Weekly Updates October 27-31, 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - MUST #1 county wide quarterly reading assessment

Friday, October 31, 2014 - 2 hr early dismissal for students and the last day of 1st quarter


Reading- Continue researching for essay: Why Park Conservation is Important, drafting park conservation essay using multiple texts (sources), main ideas and supporting details

Language Arts- Long U spelling test thursday, October 30, 2014, complex sentences, writer's workshop- selecting and drafting personal narratives (Topic: A Time I Will Never Forget)

Social Studies: National Parks and Park Conservation

Letters Home from Yosemite Computer Center Activity

Computer Center

Click the link below to take a guided walk through a national park and identify the different types of trees you find.  When you have completed the interactive activity click the purple "Start Over" button in the bottom left corner of the screen and return to your seat where you can finish your main idea/supporting detail chart for "Letters Home from Yosemite".


Click this link --------> A Walk In the Forest: ID a Tree

Weekly Overview 10/20-10/24

Reading- How do we synthesize across texts? (Main Ideas and Details, Summarizing)

Language Arts - Writer's Workshop; Selecting: Deciding What to Publish and Drafting your Personal Narratives,  Spelling pattern: Long u sound, Clauses and Complex Sentences

Social Studies: Review of Cities, Countries, Continents Project, Regions of the United States

Weekly Overview 10/13-10/16

No School this Friday 10/17

Reading- What is Close Reading?  Reviewing and practicing 2 purposes for close reading and rereading a portion of complex text:  Make inferences and clarify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary

Language Arts- Writer's Workshop:  Generating Ideas for a Personal Narrative entitled " A Time I Will Never Forget",  Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

Social Studies:  Maps,  National Fossil Day 10/15

Weekly Overview 10/6-10/10

Reading - Making inferences about characters, setting and events using the text: "On the Banks of Plum Creek" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Language Arts - Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates, Spelling pattern long e and o practice

Social Studies - Pink Out Day 10/10 learning about the history of Breast Cancer Awareness Month continue elements of a map

Art- Cursive Practice

Weekly Overiew 9/29-10/3

Reading- Continue working on complex texts, monitoring and clarifying strategies.

Language Arts - Writer's Workshop:  What is a writer's notebook and what do you put in a writer's notebook, continue decorating your writer's notebooks, New spelling pretest (long e and o pattern)

Social Studies- Hispanic Heritage Month activities, Elements of a map

Art- Ideal School Map Making