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Reading & Language Arts...
Anchor Texts: * The Dog that Dug for Dinosaurs *Fly Guy Dinosaurs Vocabulary Words: reptile, fossil, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, predators, extinct, paleontologist Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning & Root words High Frequency Words: almost, dear, door, from, money, pushed, remember, sometimes, together, years Comprehension Skill & Strategy: * Fact & Opinion *Compare & Contrast *Using Context *Questioning & Visualizing Spelling Pattern: Long o and Long e Grammar: Adverbs & Adjectives Writing: Opinion Writing |
Mathematics... Operations & Algebraic Thinking * Add facts to 20 with automaticity * identifying odd or even *Solve Addition & Subtraction Story Problems within 100 Number & Operations in Base Ten: * skip counting by 2's, 5's, & 10's *ordering numbers (greatest to least/least to greatest) *balanced equations * represent numbers using concrete and pictorial models * represent the standard form, expanded form, and word form of numbers to 1,000 * add and subtract 1, 10 or 100 to a given number * compose and decompose numbers using base ten blocks and number bonds * comparing numbers using < > = *Addition & Subtractions within 1,000 Add up to four 2-digit numbers Measurement & Data: * Graphing (Picture & Bar & Line Plot) *Nonstandard Measurement & Standard Measurement (in, ft, yd, cm, & meter) Geometry: *identify attributes of triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes *Fractions |
Important Dates...
*May 24th - Shortened Day - Professional Develop. *May 27th - No School - Memorial Day *May 31st - Community Meeting (Theme: Twin Day ) *June 6th - STARRS Celebration *June 7th - Field Trip - Dinosaur Park @ Nature's Art *June 11th - Field Day @ SCS - Carnival Theme (Raindate June 12th) *June 13th - Last Day of School |
Reminders...
Our classroom is always looking for the following donations... * Glue Sticks * Pencils * Tissues & Paper Towels |

Happy Birthday !
The following Mon-Starrs will be celebrating their birthday in May...
Happy Birthday, Alexis & Saraya!
The following Mon-Starrs will be celebrating their birthday in May...
Happy Birthday, Alexis & Saraya!