Guided Reading
Figurative Language
Main Idea/Details
Compound words
Persuasive Writing
Explanatory Writing
Sequencing
Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Context Clues
Plurals and Possessives
The Writing Process

The Statue of Liberty holds a torch. It is pretty as it lights up in the night sky. The Statue of Liberty is also pretty. Even though the Statue of Liberty is green you should believe in her. Sometimes people go in the torch of the Statue of Liberty they can see far away. They think it is a cool view. If I went up there I would be scared because I am afraid of heights. Also I am afraid that there will be an earthquake when I am up there and this will cause the torch to break down. I believe in the Statue of Liberty.

Enduring Understandings:
Numbers can be composed and decomposed in different ways. There are multiple strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems efficiently and accurately.

Essential Questions:
Are students able to look at patterns and develop fluency with skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s?
Do students understand the properties of addition and subtraction?
Can students develop strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems up to 45?
Do students recognize that the first digit of a 2-digit number designates the number of groups of 10 and the second digit designates the number of ones?
Can students describe what makes a number odd or even?
Can students tell stories to match given equations?
Do students know addition combinations to 10 + 10?

Students will know:
To use known combinations to add two or more numbers.
Whether reordering three addends results in the same total.
That any number that can be divided into groups of two can also be divided into two equal groups.
Coins and their values.
Different tools can be used to solve problems.

Students will be able to:
Visualize, retell, and model the action of addition and subtraction situations.
Characterize even and odd numbers.
Understand the realtionship between skip counting and grouping.
Recognize that the first digit of a 2-digit number designates the number of groups of 10 and the second digit designates the number of ones.
Develop fluency with the near- doubles combinations and the Plus 10 combinations.

Summary:
This unit develops ideas about counting and quantity, the composition of numbers, and the operations of addition and subtraction. Students focus on using what they know to make problems easier to solve. Students also investigate what makes numbers even and odd. 

In this Organizing Idea students learn about Balance and Stability. They explore how we look and care for the Earth in many different ways, as they are introduced to the Five Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions. Students learn the purpose of different kinds of maps and globes, as they study the continents and water bodies of the world. They focus on how plants and animals live together in a common environment. When plants and animals are not in balance, there is instability. Understanding of balance and stability within the plant and animal world helps students understand how people maintain balance and stability within the human world. The guiding questions for this Organizing Idea are:

1. What is balance and what is stability?

2. How do we keep environments in balance?

3. How do we keep our world in balance?

Students are given the opportunity to make connections to prior knowledge and stretch their learning. They also have the opportunity to explore the concepts introduced in more depth on their own. Research, science experiments, projects, presentations, and reading to learn more about a topic are example of things that may be chosen as “I Wonder” projects. On the second page you will find many suggestions for topics.

Students may work alone, with a partner, or in a small group to complete the chosen project. This project can be worked on over the six weeks period both at home and at school. If work is to be done at school, all of their assigned work must be completed in a quality manner before using class time to complete an extra project. Students are responsible for choosing and locating the materials needed to complete the project. They must ask their teacher to approve these materials. Students are welcome to use materials from school, home, the public library, etc. as long as the teacher has approved.

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