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

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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.