Curriculum Update: December 12 - 16

Last week, students were introduced to persuasive writing (AKA opinion writing). This week, students will learn about the different parts of a strong persuasive writing piece such as an introduction, citing evidence to support their reasons, and providing a "call to action." Persuasive writing is a powerful tool for expressing one's opinions, and students will learn to use persuasive writing as an outlet to inspire change in the world around them. 

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
*i-Ready 45 Minutes DUE FRIDAY 8AM

*Prescriptions DUE FRIDAYStudy Multiplication Facts
Tuesday:
Study Multiplication Facts
Wednesday:
Study Multiplication Facts 
Thursday:
Study Multiplication Facts

Weekly Assessments: 

Wednesday:
Opinion Writing Prompt

Two Bad AntsFriday:
Xs Tests

Curriculum Update: December 5 - 9

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
i-Ready 45 Minutes DUE FRIDAY 8AM
EngageNY Module 4 Lesson 1: Understand Area as an Attribute of Plane Figures
Tuesday:
Elapsed Time Spiral Review
Study Multiplication Facts
Wednesday:
EngageNY Module 4 Lesson 2: Decompose and Recompose Shapes to Compare Areas
Study Multiplication Facts 
Thursday:
EngageNY Module 4 Lesson 3: Model Tiling with Centimeter and Inch Unit Squares as a Strategy to Measure Area
Study Multiplication Facts

Weekly Assessments: 

Tuesday:
MAPS Testing - Math
Wednesday:

MAPS Testing - Reading

Friday:

Xs Tests

Subject/Verb Agreement Quiz

Two Bad Ants Quiz

Types of Clouds Quiz

Curriculum Update: November 28 - December 2

"A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden." 

― Terri Guillemets

This week, students will explore the sky above them! Students will learn the three types of clouds, as well as the characteristics and position of each type of cloud. Students will be able to determine the current weather and predict future weather based on the clouds. 

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
i-Ready 45 Minutes DUE FRIDAY 8AM
EngageNY Module 3 Lesson 3: Multiply and Divide with Familiar Facts Using a Letter (Variable) to Represent the Unknown
Tuesday:
EngageNY Module 3 Lesson 8: Understand the Function of Parentheses and Apply to Solving Problems
Study Multiplication Facts 
Wednesday:
EngageNY Module 3 Lesson 9: Model the Associative Property as a Strategy to Multiply
Study Multiplication Facts
Thursday:

Subject Verb Agreement
Study Multiplication Facts

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
Xs Tests
Subject Verbs Agreement Quiz
Types of Clouds Quiz

*Holiday Giving Opportunity*

Curriculum Update: November 14 - 18

"Nut Remix is a contemporary reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic Nutcracker Suite, set on Memphis’s Beale Street, but there’s a wide world of dance and music in the show from classical ballet to hip-hop, flamenco to traditional African dance, and more. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra plays selections from Tchaikovsky’s original score plus orchestrations written for Nut Remix, and the Memphis Symphony Big Band contributes arrangements from Duke Ellington’s jazz take on the Nutcracker. There’s live flamenco, African drumming, even some Booker T & The MG’s! Since 2003, New Ballet Ensemble & School has offered professional-level dance instruction to Mid-South students regardless of the ability to pay. The Ensemble mounts several major productions annually in Memphis, performs and teaches in area schools, and has hit the road to perform in New York and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. New Ballet is nationally recognized as a leader in Creative Youth Development, and was honored with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014."

Weekly Homefun :

*45 Minutes on iReady due by Friday!*

Monday- Lesson 17 Homework: Estimate sums by rounding and apply to solve measurement word problems; Study your multiplication facts 

Tuesday- Lesson 18 Homework: Decompose once to subtract 3-digit minuends with 0's in the 10's and 1's place; Study your multiplication facts

Wednesday- Lesson 19 Homework: Decompose twice to subtract 3-digit minuends with 0's in the 10's and 1's place

Thursday- Irregular verb tenses practice; Study your multiplication facts 

Weekly Assessments: 
Friday - Multiplication Timed Test

curriculum Update: November 7 - 10

"When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. . ."

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
i-Ready 45 Minutes DUE FRIDAY
EngageNY Lesson 14: Round to the Nearest Hundred on the Vertical Number Line
Practice Multiplication Facts 
Tuesday:
EngageNY Lesson 15: Add Measurements Using the Standard Algorithm to Compose Larger Units Once
Practice Multiplication Facts 
Wednesday:
EngageNY Lesson 16: Add Measurements Using the Standard Algorithm to Compose Larger Units Twice
Practice Multiplication Facts 
Thursday:
EngageNY Lesson 17: Estimate Sums by Rounding and Apply to Solve Measurement Word Problems
Practice Multiplication Facts

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL!!!!

Curriculum Update: October 31 - November 4

"When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. . ."

Weekly Homefun :

Monday- Round two-digit measurements to the nearest ten on the vertical number line

Tuesday- Round two- and three-digit numbers to the nearest ten on the vertical number line

Wednesday- Round to the nearest hundred on the vertical number line

Thursday- National Government Reading and Comprehension Questions

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday - Multiplication Timed Test, Branches of Government Quiz, Action Verbs

Curriculum Update: October 3 - 7

This week, we will continue studying our great state of Tennessee! To go along with our unit of study, we will also continue reading Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman, a biography of the famous frontiersman and Congressman.

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
Count by 5s and 1s on the Number Line as a Strategy to Tell Time to the Nearest Minute on the Clock
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Tuesday:
Solve Word Problems Involving Time Intervals Within 1 Hour by Counting Backward and Forward Using the Number Line and Clock
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Wednesday:
Solve Word Problems Involving Time Intervals Within 1 Hour by Adding and Subtracting on the Number Line 
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Thursday:
Singular and Plural Nouns Practice 
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
Multiplication Timed Tests (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s, 4s)
Singular and Plural Nouns Quiz
Sequence of Events Quiz
Davy Crockett Test

Tennessee Test

Curriculum Update: September 26-30

This week, we will begin studying our great state of Tennessee! To go along with our new unit of study, we will also begin reading Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman, a biography of the famous frontiersman and Congressman.

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
Multiply By 0 and 1
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Tuesday:
Explore Time as a Continuous Measurement Using a Stopwatch
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Wednesday:
Relate Skip-Counting by Fives on the Clock and Telling Time to a Number Line
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)
Thursday:
Singular and Plural Nouns
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s, 3s)

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
Multiplication Timed Tests (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s)
Singular and Plural Nouns Quiz
Sequence of Events Quiz

Curriculum Update: September 19 - 23

Curriculum Update: September 19 - 23

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: 
Solve Two Step Word Problems Involving All 4 Operations and Assess Reasonableness of Answers
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s)
Tuesday:
Solve Two Step Word Problems Involving All 4 Operations and Assess Reasonableness of Answers
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s)
Wednesday:
Reader's Notebook p. 44-45
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s)
Thursday:
Natural Resources Text Based Questions
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s, 1s)
GET READY FOR THE ROCK MUSEUM!

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
Multiplication Timed Tests (2s, 5s, 10s, 0s)
EngageNY End of Module 1 Assessment
Figurative Language Quiz
Common and Proper Nouns Quiz
ROCKS and MINERALS MUSEUM!

We LOVE Our Grandparents!!

Curriculum Update: September 12-16

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: 
Use the Distributive Property as a Strategy to Find Related Multiplication Facts
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s)
Tuesday:

Model the Relationship Between Multiplication and Division
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s)
Wednesday:
Apply the Distributive Property to Decompose Units
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s, 10s)
Thursday:
Types of Sentences

Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s)

Weekly Assessments: 

Monday:
Landforms Quiz
Friday:
Multiplication Timed Tests (2s, 5s, 10s)
Types of Sentences

Curriculum Update: September 6 - 9

Grandparents' Day is right around the corner!  

Chrissy Bloomer has created a Signup Genius for our class - thank you, Chrissy!!  Please consider signing up for an item, or even volunteering to set up and clean up.  Also, please be sure to bring all items to our classroom by 7:40am.  

 Thank you for all that you do!!!!

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
NO SCHOOL
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s)
Tuesday:

Skip Count Objects in Models to Build Fluency with Multiplication Facts Using Units of 4 
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s)
Wednesday:

Relate Arrays to Tape Diagrams to Model the Commutative Property of Multiplication
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s)
Thursday:
Simple Subjects and Predicates
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s, 5s)

Weekly Assessments: 

Friday:
Multiplication Timed Tests (2s, 5s)
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks Test
Landforms Quiz
Simple Subjects and Predicates Quiz

Curriculum Update: August 29 - September 2

Tremendous forces are at work below Earth's surface. Sometimes they make the ground rumble and shake. Other times they make mountains explode, spewing forth rock, gases, and lava. These mountains are called volcanoes. They are among nature's most spectacular creations - and one of its most dangerous. David L. Harrison takes us on a fascinating voyage beneath the Earth's surface to show how volcanoes are created and why they erupt. From its hot, solid iron core, up to the Earth's crust, he introduces us to magma, lava, the colliding plates that cause earthquakes, and other natural phenomena. With vivid illustrations by Cheryl Nathan, here is a look at how volcanoes work.

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
Model Division as the Unknown Factor in Multiplication Using Arrays and Tape Diagrams
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s)
Tuesday:
Interpret the Quotient as the Number of Groups or the Number of Objects in Each Group Using Units of 2

Practice Multiplication Facts (2s)
Wednesday:
Subjects and Predicates
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s)
Thursday:
Subjects and Predicates
Practice Multiplication Facts (2s)

Weekly Assessments: 

Tuesday:
Author's Purpose Quiz
Wednesday:
NWEA MAPS Assessment
Thursday:

NWEA MAPS Assessment

Friday:
Multiplication Timed Test (2s)
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks Test
Compare and Contrast Between Texts
Subjects and Predicates Quiz

Curriculum Update: August 22-26

"Climb the tallest mountain, dive into the deepest lake, and navigate the longest river in Steve Jenkins' stunning new book that explores the wonders of the natural world. With his striking cut paper collages, Jenkins majestically captures the grand sense of scale, perspective and awe that only mother earth can inspire."

Weekly Homefun

Monday: 
Model the Distributive Property with Arrays to Decompose Units as a Strategy
Tuesday:

Subject Practice
Wednesday:
Predicate Practice
Thursday:

Subjects and Predicates

Weekly Assessments: 

Monday:

Geography Test

Compass Rose Project

Tuesday:

EngageNY Mid-Module Test

Friday:

Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Test

Author's Purpose Quiz

Subjects and Predicates Quiz