Tuesday October 11, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes. LOG & Jot! Put two or more ideas together to grow an idea about lessons within your story.

                    

WRITING:
Choose 2 more lenses to edit your piece. 

MATH:
Addition Strategies

OTHER: 
Boo Grams due Wednesday, October 26th
Book Fair due Monday, October 24th

Friday October 7, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes each day over the week. If you need to break up one of your reading sessions, you can add 15 minutes to each of the other ones :) LOG & Jot!

Anchor Charts: 

Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Somebody...Wanted...But...So...

Read Your Characters

Notice Author's Craft 

Thought Prompts to Grow Ideas 

Precise Words 

Character Trait List      
                    

WRITING:

MATH:

OTHER: HAVE FUN!

Math:

• We are taking a break from addition and moving on to learn about subtraction. HH
• We learned how to use the algorithm when solving problems with money. CM
• We learned words that are associated with subtraction to help us recognize these kinds of problems: take away, minus, how many left, difference, decreasing, smaller, and less than. WB
• We were learning how to problem solve effectively using exemplars. We focused on communicating our solution and making connections. SM
• We learned about different subtraction situations: figure out the missing part, compare two numbers by finding the difference, or take away one part. CS
• We are on the last bend of our math unit before we move on to a new one! MM

Reading:

• We are learning to grow big ideas about the life lessons within our books. RP
• When are trying to recognize when the author is giving us a hint about what is to come next in the plot. Usually, this is something that seems to stand out in the scene! CW
• We learned how to develop debatable ideas within our books, how to take a position, and how to defend this position with evidence from our text! PA
• We learned to focus on the setting and repetitive objects to grow bigger ideas about our stories. WP

Writing:

• We finished drafting in our drafting booklets. AB
• We made sure to include dialogue, thinking, and feelings into our realistic fiction stories. HW
• We worked on revising our leads and studied a mentor text to help us learn the moves of expert writers. ES
• We made sure that our reader knows how our characters get from one place to another by using scene transitions. ZG
• We wore revision lenses to see what we could add to our stories to make them even better! AA
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Social Studies:

• We are learning more about how where we live affects how we live. QK
• We are learning about how hurricanes affect not just the Northeast, but also the southeast! AC

Workshop:

• In workshop, we are catching up on our work. GR

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes.

LOG & Jot!

Anchor Charts: 

Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Somebody...Wanted...But...So...

Read Your Characters

Notice Author's Craft 

Thought Prompts to Grow Ideas 

Precise Words 

Character Trait List      
                    

WRITING:

MATH:

Unit 5, page 36
Work on your fact goal... Mad Minute on Monday! 

OTHER: 

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes.

LOG & Jot!

Anchor Charts: 

Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Somebody...Wanted...But...So...

Read Your Characters

Notice Author's Craft 

Thought Prompts to Grow Ideas 

Precise Words 

Character Trait List      
                    

WRITING:
Draft for a maximum of 20 minutes with the goal of completing your draft.

MATH:

Worksheet-comparing numbers using greater than, less than, or equal to
Work on your fact goal... Mad Minute on Monday! 

OTHER: 

Friday, September 30, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes each day over the weekend.

LOG & Jot!

Anchor Charts: 

Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Somebody...Wanted...But...So...

Read Your Characters

Notice Author's Craft 

Thought Prompts to Grow Ideas 

Precise Words 

Character Trait List                          

WRITING:
Finish drafting scene 1, scene 2, and half of scene 3.

MATH:

OTHER: 

Week in Review

9/26 -9/30

Writing:

• We learned how to get into our characters shoes to SHOW NOT TELL our characters feelings, thoughts, and actions. We also saw their setting. CM
• We drafted stronger leads by including the setting, hinting at the problem that character would face, using dialogue, and using something that repeats throughout our story. AA
• We worked on planning our story using story arcs. This helped us to figure out our scenes and show how our character struggles with a problem and resolves it. MM
• We chose the story arc that is THE ONE we would draft. WB
• We are using checklists to make sure we include setting, dialogue, thoughts, actions, and feelings in EACH scene. HH
• We learned to storytell instead of summarizing! WB
• We took "Once upon a time" and "One day" and threw it away! NC

Reading:

• We read short texts and came up with debatable ideas! We know this means that there are two sides that could be argued. We chose our debatable idea and the position we took. CS
• We are continuing to work on our reading goals! RP
• We know that characters are not one way, they are COMPLEX! WB
• We are using precise words to describe our characters, never settling on the first idea, but really thinking hard about who they are as a person! AA
• We have also been working one envisioning, making sure that we make mental movies in our minds while we read. ZG
• We are noticing that authors craft their stories purposefully and they repeat important images, phrases, or actions! CS

Math:

• Last week, we took AIMSWEBB on the computer. We also are learning how to problem solve using exemplars. QK
• We are learning how to use the addition algorithm. Did you know that there are two different ways to use it?! SM
• We are learning different addition strategies so we have more than one way to solve a problem! PA
• We learned the strategy of Robin Hood-steal from one number and give to the other. This helps us to make friendlier numbers! GR

Social Studies

• We have been learning about the Northeast. We also have a map quiz today! CW
• We have been learning how where we live affects how we live. WB
• Mrs. Riva Mrs. Whitacre came into our class to teach us about the Northeast through Portraits of America. GR

Second Steps:

• We have been practicing to listen attentively. We use fix-up strategies when needed! CS
• We are continuing to learn about empathy! WB

Leadership League:

• We are nominating our 3 representative for leadership league today! AC