This Week in Room 8 (2/20 to 2/24)

ELA:
This week we will be working on the following skills as we read about famous leaders:

• determine the main idea in text
• identify key (important) details in text
• finding examples of text evidence

Phonics and Grammar:

• suffixes -ly (with/like) and -ful (full of)
• different spellings for long o, long u, and long i
• adjectives for size and shape

Word Wall Words:

• drink
• only
• better
• hold
• warm

MATH:

This week we officially start our Geometry unit. We will be working on the following skills and working on a wide-range of skills at our "just right" levels:

• understanding the difference between defining attributes and non-defining attributes for shapes (example- defining attribute for a triangle- 3 sides, 3 vertices; non-defining attribute for triangle- color or size)
• Reviewing place value, addition (with and without regrouping), subtraction (with and without borrowing), and analyzing and interpreting data