G2 Curriculum Update: April 27th

Reading: This week students will continue learning about Author's Craft. They will focus on how to think about the meaning of literary language through poems. Next, students will observe how author's use punctuation, font, and capitalization to make stories come to life. Finally, they will try and discover why an author ends a story a certain way. 

Writing: This week we will continue to write letters about topics the students choose.  The students will work on adding strong conclusions, using transition words to explain their reasons, and editing for punctuation.

Math: We will continue to solve MONEY problems using coins and bills! This week students will learn how to use different strategies to make ONE DOLLAR and make change from one dollar bill!

Grammar/Word Study: This will be the final week of studying the -er and -est spelling rules in word study.  In grammar the focus will continue to be on subject/verb agreement.

Social Studies: 
Students learn what it means to be a good shopper!
• Identify habits of a good shopper.
• Distinguish between needs and wants.
• Analyze advertised prices to plan a budget-based shopping trip.
• Decide which product to buy based on comparison of features and prices.

Português: Nessa semana, os alunos irão ler, ouvir e assistir histórias, para assim continuar ampliando seu repertório sobre Contos de Fadas. Também trabalharão com o Livro de Historinhas. Além disso, farão algumas atividades referentes às características dos Contos de Fadas.

PAL: Students will do activities on the Timi 1 and on the Timi 2 books. In reading, students will have an assigned reading at Elefante Letrado.