Monday, March 31, 2014

Week 31 Vocabulary

Migration – seasonal movement of animals from one region to another
Hibernation – the act of sleeping through the winter
Adaptation – a characteristic about a species that helps it survive
Invertebrate – an organism without a backbone

Carnivore – an organism that primarily eats meat
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Week 31 Spelling Sort 53

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Week 31

This week in Reading we are continuing to talk about reading strategies. We are talking about visualizing and questioning while we read. Our spelling is Sort 53 on Homophones.

This week in Writing we are starting our Pourquoi Tales. Students are going to be writing stories explaining why or how something in nature happened. For example, why mosquitoes buzz, how the zebra got it's stripes, etc . . . We will be making a small book for this story, illustrated as well as written by the student. Also, I want to let you know that our writing testing will begin the week after Spring Break.

This week in Math we are starting a unit on geometric shapes. We will be talking about shape patterns, reviewing lines and triangles, learning about quadrilaterals, and learning about symmetry.

This week in Social Studies students will finish rebuilding their ghost town and then they will begin creating their own communities. They will sketch a map of their community and then use the Chrome books and Google Drive and will create a computerize drawing of their community map. Also, I've decided to give students another couple of days to finish their Native American Model Home project. My class's project will be due on Wednesday, April 16th and Miss Goldsborough's class will be due on Thursday, April 17th.

Lastly, our class has run of of tissues. If you can have your student bring some for the class that would be very helpful!

This Week's Homework:
Monday:            Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Spelling Sort 53
                           Lesson 9.6 P181
                           Native American Homes Model Project
Tuesday:          Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Spelling Sort 53
                           Lesson 9.7 P183
                           Native American Homes Model Project
Wednesday:     Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                            Spelling Sort 53
                           Lesson 9.5 P179
                           Native American Homes Model Project
Thursday:          Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                            Spelling Sort 53
                           Big Book pg. 363-364
                           Native American Homes Model Project
Friday:              Read 20 Mins
                          *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Native American Homes Model Project
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Native American Homes Model Project

Students have received a blue paper with instructions to make a wicki-up, tepee, or hogan. Here are examples/pictures to help guide you as you make these models.





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Week 30 Spelling Sort 50

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Week 30 Vocabulary

Wigwam – American Indian dwelling
Ramada – open shelter made by Indians
Buckskin – the skin of a buck or deer
Moccasins – a heelless leather shoe (Indian)

Precious – of high price or great value
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Week 30

This week in reading we are continuing to review reading strategies and will be talking about making connections and monitoring meaning. We will be having another Language Arts test this Friday as well. Our spelling for this week is Sort 50 with -y, -ly, and -ily words. Don't let your students forget to do their spelling homework activities and TURN THEM IN!

This week in writing we are finishing our Animal Reports. Students need to rewrite their published draft and type it on the blog. I have changed things on the blog, and now students need to log in with their own email to post on our blog. The Animal Report is due this Friday.

This week in math we are finishing our decimals unit. We will be focusing a lot on word problems with money this week, and on Monday we will be taking our test for this unit.

This week in social studies we will be talking about producers and consumers and supply and demand. We will be doing this through a couple of projects, starting with "rebuilding"Ghost towns in Utah.

If your student has been asked to attend double dosing this session on division, please do everything you can to let your student attend to make sure they get the help they need to understand and do long division.

This Week's Homework:
Monday:            Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Spelling Sort 50
                           Lesson 9.1 P171
                           Native American Homes Model Project

Tuesday:          Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Spelling Sort 50
                           Lesson 9.2 P173
                           Native American Homes Model Project

Wednesday:     Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                            Spelling Sort 50
                           Lesson 9.3 P175
                           Native American Homes Model Project

Thursday:          Read 20 Mins
                           *Reading Log & Road to Success
                            Spelling Sort 50
                           Lesson 9.4 P177
                           Native American Homes Model Project

Friday:              Read 20 Mins
                          *Reading Log & Road to Success
                           Native American Homes Model Project

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