Week of March 25
Science: Become an expert on a biome, focusing on the animals that live there and their adaptations.
Reading: Collaborative Biography Book Report Presentations
Writing: Using text features in addition to text to create a non fiction article using collected research on a mammal.
Math: Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity.
Week of March 4
Science: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. Continue to study animal phenomena to deepen their understanding of what affects an organism’s survival by learning what adaptations are.
Reading: Discuss and write conclusions using evidence from a non fiction text, Egg-celent Bird Parents. Determine the meaning of new and unknown words in the text and make connections to the literary text, The Ugly Duckling we read last week.
Writing: Revising and publishing their 2nd fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Notice that some fractions with different units are placed at the exact same point on the number line, and therefore are equal. For example, 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, and 4/8 are equivalent fractions. Students recognize that whole numbers can be written as fractions.
Week of February 25
Social Studies: Identify and explain different elements of different past and present cultures.
Reading: Asking questions, making inferences, analyzing characters, and identifying characteristics of the Hans Christian Anderson's version of The Ugly Duckling.
Writing: Drafting their 2nd fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Label and locate fractions on a number line that are greater than one whole.
Week of February 11
Social Studies: Identify and explain different elements of culture.
Reading: Asking questions, making inferences, analyzing characters, and identifying characteristics of a Haitian Folktale.
Writing: Rehearsing and writing their own fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Comparing unit fractions and specifying the whole.
Marking Period 3, Week of January 29
Social Studies: Use geographic tools to construct meaning about places on earth.
Reading: Identify characteristics of myths and compare character motivations.
Writing: Study and compare multiple versions of Cinderella.
Math: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Week of January 2
Science: Identify how clouds are formed and the role they play in the water cycle.
Reading: Ask/answer questions, make inferences, and use evidence to support our thinking about Luba and the Wren.
Writing: Develop a small moment narrative about winter break. Choose a topic of interest and research for informative writing.
Math: Apply understanding of multiplication and division to find areas of rectangles.
Week of December 17
Social Studies: Comparing geographic features around the world.
Reading: Identifying key details and main ideas with winter holiday texts.
Writing: Publishing country books. Writing an opinion about STEM week activities.
Math: Use strategies to solve multiplication and division facts with 6 and 7.
Monday, November 5
Science: Showed what we have learned in MP1.
Special: PE
Reading: Completed any unfinished reading and writing activities due for the end of the marking period.
Writing: Gathered and reviewed resources and chose a country to write an informative essay in MP2.
Math: Model the distributive property with arrays to decompose units as a strategy to multiply.
Friday, November 2
Science: Constructed an investigation to test how mass affects the amount of energy transferred.
Special: Art
Writing: Finished any incomplete writing assignments.
Math: Found related multiplication facts by adding and subtracting equal groups in array models.
Celebrated our October Birthdays!
Thursday, November 1
Ms. Veirs was out of the room.
Wednesday, October 31
Science: Finished testing how mass affects the amount of energy and motion of an object.
Special: Music
Reading: Identified the key details of a text to determine the main idea
Celebrated Halloween!
Tuesday, October 30
Buddy Reading with Mrs. Ruk's class.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Identified the key details of a text to determine the main idea
Writing: Organized ideas using a graphic organizer and began writing an expository essay
Math: Used multiplication to create a visual representation
Monday, October 29
Science: Designed and tested an investigation to see how mass affects the amount of energy and motion of an object.
Special: PE, Cub Lesson,
Reading: Identified unknown words in a new text and asked questions while reading,
Writing: Wrote an essay expressing an opinion
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division.
Tuesday, October 23
Science: Construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of the object
Special: Get to know a new kindness pal.
Reading: Analyze text features for key details.
Writing: Write a narrative journal entry from the point of view of a cannery worker.
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division.
Monday, October 22
Science: construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of the object
Special: P.E.
Reading: Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Writing: Write a narrative journal entry from the point of view of a cannery worker.
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the size of the group in division.
Thursday, October 18
Science: Made predictions and planned an investigation to see how height affects distance an object travels.
Special: Media
Reading: Identified the main idea in a non fiction text and supported it with key details.
Writing: Developed and organized opinions of the field trip.
Math: Interpret the meaning of factors as the sized of the group or the number of groups.
Wednesday, October 17
Field trip the BMI!
Tuesday, October 16
Science: Researched and continue to ask scientific questions about invisible forces.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Studied words for sound and spelling patterns.
Writing: Continued to work on personal small moment narratives.
Math: Related multiplication to the array model.
Monday, October 15
Science: Asked scientific questions about invisible forces.
Special: P.E.
Reading: Asked and answered questions about a non fiction text.
Writing: Identified the theme of a story and used text evidence to explain.
Math: Studied the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication.
Thursday, October 11
Science: Investigated balanced and unbalanced forces.
Special: Media
Reading: Made a text to text connections to create a robot to meet the needs of a character.
Writing: Studied authors to learn how to use dialogue punctuation.
SGA SPEECHES ASSEMBLY
Wednesday, October 10
Science: Analyzed data to make conclusions about gravity. Explained other ways we observe gravity.
Special: Music
Reading: Participated in small group discussions to express opinions with text evidence.
Writing: Reviewed personal moments to have a balance of dialogue, setting, thoughts, and action.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Tuesday, October 9
Science: Use evidence to explain the force that pulls object down to the center of earth is gravity, and gravity pulls all objects down.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Read a non fiction text for evidence to support an opinion.
Writing: Continued working on a small moment to make sure readers could imagine what was happening.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Monday, October 8
Science: Use evidence to explain the force that pills object down to the center of earth is gravity, and gravity pulls all objects down
Special: P.E.
Reading: Activated prior knowledge about robots and made personal connection, ask question while reading a non fiction text.
Writing: Add descriptive details and dialogue to small moment narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Wednesday, October 3
Social Studies: Examined how people lived in the past using a variety of sources.
Special: Music
Reading: Used text evidence to support thinking.
Writing: Used the 3rd grade checklist to review personal narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds
Tuesday, October 2
Social Studies: Identify services provided by the government.
Special: Learned about Kindness Pals.
Reading: Compared characters from Boundless Grace and Scarebird.
Writing: Studied how authors use paragraphs to organize their writing and applied it to our own personal narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds.
Monday, October 1
Social Studies: Identify goods and services provided by private business.
Special: P.E.
Reading: Identified letter patterns and sounds in words.
Writing: Revised personal narratives to develop the heart of the story.
Math: Used a strategy to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds.
Friday, September 28
Social Studies: Described the importance of civil engagement and its connection to voting.
Special: Art
Reading: Used evidence to support thinking about The Scarebird in a discussion.
Writing: Wrote a friendly letter from the perspective of a character in The Scarebird.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Celebrated September Birthdays!
Thursday, September 27
Social Studies: Described the importance of civil engagement and its connection to voting.
Special: Improved typing skills!
Reading: Asked questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: Investigated how the author Karen Hesse makes her writing powerful and meaningful and apply to our own personal narrative.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Wednesday, September 26
Social Studies: Identified and described the branches of government.
Special: Media Center
Reading: Asked and shared questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: Wrote a personal narrative draft fast and furious.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Tuesday, September 25
Social Studies: Identified and described the branches of government.
Special: Improved typing skills!
Reading: Asked questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: rehearsed our stories with a writing partner. Studied author's leads and created own leads to a personal narrative.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Monday, September 24
Ms. Veirs was out of the room and is looking forward to being back tomorrow!
Thursday, September 20
Media Lesson
Social Studies: Discussed different famous people and taught others how they helped contribute to the common good.
Reading: Participated in a small group discussion about Boundless Grace.
Writing: Used the 3rd grade narrative checklist to analyze a sample narrative and own narratives.
Math: Took an assessment to show understanding of rounding to the nearest ten or hundred.
Tuesday, September 18
Social Studies: Read about different famous people and how they helped contribute to the common good. Students had their first Cub Lesson with Ms. Gordon
Reading: Re-read “Boundless Grace” and students identified places feelings of the main character.
Writing: Read Come On, Rain as an example of a small moment and then wrote our own small moment.
Math: Used number lines to round to the nearest ten or hundred.
Monday, September 17
Students set up their chromebooks.
Had their first day of P.E.
In Reading, asked questions while they listened to the Junior Great Book story "Boundless Grace."
In Writing, worked with a classmate to review their progress in following their goals in their narrative writing.
In Math, practiced adding 10 or 100 more and 10 or 100 less.
Tuesday, September 4
We had a great first day! Students learned many of our classroom routines. We read The Day You Begin and discussed how everyone can be nervous about being different on the first day of school but when we get to know one another we find commonalities. We did many activities to get to know each other – Snowball Fight, All About Me(Selfie), and Classmate BINGO.
Science: Become an expert on a biome, focusing on the animals that live there and their adaptations.
Reading: Collaborative Biography Book Report Presentations
Writing: Using text features in addition to text to create a non fiction article using collected research on a mammal.
Math: Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity.
Week of March 4
Science: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. Continue to study animal phenomena to deepen their understanding of what affects an organism’s survival by learning what adaptations are.
Reading: Discuss and write conclusions using evidence from a non fiction text, Egg-celent Bird Parents. Determine the meaning of new and unknown words in the text and make connections to the literary text, The Ugly Duckling we read last week.
Writing: Revising and publishing their 2nd fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Notice that some fractions with different units are placed at the exact same point on the number line, and therefore are equal. For example, 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, and 4/8 are equivalent fractions. Students recognize that whole numbers can be written as fractions.
Week of February 25
Social Studies: Identify and explain different elements of different past and present cultures.
Reading: Asking questions, making inferences, analyzing characters, and identifying characteristics of the Hans Christian Anderson's version of The Ugly Duckling.
Writing: Drafting their 2nd fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Label and locate fractions on a number line that are greater than one whole.
Week of February 11
Social Studies: Identify and explain different elements of culture.
Reading: Asking questions, making inferences, analyzing characters, and identifying characteristics of a Haitian Folktale.
Writing: Rehearsing and writing their own fairy tale adaptation.
Math: Comparing unit fractions and specifying the whole.
Marking Period 3, Week of January 29
Social Studies: Use geographic tools to construct meaning about places on earth.
Reading: Identify characteristics of myths and compare character motivations.
Writing: Study and compare multiple versions of Cinderella.
Math: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Week of January 2
Science: Identify how clouds are formed and the role they play in the water cycle.
Reading: Ask/answer questions, make inferences, and use evidence to support our thinking about Luba and the Wren.
Writing: Develop a small moment narrative about winter break. Choose a topic of interest and research for informative writing.
Math: Apply understanding of multiplication and division to find areas of rectangles.
Week of December 17
Social Studies: Comparing geographic features around the world.
Reading: Identifying key details and main ideas with winter holiday texts.
Writing: Publishing country books. Writing an opinion about STEM week activities.
Math: Use strategies to solve multiplication and division facts with 6 and 7.
Monday, November 5
Science: Showed what we have learned in MP1.
Special: PE
Reading: Completed any unfinished reading and writing activities due for the end of the marking period.
Writing: Gathered and reviewed resources and chose a country to write an informative essay in MP2.
Math: Model the distributive property with arrays to decompose units as a strategy to multiply.
Friday, November 2
Science: Constructed an investigation to test how mass affects the amount of energy transferred.
Special: Art
Writing: Finished any incomplete writing assignments.
Math: Found related multiplication facts by adding and subtracting equal groups in array models.
Celebrated our October Birthdays!
Thursday, November 1
Ms. Veirs was out of the room.
Wednesday, October 31
Science: Finished testing how mass affects the amount of energy and motion of an object.
Special: Music
Reading: Identified the key details of a text to determine the main idea
Celebrated Halloween!
Tuesday, October 30
Buddy Reading with Mrs. Ruk's class.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Identified the key details of a text to determine the main idea
Writing: Organized ideas using a graphic organizer and began writing an expository essay
Math: Used multiplication to create a visual representation
Monday, October 29
Science: Designed and tested an investigation to see how mass affects the amount of energy and motion of an object.
Special: PE, Cub Lesson,
Reading: Identified unknown words in a new text and asked questions while reading,
Writing: Wrote an essay expressing an opinion
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division.
Tuesday, October 23
Science: Construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of the object
Special: Get to know a new kindness pal.
Reading: Analyze text features for key details.
Writing: Write a narrative journal entry from the point of view of a cannery worker.
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division.
Monday, October 22
Science: construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of the object
Special: P.E.
Reading: Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Writing: Write a narrative journal entry from the point of view of a cannery worker.
Math: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the size of the group in division.
Thursday, October 18
Science: Made predictions and planned an investigation to see how height affects distance an object travels.
Special: Media
Reading: Identified the main idea in a non fiction text and supported it with key details.
Writing: Developed and organized opinions of the field trip.
Math: Interpret the meaning of factors as the sized of the group or the number of groups.
Wednesday, October 17
Field trip the BMI!
Tuesday, October 16
Science: Researched and continue to ask scientific questions about invisible forces.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Studied words for sound and spelling patterns.
Writing: Continued to work on personal small moment narratives.
Math: Related multiplication to the array model.
Monday, October 15
Science: Asked scientific questions about invisible forces.
Special: P.E.
Reading: Asked and answered questions about a non fiction text.
Writing: Identified the theme of a story and used text evidence to explain.
Math: Studied the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication.
Thursday, October 11
Science: Investigated balanced and unbalanced forces.
Special: Media
Reading: Made a text to text connections to create a robot to meet the needs of a character.
Writing: Studied authors to learn how to use dialogue punctuation.
SGA SPEECHES ASSEMBLY
Wednesday, October 10
Science: Analyzed data to make conclusions about gravity. Explained other ways we observe gravity.
Special: Music
Reading: Participated in small group discussions to express opinions with text evidence.
Writing: Reviewed personal moments to have a balance of dialogue, setting, thoughts, and action.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Tuesday, October 9
Science: Use evidence to explain the force that pulls object down to the center of earth is gravity, and gravity pulls all objects down.
Special: Cub Lesson
Reading: Read a non fiction text for evidence to support an opinion.
Writing: Continued working on a small moment to make sure readers could imagine what was happening.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Monday, October 8
Science: Use evidence to explain the force that pills object down to the center of earth is gravity, and gravity pulls all objects down
Special: P.E.
Reading: Activated prior knowledge about robots and made personal connection, ask question while reading a non fiction text.
Writing: Add descriptive details and dialogue to small moment narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 when solving word problems.
Wednesday, October 3
Social Studies: Examined how people lived in the past using a variety of sources.
Special: Music
Reading: Used text evidence to support thinking.
Writing: Used the 3rd grade checklist to review personal narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds
Tuesday, October 2
Social Studies: Identify services provided by the government.
Special: Learned about Kindness Pals.
Reading: Compared characters from Boundless Grace and Scarebird.
Writing: Studied how authors use paragraphs to organize their writing and applied it to our own personal narratives.
Math: Used strategies to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds.
Monday, October 1
Social Studies: Identify goods and services provided by private business.
Special: P.E.
Reading: Identified letter patterns and sounds in words.
Writing: Revised personal narratives to develop the heart of the story.
Math: Used a strategy to subtract within 1,000 and noticed when decomposing tens and/or hundreds.
Friday, September 28
Social Studies: Described the importance of civil engagement and its connection to voting.
Special: Art
Reading: Used evidence to support thinking about The Scarebird in a discussion.
Writing: Wrote a friendly letter from the perspective of a character in The Scarebird.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Celebrated September Birthdays!
Thursday, September 27
Social Studies: Described the importance of civil engagement and its connection to voting.
Special: Improved typing skills!
Reading: Asked questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: Investigated how the author Karen Hesse makes her writing powerful and meaningful and apply to our own personal narrative.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Wednesday, September 26
Social Studies: Identified and described the branches of government.
Special: Media Center
Reading: Asked and shared questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: Wrote a personal narrative draft fast and furious.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Tuesday, September 25
Social Studies: Identified and described the branches of government.
Special: Improved typing skills!
Reading: Asked questions to deepen understanding of the story The Scarebird.
Writing: rehearsed our stories with a writing partner. Studied author's leads and created own leads to a personal narrative.
Math: Used a strategy to add within 1,000 and noticed when composing tens and/or hundreds.
Monday, September 24
Ms. Veirs was out of the room and is looking forward to being back tomorrow!
Thursday, September 20
Media Lesson
Social Studies: Discussed different famous people and taught others how they helped contribute to the common good.
Reading: Participated in a small group discussion about Boundless Grace.
Writing: Used the 3rd grade narrative checklist to analyze a sample narrative and own narratives.
Math: Took an assessment to show understanding of rounding to the nearest ten or hundred.
Tuesday, September 18
Social Studies: Read about different famous people and how they helped contribute to the common good. Students had their first Cub Lesson with Ms. Gordon
Reading: Re-read “Boundless Grace” and students identified places feelings of the main character.
Writing: Read Come On, Rain as an example of a small moment and then wrote our own small moment.
Math: Used number lines to round to the nearest ten or hundred.
Monday, September 17
Students set up their chromebooks.
Had their first day of P.E.
In Reading, asked questions while they listened to the Junior Great Book story "Boundless Grace."
In Writing, worked with a classmate to review their progress in following their goals in their narrative writing.
In Math, practiced adding 10 or 100 more and 10 or 100 less.
Tuesday, September 4
We had a great first day! Students learned many of our classroom routines. We read The Day You Begin and discussed how everyone can be nervous about being different on the first day of school but when we get to know one another we find commonalities. We did many activities to get to know each other – Snowball Fight, All About Me(Selfie), and Classmate BINGO.