The concepts that we will be instructing for the next two weeks encompasses solving multi step word problems in which remainders must be interpreted. We will also cover multiplicative comparisons/solving for the unknown/ related multiplication and division facts. Students will:
- use the standard algorithm to add multi-digit whole numbers
- use the standard algorithm to subtract multi-digit whole numbers (without decomposing across zeros)
- Determine when to use the standard algorithm to add or subtract multi-digit numbers
- apply place value understandings to estimate and reason about sums of multi digit addition problems
- add multiple addends fluently
- Represent and solve multiplicative comparisons using equations
- Interpret multiplication equations as comparison situations
- Use bar diagrams to represent and solve multiplicative comparisons situations
- Represent and solve multiplicative comparison situations
A helpful website that we will be using in class is:
Our goal is to have weekly quizzes that will assess student progress with each section of material taught. The day we have the quiz will depend on how far we get in teaching the concept. Quizzes will be announced and written in agenda books each week. Math homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday to reinforce concepts students are learning in their small groups that week. Some homework will be in written and at other times it will be on the computer. If your child is frustrated by the homework and unable to determine a strategy for completion, please write a note on the paper and we will review with him/her the following day.
In addition, students should be practicing their basic facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication) each night. Students must be fluent in all four operations by the end of this year. Two great websites we use in class are:
www.multiplication.com
www.Khanacademy.org
www.thinkingblocks.com
Reading/Writing
Students will analyze short plays and discuss how the playwright uses stage directions and dialogue to orient the audience by establishing a situation and introducing characters. By discussing and interpreting specific details provided through the stage directions and dialogue, students will be able to develop an understanding of characterization in plays. Students will choose a character from a play as a springboard for drawing on specific details in order to write descriptive paragraphs in a character sketch. Students will receive guidance and support to develop and strengthen their writings through revision of word choice in order to convey ideas precisely.
Students will experiment with a variety of ways to create poetry using language skills. By manipulating prepositions and transitions, students will be able to develop an understanding of how to apply these language skills when composing any type of writing. Students will use art as a springboard for creating and developing ideas. Students will compose a poem that forecasts how they will feel when they accomplish a personal goal using precise word choice and description. Students will compare major differences between poems and a drama by referring to the structural elements of each.
Science /Media
In Media students will research the plants, animals and technologies that effect and contribute to the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. Students will gather information on a specific group, research and write about the contribution that their group has made on the Chesapeake Bay. Students will share their information with others as a triad. In addition to gathering research, students will use what they have learned about the Chesapeake Bay to craft a piece for writing. Each class will be be making a reef ball which will be used as a habitat for Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
Our media time will be flexible and based on the needs of each class.
Social Studies
Students will view and describe examples of regional economic specializations in Maryland. Students will describe how regional specialization result in the interdependence of Marylanders. Students will also describe how new technologies impact specialization resulting in the interdependence of people.
