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.