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Week of December 12/3
Week of December 12/3
HOMEWORK
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| Monday-Thursday -Math sheet -Reading Response -Read 20 minutes -Words Their Way Monday--word sort. Have your child sort their words and teach someone at home their pattern Tuesday--speed sort. Time your child and see how fast they can correctly sort their words. See if they can beat their time. Wednesday--blind sort. Give your child their headings and read the words aloud individually so your child cannot see the word. They must tell you the appropriate heading it goes under. Thursday-- choice! I have sent home a packet of all the homework guidelines. On the last page, there is a list of different choice options for a Thursday activity. FRIDAY THIS HOMEWORK IS DUE. Someone at home must sign off on the homework sheet that your child completed an activity each night. |
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
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MATH
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| Due to be sick I will be making up these lessons this week. Last week students worked coordinated grids and expressions while I was. This week will continue to be working on multiplying and dividing this week. Students will be connecting area model and distributive property with partial products and standard algorithm. They will continue to work on their multiplication and division tables along with filling the gap with IReady lessons. Here are some links to support lessons learned this week: Lesson 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfTwwGHYpc Lesson 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGknTYYufQo Lesson 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHwxH617pKs |
READING, WRITING, and WORDS THEIR WAY
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READING:
This week, students will have an assessment on identifying main idea and key details of an informational text. Over the last two weeks, we have done a lot of practice regarding the difference between a topic (the overall subject) and the main idea of a passage (the specific focus about that topic in the article). We have also discussed that main ideas can be stated directly in the passage OR they can be implied--where the reader needs to look at the key details in order to determine what the main idea is. They will show what they know about all this by reading an informational article about constellations and will need to identify the main idea and key details from this passage.
**Students should be reading a minimum of 20 minutes each night and completing a reading response to what they have read on their homework log.**
WRITING:
Last week, students started to add figurative language into their narratives--specifically similes and metaphors. This week, we will wrap up figurative language by working to add onomatopoeia and hyperboles into their pieces.
WORDS THEIR WAY:
As usual, students will receive their new sort/pattern for the week. They should be completing a practice assignment each night to reinforce their sort. These are due on Friday.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Last week, students started their performance task for unit 1. For this task, they are being asked to create a journal of Columbus' first voyage from the perspective of either Columbus himself, a crew member, King Ferdinand/Queen Isabella, or a Native American (Taino). Students will continue to work on and develop their pieces this week. These are (ideally) due on Friday.
** A reminder of some interactive sites the kids can use to practice for the Geography Bee in January!!
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SCIENCE
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| Due to being sick last week I am starting this lesson this week instead of last week. Students will answer the question "When you turn on the faucet, where does the water come from?". In this mystery, students construct an explanation about a surprising phenomenon: the existence of underground water. Then they will play a game in which they must obtain and combine information and groundwater in order to select the best site to build a town. |
REMINDERS
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-Field trip tomorrow, December 5!! So excited!
-Early Release is Wednesday! |
