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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
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​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...
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 * Glue Sticks
* Pencils
* Tissues & Paper Towels

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

 

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