LESSON PLANS FOR DECEMBER 2009

Lessons for Week of December 1st! 

Reading:  Big Bushy Mustache by Gary Soto

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Comprehension:  Problem Solving 

Phonics:  Vowel Pairs ow, ou; Suffixes -ly, -ful 

Vocabulary:  Key Vocabulary; High-Frequency Words; Using Context 

Grammar:  One and More Than One (Singular and Plural)

Writing:  Santa's New Suit

Spelling Dictation Tests:  Pre-tests on Mondays and final post-tests on Fridays!

Spelling Words:   found, sour, mouse, house, brown, clown, town, frown, cow, how, could, should

                            CHALLENGE:  towel         around 

MATH: Please carefully read through the family letter sent home on Tuesday, November 24th.

UNIT 5 3-D and 2-D Shapes

Unit 5 from our Everyday Math curriculum details explorations of rules, sharing, time, polygons, arrays, and attributes.  Unit 5 also covers points, line segments, parallel line segments, quadrangles, 3-dimensional shapes, pyramids, and line symmetry.

Social Studies:  We will be studying history and the significance of U.S. holidays and celebrations.  Native Americans and the First Thanksgiving will be at the core of our studies.