What will we be learning this month? Grade: Kindergarden A (Teacher Lisa) Math Phonics Reading Writing Social Studies and Science Month: May Unit 18: Time – putting events in order; telling time to the hour; naming the days of the week; reading and saying the numbers on a clock Review Consonant digraphs –sh; -ch; -ck New Consonant digraphs -ng; -th; -wh Reading and responding to questions about the text Reading high frequency words by sight Reading familiar text independently Writing text related to pictures Writing simple sentences using high frequency words Writing letters to friends Clean and Healthy What will we be learning this month? Grade: Kindergarden B Month: May Teacher Marie-Line Math Phonics Reading Writing Social Studies and Science Numbers to 30 long vowels (i, e, u); consonant digraphs –sh; -ch; -ck Responding to simple questions about a text Making connections between reading and what they already know Retelling information from a story Writing words based on how they sound, using start and end sounds Begin to write simple sentences Writing about animals Animals and Insects What will we be learning this month? Grade: 1 (Teacher Sally) Math Language Arts Social Studies and Science Month: May Unit 13: Numbers to 40 – counting in tens; tens and ones; counting in twos; adding and subtracting different digits Let’s Go Shopping: naming foods and things in a supermarket Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns Writing: writing poems using rhyme Flowers and Insects: thinking about what we want to learn; identifying what living things need by growing plants; learning how to do experiments; learning the parts of insects Spelling lists Words with oo; Words with -ing; Words with -aw; Words with -ew Reading Programme Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 1 (Teacher Jesse) Math Language Arts Social Studies and Science Month: May Unit 13: Numbers to 40 – tens and ones; addition and subtraction; adding three numbers; counting by twos Let’s go Shopping: going shopping; asking for help Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns Writing: writing personal stories with a beginning, middle and end Flowers and Insects: what do we want to learn? Categorizing living and non-living things and finding out what living things need by growing seeds Spelling lists Words with oo; Words with -ing; Words with -aw; Words with -ew Reading Programme Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 2 (Teacher Lauren) Math Language Arts Social Studies and Science Spelling lists Reading Programme Month: May Time: understanding hours and minutes on a clock; language used with time; counting by 5s Our Clothes: recognising and naming items of clothing Grammar: adjectives of quality Writing: Using adjectives; past tense and plurals Flowers and insects: identifying differences between living and non-living things; studying insects, their body parts and their life cycles words with th; Forming plurals by adding s or es; Irregular plurals; Words with S and soft c Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 3 (Teacher Sadia) Math Language Arts Science Social Studies Spelling lists Reading Programme Month: May Length, mass and volume: solving word problems Bar graphs: reading scales and interpreting information Grammar: Using commas Writing: Voice – communicating emotion in writing Plants and their parts: functions of a stem; plant systems Community: What communities they belong to and how people live together in different communities Words with -ite, -ight, and -ought; Words with /s/ and /z/; Words with the /l/ sound Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 4 (Teacher Rajni) Math Language Arts Science Month: May Decimals: adding; subtracting; multiplying Time: Seconds and 24 hour clock Area and perimeter: Rectangles and Squares; Composite figures and solving word problems Grammar: Transitions and interjections; review parts of speech Writing: using a writer’s voice Matter: The three states of matter Magnets: characteristics of magnets; making magnets Social Studies Explorers and Adventurers: researching explorers of the past Spelling lists Prefixes; Suffixes (-ful, -ous, -ly); theme list (the sea) Reading Programme Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 5 (Teacher Kara) Math Language Arts Science Social Studies Spelling lists Reading Programme Month: May Understanding Averages and solving word problems using averages. Percentage: Converting fractions to percentages and finding percentages of a quantity. Grammar: Conjunctions, transitions and interjections; linking and helping verbs; simple verb tenses Writing: writing with voice and expressing a point of view Reproduction in flowering plants Explorers and Adventurers: Getting Started activity Gathering what we already know and what we want to learn Words with sound of o like short u, as in dove; Words with sound of o like long oo as in do; Words with sound of o like short o, as in wolf Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills What will we be learning this month? Grade: 6 (Teacher Brandon) Math Language Arts Science Social Studies Spelling lists Month: May Pie Charts: reading and interpreting pie charts Area and perimeter of shapes related to squares, rectangles, triangles and circles Grammar: pronouns; prepositions; irregular verbs; helping verbs Reading: exploring voice using The Bunyans Writing: how writers consider tone, purpose and audience Food chains and food webs Adaptations for survival Rulers and government: learning what governments around the world do, focusing especially on Cambodia; researching democracy and empires lists reviewing rules and patterns previously studied