October


 * October**

=Math:= Ordering, RoundingInearest 10, 100) Estimating, Magnetude Continue with Addition facts Begin unit on telling time: digital, analog, AM, PM, calendars, clocks to plan sequence of events Story Problems, number sentences

=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 2: Investigations__**=

__Oct. 11: The Strongest One(putting on performances)__ Spelling(long e): heel, seal, weak, week, bean, creek, speaks, team, free, green, clean, cream, street, freeze, field, right, pie, child, *sixteen, *peanut Grammar: common and proper nouns

__Oct. 18: Wolf(wolves)__ Spelling(ch, tch): chick, much, pitch, teacher, chum, lunch, ditch, cheek, hatch, cheese, bench, chunk, stretch, watching, crunching, weak, green, seal, *catcher, *sandwich Grammar: singular and plural nouns

Don't do the text selections for the next two stories, do work on skills as needed What's in the Story of the Future?(past, present, future) Spelling(th,wh, sh): thick, this, truth, whales, shock, fish, what, sixth, them, washing, wheel, pathway, month, dishpan, weather, lunch, chick, pitch, *shadow, *thicken Grammar: irregular plural nouns

The Planets of Our Solar System(out in space) Spelling(thr, spr, scr, str): thread, scrubs, spree, screams, stream, scratch, spread, throne, three, screens, spray, throw, strong, scraped, strength, thick, washing, whales, *streamer, *scribble Grammar: possessive nouns

__Oct. 25: Author(being a writer)__ Spelling(wr, kn, gn): wrap, knit, gnat, wrists, knots, wrote, knight, sign, knock, wreck, know, wring, gnaws, write, wrong, throw, spray, scratch, *wristwatch, *knapsack Grammar: combining sentences with nouns

__Nov. 1: Science/Social Studies, finish skills as needed__ __Nove. 8: Test Week__

Animal Adaptations(ocean life: //Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs. Plants and animals have structures and behaviors that help them survive in different environments//.)*

Prepare for CMT(DRP, Answering Questions)

=Writing=
 * Prompts(show them examples of the different scored prompts, write a good story together as a whole calss)

, Elaboration, Good beginnings, Extended Endings Editing and Proofreading(mechanics and topic sentence, sentence insertion...) Paint a picture with words Write complete sentences Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives

Writing process: plan, draft, revise, edit, publish/present, reflect
 * __Mini-Research Report__**: Ocean animals. Use one resource to complete a graphic organizer to answer specific facts about an ocean animal.

**Spelling:**
Open and closed vowels Silent e Plurals: s, es, y to ies

=Science/Social Studies=
 * Geographic Regions(oceans con't)

Animal Adaptations (*see above) Erosion Experiment: making sand Begin: Eastern Woodsland Tribes(The importance of woodlands to humans, animals, and land shows how living things depend on one another.)

Fieldtrip:
Oct. ????: In class presentation by Mystic Aquarium, Native Americans and the Sea