Week of February 8-12, 2016
Program of Inquiry
Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea:
Immigration influences new and existing groups.
Lines of Inquiry:
· Changes in native cultures
· Conflict between cultures
· Acceptance and understanding between cultures
Teacher Questions and Key Concepts:
What effect did the native and settler encounters have on their population? (change)
What impact can immigration have on a culture? (perspective)
Why does conflict arise between different cultures? (causation)
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 explore the differences between homophones, homographs, and homonyms. While these words are often confusing, this is an introductory skill for the 3rd/4th grade level.
HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings, and may be spelled the same or different. Example: fair (county fair) fair (reasonable) pear (fruit) pair (couple).
HOMOPHONES are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. Example: pear (fruit) pair (couple).
HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Some homographs may be pronounced differently, but not always. Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone), tear (in the eye) and tear (rip).
WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).
Use the following links for practice at home:
BOOK GENRE STUDY-Biography Book Report/Poster-Due February 29th!
Please follow the poster guidelines. You can find these on a printout in your child’s homework folder, or click the link above.
VOCABULARY: Students will start a new Wordly Wise unit this week. Students are encouraged to study their Wordly Wise vocabulary words at home for homework. Students may use their books, or they can use Quizlet for practice.
3rd Grade Word List: diagram, frustrate, graduate, prank, primary, risk, stress, urge, vacant, vigorous
4th Grade Word List: alter, confuse, distribute, eject, embrace, equip, flexible, instant, keen, limp, scurry, seize, shallow, surround, victim
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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.
3rd grade: Students will continue reviewing the steps of the writing process as a group. This week in the writing center, students will continue to work on their narrative prompt: Encounter. For this prompt, students will decide if they are a Native American or an English settler (immigrant.) Students will include details about the first time they met the other group of people. They will include what they thought about the others, and if it were a peaceful encounter or if they had conflict. Students will focus on completing their sloppy copy, and then begin to revise and edit.Students will continue conferencing with a teacher.
4th grade: Students will continue their narrative prompt: Encounter. For this prompt, students will decide if they are a Native American or an English settler (immigrant.) Students will include details about the first time they met the other group of people. They will include what they thought about the others, and if it were a peaceful encounter or if they had conflict. Students are expected to follow the steps of the writing process for all pieces. Students will be focusing on their word choices and work on their sentence fluency. 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 review identifying adjectives in a sentence and using adjectives to describe nouns in their own writing. Adjectives are are words that describe or modify other words. They can identify or quantify another person or thing in the sentence.Adjectives are usually positioned before the noun or the pronoun that they modify. Adjectives tell how many, what kind, or which one.
For example:
Dan decided that the fuzzy green bread would make an unappetizing sandwich.
What kind of bread? Fuzzy and green! What kind of sandwich? Unappetizing!
Students will also begin working with proper adjectives. These adjectives come from from proper nouns. Proper nouns are nouns that name specific people, places, things, or ideas. Think of proper as meaning specific. Example: Proper Noun : America
Proper Adjective: American
Please use the links below to help your child review .
Activities:
Videos:
WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING:
Students will receive their new spelling sort this week. Students are responsible for knowing the sorting rules as well as the correct spelling for each word. Your child’s list of words can be located in their agenda. Please complete three DIFFERENT spelling jobs for homework. Spelling HW is due on Friday.
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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 review concepts from Unit 7 in preparation for the Unit test. Students will review multiplication methods, extended fact families, and using parentheses in numerical sentences.
IXL Practice:
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Tuesday
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Students will complete Unit 7 assessment.
IXL Practice:
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Wednesday
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Students will participate in math review activities and complete math review boxes in their journals.
IXL Practice:
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Thursday
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Field Study
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Friday
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Valentine’s Day Celebration
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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 estimate the area of surfaces that have curved boundaries or irregular shapes.
IXL Practice: P.22
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Tuesday
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Students will develop and use a formula for the area of a rectangle.
IXL Practice: P.24
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Wednesday
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Students will participate in math review activities (area and perimeter) and complete math review boxes in their journals.
IXL Practice:P.25
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Thursday
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Field Study
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Friday
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Valentine’s Day Celebration
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Science/Social Studies 2:00-3:00
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Monday
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Where We Are in Place and Time: Students will investigate Lines 2 and 3, conflict and acceptance between cultures.
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Tuesday
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Where We Are in Place and Time: Students will be introduced to the summative project. We will review the project details and go over the rubric with the class.
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Wednesday
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Where We Are in Place and Time: Students will utilize this time to work on their summative project. We will meet individually with students to monitor their progress and answer any questions they have about the project.
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Thursday
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Field Study
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Friday
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Early Release
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Extra! Extra! Chavura News
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