Peas in a Pod, Learning Together (Part 4)

Math -- Compose & Decompose Numbers from 11-19 into ten, ones and some further ones.  Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way.  For any number from 1-9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number.  Compare two numbers between 1 & 10 presented as written numerals.  Fluently add and subtract within 5.  Write numbers from 0-20.  Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.  Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10.  

LA -- With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.  With prompting and support, identify the basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.  With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.  Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.  Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.  Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.  Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.  With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.  With guidance & support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.  Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.

Science & Social Studies -- Know that sometimes stories give plants and animals attributes they do not really have.  Understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today.  Know water can be a liquid or a solid and can be made to change back and from one form to the other.  Observe common objects by using the five senses.  Know water left in an open container evaporates (goes into the air), but water in a closed container does not.  Identify physical features.  Explain how families have needs & wants.  Explain how jobs help people meet their needs & wants.  Identify the needs of a family.  Know how to identify resources from the Earth that are used in everyday life and understand that many resources can be conserved.  Understand the purposes of, and the people and events honored in, commemorative holidays, including the human struggles that were the basis for the events.  Know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through the stories of such people as George Washington, Booker T. Washington, Daniel Boone, and Benjamin Franklin.  Know how to identify major structures of common plants and animals.