East Elementary School

Weekly Update

Kindergarten	First Grade	Second Grade
Third Grade	Fourth Grade	Fifth Grade

Kindergarten

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

The students will generate a mental image from a fiction and nonfiction text continuing to pay attention to sensory detail.
Growing readers sequence the main events in a story by sequentially retelling the story to a partner after listening to a story read by the teacher.

In writing students will:

Students will continue writing about times in kindergarten class, using sequential words to build the story and share with classmates.
Students will write or draw the word or phrase from a text that helped you form a mental image.

In math students will:

Represent teen number compositions and decompositions as addition sentences.
Count across tens by ones to 100 with and without objects.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

The students will turn and talk to partners to ask and answer questions, review vocabulary and key parts of the story.

In writing students will:

Students will begin writing about times in kindergarten class, using sequential words to build the story and share with classmates.

In math students will:

Count up and down by tens to 100 with Say Ten and regular counting.
Count across tens by ones to 100 with and without objects.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

Students will continue to practice speaking audibly and expressing thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Listen carefully to a read aloud, and be able to turn and talk about the story with a partner.

In writing students will:

In their writing, the children will describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional details.

In math students will:

Represent numbers 20 to 11 in tower configurations decreasing by 1—
a pattern of 1 smaller.
Show, count, and write to answer how many questions with up to 20 objects in circular configurations.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions
Students will practice reading with a partner to build fluency.

In writing students will:

Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
Students will review classroom charts to reinforce writing skills.

In math students will:

Count and circle 10 objects within images of 10 to 20 objects, and describe as 10 ones and ___ ones.
Count straws the Say Ten way to 20; make a pile for each ten.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

Students will participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Students will follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and
texts under discussion)

In writing students will:

Students will add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail
Growing writers add illustrations to their writing to bring their words to life.

In math students will:

Students will complete a culminating task—choose tools strategically to model and represent a stick of 10 cubes broken into two parts
Solve Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/6/16

In reading students will:

Students will participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Students will follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and
texts under discussion)

In writing students will:

Students will add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail
Growing writers add illustrations to their writing to bring their words to life.

In math students will:

Students will complete a culminating task—choose tools strategically to model and represent a stick of 10 cubes broken into two parts
Solve Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/22/16

In reading students will:

Students will read his/her own book independently and state the problem and solution.
Children will try to use first, next,then and last when talking about a story they have read.

In writing students will:

Growing writers add illustrations to their writing to bring their words to life.
Students will use a revision Checklist when rereading their written work to help correct any errors.

In math students will:

Represent pictorial decomposition and composition addition stories to 10 with 5-group drawings and equations with no unknown.
Solve both addends unknown word problems with totals of 9 and 10 using 5-group drawing.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

Students will practice cvc words and tapping each sound.
Children will discuss character traits of popular books read in kindergarten.

In writing students will:

Students will add voice to their pieces by using specific fonts/color/size to strengthen their opinion.
Growing writers add illustrations to their writing to bring their words to life.

In math students will:

Students will be able to decompose to ten, using fingers, sets, linking cubes, and number bonds.
Students will solve add to with total unknown and put together with total unknown problems with totals of 9 and 10.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/8/16

In reading students will:

Students will be introduced to the trick words are, and, to, the, a.
Students can focus on the vocabulary used by the author and
the purpose of repetition in a story.

In writing students will:

Growing writers draft reasons for their opinions to make their opinions stronger.
Students will share their opinion and facts about an animal. They will draw a picture and/or state their opinion and fact about a particular animal.

In math students will:

Decompose the number 7 using 5-group drawings by hiding a part, and record each decomposition with a drawing and subtraction equation.
Decompose the number 8 using 5-group drawings and crossing off a part, and record each decomposition with a drawing and subtraction equation.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/1/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers will connect the problem of a story to the solution by completing a T-Chart.
Growing readers will identify the problems of the story

In writing students will:

Growing writers will review Character Trait lessons.
Growing writers think about opinions that they want to share with the world.

In math students will:

Use objects and drawings to find how many are left
Solve take from with result unknown expressions and equations using the minus sign with no unknown.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers think about the purpose of the main character compared to the whole of the story by discussing how the story would be different if the main character didn’t exist.
Growing readers identify the supporting characters by recognizing that the main characters need help! Readers ask themselves, “Who is helping the main character?”

In writing students will:

Writers form opinions by stating how they feel about a particular topic.
Growing writers make their opinions stronger by providing specific reasons. By providing specific reasons another person will be more persuaded to believe the way in which you do.

In math students will:

Model decompositions of 6–8 using linking cube sticks to see patterns.
Represent decompositions for 6–8 using horizontal and vertical number bonds.
Represent number bonds with composition and decomposition story situations.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

Readers will demonstrate an understanding of Fiction vs. Nonfiction.
Readers will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of a fairy tale.

In writing students will:

Growing writers discuss opinions on a daily basis, choosing their favorite foods, animals, or books.
Students continue to blend and read three-sound words. These CVC words begin with any consonant.

In math students will:

Represent composition story situations with drawings using numeric number bonds.
Represent decomposition story situations with drawings using numeric number bonds.
Represent composition and decomposition of numbers to 5 using pictorial and numeric number bonds.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers identify who the main character is by answering\ the question, “Who is the story mostly about?”
Readers analyze the pictures in their fiction books to identify the main character by noting which characters show up in the illustrations the most.

In writing students will:

Growing readers analyze the pictures in their fiction books to identify the main character by noting which characters show up in the illustrations the most
Children will revise their “All About” books by adding color, details, and backgrounds to their visuals.

In math students will:

Match and count to compare two sets of objects. State which quantity is less.
Observe cups of colored water of equal volume poured into a variety of container shapes.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

Students will recognize similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.
Readers will review the strategies we use when reading nonfiction books.

In writing students will:

Students will read and write words using alphabetical order
Children will focus on writing upper-case (or capital) letters A-X.

In math students will:

Students will identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than,or equal to the number of objects in another group.
Students will reason to identify and make a set that has 1 less.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

Students will identify the main topic of a piece of informational/ nonfiction to determine the “gist” of the piece.
Readers determine the key details of a text once the main topic has been discovered.

In writing students will:

Students will practice using alphabetical order and listen to ABC books.
Children will continue to focus on writing upper-case (or capital) letters A-P.

In math students will:

Students will compare sets using more, less and fewer.
Children will identify and create a set that has the same number of objects.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers recognize unfamiliar words in nonfiction/ informational texts and attempt to determine the meaning using strategies.
Revisit the way to choose a “Good Fit” book and a reading partner.

In writing students will:

Students will listen to ABCbooks and continue to focus on writing upper-case (or capital) letters.
Growing writers find and gather new and interesting information on their topic that will excite their readers.

In math students will:

Students will compare using the same as with units.
Students will compare using fewer than and the same as.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers recognize various text features in informational/NF texts (focus on table of contents)
Students find newly learned information in their nonfiction/informational texts to share with a friend.

In writing students will:

Student writers will recognize the visuals utilized in an “All About” book and how it adds to the text that they read.
(diagrams, photographs, maps)
Writers use questions to drive their research. Students will search for the visual clues in an informational book.

In math students will:

Students will compare the length of linking cube sticks to various objects.
Students will compare objects using the “same as.”
Students will compare using heavier than and lighter than with classroom objects.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

Students will begin to note the differences in fiction and non-fiction books
Readers can think about what they know about a topic before reading an informational book.

In writing students will:

Students will identify a topic in a non-fiction book.
Students will search for the visual clues in an informational book.

In math students will:

Compare lengths of string
Make series of longer than and shorter than comparisons

First Grade

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

practice fluency strategies
Identify main idea and key details

In writing students will:

share writing and offer feedback to peers
Incorporate Fundations skills in writing

In math students will:

tell time to the hour and the half hour
play fluency games

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

identify words with suffix -ed, -ing
Identify main idea and key details

In writing students will:

ask and answer questions about their topic with a partner

In math students will:

identify halves and quarters of shapes
play fluency games

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

Identify vowel- consonant- e syllable
Identify main idea and key details

In writing students will:

Brainstorm ideas for all about book

In math students will:

name attributes of shapes
play fluency games

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

Identify vowel- consonant- e syllable
Identify main idea and key details

In writing students will:

work on staying on topic
Add more details when writing

In math students will:

recognize plane shapes
play fluency games

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

Identify vowel- consonant- e syllable
Work on vowel teams

In writing students will:

work on staying on topic
Add more details when writing

In math students will:

add two digit numbers
use a variety of strategies to solve problems with tens and ones
practice counting the say ten way

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/6/16

In reading students will:

Identify closed syllable words
Work on vowel teams; oi, oh
Discuss a variety of forms of poetry

In writing students will:

Write Spring poems
Use non-fiction text features in writing
Add more details when writing

In math students will:

revisit “Read, Draw, Write” process
use a variety of strategies to solve problems with tens and ones
practice counting the say ten way

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

Identify closed syllable words
Work on vowel teams; ee, ea, ey
Continue to identify non-fiction text features

In writing students will:

Write Spring poems
Use non-fiction text features in writing
Add more details when writing

In math students will:

Draw quick tens and ones to solve problems
Revisit “Read, Draw, Write” process
practice counting the say ten way

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

Identify closed syllable words
Read non-fiction texts with fluency
choose just right non fiction texts

In writing students will:

Keep working on how-to topics
Use non-fiction text features in writing
Add details to how-to texts

In math students will:

Add with tens and ones
Use counting on when adding across a ten
practice counting the say ten way

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/8/16

In reading students will:

identify words with beginning and ending blends
Use non-fiction text features for better understanding
choose just right non fiction texts

In writing students will:

Work on how-to topics
Elaborate and share ideas
use transition words in writing

In math students will:

Determine 10 more and 10 less with two-digit numbers
practice counting the say ten way
Work with dimes and pennies as tens and ones units

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/1/16

In reading students will:

identify words with r-controlled vowel sounds
locate non fiction text features
choose just right non fiction texts

In writing students will:

brainstorm how-to topics
Choose how-to topic and write about it
use transition words in writing

In math students will:

Compare and identify greater or lesser quantities
practice counting the say ten way
continue to build fluency with math facts to 20

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

identify words with -ng and -nk sounds
locate non fiction text features
choose just right non fiction texts

In writing students will:

brainstorm how to topics
write an instructional text
Use transition words in writing

In math students will:

make number bonds to show tens and ones
practice counting the say ten way
continue to build fluency with math facts to 20

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

identify words with -ng and -nk sounds
make connections with text
ask questions while reading to give a better understanding

In writing students will:

will work on persuasive writing
learn to persuade using reasons
use important vocabulary in writing

In math students will:

measure using centimeters
collect and organize data
continue to build fluency with math facts to 20

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

continue to connect one text to another
make personal connections with a text
ask questions while reading to give a better understanding

In writing students will:

will work on persuasive writing
learn to persuade using reasons
use important vocabulary in writing

In math students will:

begin to work with measurement
compare lengths or various objects
continue to build fluency with math facts to 20

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

continue working on fluency in your reading
continue to focus on comprehension strategies
using listening skills when working with reading partners

In writing students will:

will form an opinion in writing
learn to form an opinion with reasons
support your opinion with detailed examples

In math students will:

solve problems using tens and ones
use sprints to help build fluency
use two-step solutions to solve problems

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

continue working on glued sounds, such as ink and ing
continue to focus on comprehension strategies
incorporate new skills when working with reading partners

In writing students will:

will form an opinion in writing
learn to form an opinion with reasons
question and respond to stories

In math students will:

identify ones and tens place in numbers
use sprints to help build fluency
use multiple strategies to solve problems

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

continue working on glued sounds and suffix “s”
continue to focus on comprehension strategies
use intonation and expression when reading

In writing students will:

will identify fact vs. opinion
learn to form an opinion in writing
question and respond to stories

In math students will:

use a number path to subtract
use sprints to help build fluency
play math fluency games with partners

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

identify suffix ‘s’ in words
share and discuss pattern books
identify glued sounds in words

In writing students will:

will use features of fiction and non-fiction pattern books in writing
use appropriate punctuation in their writing
share and respond to stories

In math students will:

using multiple strategies to solve problems
recognize partners of ten
play math fluency games with partners

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

change intonation based on punctuation
share and discuss pattern books
identify glued sounds in words

In writing students will:

will explore features of fiction and non-fiction pattern books
use appropriate punctuation in their writing
share and respond to stories

In math students will:

make ten when one addend is nine
recognize partners of ten
play math flthirduency games with partners

Second Grade

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

read informational texts fluently with an eye towards main idea and supporting details.

In writing students will:

continue to write as a scientist and draft lab reports.

In math students will:

draw a line plot to represent measurement data.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

begin to dig deeper in nonfiction text.

In writing students will:

begin to write as a scientist and draft lab reports.

In math students will:

measure to compare the differences in lengths using inches, feet, and yards.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

continue to read poems that include various craft moves such as similes and alliteration.

In writing students will:

begin to build their knowledge base of the scientific method.

In math students will:

measure various objects using inch rulers and yard sticks.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

interpret the author’s words by noticing one or more of the five senses that the poet uses

In writing students will:

use their five senses to create a nature poem

In math students will:

use various different strategies to make one dollar or make change from one dollar

Other notes or information: We are going to Clark Street Playground on May 19, 2016 to gather observations and ideas to write a nature inspired poem. Please pack an extra snack for this outing.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

Identify colorful language in poetry

In writing students will:

use their five senses to create a color poem

In math students will:

Recognize the monetary value of coins

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/6/16

In reading students will:

Identify rhythm, beat, and repetition in a poem

In writing students will:

use their five senses to create a sensory poem

In math students will:

Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/22/16

In reading students will:

notice colorful language by visualizing in their mind the images that they see as they read poetry

In writing students will:

see and describe familiar objects in a fresh, new way by looking at the object with a new lens

In math students will:

Relate doubles to even numbers, and write number sentences to express sums

Other notes or information: (optional)
Our Earth Day Celebration will be held in the East School cafeteria on April 22nd at 9:30am. All parents are welcome! Thank you for all the donations of recycled materials that will make our Earth Day Celebration a great success!

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

tell how poetry is different from other types of writing

In writing students will:

publish realistic fiction writing pieces

In math students will:

Use square tiles to decompose a rectangle

Other notes or information:
Our Earth Day Celebration will be held in the East School cafeteria on April 22nd at 9:30am. All parents are welcome! Thank you for all the donations of recycled materials that will make our Earth Day Celebration a great success!

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/1/16

In reading students will:

focus on a character in a fiction story by paying attention to how a character changes

In writing students will:

draft ideas for a Realistic Writing piece

In math students will:

Use math drawings to represent equal groups

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

focus on a character in a fiction story by paying attention to meaningful dialogue in the text

In writing students will:

continue to brainstorm ideas for a Realistic Writing piece

In math students will:

choose and explain solution strategies and record with a written addition or subtraction method

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

examine a character in a fiction story by paying attention to the dialogue in the text

In writing students will:

begin to brainstorm ideas for a character in their Realistic Writing piece

In math students will:

subtract from multiples of 100 and from numbers with zero in the tens place

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

examine a character in a fiction story by paying attention to their actions

In writing students will:

build words with different syllable types

In math students will:

choose and explain solution strategies and record with a written addition method

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

examine a character in a fiction story
begin to look deeper into character traits

In writing students will:

identify r-controlled syllables

In math students will:

add and subtract multiples of 100
subtract multiples of 100 and some tens within 1000

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

continue to read fractured fairy tales
work on fluency by reading Fairy Tale Reader’s Theater scripts

In writing students will:

share their reviews with a partner

In math students will:

add and subtract multiples of one hundred
add multiples of one hundred and some tens within one thousand

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

read fractured fairy tales
continue to compare and contrast different versions of the same fairy tale

In writing students will:

draft another review using facts to support their opinions
meet with a partner to share their written work

In math students will:

relate 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less to addition and subtraction of 10 and 100

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

begin to identify the elements of a fairy tale
be exposed to classic fairy tales
strengthen their fluency by reading fairy tale plays

In writing students will:

begin to discuss why authors write reviews
begin drafting their own reviews

In math students will:

use math drawings to represent addition with up to two addends
use number bonds to break apart three digit numbers

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

compare and contrast a topic from two texts

In writing students will:

celebrate the publication of their expert books

In math students will:

use mental strategies to relate compositions of ten tens as one hundred to ten ones as one ten

Third Grade

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers learn the author’s purpose by analyzing the author’s choice of words and information presented.
Growing readers will learn about another country’s education system, present the information to the other classes, and then compare and contrast the information of the countries.

In writing students will:

Growing writers provide a strong conclusion to reiterate their opinions and convince their readers of their argument.
Growing writers will continue to record their results and draw conclusions about their science fair topics.

In math students will:

Use rectangles to draw a robot with specified perimeter measurements and reason about the different areas that may be produced.
Solve a variety of word problems involving area and perimeter using all four operations.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers infer author’s opinions by determining which facts are important and then analyzing that information.
Growing readers will continue to read research articles about their science fair topic and begin performing the experiments

In writing students will:

Growing writers will create introductions that establish the importance of a topic and grab the reader's interest.
Growing writers will begin to gather data from their science fair experiments and start recording their results and drawing conclusions.

In math students will:

Use a line plot to record the number of rectangles constructed from a given number of unit squares.
Construct rectangles with a given perimeter using unit squares and determine their areas.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers will continue to utilize the sequence of events in various nonfiction texts.
Growing readers will begin to read research articles about their science fair topic and notice the sequence of events for performing the experiment.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will use linking words and phrases to connect their reasons and examples across the text.
Growing writers will use their evidence to create body paragraphs that are organized and structured to justify their opinions.

In math students will:

Use all four operations to solve problems involving perimeter and missing measurements.
Review for and then complete their mid module assessment.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers will recognize and utilize the sequence of events in a nonfiction text.
Growing readers will focus on strong sequential vocabulary in a nonfiction text to help them understand the order by highlighting sequence clue words.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will continue to support their opinions with strong reasons.
Growing writers will prove their validity of their reasons by adding examples and details to strengthen their claim.

In math students will:

Measure side lengths in whole number units to determine the perimeter of polygons.
Explore perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and solve problems.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers read nonfiction to construct a main idea by not just memorizing facts, but synthesizing all the idea to form a main idea.
Growing readers will recognize the purpose of a question and answer text structure by looking at different interviews.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will state their opinions clearly and directly be developing a topic/thesis statement.
Growing writers will support their opinions with strong reasons.

In math students will:

Compare and classify other polygons.
Draw polygons with specified attributes to solve problems

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/6/16

In reading students will:

growing readers pay attention to the causes and effects in their reading and notice that there may be more than one cause and effect.
Growing readers will evaluate an author’s point of view by identifying key details in a nonfiction text and using those details to infer the author’s point of view.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will reflect on what’s important to them personally and how their writing can affect others.
Growing writers will discuss differing opinions by listening and responding to others in a respectful way.

In math students will:

Solve word problems in varied contexts using a letter to represent the unknown.
Compare and classify quadrilaterals.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/22/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers of nonfiction deal with tricky words by reading them in context and create meaning of unfamiliar words.
Growing readers notice that biographies usually present a problem or conflict that is unique to the individual.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will continue to present their opinions in the form of a review.
Growing writers will practice the strategy of presenting their opinions in the form of a letter.

In math students will:

Review fractions
Review various types of graphs

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers understand that different genres fall under nonfiction by analyzing text structures, text features, and purpose.
Growing readers will support their comprehension by analyzing the text and text features in order to infer why the author chose to use specific features.

In writing students will:

Growing writers will understand that authors write opinion pieces with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Growing writers will practice the strategy of presenting their opinions in the form of a review.

In math students will:

Interpret measurement data from various line plots
Represent measurement data with line plots

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/8/16

In reading students will:

Identify the speaker or narrator in a poem
Analyze figurative language within a poem to deepen comprehension

In writing students will:

Generate ideas for poetry writing, by observing the world around us
Experiment with different literary devices to bring poems to life

In math students will:

Generate and organize data
Collect and display data
Solve and one and two step problems involving graphs

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers will analyze questions to determine what is being asked of them.
Growing readers identify main ideas, recount key details, and explain how they support the main idea of a text

In writing students will:

Growing writers will write clear, thorough responses to text based questions
Growing writers clearly express an inference based on a text

In math students will:

Place unit fractions on a number line with endpoints 0 and 1.
Place whole number fractions and unit fractions between whole numbers on the number line.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

Answer text based questions using “POQ”- Part of Question- and text evidence
Identify and describe the central message in a variety of texts, including fables, poetry, and informational articles

In writing students will:

Evaluate their writing and continue to focus on revision as a means of improving the overall quality of their work
Develop paragraphs focused around a central idea and include details to support their message

In math students will:

Identify and represent shaded and non shaded parts of one whole as fractions
Represent parts of one whole as fractions with number bonds

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers know how to use the text features to learn about what they are going to read about. (directions, title, introduction, captions, illustrations, bold print, headings etc.)
Growing readers skim and scan texts and questions to get an idea of what the passage is about and to set the purpose of the passage.

In writing students will:

Growing writers answer questions by going back into the text finding evidence in the text to support their answer.
Growing writers will summarize text by referring to the main idea and key details

In math students will:

Specify and partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions using concrete models
Specify and partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions by folding fraction strips
Specify and partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions by drawing pictorial area models

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

interpret information from text features and how visuals contribute to their understanding.
evaluate an author’s argument by analyzing whether or not an author provided sound reasoning.

In writing students will:

continue to revise, edit, and proofread their feature articles

In math students will:

identifying lines of symmetry
finding the measurement of missing angles

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers identify the three different types of clues seen in mystery books.
Growing readers pay attention to who a crime solver interviews and the types of questions he/she asks to track suspects.
Growing readers pay attention to what a crime solver does, says, and thinks.

In writing students will:

Growing writers recognize the importance of sensory details in Edge of Your Seat Stories.
Growing writers generate entries for an Edge of Your Seat Story by thinking about emotional times in their lives (focus on nervous/anxious).
Growing writers generate entries for an Edge of Your Seat Story by thinking about emotional times in their lives (focus on fear).

In math students will:

Draw rows and columns to determine the area of a rectangle, given an incomplete array.
Interpret area models to form rectangular arrays.
Find the area of a rectangle through multiplication of the side lengths.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers identify the secondary characters in their mystery book.
Growing readers identify the three different types of clues seen in mystery books.
Growing readers pay attention to who a crime solver interviews and the types of questions he/she asks to track suspects.

In writing students will:

Growing writers recognize all of the components of an Edge of Your Seat story using a plot diagram.
Growing writers chart the plot diagram of a short mentor text.
Growing writers recognize the importance of sensory details in Edge of Your Seat stories.

In math students will:

Understand area as an attribute of plane figures.
Decompose and recompose shapes to compare areas.
Model tiling with centimeter and inch unit squares as a strategy to measure area.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers talk with a partner to share/discuss new information they have learned and to help grow ideas.
Growing readers of nonfiction organize their thoughts and ideas to prepare to share.
Growing readers of nonfiction read across texts on one topic to compare the most important points and key details.

In writing students will:

Growing writers check their writing for spelling errors during the editing phase of the writing process and use strategies to fix them (word wall, sight word lists, dictionary, computers, books, peers).
Growing writers use editing checklists to ensure that their work is ready for an audience.
Growing writers include an illustration that helps their audience understand their message/ main idea more

In math students will:

Reason about and explain arithmetic patterns using units of zero and one as they relate to multiplication and division
Identify patterns in multiplication and division facts using the multiplication table
Solve two step word problems involving all four operations

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

Growing readers of nonfiction look between photos, pictures, diagrams, and the text to help them make sense of what they are reading
Growing readers of nonfiction learn new vocabulary words by reading them in context

In writing students will:

Growing writers narrow the focus of their writing by considering their main ideas and purpose
Growing writers will use tools such as graphic organizers to help them sort and logically sequence ideas

In math students will:

Apply the distributive property and the fact: 9 = 10-1 as a strategy to multiply
Identify and use arithmetic patterns to multiply
Interpret the unknown in multiplication and division to model and solve problems

Fourth Grade

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

focus on nonfiction passages and quotes by immigrants who passed through Ellis Island and reflect upon their experiences.
read and refer to nonfiction historical texts about immigration to assist in developing an Ellis Island project.

In writing students will:

respond to a text that presents social issues

In math students will:

Solving word problems using decimals and fractions
Unit 6 End of Module exam.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

focus on nonfiction passages and quotes by immigrants who passed through Ellis Island and reflect upon their experiences.
read and refer to nonfiction historical texts about immigration to assist in developing an Ellis Island project.

In writing students will:

respond to a text that presents social issues

In math students will:

Solving word problems using decimals and fractions
Unit 6 End of Module exam.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

focus on historical fiction texts about immigration, specifically focusing on how the immigrant’s established a new life in the United States.
take an interactive tour of the immigration process at Ellis Island, as an immigrant.

In writing students will:

support their opinion on a social issue by taking a stance and using details

In math students will:

Adding and subtracting decimals
Working with money amounts as decimals

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

focus on historical fiction texts about immigration, specifically focusing on how the immigrant’s established a new life in the United States.
take an interactive tour of the immigration process at Ellis Island, as an immigrant.

In writing students will:

support their opinion on a social issue by taking a stance and using details

In math students will:

Comparing decimals using <,>, =
Understanding the value of decimals in the

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

focus on historical fiction text about immigration
focus on the immigration process at Ellis Island and the reasons for immigrants being sent back to their countries.

In writing students will:

write a reflection paragraph about our immigration unit

In math students will:

Module 5 exam
Students will use the distributive property and associative property to multiply fractions

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/22/16

In reading students will:

focus on historical fiction text about immigration
Focus on what a an immigration is and the reasons why immigrants came to America

In writing students will:

edit and publish Earth Day writing

In math students will:

Module 5 exam
Students will use the distributive property and associative property to multiply fractions

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

compare and contrast Poems, Plays, and Prose using evidence from each text, in the Ready Book.
compare patterns of events in stories using sequence, chronology and text evidence, in the Ready Book.

In writing students will:

compose an essay in celebration of Earth Day

In math students will:

State Math Exam
Students will be subtracting fractions using whole numbers and unlike denominators.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/8/16

In reading students will:

apply and identify vocabulary in literary texts, using the Ready Book.
compare and contrast the point of view from different stories, and identify first and third person narrations.

In writing students will:

respond to fiction and nonfiction texts by creating a topic sentence and supporting it with text dependent details

In math students will:

Students will be presenting data using line plots
Students will be adding fractions using whole numbers and unlike denominators.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

apply and identify text structures within multiple genres, using the Ready Book
analyze poems for structure and meaning using the Ready Book

In writing students will:

provide a response to a nonfiction text and support it with sufficient details from the text

In math students will:

using multiplication to find equivalent fractions
using division to find equivalent fractions
using the area model to model fractions

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

identify places an author used detail to draw the reader in.
identify how a character’s behavior is influenced by looking at the historical time period.

In writing students will:

respond to a non fiction text by developing a topic sentence and then supporting it by citing two details

In math students will:

using multiplication to find equivalent fractions
using division to find equivalent fractions
using the area model to model fractions

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

take notes on all story elements of a specific time period and identify vocabulary/language specific to that time.
will investigate and research a specific time period to better understand reading historical fiction.

In writing students will:

use their notes,drafts,checklists and published pieces to reflect on what they learned about the feature article as a writing genre and themselves as writers

In math students will:

decomposition of fractions
understanding fractional units
creating models of fractions to show equivalence

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

interpret information from text features and how visuals contribute to their understanding.
evaluate an author’s argument by analyzing whether or not an author provided sound reasoning.

In writing students will:

continue to revise, edit, and proofread their feature articles

In math students will:

identifying lines of symmetry
finding the measurement of missing angles

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

summarize the sequence text structure in a non-fiction text
identify figurative language to convey ideas and create mental images for the reader

In writing students will:

start their rough draft on their feature article

In math students will:

finding the measurement of opposite angles
mid math module assessment unit 4

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

identify the compare and contrast, and cause and effect of text structure in a nonfiction text
describe the overall structure of events, ideas, or information in a text or part of a text

In writing students will:

use their prior knowledge and experiences to guide their research for their feature article

In math students will:

identifying perpendicular lines
identifying parallel lines
identifying the relationships between angles

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

determine the main idea and identify supporting details of nonfiction texts using Boxes and Bullets.

In writing students will:

close read and annotate nonfiction texts

In math students will:

multiply two-digit multiples of 10 by two-digit numbers using the area model
multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers using four partial products
transition from four partial products to the standard algorithm in multiplication

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

Create wonderings about the Algonquian and Iroquois Native Americans and read the text to write down the information learned about their wonderings

In writing students will:

close read and annotate non-fiction textslearned about their wonderings

In math students will:

be answering multi digit division problems

Fifth Grade

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/10/16

In reading students will:

Interpret a text by making inferences about character and perspective
Analyze characters in a story by examining how they react when faced with challenges
Interpret metaphors in a text and make connections to theme

In writing students will:

Write an opinion piece on a topic using facts and reasons to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Make sense of complex, multi-step problems and persevere in solving them.
Share and critiques peer solutions.
Solidify the vocabulary of geometry.

Other notes or information: (optional)
*Students will also be working collaboratively to develop and carry out science experiments in preparation for the upcoming science fair (6/9).

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 6/3/16

In reading students will:

Interpret a text by making inferences about character and perspective
Analyze characters in a story by examining how they react when faced with challenges
Interpret metaphors in a text and make connections to theme

In writing students will:

Write an opinion piece on a topic using facts and reasons to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Module 6 Mid-Module Assessment
Make sense of complex, multi-step problems and persevere in solving them.
Share and critiques peer solutions.

Other notes or information: (optional)
*Students will also be working collaboratively to develop and carry out science experiments in preparation for the upcoming science fair.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/27/16

In reading students will:

Interpret a text by making inferences about character and perspective
Analyze characters in a story by examining how they when faced with challenges
Interpret metaphors in a text and make connections to theme

In writing students will:

Write an opinion piece on a topic using facts and reasons to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Create rules to generate number patterns and plot points
Make sense of complex, multi-step problems and persevere in solving them.
Share and critiques peer solutions

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/20/16

In reading students will:

Find evidence to support their claim by analyzing text details
Verbally rehearse arguments by participating in the debate process
Interpret a text by making inferences about character and perspective

In writing students will:

Write an opinion piece on a topic using facts and reasons to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Create rules to generate number patterns and plot points
Construct a coordinate system on a plane.
Compare and contrast lines on a plane

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 5/13/16

In reading students will:

Find evidence to support their claim by analyzing text details
Determine tone of a text
Verbally rehearse arguments by participating in the debate process

In writing students will:

Argue ideas using facts to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Notice patterns in lines
Construct a coordinate system on a line.
Construct a coordinate system on a plane.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/22/16

In reading students will:

Identify various perspectives in a text
Determine tone of a text
Identify facts that support opinions within a text

In writing students will:

Argue ideas using facts to support
Practice incorporating tone in writing

In math students will:

Module 5 Math Assessment
Construct a coordinate system on a line.
Construct a coordinate system on a plane.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/15/16

In reading students will:

Identify the main idea of a text & key details that support using specific text evidence
Tackle complex and challenging texts by rereading chunks of information and asking themselves who and what each paragraph is about

In writing students will:

Respond to various essay prompts in order to create short and extended responses
Practice elaborating by citing the text

In math students will:

NYS Math Assessment
Solve real world problems involving area of figures with fractional side lengths using visual models and/or equations.
Draw trapezoids to clarify their attributes, and define trapezoids based on those attributes.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 4/8/16

In reading students will:

Identify the main idea of a text & key details that support using specific text evidence
Tackle complex and challenging texts by rereading chunks of information and asking themselves who and what each paragraph is about

In writing students will:

Respond to various essay prompts in order to create short and extended responses
Practice elaborating by citing the text

In math students will:

Mid Module 5 Assessment
Measure to find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths
Find the area of rectangles and relate to fraction multiplication

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/18/16

In reading students will:

Identify the main idea of a text & key details that support using specific text evidence
Demonstrate for each other how an expert teaches a topic, summarizing the most important points.

In writing students will:

Prepare for extended response essay
Revise & edit Feature Articles making sure to include important non-fiction text features to support their topic

In math students will:

Create story contexts for numerical expressions and tape diagrams, and solve word problems.
Interpret and evaluate numerical expressions.
End of Module 4 Assessment

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/11/16

In reading students will:

Identify the main idea of a text & key details that support using specific text evidence
Demonstrate for each other how an expert teaches a topic, summarizing the most important points.

In writing students will:

Research a topic by collecting facts & quotes in order to provide supporting evidence.
Revise & edit Feature Articles making sure to include important non-fiction text features to support their topic

In math students will:

Solve problems involving fraction division.
Divide decimal dividends by non-unit decimal divisors.
Interpret and evaluate numerical expressions.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 3/4/16

In reading students will:

Identify the main idea of a text & key details that support using specific text evidence
Demonstrate for each other how an expert teaches a topic, summarizing the most important points.

In writing students will:

Research a topic by collecting facts & quotes in order to provide supporting evidence.
Revise & edit Feature Articles making sure to include important non-fiction text features to support their topic

In math students will:

Explain the size of the product, and relate fraction and decimal equivalence to multiplying a fraction by 1.
Compare the size of the product to the size of the factors.
Compare the size of the product to the size of the factors.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/12/16

In reading students will:

Extend or revise our ideas when new, sometimes contradictory, information is presented
Talk with partners to synthesize our reading while developing our own ideas about a topic
Demonstrate for each other how an expert teaches a topic, summarizing the most important points

In writing students will:

Select topics by considering what is relevant and newsworthy
Gather information they know about a topic and determine if we need to gather more
Determine relevant information, details, & quotes that will support our position

In math students will:

Multiply unit fractions by unit fractions.
Multiply unit fractions by non-unit fractions.
Multiply non-unit fractions by non-unit fractions.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 2/5/16

In reading students will:

Generate questions to help determine which facts are important
Read nonfiction in order to extend or revise our ideas
Talk with partners to synthesize our reading while developing our own ideas about a topic

In writing students will:

Continue to examine nonfiction articles in order to research a selected topic
Determine relevant information, details, & quotes that will support our position

In math students will:

Mid-Module Assessment- Module 4
Solve and create fraction word problems involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
Multiply unit fractions by unit fractions.

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/29/16

In reading students will:

Use what we know about how nonfiction is structured & organized in order to read it purposefully
Generate questions to help determine which facts are important
Read nonfiction in order to extend or revise our ideas

In writing students will:

Continue to examine nonfiction articles in order to research a selected topic
Determine relevant information, details, & quotes that will support our position

In math students will:

Multiply any whole number by a fraction using tape diagrams.
Relate a fraction of a set to the repeated addition interpretation of fraction multiplication
Find a fraction of a measurement, and solve word problems

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/15/16

In reading students will:

Set a purpose for reading by developing guiding questions
Identify topics they are interested in
Reread, paraphrase and study graphics

In writing students will:

Select topics for feature articles by considering the audience and purpose for their writing
Select topics by considering what is relevant and newsworthy to them

In math students will:

Use benchmark fractions to assess reasonableness of addition and subtraction equations
Explore part to whole relationships when solving word problems
Module 3 Assessment

For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...

Week Ending 1/8/16

In reading students will:

Explore the different types of nonfiction texts
Annotating and navigating nonfiction texts
Identify the purpose of nonfiction text features

In writing students will:

Use evidence from the text to support their writing
Begin examining feature article

In math students will:

Add fractions to and subtract fractions from whole numbers using equivalence and the number line as strategies.
Add fractions making like units numerically
Add fractions with sums greater than 2.

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