February 26-March 2, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Informational Writing - Continue to write rough draft on informational topic of choice.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: difference in writing possessives & contractions
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff
I'm glad you're so compassionate, but I doubt that Stinky's mother will let Lurch get into the Iguana's cage.

Vocabulary: Week 17 - Quiz Tuesday, March 6
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning**
drowsy - ready to fall asleep
mend - to repair
unite - to come together
accurate - free from mistakes
massive - large
describe - to tell in words or writing of someone or something, including all the important characteristics, qualities, or events
clarify - to make something easier to understand
spectator - someone who observes
prospect - to explore; to look for minerals
spectacular - showy, striking, overwhelming
specify - to describe or state in detail.

Reading: 3RL7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Social Studies:
European Exploration:
* Reasons for and obstacles to exploration
* Accomplishments of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto,
Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier

Math:
Study multiplication facts each night.
Continue Geometry standards: G1 - Understand that shapes in different categories
may share attributes, and that the shared attributes can define a larger category. Recognize
rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples
of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of the subcategories. G2 - Partition shapes
into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
Measurement Standards: MD5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and
understand concepts of area measurement. a. a square with side length 1 unit, called
"a unit square" is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area.
b. a plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by N unit squares is said
to have an area of N square units. MD6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares
(cm, m, in, ft, and units)

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Explorers Study Guide (see previous post) - students received hard
copy at beginning of unit & condensed guide today

* Study multiplication facts

* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy

* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)
* Weekly Spiral Grammar & math

Important Dates:
March 2 - Mother/Son Event
March 8-15 - Bookfair

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.

Relay for Life bracelets

Mrs. Hancock's 4th grade homeroom will be selling 

Relay for Life "Banding Together for a Cure" bracelets beginning March 13th.  Students will be selling bracelets next to the school store each morning from 7:15-7:30.  

Bracelets will sell for $1 each.  There will be yellow, pink, blue, purple, red, and aqua bracelets as supplies last.  We have a limited number of 200 bracelets, so plan to get yours soon!

STEAM Night

Calling All STEAMists! Tuesday, March 13 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Rocky Branch will be hosting  our STEAM Night, Book Fair, and Ice Cream Social.   For this event, we would like to get members of our community and/or our parents to share his/her Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Mathematical expertise with our students.   It is our goal to have you  (or students under your direction) set up a station with a short activity that students and parents can rotate to throughout the night. This may be an activity from your profession or a STEAM activity that interests you. You may bring in STEAM materials from your profession to have students use, plan a short STEAM activity for students to complete, or show a short 5 minute STEAM demonstration for students.

If you are willing to participate in our STEAM night, please complete the form below.   Feel free to email Angela Harris, aharris@oconeeschools.org, with any questions. 

We look forward to having you volunteer and support STEAM education!

Calling All STEAMIST!

February 19 - 23, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Informational Writing - Continue to write rough draft on informational topic of choice.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: adjectives
The Rough-Faced Girl by Rafe Martin & David Shannon
The two older daughters were cruel and hard-hearted, and they made their youngest sister sit by the fire and feed the flames.

Vocabulary: Week 16 - Quiz Friday, February 23
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning**
pounce - to leap at and surprise
scarce - few in number
briskly - quickly
edible - safe to be eaten
tolerate - to put up with
paraphrase - to express the same message but in different words; to alter a text
summarize - to write or tell the general idea and only the most important parts
gist - the most important part of some idea or experience
melancholy - a feeling of sadness
generally - in most cases; usually
ferociously - in a savagely fierce cruel manner

Reading: 3RL7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Social Studies:
European Exploration:
* Reasons for and obstacles to exploration
* Accomplishments of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto,
Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier

Math:
Study multiplication facts each night.
Continue Geometry standards: G1 - Understand that shapes in different categories
may share attributes, and that the shared attributes can define a larger category. Recognize
rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples
of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of the subcategories. G2 - Partition shapes
into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
Measurement Standards: MD5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and
understand concepts of area measurement. a. a square with side length 1 unit, called
"a unit square" is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area.
b. a plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by N unit squares is said
to have an area of N square units. MD6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares
(cm, m, in, ft, and units)

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Explorers Study Guide (see previous post) - students received hard
copy at beginning of unit

* Study multiplication facts

* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy

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

Important Dates:
February 15 - Y0ung GA author writing due
February 19 - iMom
February 26 - All Pro Dad
March 2 - Mother/Son Event
March 8-15 - Bookfair

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.

Please complete the following survey for the Character Committee

Each year, committees of teachers work to analyze our programs and how we can continuously improve to provide the very best for students. This year, several teachers are looking at the recommendations from our last National Character Visit and developing a plan for the future. As part of that work, they want your input regarding our character initiative: specifically the implementation of the ROCKETS' Way. We would GREATLY appreciate you taking a few moments to complete the survey below. Your input is important and appreciated!! Click Here to Complete Survey.

February 12 - 16, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!

ELA:

Informational Writing - Continue to write rough draft on informational topic of choice.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing.

Vocabulary: No new vocabulary this week. Week 16 words will begin next week.

Reading: 3RL7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Social Studies:
European Exploration:
* Reasons for and obstacles to exploration
* Accomplishments of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto, Christopher Columbus,
Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier

Math: Study multiplication facts each night. Our geometry unit continues looking at shape attributes
and partition attributes

Homework:

* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Explorers Study Guide (see previous post) - students received hard copy at
beginning of unit

* Study multiplication facts

* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy

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

Important Dates:
February 15 - Y0ung GA author writing due
February 19 - iMom
February 26 - All Pro Dad
March 2 - Mother/Son Event
March 8-15 - Bookfair

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.

Explorers Study Guide