Dear Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of love, laughter, and of course yummy food! It seems like the holiday was a hit and run in my opinion!
This week, due to the snow day on Friday, we will have the same spelling words of antonyms and synonyms. Yay! We will be working on a personal narrative this week and then assessing the skills taught in this unit. Your kids are doing a great job!
We will also review our Myths on Monday and test on Tuesday. Remember that all the skills tested are included in this blog. Let me know if you should ever have a question.
Three weeks until Winter Break, so let’s finish 2019 as stronger readers, mathematicians, thinkers, and very kind kids! Thank you for all you do to support us at school!
Mrs. P. 🙂
Star of the Week: Aila 🙂
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- 12/4~Flamenco/Panamanian Performance (8:30-9:30)
- 12/11~Mobile Smiles (8-12)
- 12/20~End of 2nd Quarter
- 12/20~Holiday Party (12:30-1:30)
- 12/23-1/8~Winter Break: ENJOY!
1:45-2:45: Specials: Mon. (1:50-2:40-rotates A-D)
Monday: (D) Music/Spanish
Tuesday: (A) Art
Wednesday: (B) Spanish/Music
Thursday: (C) P.E.
Friday: (D) Music/Spanish
LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA)
Sounds for reading/writing:
• ‘a_e’ > /ae/ (cake)
• ‘ee’ > /ee/ (bee)
• ‘i_e’ > /ie/ (bite)
• ‘o_e’ > /oe/ (home)
• ‘u_e’ > /ue/ (cute)
• ‘e_e’ > /ee/ (Pete)
• ‘ea’ > /ee/ (beach)
• ‘oo’ > /oo/ (soon)
• ‘oo’ > /oo/ (look)
• ‘ou’ > /ou/ (shout)
• ‘ow’ > /ou/ (now)
• ‘oi’ > /oi/ (oil)
• ‘oy’ > /oi/ (toy)
• ‘er’ > /er/ (her)
• ‘or’ > /or/ (for)
• ‘ar’ > /ar/ (car)
The sounds and spellings taught in this unit are: Unit 3
- /ae/ spelled ‘a_e’ (cake), ‘a’ (paper), ‘ai’ (wait), ‘ay’ (day)
- /oe/ spelled ‘o_e’ (home), ‘o’ (open), ‘oa’ (boat), ‘oe’ (toe)
- /ie/ spelled ‘i_e’ (bite), ‘i’ (biting), ‘ie’ (tie)
- /ue/ spelled ‘ue’ (cue), ‘u_e’ (cute), ‘u’ (unit)
- /aw/ spelled ‘aw’ (paw), ‘au’ (Paul), ‘augh’ (caught)
SPELLING:
Introduced on Monday/Test every Friday! 🙂
Focus: Student will have to spell the antonym or synonym for the given words: Boldface is the spelling word-second word is the antonym or synonym. Try to learn all 20!
Antonyms: Opposite meaning
- under/over
- noise/silence
- open/close
- brave/scared
- cute/ugly
‘S’ynonyms: ‘S’ame meaning (both begin with ‘S‘)
- minus/subtract
- last/final
- foe/rival
- robber/bandit
- road/street
MATH:
Basic Fact Practice
Chapter 4: Bar Modeling to solve story problems
Addition with and w/o regrouping Practice
Subtraction with and w/o regrouping Practice
Word Problems regrouping in ones, tens, and hundreds place
SCIENCE:
Embedded in CKLA: COMING SOON!
SOCIAL STUDIES: The War of 1812
blockaded represent seize trade
Lesson 2
abandon committee patience suspicious treaty
Lesson 3
citizen govern looming magnificent topics
Lesson 4
assumptions economy launch surrender vulnerable
Lesson 5
canvas delicate perched quench
Lesson 6
confident fort inspired port withdrew
Lesson 7
astonished retreated strategically truce
Lesson 8
ancestors dejected jubilant navigator patriots
Core Content Objectives Addressed in This Domain
Students will:
Explain that America fought Great Britain for independence
Explain that the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
Explain that Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French
Explain that Great Britain became involved in a series of wars against France
Explain that due to a shortage of sailors, Britain began to impress, or capture, American sailors
Explain that some members of the U.S. government began to call for war
Identify that the British controlled land in the northern Great Lakes region, the northwestern territories, and Canada
Explain that James Madison was the president during the War of 1812
Identify James Madison, a Founding Father, as the main author of the Constitution
Identify Dolley Payne Todd as James Madison’s wife 9Identify James Madison as the fourth president of the United States
Explain that in 1812 the United States had a small army and a small navy
Explain that President Madison persuaded farmers to become soldiers
Explain that the USS Constitution became known as “Old Ironsides” because British cannonballs could not damage it
Explain how the President’s House was a house especially built for the president and his family; today it is called the White House
Explain that in 1814 the British attacked the capital, Washington, D.C.
Explain that Dolley Madison had to escape from the President’s House
Explain that Dolley Madison saved important papers, letters, and a portrait of George Washington
Explain that the British Army set fire to the President’s House
Describe how the British attacked the city of Baltimore and Fort McHenry
Explain that the U.S. commander of Fort McHenry asked for a large flag to be made to fly over Fort McHenry
Explain that the British failed to capture Baltimore and Fort McHenry
Explain how Francis Scott Key watched the battle of Fort McHenry and wrote a poem that later became the national anthem
Demonstrate familiarity with the song, “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Explain that General Andrew Jackson’s army was made up of militiamen, soldiers, farmers, Native Americans, African Americans, and pirates
Explain that the Battle of New Orleans actually took place two weeks after the War of 1812 was over
Describe how the War of 1812 was considered a second war for independence