December

December

=Math=
 * Continue Time(hour, 1/2, 1/4, elapsed)

Money(pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, dollars, compare values of sets of coins, write values using decimal notation) Measurement(determine correct unit of measurement, use inches, cm) (length, area, weight, temperature, volume, capacity, perimeter, volume)

=Reading:= //Before Reading: Choose the appropriate text for a specific purpose. Articulate what is known about the text topic based on the title, author, pictures, illustrations, prior knowledge. Make relevant predictions about waht will probably happen in a story(fiction) or what will be learned(nonfiction)based on title, cover, chapter headings, illustrations, etc.

During Reading: Make predictions and connections. Ask and answer questions. Describe the mental imagery that occurs while reading. Identify specific words or phrases that cause comprehension difficulties and self monitor. Explain first-, second-, and third-person point of view. Interpret graphical information(charts, tables, diagrams). Make inferences based on explicit information in the text; provide justification for those inferences.

After Reading: Describe characters' physical and personality traits. Develop a new title that best fits the text. Describe he conflict faced by a character in the story. State the main idea with supporting details in informational text. State the theme in literary text.

Developing an Interpretation: Explain similarities and differences in a story. Draw conclusions based on implicit or explicit evidence from text. Decide an author's purpose for including particular information in text. Interpret meaning based on charts, graphs, maps, illustrations, photos in text. Identify and explain text structures, e.g., sequence, main idea/details, compare/contrast, cause and effect//

=**__Treasures: Theme 3 Finish: Discoveries__**= __Dec. 7: Saving Sand Dunes(ecosystems in balance)__ Spelling(/ur/): turns, first, herds, learn, purr, third, earn, nurse, perch, girls, firm, word, world, serve, worth, bare, bear, stairs, *perfect, *Thursday Grammar: past-tense verbs

__Dec. 14: The Jones FAmily Express(making journeys)__ Spelling(/u/, /u/, /u/): loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, tube, shook, blue, cubes, gose, mules, gloom, true, shoe, stew, firm, turns, learn, *classroom, *childhood Grammar: future tense verbs

__Dec. 21: What Do Illustrators Do?(art of illustrating)__ Spelling(oi): coy, soil, foil, toil, coins, point, noise loyal, boiled, spoiled, enjoys, voice, choice, soybean, joyful, spoon, rude, shook, *noisy, *checkpoint Grammar: sentence combining with verbs

Prairie Animals
 * Test after vacation or skip Jones family week???**

=Writing=
 * Putting the pieces together

Creating a character and working through a sequence for a story(Snowman) Editing and Proofreading(topic, sequence/sentence insertion...) Write comparing Native Americans/colonists based on Gail White(see below) Apostrophes: possession, possessive nouns

=**Spelling:**= suffixes and prefixes: able, tion, ment, ex, re, un, pre, ed

=Science/Social Studies= Science: Describing Mystery Object, thinking/questioning Geographic regions: Prairies Native Americans: Cheyenne(The Cheyenne depended on the buffalo for food, shelter, clothing)

=Fieldtrips/Speakers:=

GAIL White (Native Americans and colonists) on December _