Homework 9/30/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely to grow ideas about Characters-USE RUBRIC to push to do a *** Character Jot!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Anchor Chart:Grow BIG Ideas About C's

Anchor Chart: Powerful Inferences

                     

WRITING: 

Spend 15 minutes drafting fast and strong. 

Make sure you have a STRONG LEAD and POWERFUL ENDING!

Drafts are due THURSDAY, October 1st

MATH:

Xtra Math- 3 sessions DUE Monday, October 5th

OTHER: 

Talk to your parents about the possibility of joining Leadership League. LL meetings are Thursdays, 3:30-4:30.

Homework 9/8/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely to grow ideas about Characters- see sheet.

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

                     

WRITING: 

Writer's revise as they write. In BLUE pen, work to revise 1-2 scenes to ensure that you have:
-At least 2 characters exchanging MEANINGFUL dialogue
-Actions that show how your characters are feeling

MATH: 

OTHER: 

WEEKEND Homework 9/25/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely to grow ideas about Characters

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

                     

WRITING: 

MATH: 

OTHER: 

Week in Review

September 21- September 25

Top 3:

• We wrote letters to our parents about the top 3 things we wanted them to know about us as learners. LK

Writing:

• We started drafting our realistic fiction pieces! CN
• For homework we continued drafting for 15 minutes! BV
• We are trying to include details about the setting and sounds so we can draw it into our readers minds. DR
• When we use dialogue in our writing we are making sure we start a NEW paragraph every time a NEW person speaks. AD

Math:

• We are taking a math test in class. JW
• We talked about multiplication tricks to help us figure out the products. GG
• We are working on writing multiplication story problems. BW

Reading:

• We are looking closely to our characters to get to know them better and grow ideas about them.
• We are learning how to think deeper about our characters by using thought prompts and evidence.
• We checked in on our goals and helped one another monitor our goals. JW
• We are reading a new book called, "El Deafo." We are reading this because the author is coming to talk to us. The story is based on the author's life! BW

Word Study:

• We are learning the different activities that we will be using to study spelling patterns. CJ
• Today, we learned how to do a word hunt. This is where we reread a part of a story hunting for words that also use our spelling pattern. LS
• We learned to resort and write about the sort so we can understand why these spelling patterns happen.

Homework 9/24/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely to grow ideas about Characters- see sheet.

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

                     

WRITING: 

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MATH: 

OTHER: 
Open House for Parents is Thursday, September 24th at 8:00 p.m. 

Homework 9/22/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely--remember to try predicting!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

                     

WRITING: 

Top 3 Letter is fully drafted.

MATH: 

OTHER: 
Open House for Parents is Thursday, September 24th at 8:00 p.m. 

Homework 9/21/15

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot!

Read intensely--remember to try predicting!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

                     

WRITING: 

Draft FAST, STRONG, and LONG for 15 minutes.
Remember to keep your story arc next to you to remind you of where your story is headed. While drafting, pause to reread your writing make sure you have included: dialogue, internal thinking, setting, feelings, and actions!

MATH: 

Xtra Math- see sheet to enroll (We will eventually play at home, but for now we are not playing at home)

OTHER: 
Open House for Parents is Thursday, September 24th at 8:00 p.m. 

Homework 9/18-9/20

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot each day over the weekend.

Read intensely--remember to try predicting!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

Just Right Book HW-Finding Just Right Books

                     

WRITING: 

MATH: 

Xtra Math- see sheet to enroll (We will eventually play at home, but for now we are not playing at home)

OTHER:  

Week in Review

                                                       September 15th- September 18th

Math: 

• We are going to be working on our multiplication facts to help us practice our speed and accuracy. We will use Xtra Math to help us! LK
• We learned that mathematicians sketch story problems to help us understand what the question is asking us. LS
• We played Multiplication War to help us learn our multiplication and determine which combinations we know vs which combinations we need to work on. GG
• We talked about multiples.. we can think of multiples by skip counting! JE

Writing:

• We are creating story arcs to help us plan out how our story will go. AD
• We developed our characters by using T-charts to think about their internal and external traits. CL
• We wrote test scenes to take our characters out for a ride to see how they would act! BV
• We also developed our secondary characters! MR
• We thought about what our characters REALLY want and what struggles will get in their way! CN
• We are practicing our cursive handwriting. Today we worked on lowercase a. VS

Reading:

• We are learning how to make evidence based predictions in our JR books. JW
• We are setting goals and monitoring our progress! WM
• We are continuing to read intensely and learning more ways to do so! BW

Second Steps:

• We are learning how to listen attentively. CJ
• We are practicing to make eye contact when we are listening attentively. CH

Word Study:

• We made a class word wall. We added homophones that are commonly misspelled: wear, where, we're, were and there, their, they're. LD
• We also are beginning to learn various activities to help us study our spelling patterns. AA
• We learned how to do flip folder! DR

Homework Thursday, September 17th

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot 

Read intensely--remember to try predicting!
Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?
To predict:
1. Think of all you know about your character.
2. What do you think they will do and how will they do it?
3. Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

                     

WRITING: 

If you need to finish planning your first story arc, please do so.
Create another story arc by thinking, "How else could my story go?"
Anchor Chart: Using an Arc to Plan Your Story

MATH: 

Xtra Math- see sheet to enroll (We will eventually play at home, but for now we are not playing at home)

OTHER:  

Second Steps- Listening with Attention DUE FRIDAY, 9/18

Homework September 16, 2015

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot 

Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!

Check on your goal.. work towards it!

                     

WRITING: 

Finish developing what your character really wants and the struggles that stand in their way of getting what they really want. Draft a "test scene" that shows your character struggling to get what they really want.

MATH: 

Unit 1, page 14

Xtra Math- see sheet to enroll (We will eventually play at home, but for now we are not playing at home)

OTHER:  

Bring in a notebook for Spanish

Second Steps- Listening with Attention DUE FRIDAY, 9/18

HOMEWORK Tuesday, September 15, 2015

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot 

Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!

Check on your goal.. work towards it!

                     

WRITING: 

Develop a secondary character (see sheet)

MATH: 

Unit 1, page 7 & 8
Xtra Math- see sheet to enroll (We will eventually play at home, but for now we are not playing at home)

OTHER:  

Bring in a notebook for Spanish

Second Steps- Listening with Attention DUE FRIDAY, 9/18

Homework: Friday, September 11, 2015

READING:   

Read, Log, & Jot each day over the weekend.

Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!

Check on your goal.. work towards it!

                     

WRITING: 

MATH: 

OTHER:  

Bring in a notebook for Spanish

Share the Week in Review with your parents!

Week in Review

Week of September 8- September 11th

Reading:

• We are envisioning our stories and sketching the movies we make in our mind. BV
• We are pushing ourselves to write about our envisionments. MR
• We set goals for ourselves in reading. BW
• We are continuing to read intensely and learning more ways to do this! WM
• We have reading partners to help push up to be the best reader we can be! CL
• We are using a checklist to help us lift the level of our envisionments. AD

Math:

• We are learning about arrays. CJ
• We are learning about factors and multiplication. LK
• We learned that 10 cannot be a factor if there is not a 0 in the ones place. JE
• We also learned about prime numbers, composite numbers, and square numbers. JW
• We had a gallery walk to find prime numbers, composite numbers, and square numbers. CN

Writing:

• We are applying for our cursive permit! LS
• We are brainstorming story ideas for realistic fiction. AA
• We brainstormed ideas by thinking about small moments from our own lives and then turning them into realistic fiction story ideas.
• We edited our story ideas with red pen because we know that fourth graders should ALWAYS use capital letters, punctuation, and paragraphs when needed. DR

Second Steps:

• We are learning to listen with attention. We played the game, "Telephone" to practice listening with attention. LD

Workshop:

• We started workshop this week. This is a time for us to continue working on something we need to finish, a time to practice strategies, or a time to meet with Miss Sproch! VS

HOMEWORK

Thursday, September 10, 2015

READING:   
Read, Log, & Jot!
Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!
Check on your goal.. work towards it!
Envision- choose an important scene and use the rubric and the goals you set today to lift the level of your work.

                     

WRITING: 
Brainstorm 1 more story idea. Choose any strategy that you like! 
"Maybe I could write a story about..."
What does your character want and what will they struggle with.

MATH: 

OTHER:  

HOMEWORK

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

READING:   
Read, Log, & Jot!
Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!
Check on your goal.. work towards it!
Envision-(see sheet)

                     

WRITING: 
Brainstorm 3 more realistic fiction story ideas in BLUE PEN. (see sheet)

MATH: 

OTHER:  

HOMEWORK

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

READING:   
Read, Log, & Jot!
Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!
Share your reading goal and plan with a parent. Discuss your small and specific goal and your plan for reaching this goal. Have your parent initial next to your goal that they talked with you and helped you plan your goal and plan.

                     

WRITING: 

MATH: Unit 1, page 3 & 4 

OTHER:  

Week in Review

Today in school the class created our very first Week in Review.  This will be done most weeks on Fridays starting today.  The Week in Review is a way for you and your child to discuss the various activities that we have done in the past week in our classroom. I hope you enjoy reading through the Week in Review each week with your child and will use it as a memory for you and your child of all the fun and learning we have had in fourth grade this year!

Math

    We took a Pre Assessment in math so Miss Sproch could learn more about us as         mathematicians. AA

·         We learned new routines in math like Today’s Number and Count Around. BW

·         We took a Two Pen Assessment to see how quickly we knew our multiplication facts. JW

Team Building

·         We are working on our Hopes and Dreams for 4^th Grade. GG

·         Miss Sproch placed different colored dots on our foreheads and we had to find like colors without talking or writing. DR

·         We have a Time Capsule that we will look back on at the end of the school year! LC

·         We played games to get to know one another like the Cold Wind Blows. CL

·         We have been enjoying Snack and Chat. BV

·         We have been learning how to greet one another during morning meeting. CH

·         We played four corners! VS

·         Miss Sproch has been making us stretch and move in between subjects so we are ready to learn. MR

·         We brought in summer souvenirs to help get to know one another. LD

Reading

·         We got reading partners and reading spots! AD

·         We learned how to read our books intensely! CN

·         We got books bins and prepared all of our materials so we are ready to get in the reading zone! JE

Writing

·         We decorated our writer’s notebooks in order to help us brainstorm story ideas! CJ

Dismissal

·         In order to make sure we are having quiet fun so we do not miss our bus, we have been playing whole class games like Hangman! LS

HOMEWORK

Friday, September 4, 2015

READING:   
Read, Log, & Jot each night over the weekend!
Make sure you are reading INTENSELY!
Retell either chronological or synthesize to a parent. Have them use the rubric to score you! Your parent listener needs to sign your paper.

                     

WRITING: Finish decorating paper for your writer's notebook- DUE TUESDAY

MATH: none

OTHER:  
Picture Day is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Share important notice from the nurse with your parents.

                 

HOMEWORK

Thursday, September 3, 2015

READING:   
Read, Log, & Jot! (See sheet)

Be prepared to share your reading statistics and BIG IDEAS with a partner tomorrow.

                     

WRITING: Gather items for Decorating Party! (See sheet) DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

MATH: none

OTHER:  
Picture Day Form- DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

Field Trip Permission Slip- DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

Bring in headphones to keep in desk DUE FRIDAY, 9/4
Bring in a summer souvenir

                 

Homework

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

READING:   
Read and keep track of your reading statistics using your log.

Remember to keep in mind the "mini-push" you set for yourself! (a little more time or a few more pages)

Be prepared to share your reading statistics with a partner tomorrow.

                     

WRITING: Gather items for Decorating Party! (See sheet) DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

MATH: none

OTHER:  
Picture Day Form- DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

Field Trip Permission Slip- DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

Bring in headphones to keep in desk DUE FRIDAY, 9/4
Bring in a summer souvenir

                 

Homework

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

READING:    Read and keep track of your reading statistics using your log.

                          Remember to keep in mind the "mini-push" you set for yourself! 

                          (a little more time or a few more pages)

Be prepared to share your reading statistics with a partner tomorrow.

                     

WRITING: none

MATH: none

OTHER:  

                   Picture Day Form

                   Field Trip Permission Slip- DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

                   Bring in a summer souvenir

                   Bring in headphones to keep in desk DUE FRIDAY, 9/4

                   Finish time capsule and glue on a recent picture