5-22-15
Happy Red Nose Day!
One Day Without Shoes!
Thursday, May 28th from 6:30-8:30
Field Trip is on Tuesday, June 2nd. Let's try to have all money and permission slips in early next week.
Math
Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes
Topic A
Attributes of Geometric Shapes
We continue with our unit on surprises as
we read two new selections this week. Two
of Everything is a folktale from China. A
farmer finds an unusual brass pot that doubles
everything put inside it. But is that always a
good thing? In the traditional tale of Stone
Soup, we’ll read about a clever man who figures
out how to make soup from a stone. With both
stories, we’ll explore the question “What clues
help you understand a story character?”
Target Vocabulary: contained, grateful,
startled, odd, search, leaned, tossed,
village
Phonics Skills: Reading longer words;
vowel diphthongs oi (boil), oy (toy)
Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms
Comprehension Skill: Understanding
characters—tell more about characters
Comprehension Strategy: Summarize—
stop to tell important events as you read
