During Quarter 1, we will focus on writing personal narratives. Our focus is to write for our reader. Now that we have studied the writing of various authors, we will write our rough drafts focusing on one moment.
This week: Our focus will shift to "writing a lot about a little." By focusing on one small topic, students will use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
We will use examples from the text The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Each page of this book focuses on one little topic. Some examples are a spoon, the rain, a daisy, snow, and an apple.
A link to a website for information on the 6 Traits of writing is below:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.htm
Life Science:
We will continue to learn how plants and animals are interdependent. Our focus will also shift to understanding what the Chesapeake Bay Watershed is, what states are included, and how communities within the watershed affect the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
Our field trip to the Agricultural Farm will take place on October 26. We will spend the day learning the effects of agriculture, pollution, and fishing have on the Bay.
Thank you to the many parents who volunteered to accompany us on the trip. All parents are welcome to join us on the trip. Due to the limited number of seats on a bus, it may be necessary for some of our volunteers to drive their own cars/carpool. If you signed up to join us, please let your child's teacher know if you are able to meet us there or if you need transportation on the school bus. More information will follow in your child's take home folder later this week.
Math 5:
Students will investigate the concepts of positive and negative numbers (integers) through the use of number lines, thermometers and diagrams and we will review next week all concepts that have been taught in preparation for the Unit 1 test on October 22nd.
Math 4:
*Recognize and apply place value patterns in numbers through millions.
• Organize, display, and analyze data using line plots and line graphs.
• Determine and distinguish among mean, median, mode, and range, using concrete materials.
• Classify angles as acute, obtuse, or right.
• Identify and describe the sides, angles, edges, vertices's, and faces of solid figures.
• Draw circles, triangles, and quadrilaterals given their dimensions. *Identify and describe points, lines, line segments, and rays.
This week we will focus on writing numbers in expanded notation. Students will write numbers to the hundred thousands two different ways to show expanded form.
For example:
563,241 could be written in expanded form as
500,000 + 60,000 + 3,000 + 200 + 40 + 1
or
(100,000 x 5) + (10,000 x 6) + (1,000 x 3) + (100 x 2) + (10 x 4) + (1 x 1)
We will use base ten blocks to model this notation to get started.
*Students will have a math quiz each Friday on skills covered in the unit to that point.
*Looking Ahead: Unit Test November 1 & 2.
A great website that allows students to work at their own pace on word problems/real world application of multiplication & division:
http://www.thinkingblocks.com/
We continue to use the Khan academy website to help practice our math at home. This is a great site where students (if a login is created) can track their progress and have example problems to work on. It has been featured in CNN as an up and coming way for teachers to assess individual students learning.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Reading:
Our foucs for the week will be on retelling key ideas and events of a text by summarizing. We will:
*create, organize, and display key events to summarize a text using a timeline
*create, organize, and display key events to summarize a text using the Somebody Wanted But So reading strategy
*demonstrate understanding of a text by writing a paragraph summary
*synthesize information and ideas when retelling a text.
Students will practice these retelling strategies with text in their guided reading groups.
Spelling:
*Our spelling program involves the use of developmental word study rather than traditional spelling books. This“Words Their Way” approach allows students to practice target spelling patterns that best address their individual needs as a speller.
*Our spelling test will be on Friday, October 18.
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