Objectives and Lesson Plans – January 9-13, 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: – Add –er to adjectives to compare two persons, places, or things and add –est to adjectives to compare three or more persons, places or things.

– Use more with long adjectives to compare two things and use most with long adjectives to compare three of more things.

– Use comparative and superlative forms of good and bad.

Spelling: – Study and prepare for spelling test this Friday.

1. Memorial                       6.Peculiar                           11. Trustworthy
2. Positive                          7. Installment                     12. Theme
3. Gerbil                             8. Trembling                       13. Advanced
4. Overgrown                    9. Snuffle                             14. Embarrassed    
5. Leash                           10. Mosquitoes                      15. Snatched

Math: – Mid-Chapter Check

– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.

– Multiply a multi-digit number by a one-digit number.

– Multiply multi-digit numbers with zeros by a one-digit number.

Science: – Describe different kinds of precipitation.

-Understand what causes different kinds of weather.

-Demonstrate how to extract fresh water from salt water.

Social Studies: – Discuss the Arawaks and Caribs.

– Discover our European 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.

– Identify ways they can become more aware of God’s presence in their everyday life.

– Demonstrate an understanding of the word infinite and define the word omniscient.

“…your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” Mark  5:34