic 10: Industrial and Economic Growth (1865-1914)

Essential Question: How did America's economy, industries, and population grow after the Civil War?

Topic 12: Imperialism and World War I (1853-1919)

Essential Question: What is America's Role in the World?

Arts

In music, we have started working through our lesson book. We are working on playing notes in tune with the tuner. In art, we are learning about different types of lines and how those lines make our drawings more realistic..