March



=March=

**Math**
REVIEW as needed Measurement Multi-step

**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: Begin Theme 5 Challenges**

CHANGE TO SCHEDULE

First two weeks of March do Science and Social Studies topics(__Annie and the Old One, Arrow to the Sun, Children of the Earth and Sky, Knots on a Counting Rope).__
 * Mar. 21: 5.1 Boom Town(making money)**
 * Spelling (compound words): airplane, daytime, birthday, daylight, hsirdo, notebook, birdhouse, barefoot, headlight, sometime, someone, newspaper, sidewalks, baksetball, stagecoach, states, inches, cities, somebody, handwriting**
 * Grammar: Pronouns**


 * Mar. 29: 5.2 Beatrice's Goat(making a difference)**
 * Spelling (adding -s, -es, -ing): names, named, naming, hpes, hoped, hoping, dances, danced, dancing, drops, dropped, dropping, wraps, wrapped, wrapping, airplane, someone, newspaper, driving, traded**
 * Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns**


 * April 4: A Carousel of Dreams(in motion)**

***KEEP the SPELLING and GRAMMAR for this unit but replace with other reading and do Science and Social Studies**
 * Spelling (Endings, y to i): tries, tried, trying, dries, dried, drying, hurries, hurried, hurrying, studies, studied, studying, plays, played, playing, dances, hoping, wrapping, obeyed, worrying**
 * Grammar: Possessive Nouns**

Writing: Editing & proofreading Writing w/elaboration

**Spelling:**
More with spelling patterns

Science/Social Studies: Finish unit on States of Matter //Begin unit on Rocks and Minerals(Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties. Rocks and minerals have properties that may be identified through observation and testing; these properties determine how earth materials are used.)// Conservation(tie in to Native Americans) Understand the importance of conserving natural resources. Decisions made by individuals can impact the global supply of many resources. We can save our natural resources and conserve our environment.

CHANGE: This unit will be moved to May now. Rocks will switch here. POLYMER POWER in school workshop(related to States of Matter unit)