West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/18/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers identify characters
in the story or the “who” in the story
by examining the pictures and
previewing the book
- Growing readers understand that a
book may have more than one
character by identifying the main
character and the supporting
characters
- Growing readers identify the setting
of a story by analyzing the pictures
and thinking about the word in the
text to answer the questions “where”
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers identify the
structure of a list by exploring
different ways lists are written
- Growing writers continue to identify
the structure of a list by exploring
different ways lists are written
- Growing writers will draw their story
by sketching each item on their list
In math students will:
- Compare the length of linking cube
sticks to a 5-stick
- Determine which linking cube stick is
longer than or shorter than the
other
- Compare the length of linking cube
sticks to various objects
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 1/18/19
In reading students will understand that:
- identify glued sounds: ang, ing, ong,
ung, ank, ink, onk, unk
- gain a deeper understanding of
nonfiction texts by comparing and
contrasting two texts on similar
topics
- work with a partner to locate
information by using nonfiction text
features: captions, diagrams,
headings, index, and glossary
In writing students will understand that:
- write complete sentences using
editing checklists, the word wall, and
tapping out words.
- develop an opinion writing piece
that includes reasons to support
their opinion
- use vocabulary for stating an
opinion: I think, I feel, I prefer, I
believe.
In math students will:
- identify 1 ten as a unit by renaming
representations of 10
- solve addition and subtraction
problems by decomposing and
composing teen numbers as 1 ten
and some ones.
- solve additions problems using ten
as a unit, and write two step
solutions
Other notes or information:
● School is closed for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/18/19
In reading students will understand that:
- introduce the r controlled vowels
ar and or.
- think about new information they
learned from an informational
text.
- begin to utilize text features.
In writing students will understand that:
- continue to brainstorm expert
topics based on their interests.
- generate ideas for expert books
by thinking about the ways in
which they are active members in
their home and community.
- write sentences about a topic they
know about.
In math students will:
- use math drawings to represent
addition .
- relate drawings to the written
method.
- solve addition algorithms with up
to four addends
Other notes:
● Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday January 21, 2018. School will be closed.
● Big folders are due every Monday.
● Ms. Simone’s class to swimming on Tuesday January 15.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/18/19
In reading students will understand that:
- continue to closely read page 32
from Bullfrog and Magnolia Circle
and the glossary to answer text
dependent questions by accessing
the text while completing
questions.
- define words by using the
glossary, context clues/text,
and illustrations.
In writing students will understand that:
- decide how their informational
book is going to go by organizing
their table of contents.
- consider more ways they can add
on and elaborate on their topics by
studying mentor texts with an
inquiry question in mind.
- learn how to give the author credit
when they use specific information
in a book by citing their sources.
In math students will:
- demonstrate the possible whole
number side lengths of
rectangles with areas of 24, 36,
48, or 72 square units using the
associative property.
- solve word problems involving
area.
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 1/18/19
In reading students will understand that:
- identify and describe why text
features are important to readers.
(photos and captions, graphs,
charts, maps, timelines, diagrams)
- I can use text features to better
understand a text independently.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading, independent
reading
In writing students will understand that:
- Generate questions on a topic of their
choice .
- Create a list of keywords and search
terms for topic
- Activities: independent and guided
writing
In math students will:
- Identify and draw points, lines, line segments
rays, and angles. Recognize them in various
contexts and familiar figures.
- Use right angles to determine whether angles
equal to, greater than, or less than right angle
Draw right, obtuse, and acute angles
- Activities: cooperative learning groups
and independent practice
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 1/4/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Readers utilize the main idea to
formulate a topic sentence and use
the details to craft a summary
paragraph.
- Readers analyze the way a text is
structured (organized) by paying
close attention to how the author is
teaching the information.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading, independent
reading
In writing students will understand that:
- Develop their body paragraphs by
supporting each reason with relevant
details from their research
- Writers conclude their essay with power
by restating their claim and their reasons
while leaving their reader with a final
thought about their topic.
- Activities: independent and guided
writing
In math students will:
- Multiply two digit multiples of 10 by
two digit numbers using a place
value chart
- Multiply two digit multiples of 10 by
Two digit numbers using an area model
- Activities: cooperative learning groups
and independent practice
Other notes or information:
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/21/18
In reading students will understand that:
- Continue to develop reading
stamina by reading more each
day.
- Formulate theories about
characters b noticing how they
resp
- Gain insight into their character
by analyzing the motives and
actions of the characters in the
text.
- Describe how the characters
perspective influences the events
of the story by using evidence
from the text for support.
In writing students will understand that:
- Use Literary Graphic Organizer
and checklist to write their
first/second/third body paragraph
of their literary essay.
- Scholars will be encouraged to
indent their body paragraph, use
transitional words or phrases and
state a piece of evidence from the
text, “Baseball Saved Us” to
support the theme. In addition,
scholars will be asked to explain
how that piece of evidence
supports the theme or main idea.
In math students will:
- Divide three and four-digit
dividends by two digit divisors
resulting in two-and three-digit
quotients, reasoning about the
decomposition of successive
remainders in each place value.
- Divide decimal dividends by
multiples of 10, reasoning about
the placement of the decimal
point and making connection to a
written method.
- Use basic facts to approximate
decimal quotients with two-digit
divisors, reasoning about the
placement of the decimal point.
Other notes or information:
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