Monday, October 9, 2017

October 9-13, 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: No new sentence this week
Vocabulary: Week 6 Vocabulary Quiz Friday, October 13th - focus on root “struct”
Week 6 Tier 2 Words
exclude- to leave out; to prevent someone from doing something or being a part of a group
include - to make a part of something
oppose, snide, heap, diverse, origin, instructor, construction, structure
*be able to create additional words with the root “struct”
Reading: RL1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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).
SS3G3a Explain why American Indian groups occupied the areas they did, with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages and others did not.
HW: Students will complete a chart that contains information about the clothing, shelter, and food of the various early American Indian groups. They will also identify the regions on a North America Map where the groups settled. These 2 items will be the study guide for the summative test.
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 October 13th on week 6 words
* Review American Indian notes
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath
* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)

Important Dates:
October 13 - Week 6 Vocabulary Quiz
DA$H - October 20
Book Character Parade - October 27
Stone Mountain Field Trip - November 2nd

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.

Learn more about the American Indians we will be studying over the next couple of weeks by exploring the links below:
Arctic - Inuits
Native American Adventures
Native American Dwellings
Plains - Buffalo
Buffalo-Plains
Buffalo
Southwest
Plains
Northwest Coast
Southeast

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