CES

Lessons

SPELLING WORDS:

The weekly bonus word will come from High Frequency Words that students should know.

Sept. 7 - 10: talked, talking, dropped, dropping, excited, exciting, lifted, lifting, hugged, hugging, smiled, smiling

Sept. 13 - 17: bunch, that, wish, patch, when, what, math, them, shape, whale, itch, chase

Sept. 20-24: part, hard, born, horse, before, more, smart, farm, porch, corn, score, chore

Sept. 27 - Oct. 1: I'll, wasn't, it's, he's, I'm, didn't, who's, she's, we'll, isn't, hasn't, hadn't

Oct. 4 - 8: her, person, nurse, dirt, turn, birth, serve, curb, curl, skirt, purse, turtle

READING

Sept. 7-10: "A Walk in the Desert"
Vocabulary:  desert, climate, coyote, cactus, harsh
High-Frequency Words:  animals, early, eyes, full, warm water
Skills:  Main Idea & Details
Research & Study Skills:  Online Reference Sources

Sept. 13 - 17: "The Strongest One"
Vocabulary:  narrator, relatives, dangerous, gnaws
High-Frequency Words:  gone, learn, often, pieces, though, together, very
Skills:  Realism & Fantasy
Research & Study Skills:  Map Skills

Sept. 20-24: "Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends"
Vocabulary:  brave, slipped, collar
High-Frequency Words:  break, family, heard, listen, once, pull
Skills:  Sequence
Research & Study Skills:  Glossary - Guide Words

English

Sept. 7-10: Statements & Questions

Sept. 13-17: Commands & Exclamations

Sept. 20-24: Nouns

Sept. 27 - Oct. 1: Proper Nouns

Oct. 4-11: Singular & Plural Nouns

; Math

Chapter 3: Subtraction Facts
Key Vocabulary: subtract, difference, fact family

Chapter 4: Data, Graphing & Probability
Key vocabulary: survey, tally marks, data, pictograph, symbol, bar graph, grid, ordered pairs, outcome, predict, more/less likely

Science

Living things and their environments
Key vocabulary: living, nonliving, plants, animals, environment, habitat, life cycle
Types of animals: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, animals with and without backbones, life cycles of birds, mammals, butterflies & mealworms
Human systems

Social Studies

Unit 1: We Belong to Many Groups
Key vocabulary: city, community, goods, services, law, compass rose

Unit 2: Where We Live
Identifying the North/South Poles, major oceans, rivers, landforms
Key vocabulary: geography, globe, continent, landform, resource, conservation, suburb