HOMEWORK 3/31

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot in PEN!

Writing: None

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 4/4
       Word Problems- Due Friday, April 1st
                                

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 4/4

Social Studies: Reflection & Midwest Work due Friday, April 1st (Not a joke :) )

HOMEWORK 3/30

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot in PEN!

Writing: Draft a total of 2 endings (one showing lesson through Dialogue and one showing lesson through thought) Choose which ending is your best.

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 4/4
       Word Problems- Due Friday, April 1st
                                

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 4/4

Social Studies: Reflection & Midwest Work due Friday, April 1st (Not a joke :) )

HOMEWORK 3/29

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot in PEN!

Writing: None

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 4/4
       Word Problems- Due Friday, April 1st
                                

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 4/4

Social Studies: Reflection & Midwest Work due Friday, April 1st (Not a joke :) )

HOMEWORK 3/24 LONG WEEKEND

Reading: Read 100 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Spend some time revising your drafts using SHOW don't TELL to show your characters feelings and emotions. You can show through DIALOGUE, THOUGHTS, or CHARACTER's ACTIONS.

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/28
                                

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/28

Social Studies: Reflection & Midwest Work due Friday, April 1st (Not a joke :) )

HOMEWORK 3/22

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: 

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/28
       Worksheet
                         

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/28

Social Studies:

HOMEWORK 3/21

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Go back and reread scene 2, 3, & 4 and make sure that you revise for DIALOGUE, THOUGHTS, ACTION & SETTING. This should be done in another color. DUE TOMORROW

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
       Unit 6, page 34 Due TOMORROW
       
                    

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies:
Bring in any last minute materials for your booth.
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse... remember YOU need to TEACH others, not read! :)

HOMEWORK 3/18

Reading: Read 30 minutes each day, log, jot!

Writing: None

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
       
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies: 

1. Work on your "booth" for your Midwest focused topic. Your "booth" is due on Monday, 3/21.
2. Practice your presentation with someone.

                                                                   March 14 - March 18

Writing

• We flash drafted our second realistic fiction stories. GG
• Teachers from the Norwalk Public Schools came to our writing workshop today to learn from us. They watched how Miss Sproch taught us to write, and they watched how we applied strategies she taught to our writing. They even talked with us and helped us with our writing! AA
• We went through the writing process again to write a second fictional piece. JE
• We are revising our pieces thinking about using figurative language, the setting, and symbolism. BV

Reading

• We are continuing to read our historical fiction books with our partners. LD
• Many of chose new historical books and we also helped Mrs. Blake in the library to clean up the Maker Faire. CL
• We chose a strategy from the charts that we wanted to work on and get better at and worked towards doing this the entire workshop! CH
• We were pushing ourselves to notice the character's motivations for acting certain ways. We thought about their roles in the story, their knowledge of the world, and also their religions. WM
• We were trying to make significant connections with important parts in our stories and show how they are related to one another. IP
• We continue to pay attention to the setting to notice the mood of the story. AD

Social Studies

• We are working on making our stations for our Museum on Tuesday. LS
• We revised our information for the Midwest to make sure that we had MAIN IDEAS and SUPPORTING DETAILS. VS
• We finished all of our research of our focused topic. MR

Math

• We learned strategies to help us compare fractions to landmarks to determine which fraction is bigger. JW
• We made fraction cards and played capture fractions. CJ
• We learned how to find the lowest common multiple to change the denominator and make comparing fractions easier. DR
• We learned to use a number to compare fractions. WM
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HOMEWORK 3/16

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Spend no more than 10-15 minutes drafting. (Optional)

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
       Unit 6, page 25-26b DUE Friday, March 18th
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies: 
1. Plan the Main Ideas and Supporting Details you will teach using graphic organizer Due on Friday, March 18th
2. Plan your booth by using the guided questions.
3. Work on your "booth" for your Midwest focused topic. Your "booth" is due on Monday, 3/21.

HOMEWORK 3/16

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Finish your External and Internal Story Arc

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
       Unit 6, page 25-26b DUE Friday, March 18th
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies: 
1. Plan the Main Ideas and Supporting Details you will teach using graphic organizer Due on Friday, March 18th
2. Plan your booth by using the guided questions.
3. Work on your "booth" for your Midwest focused topic. Your "booth" is due on Monday, 3/21.

HOMEWORK 3/15

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Finish developing your characters ensuring they are COMPLEX! 
Anchor Chart: Crafting COMPLEX Characters

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
       Unit 6, page 25-26b DUE Friday, March 18th
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies: 
1. Plan the Main Ideas and Supporting Details you will teach using graphic organizer Due on Friday, March 18th
2. Plan your booth by using the guided questions.
3. Work on your "booth" for your Midwest focused topic. Your "booth" is due on Monday, 3/21.

HOMEWORK 3/14 

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Writing: Use checklist to finish editing your realistic fiction draft. Turn in completed draft that is revised and edited TOMORROW, Tuesday, 3/15

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/21
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/21

Social Studies: Work on your "booth" for your Midwest focused topic. Your "booth" is due on Monday, 3/21.

HOMEWORK 3/11 Weekend

Reading: Read 90 minutes, log, jot!

Read up to your club goal.

Writing: Your realistic fiction piece should be completely drafted with revisions. Your revisions should include SETTING, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, FEELINGS, ACTIONS, and TRAITS.

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/14
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/14

Social Studies: Research for focused topic is due Monday, 3/14
                 Kiddle.co
                 Ox Ridge Resources: Culture Grams, Destiny, Webpath Express,                    Trueflix,

HOMEWORK 3/10

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Read up to your club goal.

Writing: None

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/14
                     

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/14

Social Studies: Research for focused topic is due Monday, 3/14
                 Kiddle.co
                 Ox Ridge Resources: Culture Grams, Destiny, Webpath Express,                    Trueflix,

HOMEWORK 3/9

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Read up to your club goal.

Writing: None

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/14
       Worksheet-Adding Fractions (Make sure that you change to simplest form if needed)

              

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/14

Social Studies: Research for focused topic is due Monday, 3/14
                 Kiddle.co
                 Ox Ridge Resources: Culture Grams, Destiny, Webpath Express,                    Trueflix,

HOMEWORK 3/8

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

Read up to club goal and side book if needed. Read more than 35 minutes if needed to reach club goal.

Writing: Go back to your first scene. Add the 5 senses to show how your character is feeling or to add details about the setting.

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/14

              

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/14

Social Studies: Research for focused topic is due Monday, 3/14
                 Use kiddle.co as a resource tonight.

HOMEWORK 3/7

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

If you did not read up to you goal for your club, this is additional reading on top of your 35 minutes!

Use your GOAL SHEET to help push you to think about your texts!

Writing: 

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/14

              

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/14


Social Studies: Research for focused topic is due Monday, 3/14

HOMEWORK 3/3

Reading: Read 35 minutes, log, jot!

If you did not read up to you goal for your club, this is additional reading on top of your 35 minutes!

Use your GOAL SHEET to help push you to think about your texts!

Writing: 

Finish story ARC, both the plot/story line and the internal story.

Math: Xtra Math-Three sessions DUE Monday 3/7

Algorithm Worksheet-If you need to use another strategy to solve, please do so!

              

Typing Club- https://darien.typingclub.com/ DUE Monday 3/7


Social Studies: Reread through your notes on the Midwest. Think about what zoomed in topic you would like to know more about/research further. Make a list of your top 5 zoomed in topics that you are interested in learning more about.