Week of Feb. 8th -11th

Literacy:

A reminder that Friday, Feb. 12 is a Holiday!

Read Aloud

• Zathura, by Chris van Alsburg, focus on identifying the main idea and author's purpose
• Slinky, Scaly, Slithery Snakes, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, focus using picture clues and authors's purpose

Shared Reading

• Excerpts from Zathura, focus on identifying the main idea
• Ant Notes- Interactie Editing

Interactive Writing

• We will write abbreviations for days, months, and titles
• We will also write a summary for the book we read last week, Pinduli

Independent Writing

• Students will write sentences using the abbreviations we write during Interactive Writing
• Students will write a summary using the adjectives and nouns we wrote during Interactive Writing last week.

Students will also participate in Writing Cycles, Centers, and Independent Reading

MATH:
Last week we started our new unit in Geometry. We discussed Solid figures and their characteristics. Today we looked a polygons (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon). Tomorrow we will be discussing the different types of triangles (equilateral, isosceles, and scalene). Wednesday we will review these lessons and then Thursday will be a quiz on solid figures, polygons, and triangles.

Thursday Timed Test: this week's timed test will include all multiplication tables from 0-12. Students will have 2 minutes to answer 30 questions from a variety of tables.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we are starting a new unit in Social Studies. We will be talking again about the land of the United States, although this time we will be discussing the Southwest. We will begin Tuesday by looking at physical maps of the United States. We will then focus on the Southwestern regions, including Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. We will focus mostly on the desert qualities of these areas, and will be discussing resources and landforms in the deserts. This week we will be looking solely at the landforms and the physical maps.