Learning Objectives/Units:

Reading:

• Feathers, Not Just For Flying - Informational text/Research 

• Mato the Bear - Ask and answer questions and retell stories including the story’s central message

• We All Come From Different Cultures - Informational text/making connections within the text

• Gifts of the Magpie - retell stories and using words with more than one meaning

Writing:

• Informational: giving information about the different types of feathers.

• Opinion: What was your favorite part of the NC Science Museum.

Letterland:

• Unit 23 - Long i Vowel Teams: ie and igh

• Unit 24 - Long i and o spellings: ild, ind, and old

• Unit 25 - Long u Teams: ew, ue, & ui

• Unit 26 - Final y with long e sound: y /e/

Math:

• Adding 2 digit numbers to a single digit with and without making a ten with ones.

• Adding/Subtracting 2 digit numbers to a decade number

• Flat and 3D shapes: naming attributes and how to compose a shape using different shapes.

Science:

• I can explain what plants and animals need to live.

• I can learn about what plants and animals need by reading, watching, or observing.

• I can share what plants and animals need to survive.

• I can compare how plants and animals get what they need in different places.

• I can explain how different environments help plants and animals live.

Social Studies:

• I can explain how people make choices about what they buy or use.

• I can explain that sometimes there is not enough of something for everyone (scarcity).

• I can tell why people must make choices when resources are limited.

• I can explain that supply is how much of something there is and demand is how many people want it.

• I can give examples of how supply and demand help people decide what to buy.

• I can explain why people trade goods and services to get things they need or want.