Week of December 14-18, 2015
Program of Inquiry
How We Express Ourselves
Central Idea: Our voice is an important form of expression to communicate different ideas, emotions, and feelings.
Lines of Inquiry:
- Voice
- Public Speaking
- Written Expression
Teacher Questions:
- What is our voice, and how do we use it to express ourselves? (form and function)
- What is the relationship between speaking and listening? (connection)
- How can written expression be interpreted? (perspective)
Daily 5/CAFE 11:00-12:30
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Reading: Daily 5/ CAFE
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Daily 5/CAFE: This week, students will learn about the Author’s Viewpoint. The author’s viewpoint identifies the thoughts, feelings, and opinions that the author has about a subject, topic, or character. During student conferences this week, teachers will work with students to identify the author’s viewpoint in their good fit books.
BOOK GENRE STUDY-Realistic Fiction
DUE December 18th!
Please follow the paragraph guidelines located on the link below. Students MUST follow the writing process (plan, rough draft, revise, edit, neat/final copy).
VOCABULARY: No vocabulary lessons this week.
We encourage you to use Quizlet at home to review your weekly Wordly Wise words.
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Writing: VOICES
1:30-2:00
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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 our focus lesson on Expanding Vocabulary (Word Choice). Students will learn and practice how to use words to clarify an idea, create a mental picture for the reader, and to make the writing sound appealing to the ear. Word Choice is all about the rich, colorful, precise language that communicates in a way that is not only functional, but also in a way that moves and enlightens the reader.
Students will explore strong verb usage in their writing and begin consulting resources for using synonyms for various verbs. These words may be more precise and interesting, rather than using the first word that comes to mind.
3rd grade: Students will continue reviewing the steps of the writing process as a group.Students will be practicing sentence variety and formation, and following steps to creating a decent paragraph. We will continue to model paragraph formation using the “hamburger method”. This week in the writing center, students will complete their plan for a given prompt and write complete sentences for their introduction, colorful detail, and concluding ideas using a mind map.
Hamburger Paragraph Template:
4th grade: Students will complete their final drafts for the homework machine prompt. Students are expected to follow the steps of the writing process for all pieces. Students will be practicing adding dialogue to their story to help give the characters a voice. They are encouraged to avoid using the word said, and use more words that help describe emotions.
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:
You can also use these resources at home:
GRAMMAR: Students will practice identifying main verbs in a sentence. Verbs are words are expressing action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do.Verbs are a necessary component of all sentences. Students will continue identifying helping and linking verbs. A helping verb determines the mood or tense of another verb in a phrase. Helping verbs are words such as be, have, do, can, could, may, must, should, will, and would. Linking verbs help to describe a condition. These are words such as is, am, are, were, been, was, be, and being.
Please use the links below to help your child review verbs.
Activities:
Videos (Songs):
WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING:
Students will review their spelling sort 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.
Spelling test will occur on Wednesday this week!
Weekly Words Their Way lists can be found in your child’s agenda.
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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.
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Monday
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Students will participate in a unit review and complete a practice test.
If time allows, students will begin their unit assessment.
(Students are now focusing on becoming fluent with their multiplication facts. 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!)
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Tuesday
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Students will complete their unit assessment.
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Wednesday
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Students will participate in math review activities.
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Thursday
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Students will play math jeopardy as a class for review.
Students will take a timed math facts quiz.
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Friday
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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.
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Monday
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Students will participate in a mid year review.
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Tuesday
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Students will take their mid year assessment.
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Wednesday
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Students will be introduced to latitude and longitude. We will practice finding the latitude and longitude places on a globe and map.
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Thursday
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Students will participate in math review games and complete any unfinished journal pages.
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Friday
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Science/Social Studies 2:00-3:00
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Monday
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How We Express Ourselves: Students will work on their summative projects. We will meet individually with each student to monitor their progress and answer any questions they have.
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Tuesday
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How We Express Ourselves: Students will present their summative projects.
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Wednesday
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How We Express Ourselves: Students will present their summative projects.
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Thursday
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How We Express Ourselves: Students will complete the unit reflection for How We Express Ourselves and fill their IB portfolios with artifacts from this unit.
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Friday
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Extra! Extra! Chavura News
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