West Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers will identify the
problems of the story by examining
the two phrases: “Then I’ll huff and
I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house
down.” and “I’ll come down the
chimney and eat you all up.”
- Growing readers will connect the
problem of a story to the solution by
using text evidence
- Growing readers will identify external
traits of the wolf in the story “Three
Little Pigs” by drawing the wolf and
labeling the external traits
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers continue to get
their ideas down fast and furious by
drafting their opinion book
- Growing writers add voice to their
pieces by using specific
fonts/color/size to strengthen their
opinion
- Growing writers revise their draft
using various linking words to create
fluency and enjoyment for their
readers
In math students will:
- Represent subtraction story
problems by breaking off, crossing
out, and hiding a part
- Decompose the number 9 using
5-group drawings and record each
decomposition with a subtraction
equation
- Decompose the number 10 using
5-group drawings, and record each
decomposition with a subtraction
equation
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- create images in their minds by
listening to poems read aloud and
discussing the images they visualized
with a partner.
- notice poetic language
(similes/metaphors) by using
comparisons to clarify feelings and
ideas.
- share what they know about poems
by noticing and discussing elements
of poetry.
In writing students will understand that:
- understand that writers use mentor
poems to enhance their own poems.
- publish & celebrate a variety of
poems including Feelings, 5 Senses,
Color, Shape, I am, Haiku and
Cinquain.
- use rich vocabulary and poetic
language to help the reader
visualize.
In math students will:
- tell time to the hour and half hour and
recognize halves within a circular clock
face.
- find and name two-dimensional shapes
including trapezoid, rhombus, and a
square as a special rectangle
- find and name three-dimensional
shapes including cone, cube, sphere,
cylinder and rectangular prism.
Other notes or information:
● Writer’s Celebration is Wednesday, May 22nd at 9:30am. We can’t wait to share our poems with you!
● Memorial Day is Monday, May 27th. There is no school on Friday, May 24th. Enjoy your 4 day weekend!
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- combine may double vowel
syllables with other syllable types.
- continue to work with the vowel
teams: oa,oe and ow.
- recognize that not all poetry
rhymes by analyzing non-rhyming
verse.
In writing students will understand that:
- add and experiment with
alliteration.
- use metaphorical language
(similes) by comparing two unlike
things to point out a similarity.
- select strong words to develop
their poem’s tone.
In math students will:
- solve word problems using data
presented in a bar graph.
- recognize the value of coins and
count up to find their total value.
- determine word problems
involving the total value of a
group of coins.
Other notes:
● Mrs. Goldenberg’s class has swimming on Monday .
● Health Fair is this Thursday, May 23rd.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- pique their curiosity by
formulating questions that lead
to inferences.
- make connections by reflecting
on details/clues from the
vantage point of the ending.
In writing students will understand that:
- focus on the conclusion to their
Edge of Your Seat Stories to wrap
up the event and discuss what was
learned from the event.
- ensure their work is ready for an
audience by using an editing
checklist.
In math students will:
- solve word problems to
determine perimeter with given
side lengths.
- use string to measure the
perimeter of various circles to
the nearest quarter inch.
- use all four operations to solve
problems involving perimeter and
unknown measurements.
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week of 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- I can identify how the
character’s behavior is
influenced by looking at the
historical time period
(societal norms and events).
- I notice and trace the conflicts
characters face by creating an
ongoing flow chart of the plot.
- Activities: guided reading, read
aloud, shared reading,
independent reading
In writing students will understand that:
- I can imagine a variety of
potential plots appropriate
to their time period by
asking myself, “What are
exciting stories I can tell by
thinking about the
important events in the
time period?”
- Activities: independent and
guided writing
In math students will:
- Students will convert fractions to decimals using models.
- Represent place value of decimals in standard
word and expanded form.
- Activities: cooperative learning groups and independent practice
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/24/19
In reading students will understand that:
- Continue to develop reading
stamina by reading more each
day.
- Continue to consider different
ways to present their work to
readers and determine which
format best suits what they have
written.
In writing students will understand that:
- Continue to work on a strong
conclusion by signaling to the
reader that the argument is
coming to a close and leave
readers with something to think
about.
- Edit and publish final copy
Chocolate milk debate.
- Begin to research other topics
with which to create new
argumentative essay.
In math students will:
- Compare the lines and patterns
generated by addition rules and
multiplication rules.
- Analyze number patterns created
from mixed operations.
Other notes or information:
5/20/19 West Family Night 5/21/19 Budget Vote and Board of Ed. elections
5/23/19 Health Fair Olympics 5/23/19 Board of Ed. Meeting 7:30 pm
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