Reading: This week we will focus on monitoring understanding. We will do this by reading a variety of passages both from our Rigby reading series and other resources.

Writing: This week our focus will be an opinion piece. Since this is the first time writing one, we will complete one together as a class before the students try one on their own. We will also continue to work on literary analyses.

Grammar: We will be focusing on literal vs. nonliteral language, specifically focusing on similes and metaphors.

Math: This week our focus will be telling time. We will work on determining start and end time as well as elapsed time. One strategy we will use to help with this is drawing number lines. These lessons can be found in Unit for under the “useful links” tab.

Science: This week we are working on how plants get food and life cycles. We will also be having some special critters join our classrooms!