November

Literacy
Theme 4: Family and Friends  Nov. 5th-30th
Phonics:
-Clusters with l; short 0
-short e, consonant clusters with s; silent letters in kn, wr, gn
-short u; triple clusters

Grammar

-Is it a sentence?
-Telling Sentences. (Uses a period or exclamation mark)
-Asking Sentences. (Uses a question mark.

Comprehension/Reading Strategies:
-Drawing Conclusions
-Compare and Contrast
-Sequence of Events

Sight Words: come, family, love, people, your, friend, know, play read, she, write, down, their, would, hear, walk, up
Word Families: -ock, -op, -ell, -est, -um, -ump
Vocabulary Words: today, walk, change, stretch, separate, telling sentence, code, secret, swell, still, path, rise

Spelling Words:
-List 4: Test Nov. 9th on, not, got, box, hat, top CHALLENGE-rock, drop, shop, slot, lock, frog, they
-List 5: Test Nov.16th  get, ten, red, pet, men, yes CHALLENGE-when, then, step, next, well, rest, are
-List 6: Test Nov.30th  up, fun, us, cut, but, run CHALLENGE-truck, drum, must, duck, jump, plus, was

Writing

-Write focused “small moment” personal narratives.
-How to edit and revise our stories to make them readable.

Math
Complete Unit 3 by Nov. 12th

Unit 4: Basic Ten-Structured Concepts
Big Idea 1: Tens and Teens
Big Idea 2: Place Value to 100
Big Idea 3: Addition Strategies

Unit Studies
Science:
Magnets
Health and Character Education: Being Drug Free
Social Studies: My Neighborhood