West 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 understand that:
- Growing readers make connections to realistic fiction
- Growing readers make text-to-self connections to better understand stories
- Growing readers make text-to-text connections. They connect books they are reading to other books they have read to better understand the story.
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers will revise their list and label books by adding in appropriate color to their sketches
- Growing writers revise their list and label books by adding special words called “WOW Words”.(These powerful words can really help to make their lists and labels come to life and really allow the reader to hear the author’s voice.)
- Growing writers edit their list and label books by adding end mark punctuation
In math students will:
- Describe and communicate positions of all solid shapes using the words above, below, beside, in front of, next to, and behind
- Identify and sort shapes as two-dimensional
- Collaborative groups create displays of different flat shapes with examples, non-examples and a corresponding solid shape
Other Information
● Polar Express Pajama Party-December 22, 2015
● Principal’s Challenge-December 23, 2015
● New Year’s Celebration-December 23, 2015
● Holiday Break- December 24, 2015-January 3 2016
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers identify characters in the story or the “Who” in the story
- Growing readers distinguish between the main character and supporting characters
- Growing readers understand the “Setting” story element and can identify the “Where” in a story by providing evidence
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers recognize the labels in their environment and how it helps to understand their surroundings better
- Growing writers will practice this strategy by working together to label other things within the classroom
- Growing writers understand the purpose of labeling their illustrations is to tell a story
In math students will:
- Find and describe flat triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons, and circles using informal language without naming.
- Explain decisions about classifications of triangles. Identify shapes as triangles.
- Explain decisions about classifications of rectangles. Identify shapes as rectangles.
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M.Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.)
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/25/15
In reading students will understand that:
- Growing readers identify characters in the story or the “Who” in the story
- Growing readers distinguish between the main character and supporting characters
- Growing readers understand the “Setting” story element and can identify the “Where” in a story by providing evidence
In writing students will understand that:
- Growing writers recognize the labels in their environment and how it helps to understand their surroundings better
- Growing writers will practice this strategy by working together to label other things within the classroom
- Growing writers understand the purpose of labeling their illustrations is to tell a story
In math students will:
- Arrange number towers in order from 10 to 1, and describe the pattern.
- Arrange, analyze, and draw sequences of quantities that are 1 less in configurations other than towers.
- Decide how to classify the objects in your bag into two groups. Count the number of objects in each group. Represent the greater number in various ways.
Other notes or information:
Thanksgiving Feast November 25th at 10:30 AM
Thanksgiving Recess-November 26-27 (No School)
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify characters in the story or the “Who” in the story
- Growing readers distinguish between the main character and supporting characters
- Growing readers understand the “Setting” story element and can identify the “Where” in a story by providing evidence
In writing students will:
- Growing writers recognize the labels in their environment and how it helps to understand their surroundings better
- Growing writers will practice this strategy by working together to label other things within the classroom
- Growing writers understand the purpose of labeling their illustrations is to tell a story
In math students will:
- Arrange, analyze, and draw sequences of quantities of 1 more, beginning with numbers other than 1
- Order quantities from 10 to 1 and match numerals
- Count from 10 to 1 and state 1 less than a given number
Other Information
● November 17th is MUST Night
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
● Thanksgiving Feast November 25th at 10:30 AM
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers have a special place to keep their books and follow rules to retrieve and put books away
- Growing readers choose books that interest them by looking at the book cover
- Growing readers choose books that interest them by looking at the pages inside the book
In writing students will:
- Growing writers understand what a label is and that it has a purpose
- Growing writers will learn to use the alphabet chart and placeholders to represent unfamiliar phonemes and symbols that represent them
- Growing writers will utilize their background knowledge about letters and sounds to write labels
In math students will:
- Order and match numeral and dot cards from 1 to 10. State 1 more than a given number
- Make math stories from 1 to 10 in cooperative groups
- Arrange, analyze, and draw 1 more up to 10 in configurations other than towers
Other Information
● November 11-Veterans’ Day. School is closed.
● November 17 MUST Night. Watch for brochure
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers will identify the genre of a book (Informational text and fiction)
- Growing readers practice buddy reading by following certain rules so all readers feel success
- Growing readers determine the words on a page by looking for rhyming patterns
In writing students will:
- Growing writers will learn how to select a topic to write about that is meaningful to them
- Growing writers sketch out what they want to write about before they color
- Growing writers will learn what to do when they are done (When you think you’re done, you’ve only just begun)
In math students will:
- Count 10 objects in linear and array configurations. Match 10. Write 10.
- Count 10 objects and move between all configurations.
- Act out story problems without equations.
Other Information
● Please read 15 minutes with your child every night for PARP. PARP folders due on MONDAY
● November 3-election Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @
8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Growing readers will identify the genre of a book (Informational text and fiction)
- Growing readers practice buddy reading by following certain rules so all readers feel success
- Growing readers determine the words on a page by looking for rhyming patterns
In writing students will:
- Growing writers will learn how to select a topic to write about that is meaningful to them
- Growing writers sketch out what they want to write about before they color
- Growing writers will learn what to do when they are done (When you think you’re done, you’ve only just begun)
In math students will:
- Arrange and strategize to count 8 beans in circular and scattered configurations
- Organize and count 9 varied geometric objects in linear and array configurations. Match with numeral 9.
- Strategize to count to 9 objects in circular and scattered configurations printed on paper. Write numeral 9.
Other notes or information:
● Storybook costume Parade-October 30, 2015-2:45 PM. No swords, no masks
● Please read 15 minutes with your child every night for PARP. PARP folders due on MONDAY
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “soap cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- growing readers read texts by reading the words
- growing readers recognize how to read a book by matching the pictures to the words
- growing readers acknowledge that there are different purposes for reading
In writing students will:
- growing writers know where and how to get ideas to write about
- growing writers utilize visuals to help them write about a topic
- growing writers know how to select a topic to write about that is meaningful to them
In math students will:
- students will count 4-6 objects in a vertical and horizontal linear configuration
- students will count 4-6 objects in circular and scattered configurations and count 6 items out of a larger set and write numerals 1-6 in order.
- students will count 5-7 linking cubes in linear configurations and match with numeral 7 and count on fingers from 1 to 7 and connect to 5-group images.
Other notes or information:
● Please send students with snack daily. Please label students clothing
● Trip next week: Green Meadows Farm October 22
● Please read 15 minutes with your child every night for PARP. PARP folders due on MONDAY
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- growing readers read texts by reading the pictures
- growing readers can distinguish between letters and words
- growing readers read texts by reading the words
In writing students will:
- growing writers understand that there are different reasons to write
- growing writers understand that they have a writer’s folder and a writer’s journal
- growing writers have ideas to share and understand that all ideas are valid
In math students will:
- students will order and write numerals 0-3 to answer “how many” questions
- students will write numerals 1-3 representing decompositions of 3=2+1 and 3=1+2
- students will order and write numerals 4 and 5 to answer “how many” questions in categories; sort by count
Please send students with snack daily Please label students clothing
Trip next week: Library: S. Graham 10/13
Picture Day October 15. Do not wear green!
Please read 15 with students minutes every night for PARP. PARP folders due on Tuesday.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- handle books carefully
- become familiar with different parts of a book
- recognize that using the pictures can help you understand what a book is about
In writing students will:
- understand that they have a journal to free write but utilize a writing folder during the writing workshop
- understand how to hold a pencil
- know that there are different types of writing (letters, lists, stories, cards, email, etc.)
In math students will:
- find hidden partners within various configurations of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
- model decomposition of three with materials, drawings, and expressions. Represent the decomposition as 1+2 and 2+1
- understand the meaning of zero and write the numeral 0
Please send students with snack daily
Please label students clothing
Trips this week: Fireman’s Museum: S. Graham class: 10/7; A. LaPenna & N. Scorcia class 10/8; L. Blankopf class 10/9.
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will understand that:
- focus on story elements; character and setting
- identify character and personality traits using adjectives
- identify base words with suffix -s ending
In writing students will understand that:
- work on How -To books
- continue to practice writing using sequence words (first, next, then, after that, finally)
- add adjectives to describe character traits
In math students will:
- use the commutative property to make ten
- solve problems with addends 7, 8, 9
Other Information
● Gingerbread House Party Tuesday, Dec. 22nd at 9:30am
● Pajama Polar Express Party Wednesday, Dec. 23rd (all day)
● Principal’s Challenge Wednesday, Dec. 23rd
● Wishing all our first grade families a wonderful, happy, and memorable holiday season and New Year!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will understand that:
- be introduced to Story Elements such as character and setting
- begin to learn how to retell a story
- learn glued sounds : am, an
In writing students will understand that:
- be introduced to How -To books
- continue to practice writing using sequence words
In math students will:
- relate subtraction from 9 and 10 to corresponding decompositions.
Other Information
● End of Math Module 1 Assessment given on Friday 12/4
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.)
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- be introduced to character traits within fiction stories
- differentiate glued sounds /am/, /an/,/all/
- scoop sentences while reading to develop fluency
In writing students will:
- continue to write complete sentences with proper punctuation, spacing, and capitalization.
- continue to use transitional words to show sequence and organization in their stories
- celebrate their Personal Narratives with their class
In math students will:
- understand the commutative property of addition
- count on using a number path to find an unknown part
- solve”take away”stories with math drawings and number sentences
Other Information
● MUST Night November 17 6:30-8:00 Brochures went home
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
● Children are looking forward to our Thanksgiving Feast!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- use strategies such as looking at initial sounds, picture clues and noticing smaller words within bigger words, skipping words to solve unknown wording
- continue to be Digraph Detectives and notice glued sounds
- scoop sentences while reading to develop fluency
In writing students will:
- continue to stretch out and add details to their small moment stories
- continue to use transitional words to show sequence and organization in their stories
- use sound effects to add pizzazz and excitement to their stories
In math students will:
- understand the commutative property of addition
- count on using a number path to find an unknown part
- solve”take away”stories with math drawings and number sentences
Other Information
● Veteran's day November 11 School is closed
● MUST Night November 17 6:30-8:00 Watch for brochure
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- use strategies such as looking at initial sounds, picture clues and noticing smaller words within bigger words
- continue to be Digraph Detectives
- scoop sentences while reading to develop fluency
In writing students will:
- continue to stretch out their small moment stories
- continue to use transitional words to show sequence and organization in their stories
- use sound effects to add pizzazz and excitement to their stories
In math students will:
- develop addition fluency within 10
- count on using a number path to find an unknown part
- solve”take away”stories with math drawings and number sentences
Other Information
● Remember your PARP reading this week! Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● November 3-Election Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors.
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16
@ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- use strategies such as looking at initial sounds, picture clues and noticing smaller words within bigger words
- continue to learn about digraphs such as:
wh, ch, sh, th, ck
In writing students will:
- stretch out details in Small Moment stories
- continue to use transitional words to show sequence and organization in their stories
- use sound effects to add pizzazz and excitement to their stories
In math students will:
- develop addition fluency within 10
- understand and solve addition math stories related to subtraction
Other notes or information:
● Our Storybook Halloween Parade is Friday, 10/30 around 2:30pm. We look forward to seeing your there
● Remember your PARP reading this week! PARP Folders due on MONDAY.
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “soap cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- use strategies such as initial sounds and picture clues to read trick words
- continue to blend, segment, and read CVC words
- learn about digraphs such as:
wh, ch, sh, th, ck
In writing students will:
- sketch details of their small moments using a graphic organizer
- sequence events of their small moment using transitional words
In math students will:
- understand the meaning of the equal sign by pairing equal expressions and constructing true number sentences
Other notes or information:
● Remember your PARP reading this week! PARP Folders due on MONDAY.
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- begin to use print strategies
- work in small guided reading groups and apply reading strategies
- continue to build reading stamina
In writing students will:
- begin writing personal narratives focusing on small moments
- learn and use sequencing words first, next, last
- use writing strategies such as tapping out words and reading the word wall
In math students will:
- continue addition with number bonds
- writing and drawing stories to match addition sentences
- Use 5 group cards to help count on
Picture Day is Thursday, October 15. Do not wear green!
Remember your PARP reading this week ! PARP Folders due on Tuesday!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- Review partner reading (elbow to elbow-knee to knee)
- Build stamina when reading
- Tap-out sounds as we read
In writing students will:
- Edit and Revise our Pattern Books
- Write a complete sentence
- Tap-out sounds as we write
In math students will:
- Review Number Bonds 6,7,8,9,10
- Solve basic addition math stories
- Use 5 group cards to help count on
Remember your PARP reading this week !
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will understand that:
- introducing open syllables - syllables that end with a vowel.
- students will identify subtitles they they find in a table of contents.
- students will locate captions in an informational text.
In writing students will understand that:
- formalize ideas and topics for their expert books.
- use graphic organizers to begin writing their expert book.
- add details to make their writing interesting.
In math students will:
- use multiples of ten to count on to subtract.
- add and subtract multiples of 10 and some ones within 100.
- continue working on fluency by taking sprints.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will understand that:
- identify text features in informational texts.
- read multisyllabic words that have a vowel, consonant, /e/ pattern and a closed syllable like the word mistake.
- find visual text features in their just right books such as charts, photographs and maps.
In writing students will understand that:
- continue to share their artifacts on a topic that they are an expert on.
- prove that they are an expert on a topic by writing facts.
- fill out graphic organizers to begin writing an informational text.
In math students will:
- compare 2-three digit numbers using <, > and =.
- use different forms to order three-digit numbers.
- answer sprints to build fluency.
Other Information
● Dec 1-E. Parks class goes swimming
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- be introduced to different forms of informational text.
- recognize that vowel consonant /e/ words make the vowel long and are marked with v-e.
- use their background knowledge to understand a specific topic when reading an informational text.
In writing students will:
- share their personal narratives with peers.
- write about a topic that they know a lot about.
- explore topics to write an expert book on.
In math students will:
- use place value discs to count ones, tens, and hundreds.
- exchange 10 ones for one ten and ten tens for one hundred with place value discs.
- continue to write numbers in standard form, unit form, word form and expanded form.
Other Information
● November 17-E. Parks class goes swimming
● November 17 MUST Night 6:30-8:00 Brochure has gone home
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- review FUNdation trick words.
- read independently and continue to build stamina
- practice building multisyllabic words with magnet letters.
In writing students will:
- continue revising their personal narrative.
- choose appropriate paper to publish their story.
- match illustrations to text.
In math students will:
- use one, ten and hundred dollar bills to count up to $1,000
- write on an empty number line to show how to count up.
- explore ways to count to $1,000 using bills of ones, tens and hundreds.
Other Information
● November 10-E. Parks class goes swimming
● November 11 Veteran’s Day-School is closed
● November 17 MUST Night 6:30-8:00 Watch for brochure
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- read fiction books and discuss story elements.
- begin to work on reading goals after conferences.
- recognize that some root words have prefixes.
In writing students will:
- create an ending for their personal narrative.
- edit their writing using capitals and punctuation.
- revise their writing by rereading their stories.
In math students will:
- count up and down to 1,000 using ones, tens and hundreds
- write three-digit numbers in unit form and expanded form.
- use dienes blocks (base ten blocks) to exchange ones for tens.
Other Information
● November 3-Election Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16
@ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- recognize multisyllabic words by separating the first and second syllable.
- retell the stories that they read.
- read leveled texts during guided reading and independent reading.
In writing students will:
- try to hook readers using good beginnings in their personal narratives.
- begin to edit their writing using capitals and punctuation.
- continue to use dialogue while writing across pages.
In math students will:
- take their module 2 assessment on measurement.
- begin forming base ten units of tens, hundreds and a thousand.
- bundle and count ones, tens, and hundreds to 1,000
Other notes or information:
● Ms. Parks’ class goes swimming on Tuesday
● Remember PARP reading-15 minutes every night. PARP folders due MONDAY
● Story book parade 2:45 on Friday.
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “soap cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- identify the sounds of the suffix ed as /d/, /id/ or /ed/.
- begin to identify story elements
- comprehend text by stopping to think and communicate what is happening in the story.
In writing students will:
- continue writing across pages for their personal narrative.
- stretch thoughts, feelings and actions by using show not tell.
- use dialogue in their personal narrative
In math students will:
- practice fluency by completing sprints.
- solve addition and subtraction word problems by using the ruler as a number line.
- measure and compare lengths using centimeters and meters.
Other notes:
● Ms. Parks’ class goes swimming on Tuesday
● Remember PARP reading-15 minutes every night. PARP folders due MONDAY
● Grade 2 to Queens Zoo October 21.
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- will be introduced to suffixes -ing, ed, er,and est.
- learn to visualize to enhance comprehension as they read independently.
- demonstrate comprehension by communicating their thinking as they read.
In writing students will:
- begin writing across pages for their personal narrative.
- include elements of a personal narrative in their writing.
- Use sequencing words in their story.
In math students will:
- develop strategies to estimate length.
- measure items using centimeter rulers.
- measure and compare standard metric lengths to non standard lengths.
Ms. Parks’ class goes swimming on Tuesday
Remember PARP reading-15 minutes every night. PARP folders due Tuesday
Picture Day on October 15. Please do not wear green.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- will be introduced to r-controlled vowels.
- begin evaluating students individually using our leveled assessment system.
- continue building their reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- will complete their planning page for their personal narrative.
- begin to understand the elements of a personal narrative.
- talk to partners about their stories.
In math students will:
- begin module 2 on addition and subtraction of length units.
- measure items using centimeter cubes.
- make a centimeter ruler to use for measuring.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will:
- Students will read nonfiction texts and look for problem solution relationships.
- Students become familiar with cause and effect relationships.
In writing students will:
- Generate a paragraph based on facts they have pulled from their nonfiction text.
In math students will:
- Students will understand the function of parentheses and apply it to solving problems.
- Identify and apply the commutative and distributive properties.
- Use a letter to represent an unknown factor.
Other notes or information:
Please keep working on Multiplication facts at home with your children
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- Students will read nonfiction texts and fill in KWL charts.
- Students become familiar with different types of nonfiction texts and the text features of each.
In writing students will:
- Generate a paragraph based on facts they have pulled from their nonfiction text.
In math students will:
- Students will understand the function of parentheses and apply it to solving problems.
- Identify and apply the commutative and distributive properties.
- Use a letter to represent an unknown factor.
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Holiday Boutique December 7 & 8
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will understand that:
- Discuss differences between nonfiction and fiction texts
- Identify nonfiction text features.
In writing students will understand that:
- Identify differences between expository and narrative writing
- Generate an expert list of topics that students can write an expository piece on.
In math students will:
- Multiply and divide with units of 6, 7, 8.
- Identify and apply the commutative and distributive properties of multiplication.
- Use a letter to represent an unknown factor.
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.)
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Read fictional texts
- Be able learn more about a character through motivations, behaviors and how his/ her feelings change throughout the story
In writing students will:
- Participate in the writing process
- Revise and edit their small moment drafts.
- Include dialogue and character development to produce a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Identify the difference between milliliters and liters.
- Solve one step word problems involving measures of capacity and the four different mathematical operations.
- Round milliliter and liter measurements to the nearest ten and hundred.
Other Information
● November 17-MUST Night 6:30-8:00 Brochure sent home
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Read fictional texts
- Be able learn more about a character through interactions with others and internal thoughts.
- Identify character traits through analyzing a character's internal thoughts and interactions with others.
In writing students will:
- Participate in the writing process
- Revise and edit their small moment drafts.
- Include dialogue and character development to produce a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Identify the difference between milliliters and liters.
- Estimate the capacity for different objects.
- Relate milliliters and liters to grams and kilograms.
Other Information
● November 11 Veteran’ day-School is closed
● November 17-MUST Night 6:30-8:00 Watch for brochure
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Read fictional texts
- Be able to identify internal and external character traits through a character’s dialogue and actions.
- Work to identify internal and external character traits within their guided reading groups.
In writing students will:
- Participate in the writing process
- Revise and edit their small moment drafts.
- Include dialogue and character development to produce a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Identify the difference between grams and kilograms.
- Estimate the unit of measurement for different objects.
- Weigh objects and read a scale to determine the object’s actual weight.
Other Information
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● November 3 - Superintendent's Conference Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors.
● Grade 3 trip to Cold Spring Hatchery is November 4
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16
@ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Read fictional texts
- Be able to identify elements within a story, main and minor characters and internal and external character traits.
- Work to identify their own character traits and will create a representation of themselves.
In writing students will:
- Generate a list of writing topics
- Isolate a small moment within a broader topic.
- Participate in the writing process and include dialogue and character development to produce a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Tell time on a clock.
- Use manipulatives to relate time on to a number line .
- Draw hands on an analog clock to represent a given time.
Other notes or information:
● Read for PARP! Please bring back folders on Mondays!
● Wondrous Word Walk Friday October, 30, 2015!
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “soap cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- Read realistic fiction texts
- Be able to identify character traits from realistic fiction texts and have grand conversations with partners during turn and talks.
- Readers will work as word detectives using context clues to figure out difficult words.
In writing students will:
- Generate a list of writing topics
- Isolate a small moment within a broader topic.
- Participate in the writing process to produce and publish a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Use previously learned multiplication skills to understand division using units of 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s.
- Use arrays, tape diagrams, and number bonds as strategies for solving multiplication and division word problems.
- Break down multiplication sentences using the “break apart and distribute method” to solve problems.
Read for PARP! Please bring back folders on Mondays!
We are wrapping up Chapter 1 in Science: Living Things.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- Relate to realistic fiction texts
- Be able to identify character traits
- Generate a list of character traits from our read aloud “A Cricket in Times Square” and participate in book talks using supportive evidence.
In writing students will:
- Generate a list of writing topics
- Isolate a small moment within a broader topic.
- Participate in the writing process to produce and publish a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Use previously learned multiplication skills to understand division using units of 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s.
- Use arrays and tape diagrams to help solve multiplication and division word problems.
- Break down multiplication sentences containing the distributive property and draw a picture to represent the equation.
Read for PARP! Please bring back folders on Mondays!
Picture day on October 15th, please do not wear green!
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- Relate to realistic fiction texts
- Be able to identify character traits
- Generate a list of character traits from a book that they are reading.
In writing students will:
- Generate a list of writing topics
- Isolate a small moment within a broader topic.
- Produce a personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Use previously learned multiplication skills to understand division using units of 2’s and 3’s.
- Draw a picture to help solve a word problem.
- Write a division story using multiples of 2’s and 3’s.
Trips:
10/6 L. Fuller class Safety Town
10/7 L. Borawski class Safety Town
10/8 K. Hegmann/Y Valentin class to Safety Town
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will understand that:
- Use the THIEVES strategy to preview a nonfiction text and summarize what they think the text will mostly be about.
- Monitor for meaning by stopping to think and ask questions.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will understand that:
- Publish our literary essays.
- Begin looking at informational writing pieces.
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Multiply two digit numbers of 10 by two digit numbers.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of place value charts, area models, and partial products algorithm
- Assessment: exit tickets
Please note:
● Winter Concert December 14- 7 PM
● C. Clark class to Ice Skating December 18th
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- Identify differences between fiction and nonfiction texts by noticing their attributes.
- Define unfamiliar vocabulary in text.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Continue working on literary essays.
- Activities: use a graphic organizer to organize introduction paragraph
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Divide multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 by single digit numbers.
- Represent and solve three digit dividend division with divisors of 2, 3, 4, and 5 numerically.
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Holiday Boutique December 7 & 8
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- Notice when a character is conflicted by actively reading to find out how the character resolves the conflict.
- Notice when characters “act out of character” by developing theories about why they are behaving in this manner.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Begin literary essays.
- Activities: use boxes and bullets graphic organizer to organize thesis and supporting details
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Find factor pairs for numbers to 100 and use understanding of factors to define prime and composite.
- Use division and the associative property to test for factors and observe patterns.
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.)
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
● Math Olympiads December 1 & 2- 3:30-4:30
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Continue to determine the theme by synthesizing details from a text.
- Expand their thinking about the text by listening to the ideas of others and using evidence from the text to articulate agreement or disagreement.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Develop a well formulated sentence known as a thesis statement.
- Activities: use mentor texts and literary essays to model thesis statements
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Understand and solve division problems with a remainder
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of arrays and area models.
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other Information
● November 17- MUST night at 6:30-8:30. Brochure has been sent home
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Determine the theme by synthesizing details from a text.
- Explain what they think will realistically happen next in a story by utilizing details and examples from a text.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Study a character’s actions through mentor texts.
- Think and react to a character’s behavior.
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Connect the area model and the partial products method to the standard algorithm.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of area models and partial products algorithm.
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other Information
● November 11-Veterans Day. School is closed.
● November 17- MUST night at 6:30-8:30. Watch for brochure
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Make notice of the way authors describe familiar settings
and compare them by using their personal experience and understanding of
these places.
- Theorize by using evidence from the text and pointing out why the author made this choice.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Begin our immersion into literary essays.
- Activities: use mentor texts to model how to underline significant details from the text to help remember/understand the story.
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Multiply three and four digit numbers by one digit numbers.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of place value discs
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other Information
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● November 3-election Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16
@ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Understand essential story elements by underlining significant details about the characters, plot, and theme from the text.
- Keep track of questions and ideas about the text by making notes in the margins or using sticky notes in their reading notebooks.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
In writing students will:
- Publish our personal narrative writing pieces.
- Sharing of our personal narrative writing pieces.
- Activities: self and peer editing
In math students will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of area and perimeter formulas by solving multi-step real world problems.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of area and perimeter formulas
- Assessment: exit tickets
Other notes or information:
● Remember the vocabulary parade is on FRIDAY!
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “soap cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- Deepen understanding and extend theories about characters by noticing similarities and differences in the ways different characters from different texts behave in similar situations.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
- Assessment: individual benchmark assessment to determine student’s instructional and independent reading level
In writing students will:
- Continue to revise our personal narrative writing pieces.
- Activities: use mentor texts to enhance our writing
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Use addition and subtraction to solve multi-step word problems involving length, mass, and capacity.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of metric conversions
- Assessment: Module 2 Assessment
Remember your PARP reading! PARP Folders due MONDAY .
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- Practice reading and writing text evidence based questions.
- Look at authors’ keywords and phrases to determine the message or theme of the text.
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
- Assessment: individual benchmark assessment to determine student’s instructional and independent reading level
In writing students will:
- Conferencing and revising our personal narrative writing pieces
- Activities: use mentor texts to model dialogue, leads, and strong endings to enhance our writing
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Solve addition and subtraction word problems involving metric units.
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of metric conversions
- Assessment: exit tickets
Picture Day October 15
Remember your PARP reading! PARP Folders due Tuesday .
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- Look at authors’ keywords and phrases to understand characters’ behavior and perspective
- Activities: interactive read aloud, guided reading groups, and shared reading
- Assessment: individual benchmark assessment to determine student’s instructional and independent reading level
In writing students will:
- Begin their personal narrative writing piece
- Activities: use mentor texts to model personal narrative elements and author’s writing crafts (character description and setting)
- Assessment: peer and teacher writing conferences
In math students will:
- Use place value models to solve multi-step addition and subtraction word problems
- Activities: small group instruction, manipulatives, use of standard algorithms and tape diagrams
- Assessment: Module 1 Assessment
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Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/18/15
In reading students will understand that:
- Apply word study skills to develop vocabulary.
- Show understanding of characters by creating a poster depicting character traits.
- Continue building reading stamina and fluency.
In writing students will understand that:
- Continue to be immersed in literature and writing responses analyzing literary features.
- Plan a literary essay from the beginning using an organizer.
- Practice applying evidence from stories to their thesis statements.
In math students will:
- Subtract fractions with unlike units using the strategy of creating equivalent fractions.
- Solve multi-step word problems.
Please note:
December 15- Field trip to African American Museum
December 18- J. Schecter class to ice skating
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/11/15
In reading students will:
- Apply word study skills to develop vocabulary.
- Practice comprehension skills and strategies in small group instruction.
- Continue building reading stamina and fluency.
In writing students will:
- Continue to be immersed in literature and writing responses analyzing literary features.
- Practice using parallel transitions in literary essay writing.
- Utilize the “boxes and bullets” organizer to plan essays.
In math students will:
- Make equivalent fractions with the number line, the area model, and numbers.
- Make equivalent fractions with sums of fractions with like denominators.
- Add fractions with unlike units using the strategy of creating equivalent fractions.
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Holiday Boutique December 7 & 8
● December 11-N. Nurse/D. Bynoe-E. Aristy classes to Ice Skating
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 12/4/15
In reading students will:
- Recognize how different characters connect to and represent a theme..
- Think about the choices that authors make (and the ones they don’t) as a way to come to new insights about texts.
- Continue building reading stamina and fluency.
In writing students will:
- Continue to be immersed in literature and writing responses analyzing literary features.
- Determine themes to create thesis statements.
- Practice finding evidence to support their thesis statements.
In math students will:
- Divide decimal dividends by two digit divisors, estimating quotients, reasoning about the placement of the decimal point, and making connections to the written method.
- Solve division word problems involving multi-digit division with group size unknown and the number of groups unknown.
- End of Module 2 assessment.
Other Information
● Parent Teacher Conferences:
○ Thursday, December 3rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
○ Friday, December 4th from 12:30-3:30 P.M. (There is an early dismissal for students at 11:30 A.M.)
○ Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-9:00 P.M.
● Report Cards Distributed December 1
● Wild West Wednesday December 2-Wear you WEST colors!
● Math Olympiads December 1 & 2- 3:30-4:30
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/20/15
In reading students will:
- Revise or add new theories about characters by identifying a time when a character acts “out of character”.
- Readers will notice the way characters respond to challenges by formulating theories about characters based upon these responses.
- Continue building reading stamina and fluency.
In writing students will:
- Publish and celebrate personal narratives.
- Students will be immersed in literature and writing responses analyzing literary features.
- Readers will flesh out stories by envisioning the them and living vicariously through the characters
In math students will:
- Spiral review of place value, problem solving and multiplication.
- Review basic facts to approximate quotients with two digit divisors.
- Continue to divide three and four digit dividends by two digit divisors, reasoning about the decomposition of remainders in each place value.
Other Information
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
● MUST Night November 17 6:30-8:00. Brochures have been sent home.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/13/15
In reading students will:
- Recognize similarities in themes from various texts and begin finding recurrent themes and universal truths.
- Continue to participate in book clubs to further their reading goals.
- Continue building reading stamina and fluency.
In writing students will:
- Continue to rewrite, revise and publish personal narratives using narrative writing checklist.
- Use their knowledge of mechanics to edit their writing.
- Individual conference with teacher to improve their personal narrative.
In math students will:
- Use mental strategies for multi-digit whole number division.
- Divide two and three digit dividends by multiples of ten and make connections to the written method.
- Divide three and four digit dividends by two digit divisors, reasoning about the decomposition of remainders in each place value.
Other Information
● Veteran's Day November 11. School is Closed
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16 @ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School Cafeteria
● MUST Night November 17 6:30-8:00. Watch for brochure
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 11/6/15
In reading students will:
- Use evidence from the text to describe how the character's’ perspective influences the events of the story.
- Use book clubs to grow their understanding of characters and themes through discussion with book club members.
- Continue building reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- Rewrite and revise personal narratives using narrative writing checklist.
- Study mentor texts to enrich their writing.
- Share their entries with partners for feedback.
In math students will:
- Multiply decimal fractions with multi-digit whole numbers and reason about the placement of the decimal .
- Solve two step word problems involving measurement and conversion.
- Use fraction and decimal multiplication to express equivalent measurement
Other Information
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● November 3-election Day. School is closed for students.
● WEDNESDAY November 4-Wild West Wednesday. Wear your West School colors
● New report card meeting with Mr. Sean Murray on Monday, Nov. 16
@ 8:10 pm Lindell Auditorium and Friday, Nov. 20 @ 9:30 am West School
Cafeteria
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/30/15
In reading students will:
- Make inferences about themes.
- Read to interpret theories and ideas through book club reading and discussion.
- Continue building reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- Continue to revise their personal narratives using editing techniques.
- Continue to use a Narrative Writing Checklist to revise personal narrative.
- Share their entries with partners for feedback.
In math students will:
- Write, interpret and convert numerical expressions for multi-digit multiplication.
- Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers.
- Multiply decimal fractions by multi-digit whole numbers.
Other notes or information:
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
● Wondrous Word Walk October 30 9:30 AM. Dress as a vocabulary word!
● Red Ribbon Week!
● Bring in NEW “cleaners” or “pairs of socks” for our Soap & Socks collection for South Carolina Hurricane Relief.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/23/15
In reading students will:
- Analyze motives and actions of the characters in a text to gain insight into their character.
- Study interpretation by reading great literature in small book clubs.
- Continue to be evaluated individually using our leveled assessment system.
- Continue building reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- Continue to draft and redraft revising their personal narratives using a variety of literary techniques.
- Use a Narrative Writing Checklist to assess their own goals and continue to set new goals.
- Share their entries with partners for feedback.
In math students will:
- Continue to use mental strategies for multi-digit whole number multiplication.
- Use the standard algorithm for multi-digit whole number multiplication
- Solve word problems using operations.
Other notes or information:
● Remember your PARP reading-folders due every MONDAY
Week Ending 10/16/15
In reading students will:
- Analyze the plot structure of a story including the rising action and climax to help them better understand a realistic fiction text.
- Continue to evaluate students individually using our leveled assessment system.
- Continue building reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- Write a draft and redraft revising the internal stories to add power to their narratives.
- Use Narrative Writing Checklist to assess their own goals and set new goals.
- Share their entries with partners for feedback.
In math students will:
- Use mental strategies for multi-digit whole number multiplication.
- Use the standard algorithm for multi-digit whole number multiplication
- Solve word problems using operations.
Picture Day is Thursday, October 15. Do not wear green!
Remember your PARP reading-Folders due Tuesday
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 10/9/15
In reading students will:
- Continue to understand that analyzing the motives and actions of the characters in the text can help reader gain insight into their characters.
- Continue to evaluate students individually using our leveled assessment system.
- Continue building reading stamina.
In writing students will:
- Use a variety of techniques to “show not tell” in order to make their writing stronger and more compelling to readers.
- Generate personal narrative writing through seed ideas.
- Share their entries with partners for feedback.
In math students will:
- Continue to work in Module 1 dividing decimals by single-digit whole numbers involving easily identifiable multiples using place value understanding and relate to a written method.
- Divide decimals with a remainder using place value understanding
- Solve word problems using operations.
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