January 29 - February 2, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Writing - Students will rough draft all the information they know about their topic. They will then use a planner to organize the subtopics underneath the main idea of the paper.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing.

Many winds whirled up from between the towers, and he swayed with them. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Vocabulary: Week 14 Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 2

Week 14 Vocabulary Words

partial - part rather than the whole
conceal - to hide or keep a secret
blunt - having an edge that is not sharp
quarrel - a disagreement
fret - to become worried
urgent - something that needs immediate attention
publish - to have something that you wrote included in a book, magazine, or newspaper
process - a course of action intended to produce a result
produce - to cause something to exist or happen; to make or create something by using machines or a natural process. 

Reading: Informational Text & Features. Weekly comprehension practice 3 times a week for
morning work to build skills that will help on Milestones.

Science: Rocks & Minerals - Students have 3 sheets of notes to review. Most of the information
is repetitive across the guides. Summative - Thursday, February 1st

Math: Study multiplication facts each night.

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz February 2 on week 14 words
* IXL, Mobymax, Khan Academy

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

Important Dates:
Friday, February 2 - Week 14 Vocabulary quiz
Thursday, February 1 - Rocks & Minerals summative
Friday, February 2 - Father/Daughter dance

Technology:

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

January 22-26, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Writing - This week, students will decide on their "funneled" down topic, write LONG about everything they know about the topic, fill in any missing information needed to teach about chosen topic, and begin to organize information. The students will also have an opportunity to hear from 5th grade students who competed in 4-H County Project Achievement last week on what a great informational writing sounds and looks like.

Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing.

Sojourner put one big-black-beautiful foot in front of the other and she STOMPED on the floorboards of ignorance that were underneath. Step, Stomp-Stride

Vocabulary: Week 13 Vocabulary Quiz Friday, January 26

Week 13 Vocabulary Words

smudge - a blurry spot or streak
disgruntled - to be in a bad mood
extravagant - more than what is reasonable or needed
witty - full of wit or humor
imitate - to copy someone or follow their example
collaborate - to work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something 
integrate - to combine two or more things or people so they work together
demonstrate - to show something clearly by giving proof or evidence
transport - to carry from one place to another
portable - capable of easily being carried
export - to carry out of the country
import - to carry into the country

Reading: Informational Text & Features. We will also begin doing weekly comprehension practice for
morning work to build skills that will help on Milestones.

Science: Rocks & Minerals - Summative - Thursday, February 1st

Math: Study multiplication facts each night. Geometry standards begin this week.

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz January 26 on week 13 words
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

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

Important Dates:
Thursday, January 25 - 3rd grade parent breakfast
Friday, January 26 - Week 13 Vocabulary quiz
Thursday, February 1 - Rocks & Minerals summative
Friday, February 2 - Father/Daughter dance

Technology:

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

January 15 - 19, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Writing - Informational Writing continues with looking at model informational writing samples, listing topic ideas, and discussions on what information is included in informational writing.

Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing.

Sojourner put one big-black-beautiful foot in front of the other and she STOMPED on the floorboards of ignorance that were underneath. The Three Snow Bears

Vocabulary: Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday, January 17

Week 12 Vocabulary Words

glee - with spirit and joy

snatch - to quickly take something

dangle - to hang down and swing back and forth

hesitate - to stop or pause because you are unsure

greedy - wanting more than you need

develop - to create something over a period of time

structure - the way something is built, arranged, or organized

projectile - an object thrown into the air with great force.

interjection - a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

reject - to throw something out because it is defective or can’t be used again.

Reading: Informational Text & Features. We will also begin doing weekly comprehension practice for morning work to build skills that will help on Milestones.

Science: Rocks & Minerals

Math: Study multiplication facts each night. Geometry standards begin this week.

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz January 17 on week 12 words
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

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

Important Dates:

Technology:

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

January 8 - 12, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Writing - Informational Writing begins with looking at model informational writing samples,
listing topic ideas, and discussions on what information is included in informational writing.

Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate into personal writing.

“Quicker than a seal, Aloo-ki ran from room to room until she burst outside”.  The Three Snow Bears

Vocabulary: Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday, January 16

Week 12 Vocabulary Words

glee - with spirit and joy

snatch - to quickly take something

dangle - to hang down and swing back and forth

hesitate - to stop or pause because you are unsure

greedy - wanting more than you need

develop - to create something over a period of time

structure - the way something is built, arranged, or organized

projectile - an object thrown into the air with great force.

interjection - a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

reject - to throw something out because it is defective or can’t be used again.

Reading: Informational Text & Features, Close Reading Passages, Milestones practice - constructed
& extended constructed response

Science: Rocks & Minerals

Math: Study multiplication facts each night. We are finishing division strategies, word problems, and
explaining our thinking. Geometry is our next unit.

Homework:

* Read 20 minutes nightly

* Study multiplication facts

* Study vocabulary  - quiz January 16 on week 12 words
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

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

Important Dates:

Technology:

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

3rd quarter standards

3rd quarter standards

Language Arts:

Writing

W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

a.   Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding
comprehension.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

c. Use linking words and phrases (also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of
information.

d. Provide a concluding statement or section

Reading Literature:

RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases both literal and non-literal language as they are used
in the text.

RL5: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms
such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

RL6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Reading Information:

RI3: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps
in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

RI6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

RI8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (comparison,
cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence)

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Math

NF1: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal
parts (unit fraction).

NF2: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line
diagram.

NF3: Explain equivalence of fractions through reasoning with visual fraction models. Compare fractions
by reasoning about their size.

MD1: Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure elapsed time intervals in minutes. Solve
word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.

MD2: Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams,
kilograms, and liters. Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving
masses or volumes that are given in the same units.

MD3: Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.
Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented
in scaled bar graphs.

MD4: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of
an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate
units - whole numbers, halves, or quarters.

MD5: Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

MD6: Measure areas by counting unit squares (cm, m, in, ft)

MD7: Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.

MD8: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons.

G1: Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes, and that the shared attributes
can define a larger category.

G2: Partition shapes into parts with equal areas.

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Social Studies

H2: Describe European exploration in North America.
a. Describe the reasons for and obstacles to the exploration of North America.
b. Describe the accomplishments: John Cabot (England), Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spain),
Hernando de Soto (Spain), Christopher Columbus (Spain), Henry Hudson (The Netherlands), and
Jacques Cartier (France).
c. Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between European explorers and American Indians.

H3: Explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America.
Identify key reasons why the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies were founded (religious
freedom and profit)
b. Compare and contrast colonial life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies
(education, economy, and religion).
c. Describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of various people: large landowners, farmers,
artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians.

E3: Give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange.
a. Describe the interdependence of consumers and producers.
b. Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace.
c. Explain that some goods are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries.
d. Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money.

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Science

Finish from 2nd quarter:

E1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the physical attributes of rocks and soil.

E2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on how fossils provide evidence of past organisms.

3rd quarter:

L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences between plants,
animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains,
Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.

Message from Mr. Luke

Dear Parents,

As we begin the second half of the school year, we’ll start using recorders in music class.  These instruments will help us develop finger coordination, ensemble skills, and help with music reading and performance.  Students have the option of either using a school-owned recorder or ordering one that will be theirs to keep.  School-owned recorders are sanitized after each use, but I do recommend purchasing one if you are able.  Of course, if you have a recorder from an older sibling in middle/high school, feel free to use it!

Recorders will cost $5, and I’ll be submitting the order by next week. If you would like to purchase one, please send money in an envelope or bag with your child's name and activity color group by this Friday.

Another quick note: if you want to find one on your own, a music store would have one, but please do not purchase a recorder from a dollar store, Walmart, etc.  These tend to either not work at all or break very easily.  

Thank you!

Josh Luke

RBES Music

January 2-5, 2018

Welcome back! I hope each of you had a fantastic break. This week we are getting back in the routine of things and will jump back into some of our normal routines next week, such as vocabulary, mentor text, weekly grammar/math homework. 

Some things to be working on a regular basis in the months to come:

* learning basic multiplication & division facts (0-12)

* Writing in complete sentences when answering questions.

* Typing practice - 

* IXL - current skills from standards or any starred activities

* MobyMax - math, fact fluency, reading stories, reading skills (literature & informational), vocabulary, spelling

* Milestones practice - Click here for guide

Report cards & MAP reports will be coming home tomorrow. I emailed MAP scores out before break, but this will give you a visual with any past scores as a comparison that are available. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. We can pinpoint specific skills to help strengthen any weak areas as well as areas to reinforce and supplement that are strengths. 

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It's Scholastic Book Time again!!

Class Code - L4PFZ

Order Due Date - 01/31/2018

Dear Families,

I want your child to be a successful reader—and for that, I need your help.

When children choose their own books to read for pleasure, they enjoy reading more and spend more time doing it. The more your child reads, the better they will do in school and in life.

Scholastic Book Clubs flyers are made for you and your child to shop for books your child will love to read. Each month, the flyers are filled with trusted, excellent quality, age-appropriate books chosen by Scholastic for prices as low as one dollar.

Plus you will be helping our class when you order: Scholastic matches each order you place with FREE BOOKS for our classroom to share.

Thank you for helping your child become a successful reader.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rivera

Please place your online order to me by _January 31, 2018

Two ways to order:

1. Go online to: scholastic.com/newparent

 enter our Class Code: _L4PFZ__

2. Check off the books you want to order for your child and return this flyer to me with a check to Scholastic Book Clubs by __January 31, 2018_