Academics Peek at Our Week (April 7th-11th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 25
Weekly Story: The New Friend (Realistic Fiction)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): buy, city, family, party, please, school, seven, & myself
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Summarize
Phonics:  vowel dipthongs (spelling patterns) ou, ow, oi, oy, au, & aw
Spelling List: how, now, owl, ouch, house, found, out, gown, town, buy, family, party, please, school, & seven
Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms (with an introduction to the thesaurus)
Grammar: Contractions

Math
Lesson 9-7: Counting Sets of Coins

Lesson 9-8: Half-Dollar and Dollar

Lesson 9-9: Problem-Solving Strategy: Try, Check, and Revise

Lesson 9-10: Problem-Solving Applications: What Can You Buy?

Review for Chapter 9 Math Test

Enrichment Reading

We will begin reading the chapter book, Junie B. Jones; Dumb Bunny.

Social Sciences

We will continue our unit on plants and the parts of a plant.