Week of August 31-September 4

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea: Who We Are

Family  heritage and heredity influence who we are as individuals.  

Lines of Inquiry:

• How traits are inherited
• Investigating genealogy
• How heritage affects our lives

Teacher Questions:

• What can genealogy teach us about ourselves?
• How does family heritage influence our lifestyle?
• What can the heritage of others teach us?

	Daily 5/CAFE
Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE	Daily 5/CAFE: Students will continue to rebuild their reading stamina.  This week students will continue Reading to Self.  We will the comprehension strategy of “Check for Understanding”, the accuracy strategy of “Cross-Checking”, the fluency strategy of “Good Fit IPICK Books”, and the expanding vocabulary strategy of “Tune Into Interesting Words”.  Additionally, students will create the essential agreements for Read to Someone.  Students will become Voracious readers, as well as use “Monitor and Fix-Up” strategies throughout the reading process. How can you support these CAFE strategies at home?  Click each link below: https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent_Pipeline_~_Back_up_and_Reread%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdf  (Back up and Reread) https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent+Pipeline+~+Check+for+Understanding.pdf  (Check for Understanding) http://www.esmschools.org/webpages/deubank/files/parent%20pipeline%207.pdf  (Good Fit IPICK Books) https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent+Pipeline+~+Tune+In+to+Interesting+Words.pdf  (Tune Into Intersesting Words) https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent_Pipeline_~_Monitor+and+Fix+Up%5B1%5D.pdf  (Monitor and Fix Up) http://www.marshall.k12.mn.us/cms/lib03/MN01001460/Centricity/Domain/347/Parent_Pipeline_~_Voracious_Reading_Voc.pdf  (Voracious Reading) http://teacherweb.com/NC/MillisRd/MrsNeal/parent-pipeline-voracious-reading.pdf Over the next few weeks, we will begin individual reading and writing conferences with students. Vocabulary: Students that are new to Chavura will be introduced to Quizlet this week. This is an online study aid to help make vocabulary a bit more fun! 4th graders:  Students will continue Lesson 12 in Book 3.  Unit 12 test this week. 3rd grade: Students will continue Lesson 1 in Book 3.  Unit 1 test this week.
Writing: VOICES	VOICES: Students will begin a review of the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. We will continue with the Ideas trait. We will read The Hickory Chair, which will lead us into a discussion and activity about details. Students will learn how to make ideas strong in their writing by focusing on the meaning and development of their story. Students will also learn to give their readers details, and understand how to include them. Grammar: Students will continue to practice changing singular nouns into plural nouns. Students will begin practicing with irregular nouns toward the end of the week. The class will begin collecting irregular nouns to share with the class. Handwriting: Third grade will review upper and lower case D’Nealian manuscript to help them prepare for cursive. Fourth grade will review the formation of lower case letters in cursive. Fourth grade students are expected to write in cursive on all assignments unless otherwise indicated. Words Their Way Spelling: Students should continue practicing their spelling words at home.  Students are responsible for spelling and sorting their words correctly.  This is the second week practicing these words.  Students will have their spelling test this Friday!  As a reminder, 3 spelling homework jobs are due each Friday.

	3rd Grade Math Looking for extra practice at home?  Use these links below! www.multiplication.com http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/3-4/activities/functionmachine/functionmachine3_4.html http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/telling_time_math_third_3rd_grade.htm
Monday	Students will solve problems using money.  Students will determine situations in which an exact answer or estimate is needed.
Tuesday	Students will explore number patterns.
Wednesday	Students will review telling time and find elapsed time.
Thursday	Students will complete Unit 1 Review and Test.
Friday	Students will complete Unit 1 Review and Test.  If time allows, students will play math games related to Unit 1.

	4th Grade Math Looking for extra practice at home?  Use these links below! www.multiplication.com http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/stop-creature/ http://www.mathplayground.com/functionmachine.html http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/mathman_place_exp.htm http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/FSCompareNumbers.htm https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/mean-median-mode-and-range http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/JupiterIsAverage/planet018.htm http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/JupiterIsAverage/planet010.htm http://www.math-aids.com/Mean_Mode_Median/ http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/
Monday	Students will review and discuss various ways numbers are used.
Tuesday	Students will explore equivalent names for whole numbers and complete name collection boxes.
Wednesday	Students will practice identifying values of digits in numbers up to one billion.
Thursday	Students will practice place value skills using a calculator.
Friday	Students will organize and display data using a tally chart and will identify the maximum, minimum, range, and mode.

	Science/Social Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtbSmhq7JQ http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-physical-characteristics.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8Png98-jU http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_dna.html http://www.ducksters.com/science/biology/dna.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwibgNGe4aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmoCJh69hck
Monday	Who We Are:  Students will participate in the Frankenfish activity. Students will use dominant and recessive traits to create their own fish.
Tuesday	Who We Are:  Students will continue the Frankenfish activity.
Wednesday	Who We Are:Students will complete the the Frankenfish activity. With a partner, students will use Punnett Squares to cross their fish with another and show inherited traits.
Thursday	Who We Are:   “What’s in a name?” Students will research the origin and meanings of their names.
Friday	Who We Are:  Based on a class survey, we will do further their investigations and gathering information about the places their names originated from.

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Remember to bring a water bottle to school daily! No school on Monday, September 7th Please return all paperwork that was given out on orientation night ASAP! Remember to check your child’s “Keep at Home” folder each Monday!

Week of August 24-28

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea: Who We Are

Family  heritage and heredity influence who we are as individuals.  

Lines of Inquiry:

• How traits are inherited
• Investigating genealogy
• How heritage affects our lives

Teacher Questions:

• What can genealogy teach us about ourselves?
• How does family heritage influence our lifestyle?
• What can the heritage of others teach us?

	Daily 5/CAFE
Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE	Daily 5/CAFE: Students will continue to rebuild their reading stamina.  This week students will focus on Reading to Self.  We will review 3 ways to read a book, create essential agreements when reading to self, as well as focus on reading strategies of back up and re-read, and tune into interesting words.  We will also introduce classroom essential agreements for the Word Work center. How can you support these CAFE strategies at home?  Click each link below: https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent_Pipeline_~_Back_up_and_Reread%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdf  (Back up and Reread) https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent+Pipeline+~+Check+for+Understanding.pdf  (Check for Understanding) http://www.esmschools.org/webpages/deubank/files/parent%20pipeline%207.pdf  (Good Fit IPICK Books) https://www.thedailycafe.com/legacy/public/file/Parent+Pipeline+~+Tune+In+to+Interesting+Words.pdf  (Tune Into Intersesting Words) Over the next few weeks, we will begin individual reading and writing conferences with students. Vocabulary: Students that are new to Chavura will be introduced to Quizlet this week. This is an online study aid to help make vocabulary a bit more fun! 4th graders:  Students will begin Lesson 12 in Book 3. 3rd grade: Students will begin Lesson 1 in Book 3.
Writing: VOICES	VOICES: Students will begin a review of the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. We will begin with the Ideas trait. Students will learn how to make ideas strong in their writing by focusing on the meaning and development of their story. Students will also learn to give their readers details, and understand how to include them. Grammar: Students have been given a pre-assessment to assess their noun and pronoun knowledge. This week we will begin introducing/reviewing different types of nouns. We will be focusing on singular/plural nouns. Handwriting: Third grade will review upper and lower case D’Nealian manuscript to help them prepare for cursive. Fourth grade will review the formation of lower case letters in cursive. Fourth grade students are expected to write in cursive on all assignments unless otherwise indicated. Words Their Way Spelling: We will begin our spelling words this week.  Based on a pre-assessment inventory, students are placed in leveled groups based on their spelling needs.  Students will be given 24 words to practice/study for two weeks.  A spelling test will be given every other Friday.  Students are responsible for completing 3 weekly spelling jobs for homework that will be due each Friday.

	3rd Grade Math Looking for extra practice at home?  Use these links below! http://www.abcya.com/clear_it_addition.htm http://www.fun4thebrain.com/subtraction.html www.multiplication.com http://www.abcya.com/100_number_grid.htm http://www.abcya.com/money_counting.htm http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/tens.cgi?A1=s&A2=1
Monday	Students will review the idea that there are many names for a number.
Tuesday	Students will be introduced the vocabulary of chance.
Wednesday	Students will identify number-grid patterns and use them to find differences between pairs of numbers.
Thursday	Students will review calculator skills with adding, subtracting, and skip counting.  Students will also practice place-value skills.
Friday	Students will review money amounts with coins.  Students will write dollars-and-cents notation and compare money amounts.

	4th Grade Math Looking for extra practice at home?  Use these links below! www.multiplication.com http://www.turtlediary.com/math-games/classifying-quadrilaterals.html http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/geometry/shapeshoot/line_shoot.htm http://www.internet4classrooms.com/common_core/draw_points_lines_line_segments_rays_geometry_fourth_4th_grade_math_mathematics.htm
Monday	Students will identify properties of polygons, distinguish between convex and concave, as well as explore and classify geometric figures.
Tuesday	Students will practice drawing circles with a compass.
Wednesday	Students will  explore designing with circles.
Thursday	Students will construct hexagons and triangles using a compass and straightedge.
Friday	Students will be assessed on Unit 1 objectives.

	Science/Social Studies
Monday	Who We Are:  Unit provocation.  Students will be introduced to our first Unit of Inquiry, Who We Are.  Throughout this unit, students will inquire how family  heritage and heredity influence who we are as individuals.  Today, our students will complete a pre-assessment for the unit.  We will read two books aloud to peak their interest about the central idea, as well as complete a vocabulary matching game.
Tuesday	Who We Are:  Students will create a chart comparing physical and nonphysical traits. http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-physical-characteristics.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8Png98-jU
Wednesday	Who We Are:  Students will inquire about DNA and genetics.  Students will explore the similarities and differences between DNA and genetics.  Students will complete (at home) an inherited traits interview.  We will review the class results in class. http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_dna.html http://www.ducksters.com/science/biology/dna.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwibgNGe4aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmoCJh69hck
Thursday	Who We Are:  Students will create a class inventory of dominant and recessive traits using the inventory collected with the at-home survey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtbSmhq7JQ http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html
Friday	Who We Are:  Students will complete a “Frankenfish” activity.  Students will create a visual representation of dominant and recessive traits.

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Remember to bring a water bottle to school daily! No school on Monday, September 7th Please return all paperwork that was given out on orientation night ASAP!

WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 17th-21st

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea: Who We Are

Family  heritage and heredity influence who we are as individuals.  

Lines of Inquiry:

• How traits are inherited
• Investigating genealogy
• How heritage affects our lives

Teacher Questions:

• What can genealogy teach us about ourselves?
• How does family heritage influence our behavior?
• What can the heritage of others teach us?

	Daily 5/CAFE
Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE	Daily 5: Students will begin to rebuild their reading stamina. Words Their Way-  Students will take a spelling inventory. CAFE:  This week students will focus on Reading to Self.  We will discuss 3 ways to read a book, create essential agreements when reading to self, as well as learning how to choose IPICK Good Fit books.   Vocabulary: Wordly Wise instruction will begin next week. 4th graders: 3rd grade:
Writing: VOICES	VOICES: Students will begin a review of the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. We will be pre-reading to find the big idea! Grammar: Students will review parts of speech and take a preassessment. Handwriting: All students will provide a handwriting sample and begin reviewing and practicing cursive.

	3rd Grade Math
Monday	Students will complete an addition and subtraction timed quiz in order to gain a baseline for instruction.  Students will complete the beginning of year math assessment.
Tuesday	Students will review types and uses of numbers using the number grid.
Wednesday	Students will be introduced to the Student Reference Book and establish essential agreements for the math classroom.
Thursday	Students will review telling time, measuring length, and calculator usage.
Friday	Students will review data concepts, gather, analyze, and display data in a variety of ways.

	4th Grade Math
Monday	Students will complete a multiplication and division timed quiz in order to gain a baseline for instruction.  Students will also complete the Beginning of Year math assessment.
Tuesday	Students will be introduced to the Student Reference Book and will establish essential agreements for the math classroom.
Wednesday	Students will be introduced to tools used in geometry, review points, lines, line segments, and rays.  Additionally, they will explore collinear points.
Thursday	Students will practice constructing angles, triangles, quadrangles, as well as classify quadrangles.
Friday	Students will work with parallelograms.  Students will classify quadrangles based on their properties.

	Science/Social Studies
Monday	IB Spirit Week
Tuesday	Personal goal setting and team building activity
Wednesday	IB Spirit Week
Thursday	IB Spirit Week
Friday	IB Spirit Week

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