Weekly Highlights:
9- Laytonsville Town Tree Lighting Ceremony (chorus performs) 7:00 PM
Students do not need to wear their chorus t-shirts but should dress warmly to perform outside.
Request for Volunteers
We are looking for a volunteer to copy materials every other week. If interseted, please email Ms. Hudson or Mrs. Dynda.
We are also planning a trip to the Museum of the American Indian. We are looking for a volunteer to call various bus compaines to secure transportation. If interseted, email Ms. Hudson. I have a list of contacts for you to call.
Math 4:
This week we will be working on word problems to solve for the unknown. An example problem is:
Zaria has 30 pieces of candy. She wants to share her candy with 5 friends. How much candy will each friend get?
*What does 30 represent? (the total amount of candy Zaria has)
*What does 5 represent? (The number of friends she wants to share candy with)
*What is the unknown? (the number of pieces each friend can have)
*Write an equation to represent the unknown quantity. (30/5 = c)
*Solve your equation for the unknown? (c= Each friend will get 6 pieces of candy)
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Our study of maps has led us into studying regions of the United States and how those regions impacted Native American Settlements. Students will then begin to research the Native Americans living in each region. Once research is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint presentation to display what they have learned to the class. Our research is due to class on December 14. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 4.
Reading:
In reading groups, we will study the reading strategy makingconnections. We will focus on making three different kinds of connections: text to self, text to world, and text to text. Students will read books about chocolate to make connections this week.
Text to self: connections you can make to yourself about what you are reading.
Text to world: connections you can make to your background knowledge about what you know about the world around you.
Text to text: connections you can make to another text you have read
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and will begin to draft their piece. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Here is a sample of what is happening in class:
Jason, Anjali and Ethan are creating journals.
Kaley, Melanie, Ryan, and Zaria are writing stories.
Brian is surveying the class about our favorite candies.
Hannah is reseraching wolves.
Spelling:
We will study comparative suffixes for Sort 6. Our spelling test will be Friday, December 9. Please remember that all students are given TWO copies of their spelling lists: one for class and one for home. They must have their list with them in order to take their spelling test (all students have different lists).
The suffixes for the two weeks are:
-er, -est, -ier, -iest
When comparing two things, -er is used. When comparing more than two things, -est is used.
Students will notice that when given word like kind you simply add -er or -est to the base word.
When given a word like early, the y will change to an i before adding -er or -est.
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