Lindell Elementary School
Weekly Update Fall 2015 Archive
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- make predictions before and while reading, to better understand a book, to get ready to read the words, and are different for fiction and non-fiction.
In writing students will:
- begin noticing patterns in texts and finishing sentence starters to create a pattern book.
In math students will:
- find, describe, and classify three dimensional solid shapes while communicating their positions.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- make predictions before reading that reflect the type of text (fiction or
nonfiction)
- Support their pre-reading predictions with evidence
- Make predictions during reading
In writing students will:
- begin to write and illustrate personal narratives
In math students will:
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be able to explain decisions about classifications of triangles, rectangles and hexagons into categories using variants and non-examples.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- make predictions before reading that reflect the type of text (fiction or
nonfiction)
- Support their pre-reading predictions with evidence
- Make predictions during reading
In writing students will:
- begin to notice patterns in text. Students will learn to add unique pictures to their writing, and will focus on creating detailed illustrations.
In math students will:
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build on their experiential learning by relating it to the mathematical concepts and vocabulary of geometry, allowing them to enhance their experiences of shapes. They will find and describe flat triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons, and circles using informal language without naming.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Recognize the problem in a Realistic Fiction story and use story evidence from the text to support their findings. Students will recognize the genre of Realistic Fiction by sorting books into two groups: Fiction and Realistic Fiction.
In writing students will:
- Begin to edit their list and label books by adding punctuation and recognizing the three different end marks.
In math students will:
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Be assessed for understanding of relationships between numbers and quantities, answer”How many” questions, decompose numbers less than ten or equal to ten into pairs, and say the number names in the standard order.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Recognize events in the story by retelling and highlighting important events that happened in the beginning, middle, and end.
In writing students will:
- Students will create label books to communicate what they know by making connections to letter and sound relationships.
In math students will:
- Ordering and matching numeral and dot cards from one to ten to create fluency. Continue working on providing one more than a given number.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- identify the setting a story, and compare and contrast the characters and their traits
In writing students will:
- understand the purpose of labeling to share an idea.
In math students will:
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One more than with numbers 0-10
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- identify the characters in a story, and distinguish between the main and supporting characters.
In writing students will:
- understand the purpose of labeling to share an idea.
In math students will:
- begin to match sets of numbers 9 and 10 to objects in different configurations.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- understand the word schema and while reading fictional books practice making connections.
In writing students will:
- continue labeling their illustrations using what they know about letters and sounds to begin to write words.
In math students will:
- begin to match sets of numbers 6-8 to objects in different configurations.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- understand how to choose books that interest them by looking at the front cover and illustrations.
In writing students will:
- be able to add words to their drawings by labeling to communicate what they know about their illustrations
In math students will:
- order and write numerals 0-5 and represent decomposition with materials and equations.
example 3=2+1
3=1+2
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- distinguish between the different parts of a book.
- begin to recognize the role of author and illustrator.
- locate each part of a book and define its role.
In writing students will:
- explore and discuss the types of writers they are.
- illustrate where and what they like to write about.
- begin to add details to their illustrations.
In math students will:
- count numerals to 5 to tell “how many” there are of objects when arranged in different configurations. (linear, array)
- find the “hidden partners” within linear configurations for the numbers 3, 4 and 5.
- pair each object with one number name when counting to 5.
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- read “just right” books independently and practicing retelling the stories to a partner.
In writing students will:
- share their published pattern stories with each other as a celebration of their efforts as authors.
In math students will:
- continue to use the “make a ten” strategy to solve addition sentences where one of the addends is 7, 8, or 9.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- identify and understand the usage of quotation marks while they are reading “just right” books in order to develop fluency.
In writing students will:
- plan, draft, edit and publish their own pattern stories.
In math students will:
- use the “make a ten” strategy to solve addition sentences where one of the addends is 7, 8, or 9.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- will use their “Just Right” books to practice strategies to figure out unknown words using context clues.
In writing students will:
- listen to a variety of books to notice the different types of patterns authors use.
In math students will:
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look for two numbers that make a ten when adding 3 numbers.
Ex: 4 + 6 + 3 =?
4 + 6 =10
10 + 3 = 13
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- will ask themselves the three questions when they look at words in a sentence; Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
In writing students will:
- listen to a variety of read-alouds and determine if they are fiction or nonfiction. Students will discuss with a writing partner the types of patterns authors can use when writing a story.
In math students will:
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use a math drawing to subtract from 9 or 10, complete the number bond and write the related subtraction sentence that would have the same bond.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- use reading strategies to read and understand a “just right” book.
In writing students will:
- write complete sentences using appropriate punctuation.
In math students will:
- solve math stories by finding the unknown parts.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- retell the beginning, middle, and end of the text by focusing on the important parts of the story.
In writing students will:
- continue to practice writing narrative stories in sequence with details.
In math students will:
- solve subtraction word problems by drawing a picture.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- practice the comprehension strategy of retelling the most important part of the text.
In writing students will:
- choose a practiced story from their storybox and write about it in sequential order. (Beginning, Middle and End)
In math students will:
- use the number path to count-on to find the unknown part.
6 + ____ = 10
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- determine the “author’s purpose” when listening to read alouds.
In writing students will:
- tell a story from their story box to a partner in sequential order (beginning, middle and end).
In math students will:
- solve equations using doubles and doubles + 1 facts.
(3 + 3 = 6 and 3 + 4 = 7)
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- continue to use “just right” books to increase stamina. They will continue to discuss story elements and author’s purpose with their reading partners.
In writing students will:
- choose a small moment from their life experience and share the story with a partner.
In math students will:
- develop an understanding of the meaning of the equal sign by pairing equivalent expressions and constructing true number sentences.
7+3 = 6+4
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- read their “just right” books while working with their reading partners to discuss story elements. (Characters and Setting)
In writing students will:
- develop a list of topic ideas for their personal narratives.
In math students will:
- further develop strategies for counting on using 5-group cards and their fingers.
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers use clues to determine the meaning of new vocabulary/domain specific words as they read informational/ nonfiction texts.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers of expert books go in depth about their topic by writing factual information with supportive details.
In math students will:
- Relate 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less to addition and subtraction of 1 and 10.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers recognize important words to help them learn more about the topic (bold words, italics, glossary, etc.)
In writing students will:
- Growing writers generate ideas for expert books by thinking about passionate interests.
In math students will:
- Compare two three-digit numbers using <, >, and = when there are more than 9 ones or 9 ten.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers think about what they already know about a particular topic (build schema) before they begin reading informational/nonfiction texts.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers will begin brainstorming their expert topics by using their artifact bags to discuss with peers. An artifact should represent something the student is an expert on.
In math students will:
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Model numbers with more than 9 ones or 9 tens; write in expanded, unit, standard, and word forms..
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers recognize the difference between reading nonfiction/informational text and fiction/literature.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers explore the features of nonfiction expert books by talking with a partner about the topics on which they might be an expert.
In math students will:
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Count the total value of $1, $10, and $100 bills up to $1,000.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers acknowledge the important parts of a story by identifying the essential story elements.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers create strong beginnings and endings to their stories by hooking the reader.
In math students will:
- Count up to 1,000 on the place value chart.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers demonstrate their comprehension of a story by stopping and thinking, saying their thoughts and providing text evidence.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers bring their characters to life by adding dialogue to their writing.
In math students will:
- Bundle and count ones, tens and hundreds to 1,000
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers enhance their comprehension by creating mental pictures in their head.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers help their audience visualize their stories by adding descriptive language.
In math students will:
- Measure and compare lengths using standard metric length units and non-standard length units; relate measurement to unit size.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers monitor for meaning by using strategies to solve difficult or unknown words.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers use their five senses to make their writing more interesting.
In math students will:
- Develop estimation strategies by applying prior knowledge of length and using mental benchmarks.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify their reading stamina by setting reading goals.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers understand that personal narratives include many important elements by identifying the most important ingredients.
In math students will:
- Measure various objects using centimeter rulers and meter sticks.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- identify “just right” books by recognizing their attributes and utilizing the “five finger rule”.
In writing students will:
- brainstorm and write about places, people, and things they know and love by creating a “map of the heart” with seed ideas.
In math students will:
- decompose to subtract from a ten when subtracting within 100 and apply to one-step word problems.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
In writing students will:
- share with a partner the changes and additions of adjectives they made to their writing piece.
In math students will:
- add measurements using the standard algorithm to compose larger units once.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- gather and organize evidence to support their thinking before creating a character analysis.
In writing students will:
- practice sharing ideas and memories related to an artifact by meeting with multiple partners for discussion.
In math students will:
- estimate and measure liquid volume in liters and milliliters using the vertical number line.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- practice analyzing characters in their independent reading books by utilizing evidence to think about how the character interacts with others.
In writing students will:
- independently publish their narrative paragraph.
In math students will:
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solve word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by counting backward and forward using the number line and clock.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- learn about the character by utilizing evidence to think about how the character acts/behaves in different situations
In writing students will:
- organize their ideas by using transition words to demonstrate sequential thinking
In math students will:
- relate skip-counting by fives on the clock and tell time to a continuous measurement model; the number line
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- practice identifying both external and internal character traits of the main character in their independent reading book and record them in their reader’s notebook.
In writing students will:
- use the strategy of sketch to stretch in order to build their draft.
In math students will:
- solve two-step word problems involving all four operations and assess the reasonableness of answers.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- learn how to use sample prompts to further their partner talks as they listen to their reading partners.
In writing students will:
- generate ideas for writing personal narratives by focusing on a strong emotion.
In math students will:
- model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagrams.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- summarize what is happening in the text to help them hold on to meaning by completing a graphic organizer.
In writing students will:
- recognize that while they may get stuck or feel that they are done writers push themselves to build their writing stamina to become stronger writers.
In math students will:
- model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagrams.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- practice retelling/summarizing and discussing what has happened in the text with their reading partners during independent reading.
In writing students will:
- recognize that writing is a process and there are multiple stages that writers go through in order to craft pieces of quality writing.
In math students will:
- interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of three.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- recognize and use punctuation to help them know when to pause and to change their voices to show dialogue and character feelings.
In writing students will:
- develop an understanding that they can get their ideas from many places as they generate a list of possible writing entries.
In math students will:
- demonstrate the commutativity of multiplication, and practice related facts by skip-counting objects in array models.
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- synthesize the Central Idea of a text after identifying the main idea of each section.
In writing students will:
- engage in a debate on an informational topic, and then argue their stance with a persuasive essay.
In math students will:
- solve division problems with and without remainders using the area model and place value disks.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- preview a nonfiction text by analyzing text features, such as the title, headings, introduction, conclusion, vocabulary, and visuals.
In writing students will:
- research a nonfiction topic in order to determine a stance or claim on the issue. Together we will participate in an informational writing “boot camp” on the topic.
In math students will:
- solve division problems with remainders using an array, the area model,and number disks.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- identify when their characters ask themselves tough questions in order to learn more about the conflict the character is facing and to predict future events.
In writing students will:
- revise, edit, and publish their literary essays by using a checklist and peer feedback.
In math students will:
- use the partial product method and the standard algorithm to solve multiplication problems involving 2-digit by 1-digit computation.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- identify and interpret the meaning of figurative language, such as similes and metaphors.
In writing students will:
- begin to draft their literary essays by supporting their claim and reasons with text evidence and their own thinking.
In math students will:
- utilize the area model in order to recognize and see patterns, as well as multiply numbers by 10, 100, and 1,000.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- identify theme and conflict by noticing words, phrases, and ideas that occur “again and again”.
In writing students will:
- continue to gather ideas about their literary texts and craft a strong claim or thesis that conveys the big idea they want to prove in their essay.
In math students will:
- investigate and use the formulas for area and perimeter in order to solve multi-step real world word problems.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- notice character contrasts and contradictions and stop to ask themselves, “Why is the character doing that?”
In writing students will:
- analyze the structure of a literary essay and gather ideas about texts they have read to determine a claim
In math students will:
- Express metric length, capacity, and mass measurements in terms of a smaller unit, and model and solve addition and subtraction word problems involving metric measurements.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- identify character motives and revise thoughts about a character based on changes in the way they act.
In writing students will:
- generate ideas about their reading regarding character and theme work in order to embark on their new writing unit of literary essays.
In math students will:
- Express metric length measurements in terms of a smaller unit; model and solve addition and subtraction word problems involving metric length.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- develop theories about characters and plot by paying attention to the ways in which key words and phrases connect.
In writing students will:
- edit and revise personal narratives by using a checklist and peer feedback in order to publish.
In math students will:
- solve multi-step addition and subtraction word problems modeled with tape diagrams and assess the reasonableness of answers using rounding.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- grow ideas based on details in a text.
In writing students will:
- utilize mentor texts to evoke memories and inspire personal narrative entries.
In math students will:
- solve multi-step, real-world application problems, applying understanding of place value concepts.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- stop to utilize strategies before and during reading such as questioning and predicting, with the support of text evidence.
In writing students will:
- analyze personal narrative checklist and mentor texts to implement narrative elements in their own writing.
In math students will:
- compare and round multi-digit numbers to any place value using real world applications.
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- Using details to support inferences in literary texts.
In writing students will:
- Writers will revise and publish a literary essay.
In math students will:
- Subtract fractions between numbers 1 and 2.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- Identify the theme of a poem from details in a text.
In writing students will:
- Writers learn strategies for revising their literary essays.
In math students will:
- Making equivalent fractions with number lines,the area model,and numbers.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Use details to compare and contrast two or more settings and events in a story or drama.
In writing students will:
- Analyze literary essays and narratives to learn how they compare.
In math students will:
- Divide decimal dividends by two-digit divisors, estimating quotients, reasoning about the placement of the decimal point.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Explore how details about characters support the theme, including details about how characters respond to challenges.
In writing students will:
- Draw evidence from a literary text to support analysis and reflection in a written response.
In math students will:
- Divide two- and three-digit dividends by two-digit divisors with single-digit quotients and make connections to a written method.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Compare and Contrast characters in drama using character’s motivation, feelings, and behaviors.
In writing students will:
- Draw evidence from a fictional text to support analysis of contrast and comparison in a written response.
In math students will:
- Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Identify and explain the relationships between events, characters, and plot in historical text.
In writing students will:
- Draw evidence from historical texts to support analysis and reflection in written responses.
In math students will:
- Multiply decimal fractions by multi-digit whole numbers through conversion to a whole number problem and reasoning about the placement of the decimal..
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- Identify relationships between two or more events, ideas, or concepts in a scientific or technical text.
In writing students will:
- Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis and reflection in written responses using annotations.
In math students will:
- Connect visual models and the distributive property to partial products of the standard algorithm without renaming.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- Use details and examples from a text along with personal knowledge to explain inferences drawn from a text.
In writing students will:
- Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis and reflection in written responses.
In math students will:
- Divide decimals using place value understanding including remainders in the smallest unit.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- identify main ideas and key details to summarize a text.
In writing students will:
- draw evidence from informational text to support analysis and reflection in a written response.
In math students will:
- Multiply a decimal fraction by single-digit whole numbers, including using estimation to confirm the placement of the decimal point with the use of Tape Diagrams.
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