Learning Goals for April 25th to the 29th!

Math:
Fractions: parts of a whole and parts of a set.
Probability - most likely, least likely, equally likely.
Hundreds place and expanded notation
Greatest to least, least to greatest
Addition and subtraction facts
Word problems
Fact families


Phonograms: ou, oo, ch, ar, ay, ai, oy, oi, er, ir, ur, wor, ear, ng, ea, aw, au, or, ck, wh


Spelling: See your child's homework for this weeks spelling list. 


Language Arts:
The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Typing one treasured memory and creating a book. 
Journals
Author's Purpose: to entertain and to inform. 
Student Showcases of Fluent reading!


Art:
Vincent Van Gogh artist study
Recreate Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night and Sunflowers


We have finished our Core Knowledge Curriculum for this school year. We will be reviewing some of the concepts and skills that we have learned over the past year as the school year comes to an end. 

Learning Goals for April 18th to 22nd!

Math:
Probability- more likely, less likely or equally likely. 
Equal and not equal
Addition and Subtraction facts
Telling time to the 15 minute interval
Counting mixed coins 
One more, one less, ten more, ten less
Double digit addition and subtraction


Phonograms: The first 30 phonograms (the 26 letters in the alphabet and qu, th, ee, sh)


Spelling: Please see your child's homework.


Language arts:
The Princess and the Pea
Jack and the Beanstalk compare and contrast to Kate and the Beanstalk
Pinocchio
Begin the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Continue to write and revise one of our childhood memories. 


Science:
Earth Day! What does it mean to conserve energy? How can we conserve electricity, water, gasoline, etc? 
Review why we should keep the earth clean and how we can do our part.
Matter, What is matter? How can we sort all things around us? What is a solid, liquid and a gas?

Learning Goals for April 11th to the 15th!

Math:
Review Week!
Number patterns... what number comes next?
Least to greatest and greatest to least
Greater than and less than
Fact Families
Word Problems
Telling time 
Probability


Phonograms: ew, ough, dge, igh, eigh, ph, gu, ed, ck


Spelling: See your child's homework


Language Arts:
Phrases: Let the cat out of the bag and hit the nail on the head. 
We will be learning other idioms as well. 


Social Studies:
American West...
Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, and Mississippi River
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road
The Louisiana Purchase
Exploration of Lewis and Clark


Science:
Review plants... Dissect a seed and plant grass seeds. 
Create a bean seed creation!


Ballet:
What is a ballet? 
Review story of Peter and the Wolf