Due to standardized testing, the only homework this week is the math fact practice and dictation for Mrs. Johns & Mrs. Sullivan's classes.
Each Friday we will be testing the students in math on our fact set of the week. It will be a timed test. Each week if the students master the skill for the week, they will earn a topping for our ice cream party at the end of the year. Please see the homework for the skills of the week for each class. Since this was the homework for the students all year, we will be putting their knowledge to the test now that the year is coming to a close. Please continue to review these at home.
Writer's Workshop:
We are continuing on our creative narrative unit and are focusing on including good details and describing words. The kids will go through the writing process to write a creative story this week.
Monday: Create a tree map with all of our story elements parts
Tuesday: Use our tree map to make a flow map. Add an opening and closing sentence.
Wednesday: Finish adding details to our flow map and begin our rough drafts.
Thursday: Finish our rough drafts then edit and revise them.
Friday: Write our final drafts and share in a small group.
Project Group:We are
continuing with our Economics unit. This week the kids are we are reviewing the concepts of scarcity and natural resources by doing several activities with
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. We will also tie this in to Earth Day to help the kids be mindful of not making our natural resources even more scarce.
Reading:Mrs. Johns' Reading:Story of the week:
The Mouse & the Wizard (Junior Great Books Series)Words of the week: who, will, tell, why, them
We will be doing a lot of comprehension work with the
The Mouse & the Wizard story this week, including sequencing, character maps, and exploring the setting.
Ms. Aguilar's Reading:Miss Abeyta will be teaching our reading unit this week.
Story of the Week: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Genre: realistic fiction
Comprehension Skill: identifying the plot of the story
Word Wall Words: green, gym, jump, junk, girl, it's
Mrs. Sullivan's Reading:Word family - irregular plurals
dictation words:
man, men, woman, women, child, children, foot, feet, mouse, mice, tooth,
teeth, goose, geese
High frequency words: favorite, friendly, your, you're, know
Dictation sentences:
For dictation sentences this week I would like for each student to write a one paragraph paper about what they have learned during our economics unit. The paragraph should contain at least 5 sentences. Use good vocabulary words such as services, capital resources, trade, scarcity, and opportunity cost. Students should use cups to edit the paragraph. Turn in the final edited paper by Friday.
We are practicing comprehension skills this week, including predicting, sequencing, and finding details for the beginning, middle, end of a story.
Math:Mrs. Johns' Math: This week in math, we will continue a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. In centers we will be reviewing and extending concepts from the year.
Monday: Introduction to a new Test Taking Strategy & Tile Math
Tuesday:
Pigs Will Be Pigs - Math in Literacy Problem Solving
Wednesday: no Math due to Stanford 10 Testing
Thursday/Friday: Centers
Ms. Aguilar's Math: In math this week we will continue to add double digit numbers without regrouping and also do subrtaction. We will continue to review place value.
Monday: Double digit math centers
Tuesday: Double digit math centers
Wednesday: Double digit math centers
Thursday: Double digit math centers
Friday: Double digit math centers
Mrs. Sullivan's Math: This week in math, we will start spending a few minutes each day on test taking strategies in preparation for the Stanford 10 test. We are also learning place value, double digit addition, and subtraction. The fact test on Friday will be (+4).
