Learning Goals for October 18th to 22nd!

Math
Identify and name shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, square, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid and hexagon)
Odd and even numbers
Identify one more, one less than a number
Counting like coins and mixed dimes and pennies
Drawing a picture to solve a word problem


Language Arts
Aesop Fables... What is a fable? What is a moral? 
     The Boy Who Cried Wolf
     The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
     The Dog in the Manger
     The Maid and the Milk Pail
     The Goose and the Golden Egg
Making inferences... We make inferences when we use facial expression, body language and words to help us understand how someone is feeling or what someone is thinking.


Phrase: "A wolf in sheep's clothing."


Spalding:
Phonograms we are focusing on this week and will be tested: a, e, i, o, u, c, g, s, y, k, th, ay, ai, ch, sh, f, z, ar, ee, oo, qu, g, oy, oi, ow, ear, wor, or, er, ur
 

New phonograms to be introduced: aw, au, ck, wh, ed, ew, ui, oa, gu, ph. 

Spelling dictation: Will not be tested this week! 

me, do, and, go, at, on, a, it, is, she, can, see, run, the, in, so, no, now, man, ten, tan, tin, ton, bed, top, he, you, will, we, an. 

Journaling:
   What is a noun? (person, place or thing)
   What is a verb or action word? (Action word)
   What is a adjective? (Describing word)


Science:
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores? 
What is a food chain? 
Predators and Prey
Life cycle of a plant
Review of all habitats


Field Trip to the Hogle Zoo on Friday! Please make sure you are prompt in arriving to school that day. We will be leaving the school at approximately at 8:45.