Lindell Elementary School
Weekly Update
Kindergarten
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- Begin to use inference when referring to characters and actions in a story.
In writing students will:
- Observe and keep a journal describing the growth and progress of a chrysalis.
In math students will:
- review addition and subtraction facts using numbers 1-15.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- generate a mental image from a fiction and nonfiction text continuing to pay attention to sensory detail.
In writing students will:
- write about the life cycle of a butterfly using transitional words.
In math students will:
- represent teen compositions and decompositions as subtraction sentences.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- continue to pay close attention to how the words of a book help us see, smell, taste, hear and feel things in our mind as we read.
In writing 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 compositions and decompositions as addition sentences.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/20/16
In reading students will:
- use sensory details to create mental images.
In writing students will:
- create a mental image using their five senses and transcribe it in writing and pictures.
In math students will:
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how, count and write to answer “how many” questions in linear and array configurations.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- better understand a text by creating a mental image of what the writing says.
In writing students will:
- plan how to write a nonfiction book using a web.
In math students will:
- represent the decomposition of teen numbers first with Hide Zero cards (Place Value cards) and with number bonds.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- compare and contrast familiar fairy tales from different cultures.
In writing students will:
- compare and contrast settings and characters from familiar fairy tales representing different cultures.
In math students will:
- count into groups of 10, and count each group as 10 ones.
Other notes or information: (optional)
Students will begin learning their parts for our kindergarten play, “The Great Kapok Tree.”
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/22/16
In reading students will:
- retell fairy tales through dramatizations in the classroom.
In writing students will:
- begin to create their own original fairy tales.
In math students will:
- count 10 ones and some ones.
Other notes or information:
Students will begin learning their parts for our kindergarten play, “The Great Kapok Tree.”
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/15/16
In reading students will:
- explore the elements of fiction by identifying the main character and his/her role in the genre of fairy tales.
In writing students will:
- will respond to fairy tales through opinion writing.
In math students will:
- understand and practice addition with totals of 9 and 10.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/8/16
In reading students will:
- review and revisit diagraphs including ch,sh,th, wh, and ck
In writing students will:
- use non-fiction planning webs to map out non-fiction writing about new topics learned.
In math students will:
- Model decompositions of 9 and 10 using a story situation, objects, and number bonds.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/1/16
In reading students will:
- Identify the main topic of a non-fiction text and retell important details.
In writing students will:
- Write a persuasive letter with supporting evidence with giving at least two examples of supporting evidence.
In math students will:
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Students will respond to number stories and write equations with addition and subtraction.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/18/16
In reading students will:
- listen to and participate in shared reading and read aloud, including folk tales and non-fiction texts about the country of Australia.
In writing students will:
- respond to non-fiction texts in writing about the country of Australia.
In math students will:
- Use addition with totals of 6, 7, and 8 with drawings and equations.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/11/16
In reading students will:
- Read rhyming books and use their knowledge of word families to create silly stories verbally.
In writing students will:
- Utilize their knowledge of word ladders to write silly rhyming stories.
In math students will:
- create and read number bonds using numbers 1-10.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/4/16
In reading students will:
- identify the lesson of a story and provide evidence to support it.
In writing students will:
- state an opinion about their VIP and support it with 2 logical reasons in written form.(illustrations included)
In math students will:
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begin to understand the concepts of composition and decomposition of numbers 6,7,8 into number pairs.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/26/16
In reading students will:
- identify the parts of the story and be able to pinpoint the main idea of the story.
In writing students will:
- begin understanding persuasive and opinion writing by picking a favorite character or part of a book and giving supportive reasons why they chose it.
In math students will:
- begin to understand the concepts of composition and decomposition of numbers 2,3,4, and 5
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/12/16
In reading students will:
- begin to make connections between character and self.
In writing students will:
- participate in peer editing and discussion of the “how to” writing process.
In math students will:
- compare sets informally and identify and create a set that has the same number of objects.
identify and make a set that has 1 more and 1 less.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/5/16
In reading students will:
- begin to infer a character’s feelings based on illustrations. Students will be able to fill in speech bubbles based on this inference.
In writing students will:
- choose their “how to” titles, and use transitional words to begin writing and illustrating their “how to” books.
In math students will:
- compare sets within ten. Students will compare objects using vocabulary such as fewer than and the same as.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/29/16
In reading students will:
- Describe how a particular illustration relates to the action in a story. Students will draw conclusions about stories using details and features of the illustrations.
In writing students will:
- be able to select relevant titles for a “how to” book and begin to learn to list the necessary steps using transition words.
In math students will:
- compare the weight of an object with sets of different objects on a balance scale.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/22/16
In reading students will:
- recognize non-fiction text features and understand the special features of fictional books, (illustrations, color and lines, speech bubbles, etc.)
In writing students will:
- complete the editing process in a patterned book and share our work.
In math students will:
- compare volume using more than, less than, and the same as.
- explore conservation of volume and compare using the same as with units.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/15/16
In reading students will:
- be exposed to non-fiction text features., (glossary, table of contents, captions, photographs.)
In writing students will:
- begin to understand the editing process by checking their writing for capital letters, finger spacing, end of sentence punctuation, and illustrations that support their writing.
In math students will:
- continue comparing length and height measurements using string and unifix cubes.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/8/16
In reading students will:
- make pre-reading predictions about non-fiction texts and justify those predictions.
In writing students will:
- continue writing original pattern books with emphasis on spacing between words, using periods and capital letters.
In math students will:
- compare length and height measurements using string.
- use and understand taller than and shorter than with aligned and non-aligned endpoints.
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First Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- listen to a series of read-aloud of various rhyming and non-rhyming poems, noticing similar elements, which they will use in their own writing of poetry.
In writing students will:
- write poetry in the variety of styles they’ve been exposed to. This can include, but not be limited to circle poems, list poems, Haiku, rhyming, and non-rhyming poems.
In math students will:
- count on using pennies from any single coin.
- use dimes and pennies as representations of numbers to 120.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- continue to read various rhyming and non-rhyming poems, noticing similar elements.
- reread poems multiple times to get a sense of what the author is trying to say in order to gain comprehension.
In writing students will:
- illustrate and add final details to their “Author’s Day” memoire.
Author’s Day is Friday,
June 3rd @ 10:00am!
In math students will:
- identify pennies, nickels, and dimes by their image, name, or value.
- decompose the values of nickels and dimes using pennies and nickels.
- identify quarters by their image, name, or value.
- decompose the value of a quarter using pennies, nickels, and dimes.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- read various rhyming and non-rhyming poems, noticing similar elements.
- reread poems multiple times to get a sense of what the author is trying to say in order to gain comprehension.
In writing students will:
- edit, revise and publish the their “Author’s Day” memoire focusing on a small moment.
Author’s Day is June 3rd @ 10:00am!
In math students will:
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tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- complete the Module 5 Assessment on Friday.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/20/16
In reading students will:
- listen to several read aloud of different memoires.
- practice independent reading skills using just right books focusing on punctuation to build fluency.
In writing students will:
- begin the first draft of their “Author’s Day” memoire focusing on a small moment.
Author’s Day is June 3rd @ 10:00am!
In math students will:
- name and count shapes as parts of a whole, recognizing relative sizes of the parts.
- partition shapes and identify halves and quarters of circles and rectangles.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- listen to several read aloud of different memoires.
- practice independent reading skills using just right books.
In writing students will:
- generate a list of topics to use to write their “Author’s Day” memoire.
Author’s Day is June 3rd @ 10:00am!
In math students will:
- find and name two-dimensional shapes including trapezoid, rhombus, and a square as special rectangle, based on defining attributes of sides and corners.
- find and name three-dimensional shapes including cone and rectangular prism, based on defining attributes of faces and points.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- ask questions before, during, and after reading a nonfiction text.
- use the “High Five” strategy to ask the questions who, what, where, when, how and why to find out more about the main topic and find more key details.
In writing students will:
- think of questions and answers for their topics to share with the reader.
- will write and then share with a partner to answer questions about their topic.
In math students will:
- add a pair of two-digit numbers with varied sums in the ones.
- review for the End of Module 4 Assessment.
- take the End of Module 4 Assessment.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/22/16
In reading students will:
- read a nonfiction book with a partner and complete the student handout identifying the main idea and details.
In writing students will:
- list five things they know about a topic in a web on chart paper or student notebooks.
- make a table of contents using their web.
In math students will:
- interpret two-digit numbers as tens and ones, including cases with more than 9 ones.
- add a pair of two-digit numbers when the ones digits have a sum less than or equal to 10.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/15/16
In reading students will:
- take a picture walk with a partner to discuss what ideas they may see in a particular book, look for background knowledge of the topic and go over vocabulary words in text.
- read Just Right/Non-Fiction Books independently.
In writing students will:
- recognize that “All About” books teach readers new information. (author’s purpose)
- listen to several mentor text, nonfiction books and think about the author’s purpose; which they will discuss with a partner.
In math students will:
- use tape diagrams as representations to solve put together/take apart with total unknown and add to with result unknown word problems.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/8/16
In reading students will:
- read a nonfiction “just right” book and use the text features to find the main idea and the supporting evidence to help understand and comprehend what they are reading.
In writing students will:
- remember to review and check their work for capital letters, “first grade” spelling, proper spacing, use of details, and punctuation as they publish their writing.
In math students will:
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take the mid-module 4 assessment.
- use counting on and the make ten strategy when adding across a ten.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/1/16
In reading students will:
- work with a partner and read two nonfiction books on similar topics and compare them.
- work with a partner and read both a fiction and nonfiction book on similar topics and compare them.
In writing students will:
- use nonfiction text features to do research for animal reports.
In math students will:
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use the symbols >, =, and < to compare quantities and numerals.
- add tens to a two-digit number.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/18/16
In reading students will:
- use nonfiction text features to determine the main idea of a text.
- continue reading fiction and nonfiction “just-right” books to build fluency.
In writing students will:
- work on drafts of “how-to” books using transition words: first, next, then, finally.
In math students will:
- use dimes and pennies as representations of tens and ones.
- compare two quantities, and identify the greater or lesser of the two given numerals.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/11/16
In reading students will:
- use nonfiction text features to read informational texts, while learning about Japan as they prepare for Multicultural Week.
In writing students will:
- use nonfiction text features to write facts and information about Japan as they prepare for Multicultural Week.
In math students will:
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use a place value chart to record and name tens and ones within a two-digit number.
- interpret two-digit numbers as either tens and some ones or as all ones.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/4/16
In reading students will:
- read “just right” nonfiction books to determine the author’s purpose. They will discuss their books with a reading partner.
In writing students will:
- look at How-to books with a partner to find examples of the text features discussed and mark them with a post-it.
In math students will:
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continue to collect, sort, and organize data, then ask and answer questions about the number of data points.
There will be a Module 3 Assessment at the end of the week.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/26/16
In reading students will:
- review the concept that people read nonfiction books for many different reasons and there are different types of nonfiction books. These books:
P - Persuade (Persuasive)
I - Inform (Expository)
E - Entertain (Narrative)
- practice identifying the different types of nonfiction books by turning and talking to a partner about the type of nonfiction text that was read aloud.
In writing students will:
- look at How-to books with partners and notice the way that authors write How-to books.
In math students will:
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use different sized objects to measure the same things in order to understand the need to use the same units when comparing measurements.
- collect, sort, and organize data, then ask and answer questions about the number of data points.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/12/16
In reading students will:
- select a new, “just right” book to read with a partner. They will ask questions before reading the story using the cover, and a picture walk.
- use 2-3 post-its to identify questions they have while reading their “just right” book independently. Then they will share their questions with their reading partner.
In writing students will:
- finish their research on different types of pets and write their opinions about them.
In math students will:
- express the length of an object using centimeter cubes as length units to measure with no gaps or overlaps.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/5/16
In reading students will:
- continue to make personal connections with a text by making reasonable text-to-self and text-to-text connections.
In writing students will:
- work in groups to research different types of pets and write about them.
In math students will:
- compare lengths of objects by aligning the end points.
- learn the terms “shorter than” and “longer than.”
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/29/16
In reading students will:
- will make personal connections with a text by making reasonable text-to-self and text-to-text connections.
In writing students will:
- will use a graphic organizer to write their opinion about a topic.
In math students will:
- solve addition and subtraction problems decomposing and composing teen numbers as 1 ten and some ones using a two-step solution.
Ex: 9 + 4 = ?
Step 1: Write one number sentence to make ten. 9 + 1 = 10
Step 2: Write one number sentence to add to ten. 10 + 3 = 13 so,
9 + 4 = 13
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/22/16
In reading students will:
- continue to read “just right” books independently using post-its to mark important events or information.
- continue to practice retelling the story or book with a partner using the pages that they marked with post-its.
In writing students will:
- continue to practice using the process for opinion writing verbally with a partner.
O pinion – tell how you feel about the topic
R easons – tell someone reasons or
information to support your opinion
E xamples – tell details or examples that
support your opinion
O pinion – restate your opinion with feelings
In math students will:
- Solve addition and subtraction word problems using the following steps:
R ead the word problem.
D raw and label.
W rite a number sentence and a statement that matches the story.
This is known as R, D, W . The children will see it throughout the math modules.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/15/16
In reading students will:
- read “just right” books independently using post-its to mark important events or information.
- practice retelling the story or book with a partner using the pages that they marked with post-its.
In writing students will:
- practice using the process for opinion writing verbally with a partner.
- Opinion – tell how you feel about the topic
- Reasons – tell someone reasons or information to support your opinion
- Examples – tell details or examples that support your opinion
- Opinion – restate your opinion with feelings
In math students will:
- Subtract 7, 8, and 9 from teen numbers.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/8/16
In reading students will:
- read a “just right” book and discuss it with a partner using a variety of prompts over several days.
In writing students will:
- learn that an opinion is the way a person feels about something.
In math students will:
- continue to use the “take from ten” strategy when subtracting from teen numbers. 15-9=6 15-8=7
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Second Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers notice that what they know about a topic and what they read can be different by recognizing that something we knew doesn’t agree with what the author is saying.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers become stronger scientists by setting goals and planning.
In math students will:
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Solve word problems involving the total value of a group of coins.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers learn new words by collecting words they don’t know and writing down what they think the word means.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers become stronger scientists by setting goals and planning
In math students will:
- Draw and label a picture graph to represent data with up to four categories.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers build on their schema by utilizing the text features in their books.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers become stronger scientists by setting goals and planning
In math students will:
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Investigate the pattern of even numbers: 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 in the ones place, and relate to odd numbers.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/20/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers explain what they already know about their topic by recalling the experiments, activities, explorations and writing activities from writing workshop.
In writing students will:
- Learning to think like a scientist as we go through the steps of writing a lab report: Writing Your Conclusion, Results for Hypothesis.
In math students will:
- Use scissors to partition a rectangle into same-size squares, and compose arrays with the squares.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers will learn more about the main idea by identifying the details in each section of the text.
In writing students will:
- Learning to think like a scientist as we go through the steps of writing a lab report: Writing Your Results
In math students will:
- Solve word problems involving addition of equal groups in rows and columns
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers prepare to discuss their books by identifying the main idea/topic of each section.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers learn to think like a scientist as we go through the steps of writing a lab report: Recording Our Procedure and Materials
In math students will:
- Compose arrays from rows and columns, and count to find the total using objects.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/22/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers monitor for meaning by reading a chunk of their Nonfiction text, putting the information they learned into their own words and explaining what they learned to others.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers learn to think like a scientist as we go through the steps of writing a lab report: Posing a Question and Developing a Hypothesis.
In math students will:
- Use math drawings to represent equal groups, and relate to repeated addition.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/15/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers notice that Nonfiction books are broken into parts by looking at each section as a seed idea.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers will understand the features of a Scientific Lab Report and The Scientific Method.
In math students will:
- Explain solution strategies and record with a written addition or subtraction method.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/8/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers will celebrate their characters by creating Character Posters.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers hook their readers with a powerful beginning or a story starter.
In math students will:
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Use math drawings to represent subtraction with up to two decompositions, relate drawings to the algorithm, and use addition to explain why the subtraction method works.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/1/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify with characters in the books they read by learning from the characters.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers enrich their writing by adding meaningful dialogue to the scenes of their stories.
In math students will:
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Use math drawings to represent additions with up to two compositions and relate drawings to the addition algorithm.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/18/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify with characters in the books they read by learning from the characters.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers enrich their writing by adding meaningful dialogue to the scenes of their stories.
In math students will:
- Use the associative property to subtract from three-digit numbers and verify solutions with addition.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/11/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers get ready for conversations with their partners by looking for many things to talk about.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers continue to revise their stories by adding descriptive “character thinking and feeling details” to their drafts.
In math students will:
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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 3/4/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify bigger ideas (theme) in a story by utilizing the feelings they have been noticing throughout the story.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers revise and strengthen their stories by zooming in and adding descriptive “setting, character, or action details” to their drafts.
In math students will:
- Subtract from 200 and from numbers with zeros in the tens place.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/26/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers have deeper conversations about characters by listening carefully to their partners while adding on thoughts and raising meaningful questions.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers use prewriting strategies to begin developing their stories during the drafting stage of the writing process.
In math students will:
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Use number bonds to break apart three-digit minuends and subtract from the hundred.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/12/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers track their characters feelings by noticing how they change in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers can structure their story in sequential order by planning their stories in the prewriting stage of the writing process.
In math students will:
- Relate manipulative representations to a written method.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/5/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers determine how a character acts out of character by noticing how they act differently than usual.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers understand that the foundation of an interesting realistic fiction story starts with a solid, believable problem.
In math students will:
- Represent subtraction with and without the decomposition when there is a three-digit minuend.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/29/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers get to know their character better by noticing their reactions to the problems they face.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers keep their readers interested and excited about reading by creating colorful, true-to-life, realistic fiction characters.
In math students will:
- Represent subtraction with and without the decomposition of 1 ten as 10 ones with manipulatives.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/22/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers identify a character’s internal traits by analyzing their actions.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers understand that realistic fiction stories are written about truetolife characters that possess external and internal human qualities.
In math students will:
- Relate addition using manipulatives to a written vertical method.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/15/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers will get to know the characters in the books they read by paying attention to their wants and problems.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers will be immersed in a variety of Realistic Fiction stories by listening to Read Aloud and discussing the attributes of Realistic Fiction.
In math students will:
- Solve one- and two-step word problems within 100 using strategies based on place value.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/8/16
In reading students will:
- Growing readers determine the main idea of a paragraph while reading informational/ nonfiction texts.
In writing students will:
- Growing writers collect specific vocabulary words and definitions in order to teach the reader about their topic. (glossary 3-5 words).
In math students will:
- Add and subtract multiples of 10 and some ones within 100.
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Third Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- understand that different genres fall under nonfiction by analyzing text structures, text features, and purpose.
In writing students will:
- craft hooks/leads that pull the reader in and make them want to keep reading.
In math students will:
- measure side lengths in whole number units to determine the perimeter of polygons.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- revise their thinking during and after reading.
In writing students will:
- collect more information around their seed by thinking about sensory details/setting that accompanied their event.
In math students will:
- compare and classify quadrilaterals.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- determine motives (motivation).
In writing students will:
- plan out their Edge of Your Seat story by using a plot diagram.
In math students will:
- represent measurement data with line plots.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/20/16
In reading students will:
- pay attention to where a crime solver goes and what he/she does there.
In writing students will:
- select the seed for their Edge of Your Seat story by focusing on certain criteria.
In math students will:
- solve one- and two-step problems involving graphs..
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- identify the three different types of clues seen in mystery books.
In writing students will:
- recognize all of the components of an Edge of Your Seat Story.
In math students will:
- decompose whole number fractions greater than 1 using whole number equivalence with various models.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- identify the main problem in their mystery book.
In writing students will:
- determine the importance of a climax in an Edge of Your Seat Story.
In math students will:
- understand distance and position on the number line as strategies for comparing fractions.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/15/16
In reading students will:
- talk with a partner to share/discuss new information they have learned and to help grow ideas.
In writing students will:
- use editing checklists to ensure that their work is ready for an audience.
In math students will:
- place unit fractions on a number line with end points 0 and 1.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/8/16
In reading students will:
- organize their thoughts and ideas to prepare to share.
In writing students will:
- check to ensure that they’ve used capitals appropriately throughout their writing piece.
In math students will:
- compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/1/16
In reading students will:
- growing readers of nonfiction identify the topic sentence to help determine the main idea.
In writing students will:
- growing writers use tools such as graphic organizers to help them sort and logically sequence ideas.
In math students will:
- interpret area models to form rectangular arrays.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/18/16
In reading students will:
- growing readers of nonfiction identify the topic sentence to help determine the main idea. ons with addition.
In writing students will:
- growing writers use tools such as graphic organizers to help them sort and logically sequence ideas
In math students will:
- interpret area models to form rectangular arrays.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/11/16
In reading students will:
- summarize the most important information in the text to help them refine, enhance and remember what they are learning.
In writing students will:
- think about certain criteria in order to select a topic that will work best as an expository piece of writing.
In math students will:
-
form rectangles by tiling with unit squares to make arrays
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/4/16
In reading students will:
- chunk text to aid in comprehension.
In writing students will:
- determine if a topic or idea from their expert list will work for their writing by generating more ideas about the topic using a web.
In math students will:
- decompose and recompose shapes to compare areas.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/26/16
In reading students will:
- make decisions about what information is most important by using strategies such as looking at intentionally repeated academic vocabulary, headings, bold, italics, captions etc.
In writing students will:
- define expository writing by examining features of exemplars and comparing them to narrative features.
In math students will:
- multiply by multiples of 10 using the place value chart.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 02/12/16
In reading students will:
- decide between important and interesting information.
In writing students will:
- recognize that rubrics are used to assess their own writing and can be a tool used to help them grow!
In math students will:
- identify patterns in multiplication and division facts using the multiplication table.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 2/5/16
In reading students will:
- know and use different methods to take notes on what they have read to recall, write and discuss what they have learned. (post-its, graphic organizers, boxes & bullets, etc.)
In writing students will:
- reflect on their writing and the writing process by using graphic organizers and/or peer reflection to identify their strengths and also identify areas in need of improvement.
In math students will:
- identify and use arithmetic patterns to multiply
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/29/16
In reading students will:
- use the text features to help with understanding new or content specific vocabulary.
In writing students will:
- reflect on their writing and the writing process by using graphic organizers and/or peer reflection to identify their strengths and also identify areas in need of improvement.
In math students will:
- understand the function of parentheses and apply to solving problems.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/22/16
In reading students will:
- develop and answer questions as they read to help them understand the text.
In writing students will:
- writers create a title that hooks a reader by analyzing the titles of familiar texts as inspiration for their own writing piece.
In math students will:
- understand the function of parentheses and apply to solving problems
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 1/8/16
In reading students will:
- readers of nonfiction become familiar with the different types of nonfiction (e.g. article, biography, textbooks, procedural, etc.).
In writing students will:
- a use the transition words from the anchor charts to add to their drafts.
In math students will:
- apply the distributive and commutative properties to relate multiplication facts 5 × n + n to 6 × n and n × 6 where n is the size of the unit.
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Fourth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- Expand their knowledge of social issues through the use of nonfiction texts exposing them to topics such as poverty, homelessness, global warming, etc.
In writing students will:
- Convey their research on one of the human body systems in a feature article.
In math students will:
- Compare decimals using the place value chart
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- Develop ideas about their texts by thinking about the social issues their characters face and the lessons they are learning. They turn these lessons into THEMES.
In writing students will:
- Reflect on the social issues in their texts and craft a repertoire of poems based on an important issue in their life. These will be shared during our POETRY PICNIC.
In math students will:
- Apply fraction concepts to understand decimals. Also, apply different math concepts to science topics while experimenting to discover new ideas.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- Develop ideas about their texts by thinking about the social issues their characters face and the lessons they are learning. They turn these lessons into THEMES.
In writing students will:
- Reflect on the social issues in their texts and write a response to their reading.
In math students will:
- Apply fraction concepts to understand decimals. Also, apply different math concepts to science topics while experimenting to discover new ideas.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- Grow ideas about characters by thinking about how they respond to the social issues they are facing.
In writing students will:
- Reflect on the social issues in their texts and write a response to reading.
In math students will:
- Apply fraction concepts to solve real world problems using RDW.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- Grow ideas about characters by thinking about how they respond to the social issues they are facing.
In writing students will:
- Reflect on the social issues in their texts and write a response to reading.
In math students will:
- Apply fraction concepts to solve real world problems using RDW.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/22/16
In reading students will:
- Embark on our social issues unit by identifying different social issues in their texts, and support their thinking with text based evidence.
In writing students will:
- Integrate their science research with their writing in order to begin the process of writing a featured article about a human body system.
In math students will:
- Find the product of a whole number and a mixed number using the distributive property.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/15/16
In reading students will:
- utilize mixed genre strategies to closely read shared texts and transfer those strategies when reading independently.
In writing students will:
- respond to mixed genre texts by crafting a claim and supporting it with text dependent details.
In math students will:
- solve real world word problems applying fractional skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/8/16
In reading students will:
- utilize mixed genre strategies to closely read shared texts and transfer those strategies when reading independently.
In writing students will:
- respond to mixed genre texts by crafting a claim and supporting it with text dependent details.
In math students will:
-
compare fractions with decimals by finding equivalence using visual models.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/1/16
In reading students will:
- utilize mixed genre strategies to closely read shared texts and transfer those strategies when reading independently
In writing students will:
- respond to mixed genre texts by crafting a claim and supporting it with text dependent details.
In math students will:
- decompose fractions using area models to show equivalence.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 3/18/16
In reading students will:
- utilize fiction strategies to closely read shared historical fiction, folktale, poetry texts and transfer those strategies when reading independently.
In writing students will:
- respond to historical fiction, folktale, and poetry texts by crafting a claim and supporting it with text dependent details.
In math students will:
- decompose fractions using area models to show equivalence.
Fifth Grade
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/10/16
In reading students will:
- Reflect on and react to the various independent reading books read during the 2015-2016 school year.
In writing students will:
- Reflect on and react to the various essays and writing pieces constructed during the 2015-2016 school year.
In math students will:
-
Solidify fluency with grade 5 math skills by writing and interpreting numerical expressions.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 6/3/16
In reading students will:
- React to various poems written by well known authors as well as students in class and reflect on the message of the poem.
In writing students will:
- Comment and share their reactions on the various poems read in class.
In math students will:
- Use coordinate systems and their understanding of coordinate planes and points to solve real world problems.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/27/16
In reading students will:
- Think carefully about creating a cover and table of contents for their poetry journals so that they can create images of the topics and feelings that are most special to them.
In writing students will:
- Publish poems in several different ways so that readers can enjoy all of their hard work.
In math students will:
- Analyze number patterns created from mixed operations in order create a rule to generate a number pattern, and plot the points.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/20/16
In reading students will:
- Demonstrate the understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings as they recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
In writing students will:
- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
In math students will:
- Generate two number patterns from given rules, plot the points, and analyze the patterns in order to compare the lines and patterns generated by addition rules and multiplication rules.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/13/16
In reading students will:
- Identify the use of metaphors in poems so that they can understand why the author chose those specific words or phrases.
In writing students will:
- Express their emotions and feelings about a narrative piece by writing a poems so that they can share their thoughts with others.
In math students will:
- Plot points, use them to draw lines in the plane, and describe patterns within the coordinate pairs.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 5/6/16
In reading students will:
- Identify poetry and explain why authors write in poetic form so that they can appreciate the art form of poetry.
In writing students will:
- Read and copy poems in a poetry journal so that they can make personal connections and collect interesting poems.
In math students will:
-
Construct a coordinate system on a line and on a plane in order to name points using coordinate pairs, and use the coordinate pairs to plot points.
For the week ahead we anticipate that students will...
Week Ending 4/22/16
In reading students will:
- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point.
In writing students will:
- Review ideas expressed in text by drawing on key evidence to support analysis and reflection in written responses.
In math students will:
- Solve real world problems involving multi-steps processing using visual models and/or equations.