Opinion Essay

Students are enjoying fractions! We will have a quiz on the basic understanding of fractions as equal parts of a whole and modeling a fraction. Students have also been exposed to equivalent fractions. This week we'll continue with comparing fractions. There maybe a quiz on Friday, so please check your child's agenda. I am trying to chunk the elements of the overall standard for fractions as it is a large unit.

In writing, students have completed their paragraph practice for developing a hook, introduction topic sentence , reasons with a supporting example/detail, and conclusion opinion statement. I have begun to meet individually with students to provide feedback for "glow" and "grow" areas. Our 5 paragraph essay is underway!Students are working on developing their ideas with differentiated graphic organizers. This week we will chunk tasks as we formulate the paragraphs. Beginning Monday Feb. 11th, students will finalize and type their essay.

We continue to learn about figurative language. There will be a quiz on Tuesday covering similes and metaphors. Students have been working in-class on idioms,adages,and proverbs. We will be going more in depth with them this week. Students should be reviewing our daily in-class activities to prepare for quizzes and tests.It's possible there will be a quiz on Friday just on idioms,adages,and proverbs. This too will be multiple choice.

Spelling this week will be on ar,er,and or. A new menu has been developed and dictation will be included on Friday test.During independent reading, students will identify and build vocabulary.

Fractions

We are ready to begin fractions. This will take us through  the rest of the 9 weeks!! It will be divided into specific standards. Wednesday , vocabulary anchor charts will be in your student's journal. We will draw and label fractions as circles,squares, and sets. Students will use tape diagrams to model and write fractions.By the end of next week, students will be understanding equivalent fractions.

Opinion writing development continues. Students have collaborated and provided feedback an tasks for opinion statements and conclusions. This is a great way to learn from their peers. The class will continue to read and identify opinion elements in passages. Next Monday, students will choose their essay topic from a list provided. We will continue to develop a five paragraph essay by building on what has been previously taught and adding opinion genre specific vocabulary.

In ELA, we are reviewing verb tenses, prepositional phrases, sentence structure, and punctuation.
Our reading will focus on figurative language, such as idioms and cliches. Reteaching, similes and metaphors.

Father Daughter Dance is Friday!!

Long Division

Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend :)

In math, we will continue area model and partial quotients. There will be an assessment on Wednesday. Your child should know their multiplication facts with fluency.

In reading, the class continues to use context clues and their background knowledge to infer the text. There will be a quiz on Tuesday. The summative test will date depends on the quiz grades.

There will be spelling homework this week!

Students are developing an opinion paragraph based on an animal feature. They read a book in small groups and chose which they wished to write about. They were able to research more on the computer if needed. We are currently halfway done with the organizer.

Please remember to send your child to school dressed accordingly for recess as the temperature changes. 

Welcome 2019 !

            I hope everyone had a fabulous break :)
Here are this week's tentative plans-
    In math, we will continue with long division. Towards the end of the week, students will learn to interpret remainders.Please have your child learn multiplication facts with fluency!
    In reading, we will be focused on inference. Close reading for context clues will be applied.
    In writing, we will be focused on opinion. Students will learn to develop a clear opinion statement and support this with reasons and examples. New anchor charts will be in their writing journals. We will complete a practice paragraph for a craft grade and individual goals for their upcoming essay.




Dates to remember:

   Reading Challenge due Weds., Jan. 9th
   Spelling Bee Friday, Jan. 11th @ 8:45
   Science Fair Projects due Friday, Jan. 11th
   January 17^th- STEM night- 6:00-7:30
   January 21^st- No School- MLK Holiday

   January 24^th and 25^th- Talent Show tryouts after school.

 

Context Clues Retake

  Wow, I can't believe we only have one week before winter break!

   Students who did scored lower than a B will take a different context clues test on Tuesday. This is the last reading grade for the quarter. I haven't sent home last week's test because I did not want to put those into ParentVue. I will be either averaging the two grades or replace the first. This week's test will also be multiple choice. It will not include explanation, but instead definition. The students had a practice sheet for last Thursday's homework. We have reviewed the answers and will practice on Monday. I will send home both tests stapled .

Wednesday is Holiday t-shirt day.

Thursday is PJ day!!

Friday is Holiday headgear day.

Assessments this week

       Fire Safety field trip tomorrow! Please have your child wear and Addison t-shirt of any kind, closed toed shoes, and a warm jacket.

     Context clues test is on Tuesday. The format is exactly like the multiple choice page that your child wrote "Study" on the top off. First identify the meaning of the given word. Then, identify if it's an example,explanation,synonym, or antonym.Students continue to read a narrative text of their choice. We are just beginning to develop response tasks that have been chosen.
       Students will continue to apply strategies to use the correct relative pronoun, identify sentences as complete,fragment, or run-on.

     The test for multiples, divisibility,factors, prime and composite numbers is Wednesday. We will more on to long division.

December is Here!

 I can't believe that they year is almost half over! 

   Last week we began learning about multiples, factors, and divisibility rules. The students were asked to take home their journals to study the rules and use them to help with homework. As we continue tasks to apply these standards, I ask that you study the different rules with your child. There will be a quiz on Tuesday.

  In ELA, we shall continue with identifying the correct relative adverb. Relative pronouns will be added and students will use context clues to assist with correctly identifying them in a sentence. Friday's assessment will include relative adverbs, relative pronouns, types of sentences, and editing. Spelling homework this week will be covering science vocabulary. Please review the words on Monday with your child and initial the list.

  Our reading focus is on using context clues to build vocabulary and comprehension of a text. Although we have always used context clues for close reading, this is now an independent standard to be assessed. There are 4 types of context clues and are in your child's journal. Students were asked last week to take them home to study. Please be sure your child is doing this to prepare for the quiz on Wednesday. Students have completed different tasks depending on their reading level.

   Some students have begun reading independent narrative books of their choice. They will be reading each day for 20 minutes. After reading, they will be completing a book report. This will include different tasks from a choice board and a general book report organizer. I will be guiding them on time management and development of responses for the writing aspect. This will be ongoing for the next 2 weeks or so. 

Custodian appreciation is Monday.

     Visit from the Fire Safety Village on Monday.

     Holiday Shop this coming Saturday, December 8th!

     Field trip to Fire Safety Village on Monday, December 10th.