Chavura Class Page: October 2015

Friday, October 30, 2015

November 2nd-6th

Program of Inquiry

SHARING THE PLANET

Central Idea: Living things must change to meet the demands of their environment.

Lines of Inquiry:

Animal adaptations

Plant adaptations

How humans adapt to their environment.

Teacher Questions:

Why do some species survive while others become extinct? (function)

Why are there so many different kinds of plants and animals? (form)

What aspects in the environment would require humans to adapt? (change)

Daily 5/CAFE 11:00-12:30

Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE

Daily 5/CAFE: Students will identify the setting within texts. Students will determine the setting using context clues, and explain how the setting impacts the plot of a story. This week, we will also work on characterization and character traits. Students will classify and identify characters in a story based on their actions within the text. We will differentiate between direct and indirect characterization. During student conferences this week, teachers will work with students to identify character traits within their good fit books. We will work with students to choose sentences from their texts, identify character trait, and support how they were able to identify the character trait.

How can you support these reading concepts at home? Click each link below:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1975329.html

BOOK GENRE STUDY (NEW as of 10/16/15!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZO3nFEwkzflrQdaEOeotK5GTfBAxxO2q_4Jsa_gsEM/edit

VOCABULARY: We encourage you to use Quizlet at home to review your weekly Wordly Wise words.

4th graders: Students will start Lesson 2 in Book 4 . Word list: affect, calculate, climate, column, decay, exceed, forbid, grove, limb, mammoth, mature, permit, resist, scorch, tower

3rd graders: Students will start Lesson 6 in Book 3 . Word list this week: chasm, continent, credit, enable, foul, gust, ordeal, plateau, rig, schedule

Writing: VOICES

1:30-2:00

VOICES: Students will continue the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. This week we will continue focusing on Conventions. Conventions refer to the mechanical correctness of the piece—spelling, indentation, grammar and usage, punctuation, and use of capitals. We will continue to review proper use of commas in our writing and follow the 6 comma rules. Students will continue to practice these comma rules as a class during the next few weeks.

The Comma Rules:

Use a comma before or after a quotation in a sentence.

Use a comma after common introductory words in a sentence (however, clearly well, finally.etc.)

Use a comma before a conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. (Example: I love summertime, but I miss the snow.)

Use a comma to separate a city and state and the day from the year in a date.

Use a comma to separate things in a series (listing 3 or more things.)

Use a comma to introduce someone in a sentence.

3rd grade: Students will be reviewing the steps of the writing process as a group. Students will brainstorm ideas and details for a piece that they will write as a group. Students will then create a plan using an organizer to thoughtfully organize all of the story’s details. Students will then discover multiple ways to hook a reader in the beginning of a story. During the writing center students will practice creating hooks for a topic in the following ways:

Asking a question

Using dialogue

Describing a setting

Giving an interesting fact

Onomatopoeia

Telling something funny

4th grade: Students should be finishing their sloppy copy with their revisions and editing complete. Students will continue to conference with a teacher during this process. Students will create a final copy when completed. Conferencing teachers will go through the rubric with the student and they will score the writing together. This will allow for the students to be a part of the grading process.

When editing, students will be checking for proper use of capitalization, punctuation (including commas), and spelling. We will be using proper editing marks when editing their writing. Each student will keep a editing reference guide in their home binders for them to use if needed for homework. You can also use the one located below:

http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/0/0/6900648/editing_symbols.pdf

You can also use these resources at home:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/punctuation.htm

http://www.savethecomma.com/game/

http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/maguirem/quiz.html.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm#

http://literacyandict.wikispaces.com/Proofreading+games

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/proofreading/quiz1634.html

GRAMMAR: Students will continue exploring pronouns. Students will continue to practice locating the antecedent and replacing the antecedent with a pronoun. Students will begin looking at subject and object pronouns. We use subject pronouns as subjects of sentences and object pronouns as objects. Example: I kicked the ball. (Subject: I) He kicked the ball to me. (Object : me)

http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-3-games/ela-games/subject-object-pronouns-exciting-panda-game.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en27pron-game-personal-pronouns-treasure-hunt

http://www.quia.com/rr/631637.html

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/pronoun/balloon_game/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_clubhouse/index_pre.html

http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-games/ela/pronouns.html

WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING:

Students will be introduced to their new spelling sorts this week. Students may practice these words during Word Work as well as homework. Students are responsible for correct spelling and knowing their word patterns.

Weekly Words Their Way lists can be found in your child’s agenda.

3rd Grade Math 9:15-10:15

Looking for extra practice at home? Use the suggested practice information for each individual day. Your child has their username and password for www.ixl.com.

www.multiplication.com

http://www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html

Monday

Students will review content from unit 4 and begin their unit assessment.

(At this point, students should be fluent with all addition and subtraction facts through 12. Nightly practice is encouraged if mastery is not yet achieved. Weekly timed quizzes will be each Friday. Personal goals will be set after each quiz. Please encourage your child to reach their goal!)

Tuesday

Students will complete their unit 4 assessment and take a unit 5 pre assessment.

Wednesday

Students will review place value through ten-thousand.

IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3

Thursday

Students will practice reading and ordering numbers less than 1000,000

IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3

Friday

Students will begin extending place value to the millions.Students will read and write the numbers, as well as identify digits and their place values.

IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3

4th Grade Math 8:15-9:15

Looking for extra practice at home? Use the suggested practice information for each individual day. Your child has their username and password for www.ixl.com.

Monday

Students will practice multiplying 1-digit multipliers using the partial products algorithm. (869 x 4)

IXL practice at home: Multiplication D5, D6, D7

Tuesday

Students will be introduced to 2-digit multipliers using the partial-products algorithm. (61 x 12)

IXL practice at home: Multiplication D17, D18, D19

Wednesday

Students will extend their knowledge of multiplication by using the lattice method for 1-digit multipliers.

IXL practice at home: Multiplication D16

Thursday

Students will extend their knowledge of multiplication by using the lattice method for 2-digit multipliers.

IXL practice at home: Multiplication D16

Friday

Students will read, write, and compare larger numbers using patterns in the base-ten place-value system.

IXL practice at home: Number Sense A9

Science/Social Studies 2:00-3:00

Monday

Sharing the Planet: Students will explore how humans make adaptations using their hands and mouth.

Tuesday

Sharing the Planet: Students will work with a partner to create a poster that shows human adaptations. (Day #1 of 2)

Wednesday

Sharing the Planet: Students will work with a partner to create a poster that shows human adaptations. (Day #2 of 2)

Thursday

Sharing the Planet: Students will be introduced to the summative project for “Sharing the Planet”. Students will work to record their “findings” (plant, animal, and human adaptations) within the new environment that they are in.

Friday

Sharing the Planet: Students will continue to work on their summative projects. We will meet with each student individually to clarify any questions they have about the project.

Extra! Extra! Chavura News

Students should be using Quizlet at home several times each week to practice their Wordly Wise vocabulary words.

Remember to check your child’s “Keep at Home” folder each Monday!

Friday, October 23, 2015

Week of October 26-30, 2015

Program of Inquiry

SHARING THE PLANET

Central Idea: Living things must change to meet the demands of their environment.

Lines of Inquiry:

Animal adaptations
Plant adaptations
How humans adapt to their environment.

Teacher Questions:

Why do some species survive while others become extinct? (function)
Why are there so many different kinds of plants and animals? (form)
What aspects in the environment would require humans to adapt? (change)

	Daily 5/CAFE 11:00-12:30
Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE	Daily 5/CAFE: This week students will continue to choose 3 rounds daily. They may choose from Read to Self, Read With Someone, Word Work, Writing, or Listen to Reading. Students will practice the CAFE comprehension strategy of “Ask questions throughout the reading process”. We will dive into a variety of text questions in order to further reading comprehension. During student conferences this week, teachers will check their book boxes to ensure IPICK Good Fit books are present, and that they ask/answer a variety of questions 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_%7E_Ask%2520Questions%5B1%5D.pdf (Ask Questions Throughout the Reading Process) BOOK GENRE STUDY (NEW as of 10/16/15!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZO3nFEwkzflrQdaEOeotK5GTfBAxxO2q_4Jsa_gsEM/edit VOCABULARY: We encourage you to use Quizlet at home to review your weekly Wordly Wise words. 4th graders: Students will continue Lesson 1 in Book 4 . Word list this week: benefit, complete, develop, dismay, ease, hail, lack, master, patriot, project, recommend, remark, represent, sufficient, utter 3rd graders: Students will continue Lesson 5 in Book 3 . Word list this week: amaze, arctic, court, elect, interval, league, limit, milestone, reaction, tackle Wordly Wise assessments will be FRIDAY!
Writing: VOICES 1:30-2:00	VOICES: Students will continue the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. This week we will continue focusing on Conventions. Conventions refer to the mechanical correctness of the piece—spelling, indentation, grammar and usage, punctuation, and use of capitals. We will continue to review proper use of commas in our writing and follow the 6 comma rules. Students will continue practicing each rule separately, and then progress into multiple comma uses within a sentence. We will continue to work with rules 1, 2, and 6 this week and then begin reviewing and practicing all the comma rules together. The Comma Rules: Use a comma before or after a quotation in a sentence. Use a comma after common introductory words in a sentence (however, clearly well, finally.etc.) Use a comma before a conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. (Example: I love summertime, but I miss the snow.) Use a comma to separate a city and state and the day from the year in a date. Use a comma to separate things in a series (listing 3 or more things.) Use a comma to introduce someone in a sentence. Students will continue to organize their ideas and details for their free write. Students should begin their sloppy copy (rough draft) and continue to conference with a teacher. Once a sloppy copy is completed, students will use a checklist to help them revise and edit. When editing, students will be checking for proper use of capitalization, punctuation (including commas), and spelling. We will be using proper editing marks when editing their writing. We will be practicing as a group and individually how to spot mistakes and mark them appropriately. Each student will keep a editing reference guide in their home binders for them to use if needed for homework. You can also use the one located below: http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/0/0/6900648/editing_symbols.pdf You can use these resources at home: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/punctuation.htm http://www.savethecomma.com/game/ http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/maguirem/quiz.html.htm http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm# http://literacyandict.wikispaces.com/Proofreading+games http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/proofreading/quiz1634.html GRAMMAR: Students will continue exploring pronouns. Students will learn that pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, are words that take the place of a noun. Students will practice locating the antecedent and replacing the antecedent with a pronoun. Students will begin looking and singular and plural pronouns. http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/pronoun/balloon_game/ http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_clubhouse/index_pre.html http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-games/ela/pronouns.html HANDWRITING: Third grade will continue practicing the formation of their cursive letters. Their names should be written in cursive on all of their papers. Fourth grade will review the formation letters in cursive that they are constantly forming and/or connecting incorrectly. Fourth grade students are expected to write in cursive on all assignments unless otherwise indicated. For an animated demonstration of each letter, please use the links below: http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/lowercase.htm http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/uppercase.htm WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING: Students will be introduced to their new spelling sorts this week. Students may practice these words during Word Work as well as homework. Students are responsible for correct spelling and knowing their word patterns. Weekly Words Their Way lists can be found in your child’s agenda. Students will have their spelling test this FRIDAY!

	3rd Grade Math 9:15-10:15 Looking for extra practice at home? Use these links below! www.multiplication.com http://www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html
Monday	Students will review Fact Triangles and the Multiplication/Division fact table. Students will use these tools to help them generate fact families. IXL practice at home: Any practice for 3rd grade Understand Division, Multiplication Skill Builders, Multiplication Fluency, or Multiplication (At this point, students should be fluent with all addition and subtraction facts through 12. Nightly practice is encouraged if mastery is not yet achieved. Weekly timed quizzes will be each Friday. Personal goals will be set after each quiz. Please encourage your child to reach their goal!)
Tuesday	Students will participate in a multiplication practice activity: Baseball Multiplication.
Wednesday	Students will explore arrays and facts using estimation and problem solving.
Thursday	Students will review multiplication and division strategies.
Friday	No math today. Halloween party and Fall Olympics

	4th Grade Math 8:15-9:15 Looking for extra practice at home? Use these links below! www.multiplication.com
Monday	Students will extend basic multiplication facts to products of ones and tens and products of tens and tens. IXL practice at home: Multiplication D8, D5, D6, D7
Tuesday	Students will practice with extended multiplication facts, including writing in expanded form and solving multidigit multiplication problems. Students will calculate sums of partial products when participating in Wrestling multiplication. IXL practice at home: Multiplication D8, D5, D6, D7
Wednesday	Students will practice deciding whether estimation is appropriate in a given situation. Students will be comparing estimates with actual answers. IXL practice at home: Multiplication (Estimation) D12, D13, D14
Thursday	Students will practice estimating whether a product is in the tens, hundreds, thousands, or more. IXL practice at home: Multiplication (Estimation) D12, D13, D14
Friday	No math today. Halloween party and Fall Olympics IXL practice at home:

	Science/Social Studies 2:00-3:00 http://www.planet-science.com/categories/under-11s/games/2010/09/mission-adaptation.aspx http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/plant-adaptations.htm http://interactivesites.weebly.com/animal-adaptations.html http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html
Monday	Sharing the Planet: Students will investigate how plants adapt to different environments. Students will create a small poster about their given environment and present their finding to the class.
Tuesday	Sharing the Planet: Students will begin an experiment on water loss from leaves. Students will simulate various water situations and observe what happens to the water over time. Students will participate in a desert plant mystery activity to explore how different plant survive in the heat of the desert.
Wednesday	Sharing the Planet: Students will be creating their own plant and show how it adapts to their environment. “Invent-a-plant” Students will take their formative assessment.
Thursday	Sharing the Planet: Students will investigate how humans have adapted to various environments over time.
Friday	Sharing the Planet: Fall Olympics

Extra! Extra! Chavura News

Students should be using Quizlet at home several times each week to practice their Wordly Wise vocabulary words.
Remember to check your child’s “Keep at Home” folder each Monday!
We look forward to first quarter conferences. If you haven’t yet signed up, please follow the link sent to your email.

	Daily 5/CAFE 11:00-12:30
Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE	Daily 5/CAFE: Students will identify the setting within texts. Students will determine the setting using context clues, and explain how the setting impacts the plot of a story. This week, we will also work on characterization and character traits. Students will classify and identify characters in a story based on their actions within the text. We will differentiate between direct and indirect characterization. During student conferences this week, teachers will work with students to identify character traits within their good fit books. We will work with students to choose sentences from their texts, identify character trait, and support how they were able to identify the character trait. How can you support these reading concepts at home? Click each link below: http://www.quia.com/quiz/1975329.html BOOK GENRE STUDY (NEW as of 10/16/15!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZO3nFEwkzflrQdaEOeotK5GTfBAxxO2q_4Jsa_gsEM/edit VOCABULARY: We encourage you to use Quizlet at home to review your weekly Wordly Wise words. 4th graders: Students will start Lesson 2 in Book 4 . Word list: affect, calculate, climate, column, decay, exceed, forbid, grove, limb, mammoth, mature, permit, resist, scorch, tower 3rd graders: Students will start Lesson 6 in Book 3 . Word list this week: chasm, continent, credit, enable, foul, gust, ordeal, plateau, rig, schedule
Writing: VOICES 1:30-2:00	VOICES: Students will continue the 6+1 Traits of Writing. This is referred to as VOICES: voice, organization, ideas, conventions, expanded vocabulary, and sentence fluency. This week we will continue focusing on Conventions. Conventions refer to the mechanical correctness of the piece—spelling, indentation, grammar and usage, punctuation, and use of capitals. We will continue to review proper use of commas in our writing and follow the 6 comma rules. Students will continue to practice these comma rules as a class during the next few weeks. The Comma Rules: Use a comma before or after a quotation in a sentence. Use a comma after common introductory words in a sentence (however, clearly well, finally.etc.) Use a comma before a conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. (Example: I love summertime, but I miss the snow.) Use a comma to separate a city and state and the day from the year in a date. Use a comma to separate things in a series (listing 3 or more things.) Use a comma to introduce someone in a sentence. 3rd grade: Students will be reviewing the steps of the writing process as a group. Students will brainstorm ideas and details for a piece that they will write as a group. Students will then create a plan using an organizer to thoughtfully organize all of the story’s details. Students will then discover multiple ways to hook a reader in the beginning of a story. During the writing center students will practice creating hooks for a topic in the following ways: Asking a question Using dialogue Describing a setting Giving an interesting fact Onomatopoeia Telling something funny 4th grade: Students should be finishing their sloppy copy with their revisions and editing complete. Students will continue to conference with a teacher during this process. Students will create a final copy when completed. Conferencing teachers will go through the rubric with the student and they will score the writing together. This will allow for the students to be a part of the grading process. When editing, students will be checking for proper use of capitalization, punctuation (including commas), and spelling. We will be using proper editing marks when editing their writing. Each student will keep a editing reference guide in their home binders for them to use if needed for homework. You can also use the one located below: http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/0/0/6900648/editing_symbols.pdf You can also use these resources at home: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/punctuation.htm http://www.savethecomma.com/game/ http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/maguirem/quiz.html.htm http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm# http://literacyandict.wikispaces.com/Proofreading+games http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/proofreading/quiz1634.html GRAMMAR: Students will continue exploring pronouns. Students will continue to practice locating the antecedent and replacing the antecedent with a pronoun. Students will begin looking at subject and object pronouns. We use subject pronouns as subjects of sentences and object pronouns as objects. Example: I kicked the ball. (Subject: I) He kicked the ball to me. (Object : me) http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-3-games/ela-games/subject-object-pronouns-exciting-panda-game.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en27pron-game-personal-pronouns-treasure-hunt http://www.quia.com/rr/631637.html http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/pronoun/balloon_game/ http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_clubhouse/index_pre.html http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-games/ela/pronouns.html WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING: Students will be introduced to their new spelling sorts this week. Students may practice these words during Word Work as well as homework. Students are responsible for correct spelling and knowing their word patterns. Weekly Words Their Way lists can be found in your child’s agenda.

	3rd Grade Math 9:15-10:15 Looking for extra practice at home? Use the suggested practice information for each individual day. Your child has their username and password for www.ixl.com. www.multiplication.com http://www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html
Monday	Students will review content from unit 4 and begin their unit assessment. (At this point, students should be fluent with all addition and subtraction facts through 12. Nightly practice is encouraged if mastery is not yet achieved. Weekly timed quizzes will be each Friday. Personal goals will be set after each quiz. Please encourage your child to reach their goal!)
Tuesday	Students will complete their unit 4 assessment and take a unit 5 pre assessment.
Wednesday	Students will review place value through ten-thousand. IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3
Thursday	Students will practice reading and ordering numbers less than 1000,000 IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3
Friday	Students will begin extending place value to the millions.Students will read and write the numbers, as well as identify digits and their place values. IXL practice at home: 3rd grade-Place Value B1-B4 4th grade- A1 and A3

	4th Grade Math 8:15-9:15 Looking for extra practice at home? Use the suggested practice information for each individual day. Your child has their username and password for www.ixl.com.
Monday	Students will practice multiplying 1-digit multipliers using the partial products algorithm. (869 x 4) IXL practice at home: Multiplication D5, D6, D7
Tuesday	Students will be introduced to 2-digit multipliers using the partial-products algorithm. (61 x 12) IXL practice at home: Multiplication D17, D18, D19
Wednesday	Students will extend their knowledge of multiplication by using the lattice method for 1-digit multipliers. IXL practice at home: Multiplication D16
Thursday	Students will extend their knowledge of multiplication by using the lattice method for 2-digit multipliers. IXL practice at home: Multiplication D16
Friday	Students will read, write, and compare larger numbers using patterns in the base-ten place-value system. IXL practice at home: Number Sense A9

	Science/Social Studies 2:00-3:00
Monday	Sharing the Planet: Students will explore how humans make adaptations using their hands and mouth.
Tuesday	Sharing the Planet: Students will work with a partner to create a poster that shows human adaptations. (Day #1 of 2)
Wednesday	Sharing the Planet: Students will work with a partner to create a poster that shows human adaptations. (Day #2 of 2)
Thursday	Sharing the Planet: Students will be introduced to the summative project for “Sharing the Planet”. Students will work to record their “findings” (plant, animal, and human adaptations) within the new environment that they are in.
Friday	Sharing the Planet: Students will continue to work on their summative projects. We will meet with each student individually to clarify any questions they have about the project.