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: