Week of January 19, 2015

Here's what we are learning for the week:

Math:

I can apply fact strategies to add and subtract within 20.

I can explain strategies used to solve addition and subtraction problems up to 20 using words, objects, pictorial models, and number sentences.

I can generate and solve problem situations when given a number sentence involving addition and subtraction of numbers within 20.

I can represent word problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers

Reading / Social Studies:

I can identify the contributions made by Martin Luther King Jr.

I can explain why Martin Luther King is an important person to remember in our country.

I can review map skills.

I can name and point to the cardinal directions as labeled in the classroom.

Writing:

I can create a procedural writing piece.

I can understand the purpose for procedural writing.

I can review nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Spelling:  Review Week

I can spell words with the rime pattern -ing & -ay.

Spelling Words:

1.    thing

2.   bring

3.   ring

4.   say

5.   stay

6.   day

7.   for

8.   that

9.   their

10.                as

Challenge Words

1.    spring

2.   daytime

When your child practices writing their spelling words at home, please make sure they are using capital letters correctly.  The only word that needs a capital letter is the word I.  All others should be written with lowercase letters without a capital letter added where it doesn't belong.

Science:

• I can investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats.
• I can describe how organisms resemble their parents.
• I can identify and describes the processes that help organisms survive within their environments.