2-23-15

2-23-15

Language Arts: This week we explored the question “What words show the order of events in a story?” As we read the realistic fiction selection Luke Goes to Bat, we found out about a boy who learns an important lesson with the help of his grandmother and the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. In the informational text, Jackie Robinson, we learned more about this special American hero.

this week’s… Target Vocabulary: practice, hurried, position, roared, extra, curb, cheered, final

Phonics Skills: Words with long i (igh ie, y) such as sigh, tie, by

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Comprehension Skill: Sequence of events—tell the order in which things happen

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize— picture what is happening as you read

Writing:  We will spend the next few weeks focusing on writing informative paragraphs.  The children will learn to pull important information from a reading selection and write a paragraph with a topic sentence, three facts and a closing sentence.

Lesson 31

Objective: Solve two-step word problems within 100.

Module 4 Assessment

We spent 2 days finishing up the Module 4 Assessment.