Cosmic Curriculum Close-Up

GRAMMAR:

• plural nouns
• editing

MATH:

• rounding
• estimating
• add double-, triple-, and larger digit numbers
• place value
• XtraMath facts practice

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• BEGINNING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM UNIT!
  
• Map Skills and Geography assessments

We are making great progress through our curriculum and soaring through our learning targets!

LITERACY:

• Comprehension:  visualization and making mental images
• Accuracy:  long vowel pairs (ee, ea, ay, ai, ow, oa) (When two vowels go walking, the FIRST one does the talking!)
• Fluency:  Voracious reading, smooth and expressive voice, choosing just right/good fit books, 5 finger rule
  
• Expanding Vocabulary:  using schema and mental images to determine definitions and remember/use new vocabulary
• Daily 5 training and stamina practice for"Read to Self," "Read to Someone,"  "Work on Writing," and "Word Work"

WRITING:

• journaling, editing, revising
• 6 Traits-ORGANIZATION & SENTENCE FLUENCY:  "terrible, horrible, no good picture days"