Homework

Welcome back 4th Grade SPROCHSTARS! You will find your homework on the blog most days, except if there is a technology glitch, and in that case I will inform you another way. As a responsible 4th grader, your job is to write down the homework in your homework assignment pad every day. Your assignment pad is a tool that you can use to:

•              help you pack up all the materials you will need for homework

•              remind you of the work you will need to complete once you arrive at home

•              provide you with a checklist of things to be completed each night (you know your homework is complete when you have completed each assignment and checked it off your "To Do" list!

Here are your very first homework assignments:

READING:    

Read and keep track of your reading life.

On a piece of paper, develop your own tool/system to keep track of your life as a reader. Think about everything you have learned as a reader up until this point in time:

-How long did you read?

-What thinking work did you do while reading?

-What worked well as a reader?

-What didn’t work well as a reader and what could you do next time to make your reading session even better?

Be prepared to share your reading life with a partner.

                     

WRITING: none

MATH: none

OTHER: 

Show your parents our class blog

Bring in a summer souvenir- DUE TOMORROW

LifeTouch Photo Order Form (either online or turn in)

(Picture Day is Tuesday, September 6th)

Think about what you want to learn/do in school this year and be ready to share tomorrow!

Homework 6/3 - 6/7

READING:

Read 35 (or more :) ) pages in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

• Characters
• Social Issues- what are you learning about these issues?
• Different perspectives- how is this helping you to understand the big picture?

Write long about a Crucial Scene or BIG IDEA about themes & Lessons DUE FRIDAY
Crucial Scenes- where is your SI glaring?
-"I think this scene is important because..."
-"This is a crucial scene because..."
-End with a wondering
-Different characters perspectives/reactions to SI
-Multiple pieces of evidence from the text

Big Idea about Themes & Lessons
-character's life lesson
-how this lesson applies to other people in this situation
-evidence to support your thinking
-how can you let this change  your life?

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:

Finish up any drafting-due tomorrow!

MATH: DUE MONDAY

50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxres

You will have two math strings to complete this week. The first one will be given today and is due on Wednesday. The second one will be given Wednesday and is due Friday.

OTHER:

Mr. Latona is collecting new school supplies for a camp in Harlem that serves underprivileged children.  If you would like to help out, please bring-in pencils, paper, notebooks, binders, crayons, etc.  Anything can help!  Drop the supplies off to Mr. Latonas room before year’s end.

 

 

Homework Week of March 25th-29th

READING:

Read for 35+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME each day . Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Read to your goal for historical fiction first, then read from your JR fiction side book.
Make sure that you are prepared for your book club meeting by jotting:

• the setting-what does it look like and feel like
• is trouble brewing?
• creating a bulletin board
• creating a timeline of events
• what are you learning about your era
• characters

Use Booksource or Scholastic Book Wizard to create a list of non-fiction JR books within your topic. Start gathering these books!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:

Catch up if needed

MATH:

50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
Math Moment-remember to extend your math moment!

https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxresLogs and Journals Due Monday!

Social Studies

Gather research materials for your topic of interest in the Midwest.

Homework Friday, December 7th

READING:
Read for 30+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Create a section in your notebook of JUST RIGHT books that you would like to read using Booksource.com then go out and find these books. Start collecting some of these books so you will have a stack of JR books on deck for you to read next! Your reading bin should have 4-5 JR books.

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
Catch up if you need to. YELLOW Group: Study if needed!

MATH:
Math Moments Remember to challenge yourself this week by trying to extend your moment further.
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxres
Logs and Journals Due Monday .

HOMEWORK Thursday, December 6th

READING:
Read for 30+ minutes in your JUST RIGHT book and log at HOME. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having and IDEAS you are growing. Put all of your post-its in your reading notebook.

Create a section in your notebook of JUST RIGHT books that you would like to read using Booksource.com then go out and find these books. You can look at the Ox Ridge Library or any public library. Maybe you might want to make a list for the upcoming holiday! Start bringing these in!

WRITING WORKSHOP/WORD STUDY:
Catch up if you need to. YELLOW Group: Study if needed!

MATH:
Math Moments Remember to challenge yourself this week by trying to extend your moment further.
50 minutes of Dreambox. Log the games played on Dreambox.
https://play.dreambox.com/login/cm3g/oxres
Logs and Journals Due Monday .

OTHER:
STAR WRITING PROMPT Due Friday

Weekend Homework 10/26 10/28

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log EACH NIGHT. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it from each day, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it. You should have one post-it from each day of reading 10/26, 10/27, 10/28 in your notebook. You should have other thoughts jotted on post-its in your books.

SECOND STEPS: Homelink on Listening With Attention Due: Monday, October 29th

 

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

Picture Retakes: Picture Retake Day is November 7th. Students should bring in their photo packet from the 1^st picture day. If they need another order form Mrs. Lay has extra forms in the office.

Homework Thursday, October 25th

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/25/12

Post it of your thoughts and evidence proving your thinking.





WORD STUDY: Please bring home and catch-up if needed.

WRITING WORKSHOP:  Writing Celebration tomorrow. Woo Hoo!



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework Wednesday, October 24th

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/24/12

____________ is the kind of person who ________________.
Remember to show evidence for your thinking!





WRITING WORKSHOP: If you need to catch up on your publishing, please bring home and work on this. Final draft is due tomorrow!



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework Tuesday, October 23rd

READING: Read for 30+ minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters. Take your best post it, and stick it in your reading notebook with the date next to it.

Example:

Ida B.

10/23/12

Ida B. is the kind of person who doesn't verbally share what is bothering her. I think she really does want people to know how sad she is, but she doesn't know how to say it. Instead of talking to others, she is acting out of character in hopes that someone will notice her sadness and frustration. 





WORD STUDY: Due Wednesday. Please bring home and catch-up if needed.

WRITING WORKSHOP: If you need to catch up on your publishing, please bring home and work on this.



MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log. Play at least 10 minutes each night.
The second weekly log is due Monday, October 29th.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Homework, Tuesday & Wednesday October 16th-17th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts you are having about your characters.

WORD STUDY: We have our field trip on Wednesday. If you need to finish any of your work, please bring this home and catch up. It is due Wednesday. Remember to fill out your rubric!

WRITING WORKSHOP: We are approaching our Author's Celebration. Use these next two nights to add more to the heart of your story so it springs to life! Recall how the story started. Where, exactly, were you and what, exactly were you doing? Make a movie in your mind and record what you said, what you did. Write, I thought...I noticed...I remembered...I wanted to say...

MATH: Fall for Math: http://www.darienps.org/mathmadness/
Record the time and games played each day on your play log.
The first weekly log is due Monday, October 22.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

FIELD TRIP TOMORROW! Remember to bring a bagged lunch!

HOMEWORK, Thursday, October 4th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot down your thoughts.


STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Homework. Wednesday, October 3, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Try to make connections to your life, to another book, or to things in the world.  Study Logs.


STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

BOO GRAMS: Please bring these in by Friday, October 12th.

Homework Monday, October 1st

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Notice what you are wondering and jot it down. Then either:

1. Read on to find answers to your wonderings

 

Or

 

2.Use what you know from other books or your life to try to answer your wonderings.

 

STUDENT COUNCIL: We will have a Student Council Election on Friday, October 5th. If you are interested in running, please prepare a short speech. We will vote for one girl and one boy representative for our class.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework, Tuesday & Wednesday

READING:
1. Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot the thoughts you are having while reading. 
2. Use Scholastic Book Wizard to find Just Right books. You will be creating a list of JR books that you would like to read. Start looking for these books in the class, library, book room, or at home.   See purple sheet for more details.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework, Monday, September 24, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log.  Remember to stop and jot something you want to share with your partner tomorrow in reading workshop. After reading, practice retelling your story at home to a parent.

1. Will you start at the beginning of your story and take big steps through the timeline of events, only tell the key events?

OR

      2. Will you start out retelling the section you have just read and fill in important references as 
          needed?


STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework Thursday, September 20th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. Spy on yourself as a reader tonight. What do you notice you are doing while reading. Are you reading on autopilot? Are you surprised? Are you confused? Are you stumped on a word? Think about all of the strategies we discussed in class and jot down your thoughts.

WRITING: Writing Leads by Studying the Masters - see sheet

STAR BOOK:  Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

COMPLIMENTS: Bring in "G" rated movies to vote on Friday!

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework Friday, September 14th

READING: Read for 30 minutes each day during the long weekend. When you get to a passage that stands out to you, be sure to jot your reaction/thoughts down on a post-it.

 

Lastly, if you have a spare set of headphones at home, please bring them in and keep them safely in your desk. We will use them throughout the year during computer lab. :)

Homework Thursday, September 13th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. When you get to a passage that stands out to you, be sure to jot your reaction/thoughts down on a post-it.

WRITING: Live Like Writers, Noticing Details (blue sheet)
Notice something, someone, or some event and concentrate on the details. Write with close attention to detail in your writer's notebook.

FIELD TRIP: Please bring in field trip money by Friday, September 14th.

ART SMOCKS: Please bring home your art smock and wash it.

Lastly, if you have a spare set of headphones at home, please bring them in and keep them safely in your desk. We will use them throughout the year during computer lab. :)

Homework Tuesday, September 11th

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log. When you get to a passage that stands out to you, be sure to jot your reaction/thoughts down on a post-it.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Northeast Map Quiz tomorrow, Wednesday, 9/12

Use the blank map Northeast Map, flashcards, and website to help you study.

Northeast States & Capitals:

Flashcards, Matching, Concentration, and Word Finds: http://www.quia.com/jg/1134651.html

Just Northeast States:

That Quiz: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?QMNO9202

That Quiz2:http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?ASZK2790

That Quiz3: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?QSLS2954

That Quiz 4: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?QXWJ7873

FIELD TRIP: Please bring in permission slip by Friday, September 14th.

Lastly, if you have a spare set of headphones at home, please bring them in and keep them safely in your desk. We will use them throughout the year during computer lab. :)

Homework Thursday, September 6, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log.  When you get to a passage that stands out to, be sure to jot your reaction/thoughts down on a post-it.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Northeast Map Quiz on Wednesday, 9/12

Use the blank map Northeast Map, flashcards, and website to help you study.

Northeast States & Capitals:

Flashcards, Matching, Concentration, and Word Finds: http://www.quia.com/jg/1134651.html

Just Northeast States:

That Quiz: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classtest?QMNO9202

S.T.A.R: Share this information with your parents. This is to be signed and returned no later than Friday, 9/7.

ME IN A NUTSHELL: Bring in no later than Friday, 9/7! We will present them throughout the week. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone a little better! J

ART SMOCKS- Please remember to bring them in this week!

Lastly, if you have a spare set of headphones at home, please bring them in and keep them safely in your desk. We will use them throughout the year during computer lab. :)