September Updates

Here are the exciting things we are learning in Room 105 in September!

 

 

What’s the story?
Students will explore interesting themes and discuss character traits through a variety of
classics, from The Wind in the Willows to a selection from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland.

Students will learn about the elements of fictional narratives, including dialogue,
narration, characters, plot, and setting. They will be exposed to rich language and a
variety of vocabulary and will discuss literature with their teacher and classmates.
Students will be guided through a variety of writing experiences focused on different
purposes for their writing. They will also collaborate with their classmates and share their
ideas as they develop and deepen their understanding of these literacy skills. 

 

meandered

dejected

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summoned

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Ask your student questions about the unit to promote discussion and continued learning:
1. Who were the main characters in your reading today?
Follow up: What are some adjectives you would use to describe those characters?
2. Where did the story you read today take place?
Follow up: How would you describe that setting?
3. What are themes? (broad ideas that come up many times over the course of a story or
book)
Follow up: What are some of the recurring themes that you have noticed in the
stories you have been reading or in the stories your teacher has been reading to
you?
4. I know you have been learning about the word meandered in this unit. Can you use
that word in a sentence for me? I will try to use it in a sentence too!
5. Whose perspective was your Read-Aloud told from today?
Follow up: How did you know that?

 

Foundational Skills - Overall Learning Outcomes

• Review and consolidate understanding of blends, digraphs, and abbreviations

• Identify, distinguish, and read closed and open syllables

• Integrate knowledge of inflectional and derivational endings in word usage

• Demonstrate correct spelling of multisyllabic words

• Spell and write abbreviations for titles, addresses, and time-related terms

• Engage in comprehension and writing exercises based on reading passages

 

 

 

Represent and solve problems involving equal groups, including in the contexts of arrays and scaled graphs.

 

Sub-Unit 1: Introduction to Multiplication

 

Sub-Unit 2: Arrays 

 

Sub-Unit 3: Data in Scaled Graphs 

 

 

 

In this unit, students will investigate why new chalta trees aren't growing in the Bengal Tiger Reserve by exploring what seeds need to grow and how they get to suitable locations. Through hands-on investigations, models, and scientific texts, students learn how plant structures support growth, how animals help disperse seeds, and how different types of seeds move within habitats. By the end of the unit, students use evidence to explain the interdependence of plants and animals in ecosystems.

 

 

 

 

 

Essential Question: Why is it important to learn about the past?

Lesson 1: All about the Past

Lesson 2: Daily Life Then and Now

Lesson 3: Why People Moved

Lesson 4: Families and Communities

Lesson 5: Past and Present

 

SEL Topics:

Unit 1: Beginning of the Year | Caring Schools Community

In this unit, students will learn about how to work together at school. 

• Agree to Norms, Take Care of the Classroom & Ourselves, Develop Empathy, Discuss Feelings & Challenges, & Learn About People Who Work in the School.