October Instructional Focus
PreK
October Goals:
Math: Sorting and Grouping
Literacy: Concept of spoken word.
Kindergarten
Literacy: Retell/Reenact/Sequence major events from a read-aloud & Isolate/Pronounce the initial sound of words.
Math: Continue practicing number sense, counting to 100 by 1's and 10's & identify attributes of two-dimensional shapes.
Science: Compare the strengths or different directions of Pushes & Pulls.
1st Grade
Math: Students will identify the values of coins and count by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100.
Reading: Students will identify the characters, setting, and sequence events being read aloud in a story.
Science: Students will be exploring sound waves.
Social Studies: Students will study and identify the seven continents and five oceans.
2nd Grade
Math: Finishing our place value unit (ones, tens, hundreds), comparing/ordering 3-digit numbers, determining 10 more/10 less in 3-digit numbers.
Reading: We are working on sequencing events, analyzing nonfiction and locating facts. Common and proper nouns, strong verbs, and shades of meaning will be the focus of grammar this month.
Science: OERB
3rd Grade
Math: Adding/Subtracting with regrouping, estimating, word problems, associative and commutative property.
Reading: We will be working on summarizing and synthesizing, characterization, setting and plot
4th Grade
Math: We will be working on multiplication of 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. This will help us progress into 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. Please have your students work on math facts at home on MobyMax, mutiplication.com, or any flashcard apps you may have. Students have set goals to achieve with Math facts.
Reading: Readers are continuing work on story elements (characters, setting, plot, conflict resolution, theme). Reading Log is due each Friday. Readers may get on MobyMax at home for extra practice, Please do NOT have them do Reading Level Assessments. Those will need to be done here at school and assigned by the teacher. Readers have set reading goals.
Science: We are studying the internal and external structures of plants and animals needed for growth, survival and reproduction.
Social Studies/Grammar: Continuing to work on landforms (valley, canyons, forests, deserts, volcanoes, wetlands, plains, peninsulas). Continuing to work on complete sentences, synonyms, and antonyms. Be sure to be checking student's agenda for test dates.
5th Grade
Writing: We will continue to work on using reference materials and parts of speech.
Reading: We will be working on identifying nonfiction text features, text structures, author's point of view, main idea and supporting details.
Math: We are working on multiplying one digit by one digit, two digit by two digit and multiplying greater numbers. We will use math books, MobyMax, USA Test Prep and a variety of different resources to teach.
Science: We are continuing working on Matter and Energy in Ecosystems. We will be Crosscutting Concepts (Patterns, Cause and Effect, Energy and Matter, Systems and System Models) while using Science and Engineering Practices. (Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Developing and Using Models, Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions).
Social Studies: We will be finishing our learning about the colony of Plymouth. We will then begin to compare and contrast the development of the New England Middle and Southern colonies.
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