Merry Christmas!

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!

December 4-8, 2017

We have been working for several weeks now on mastering multiplication facts by families. So far, we have studied the 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s, 5’s and 6’s. Please ask your child which fact family he/she is working on and help him/her study. We have been quizzing only on Fridays, but to speed up mastery we may quiz 2-3 times a week. This skill is very important to have mastered to memory in order to work problems involving the facts in grades to come.

Christmas party information

The party will begin at 1:30 on December 15th. If you signed up to send in supplies, please have those in by Wednesday, the 13th. We will also be playing a candy exchange game that day using the story “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

The students need to bring in candy wrapped in wrapping paper or in a gift bag. Every student will go home with a package of candy. We do have some students who can’t have sticky candy due to braces.

Language Arts: W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. d. Provide a sense of closure.

Small moment narrative writing - final narrative writing

Mentor Sentence: “Santa is too set in his ways,” he declared. “He wastes time and energy”.  How Santa Lost His Job

Vocabulary: Week 11 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday, December 13th

Week 11 Vocabulary Words

clarify - to make something easier to understand

spare - more than what is needed

strain - to try your hardest

remain - to stay in one place or continue

exotic - very different or unusual

organize - bring order to; arrange by planning and effort

chronological - the arrangement of things in the order in which they occurred in time.

autobiography- a history of a person’s life written or told by that person.

biology - the study of life

biography -the story of a person’s life

Reading: ELAGSE3RL6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. ELAGSE3RL1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Science: Rocks & Minerals

Math: Operations & Algebraic Thinking: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication & division

OA1: Interpret products of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 5 x 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each).

OA2: Interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 56 ➗ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares - how many in each group OR as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects in each - how many groups can you make).

OA3: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities (using a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

OA4: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers using the inverse relationship of multiplication and division.

Homework:

* Read 20 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz December 13th on week 11 words
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

Important Dates:

December 13th - Week 11 Vocabulary test; party items due

December 15th - Christmas Party (send in items prior to this date)

December 18th - January 2nd - Christmas Break

January 3rd - Students Return

Technology:

Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL, xtramath, MobyMax. If you need this information, and have lost the letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.

Message from Office

All items still remaining in Lost and Found will be taken away on December 15th.  Items are given to the Child’s Closet to sell (RBES receives funds from these purchases).  PLEASE check Lost and Found if your child is missing a coat!

Square One Art message

Dear Rocky Branch families,

Thanks so much for participating in our art program fundraiser through Square ONE Art!  All orders have been distributed at school on Friday, December 1st.  Contact me (sjenkins@oconeeschools.org) if you have any questions or concerns with your order.  Please see the information below if you want to order any more items throughout the year.

Happy Holidays!

Stephanie Jenkins

November 27 - December 1st

We have been working for several weeks now on mastering multiplication facts by families. So far, we have studied the 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s and we should all be on our 5’s. Please ask your child which fact family he/she is working on and help him/her study. We have been quizzing only on Fridays, but to speed up mastery we may quiz 2-3 times a week. This skill is very important to have mastered to memory in order to work problems involving the facts in grades to come.

Language Arts: W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. d. Provide a sense of closure.

Small moment narrative writing - focusing on elaborating, adding detail, dialogue, and character development.

Mentor Sentence: Santa was sure-footed even on the steepest roofs, and he loved twisting through the tight spaces. How Santa Got His Job

Vocabulary: Week 10 Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday, December 5th

Week 10 Vocabulary Words

isolated - kept away from others

alter - to make a small change

gullible - easily fooled or tricked

emphasize - to call attention to something because it is important

novice - someone who is new to something and does not have experience

underpay - to pay too little

undercook - to cook less than thoroughly

underestimate - to estimate as being less than the actual size, quantity, or number

draw conclusions - to use clues from the text and what you know to tell about the story

infer - to determine something based upon what you know and what is stated

Reading: ELAGSE3RL6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. ELAGSE3RL1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Science: Rocks & Minerals

Math: Operations & Algebraic Thinking: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication & division

OA1: Interpret products of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 5 x 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each).

OA2: Interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 56 ➗ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares - how many in each group OR as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects in each - how many groups can you make).

OA3: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities (using a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

OA4: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers using the inverse relationship of multiplication and division.

Homework:

* Read 20 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz December 5th on week 10 words
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)

Important Dates:

December 18th - January 2nd - Christmas Break

January 3rd - Students Return

Technology:

Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL, xtramath, MobyMax. If you need this information, and have lost the letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.

November 13-17, 2017

Language Arts: W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. d. Provide a sense of closure.

Small moment narrative writing - focusing on elaborating, adding detail, dialogue, and character development.

Mentor Sentence: none this week

Vocabulary: Week 9 Vocabulary Quiz Thursday, November 16th  

Week 9 Vocabulary Words

gradually - moving or changing very slowly

relevant - connected to or related to the matter at hand

essential - something that is very important

fortunate - having good luck

immense - very great in size or amount

bias - an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting over another

refer - to make reference to someone or something

trace - to follow something closely

delicately - requiring great care or something done softly with caution

reluctantly - in an unwilling way, hesitant

miserably - in an extremely sad and unhappy way

-ly - in a certain way

*be able to create additional words with -ly

Reading: ELAGSE3RL2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Social Studies: SS3H1 a. Locate the regions where American Indians settled in North America: Arctic, Northwest, Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast. b. Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter. c. Discuss how American Indians continue to contribute to American life (arts, literature).

Science Unit: Rocks & Minerals

Math: Operations & Algebraic Thinking: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication & division

OA1: Interpret products of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 5 x 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each).

OA2: Interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 56 ➗ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares - how many in each group OR as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects in each - how many groups can you make).

OA3: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities (using a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

OA4: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers using the inverse relationship of multiplication and division.

Homework:

* Read 20 minutes nightly

* Study vocabulary  - quiz November 16th on week 9 words

* Rocks & Minerals
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)

Important Dates:

November 16th - Week 9 Vocabulary

November 20th - 24th - Thanksgiving Break

December 18th - January 2nd - Christmas Break

January 3rd - Students Return

Technology:

Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL, xtramath, MobyMax. If you need this information, and have lost the letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.

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