Curriculum Update: 21 - 25

"Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, 'You've got rocks in your head' and 'There's no money in rocks.' But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying, and labeling his rocks. The Depression forced the family to sell their gas station and their house, but his interest in rocks never wavered. And in the end the science museum he had visited so often realized that a person with rocks in his head was just what was needed. Anyone who has ever felt a little out of step with the world will identify with this true story of a man who followed his heart and his passion."

Weekly Homefun: 

Monday:
Spelling TIC TAC TOE
DUE FRIDAY
Division With 0 and 1
Tuesday:
Division through Fact Families
Wednesday:
Singular and Plural Nouns

Thursday:
Singular and Plural Nouns

Weekly Assessments: 

Wednesday

Division Constructed Response Assessment

Thursday
Rocks In His Head Test
Friday

Multiplication Timed Tests
Singular and Plural Nouns Quiz
Rocks and Minerals Museum

Curriculum Update: September 14 - 17

According to "Close Reading and Writing From Sources," by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, "The RAND Reading Study Group identified the author's purpose as a key element of reading comprehension...Think of purpose as two sides of the same coin. On one side is the reader's purpose: Why am I reading this? What do I want to get out of this text? On the opposite side is the author's purpose: What does the author want me to know?Why has this been written, and for whom? A reader who can ascertain the author's purpose is able to begin to analyze the text."

Weekly Homefun: 

Monday:
NO SPELLING WORDS THIS WEEK! :-)
Division as Repeated Division
Tuesday:
Division as Arrays and Fact Families
Wednesday:
Relating Multiplication and Division

Thursday:
NO HOMEFUN!

Weekly Assessments: 

Thursday

Multiplication Timed Tests
Division Quiz
Common and Proper Nouns Quiz
Geography Test

Curriculum Update: September 8 - 11

Weekly Homefun: 

Monday:
OFF - NO SPELLING WORDS THIS WEEK! :-)
Tuesday:
Division - Unknown Factor as the Size of the Group
Wednesday:
Division - Unknown Factor as the Number of Groups

Thursday: 

Division Practice

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday

Multiplication Timed Tests
H, C, H, D Test
Geography Test

Division Quiz