Monday, September 19, 2016

READING:   

Read for 30+ minutes.
LOG & Jot!
Practice retelling to a parent tonight. Give them the rubric to score you. Tell them to give you 1 compliment and 1 tip to make your retell even better.
"In your_________ retell you did a great job doing..."
"One thing that can make your retell even better is to..."

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?
                                Chronological VS Synthesis Retell

WRITING:

MATH:
Finish unit 5, pages 9, 10, 13, and 14

OTHER: 

Friday, September 15, 2016

READING:   

Read for 29+ minutes each day over the weekend.
LOG & Jot!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

WRITING:

MATH:

OTHER: 
*Important Notice to Parents

Writing:

1. We worked hard to develop our secondary character would be in our realistic fiction stories. WB
2. We chose which story idea that we want to take through the writing process and eventually publish! AC
3. We made a T-chart to help develop our characters. We thought about their internal and external features. CM
4. We took our characters out for a test scene! SM
5. We brainstormed story ideas by thinking about issues that mattered to us! AA
6. We thought about what our characters wanted and how they would struggle to achieve it! HW
7. We practiced spelling our word wall words (there, their, they're, wear, where, were, we're) playing "Stay'in Alive." GR

Reading:

1. We set reading goals from our pre-assessment responses. ZG
2. We are choosing just right books and making sure we always have enough to read on deck! MM
3. We are working on logging and jotting consistently! ES
4. We thought about the differences between our reading life in school and at home! HH

Math:

1. We used our "phonebook" and ripped out pages! RP
2. We played a math game with our math partners. We had to make equations to change our starting number. SL
3. We are working with place value. We are noticing when numbers change and why! SM
4. We made a 1,000 book and are using it to locate numbers. AA
5. We played Point and Say! CS
6. We learned some new important math vocabulary: sum, difference, inequality, place value, expanded form, addition, subtraction, magnitude. WB

Second Steps:

1. We learned about empathy. We also talked about how this would help us throughout the entire school year! PA

Social Studies:

1. We started talking about the United States. We learned there are 5 regions and that we live in the Northeast. CW
2. We learned that Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. It is not a state, it s territory. NC

Thursday, September 15, 2016

READING:   

Read for 28+ minutes.
LOG & Jot!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

WRITING:

Finish drafting your in BLUE PEN Test Scene or write a new test scene. You should spend about 15 minutes drafting your scene. Remember to use DIALOGUE, ACTIONS, and THOUGHTS to show what your characters want and their struggles!

Example:
     Alex was sitting on the lunch bench on the opposite side from the boys. She stared at Chad, with his football tucked under his left elbow and his apple in his right hand. Alex thought, "You can do this! Just walk over and ask them."
     Alex stood up and slowly walked over with her shoulders upright and standing tall. "Chaaad..." Alex whispered. 
     Chad continued to talk to with the other boys at the table." "Let's come up with some new blitzes today!"
     "I can't believe he's doing it again..." Alex's mind went into a downward spiral of negative thoughts. "I thought we were friends." Alex walked back to the end of the table. She sat in silence staring at her food the remainder of lunch. When the bell rang, Alex stood up, threw away her tray of uneaten food, and began to dread what seemed like another recess without football.

MATH:
Unit 5, page 12

OTHER: 

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

READING:   

Read for 27+ minutes.
LOG & Jot!

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

WRITING:

Continue developing your MAIN Character.
Develop your Secondary character. See sheet to help you!

MATH:

OTHER: 

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

READING:   

Read for 27+ minutes and LOG.
Reflect on your reading life using your log.

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

WRITING:

Optional: Brainstorm ideas until you find the one!

MATH:
Unit 5, page 7

OTHER: 

Monday, September 12, 2016

READING:   

Read for 26+ minutes and LOG.

Anchor Chart: Are YOU Reading Intensely?

WRITING:

Brainstorm 1 more story idea in BLUE PEN.
You can choose either strategy!
Anchor Chart: Brainstorming RF Story Ideas

MATH:

OTHER: