Objectives and Lesson Plans – January 30 – February 3, 2017

Because of Winn-Dixie – A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis and an excerpt of Kate DiCamillo’s newest novel, Raymie Nightingale.

We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and completing a quiz each Friday.

Some of the objectives that we will be covering while reading are:

• Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
• Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
• Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
• Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
• Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
• Monitor their own comprehension

English: – Begin sentences with capital letters and end them with the correct end marks.

Spelling: – Study and prepare for Spelling Test on Friday.

1. Hymns                     6. Manufacture               11. Magazines
2. Burglar                    7. Downpour                    12. Umbrellas
3. Melancholy            8. Shimmery                     13. Convinced
4. Drizzle                     9. Complicated                 14. Enlist      
5. Yawned                   10. Myths                           15. Taillights

Math: – Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number. (See previous blog entry.)

– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.

– Multiply four- and five-digit numbers by a two digit number.

Science: -Field trip to the Cayman Islands National Weather Service on Thursday, February 2.

Social Studies: – Caribs and Arawaks Presentation

– Discover our Indian connection.

Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.

– Define omnipotent and answer questions about God’s power.

– Examine God’s power as demonstrated in Scripture.

Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. Psalm 30:2

NOTE: Work on Arawak and Caribs Diorama – DUE January 30