September - December
Language
Reading- Fix Up Strategies (Strategies to use to help students read and understand unfamiliar words), Nonfiction Reading (Biography focus), Making Connections, Visualization
Writing - Variety of Topics - Written Responses and Reflections, Autobiographical Poem, Friendly Letter, Paragraph Writing, Nonfiction Writing Responses and Reflections, Descriptive Writing (essay focus)
Writing Tools - Proper vs Common Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Construction (complete, fragment, run-on, compound sentences), Adjectives, Verbs, Transitional Devices, Word Choice
Math
Representing Whole and Decimal Numbers, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management, Problem Solving - Communication, Estimation, Calculation - with Focus on Addition and Subtraction, Review Multiplication Facts (up to 12 x tables), Mental Multiplication and Division with Multiples of 10, Relating Fractions, Ratio, Percent, Decimals
Religion - liturgical season: Ordinary Time to Advent to Christmas. First few units of Fully Alive.
-Often intertwined with our Language studies.
Language
Reading- Fix Up Strategies (Strategies to use to help students read and understand unfamiliar words), Nonfiction Reading (Biography focus), Making Connections, Visualization
Writing - Variety of Topics - Written Responses and Reflections, Autobiographical Poem, Friendly Letter, Paragraph Writing, Nonfiction Writing Responses and Reflections, Descriptive Writing (essay focus)
Writing Tools - Proper vs Common Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Construction (complete, fragment, run-on, compound sentences), Adjectives, Verbs, Transitional Devices, Word Choice
Math
Representing Whole and Decimal Numbers, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management, Problem Solving - Communication, Estimation, Calculation - with Focus on Addition and Subtraction, Review Multiplication Facts (up to 12 x tables), Mental Multiplication and Division with Multiples of 10, Relating Fractions, Ratio, Percent, Decimals
Religion - liturgical season: Ordinary Time to Advent to Christmas. First few units of Fully Alive.
-Often intertwined with our Language studies.