Week at a Glance: December 4-8, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
*Presentation of November book reports throughout the week*
Reading: Explore the Infographic genre
Writing: Write a how-to article
Spelling: VCe pattern words/ syllable patterns
Math: Begin Chapter 6 in Math- Patterns in Multiplication and Division
Religion: 8:30 Buddy Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Social Studies: Begin Geography
Science: Lesson 3- Gravity
** Students will begin presenting November book reports this week and December book reports will go out on Monday.**
Spelling Words:
Dispute, expose, mistake, compete, translate, include, explode, despite, subscribe, reptile- Bonus words: incubate, stipulate, confinement
Vocabulary Words to know this week:
Habitat, solitary, multiplied, eliminated, reintroduced-
Unit Vocabulary Words:
Prefer, investigate, associate, avoid-
Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 4; Weekly Question- How does reintroduction of a species affect plants and animals in a habitat?
Learning Goals-
Objectives:
Daily practice w/ grammar/ ELA concepts with Simple Solutions Grammar
Daily practice with daily oral language skills-
Math: Begin Chapter 6- Multiplication and Division Patterns
Essential question: What is the importance of learning multiplication and division?
Vocabulary words: columns, rows, multiply, partition, skip count
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 1- Patterns in the multiplication table- Students will identify and explain patterns in the multiplication table.
Tuesday- Lesson 2- Multiply by 2’s- Students will use arrays and drawings, such as bar diagrams, to multiply by 2.
Wednesday- Lesson 3- Divide by 2- Students will use models and related multiplication facts to divide by 2.
Thursday- Lesson 4- Multiply by 5- Students will use different strategies, including patterns, to multiply by 5.
Daily use of mental math, Prodigy, IReady Math lessons, and SeeSaw math assignments-
Daily practicing of math concepts in Simple Solutions Math-
Writing:
Social Studies: Begin Lesson 3 about Geography
Overview: Create a brochure about the geography of your community and play a matching game to find out how people in different communities adapt to geography.
Essential Question:
How does geography affect our community?
Objectives:
Social Studies:
Language Arts:
Vocabulary: adapt, climate, conservation, natural resource, natural hazard, physical feature, physical geography, pollution, region-
Science: Lesson 3 What is gravity?
Lesson overview:
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
PE-3-PS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
PE-3-PS2-2
Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
PE-3-PS2-3
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
PE-3-PS2-4
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.*
Week at a Glance: November 27- Dec 1, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
Academic Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Unit 2 Week 3 begins! Food chain effects on plants and animals
Spelling: Compound words are practiced
Writing: Gratitude Books
Math: End of division chapter; Test on Thursday-
Social Studies: Continuation with maps and famous places in the USA
Science: Magnetism and gravity
Religion: Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit- Unitn 3 Session 11
Spelling Words- popcorn, football, moonlight, eyesight, airport, haircut, fireworks, outside, playground, rattlesnake; Bonus words: courthouse, thumbtack, teammate-
Vocabulary words for the week: depended, well-being, population, available, balance
Unit vocabulary words: investigate, prefer, associate, avoid, features-
Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 3- Realistic Fiction (genre focus) Weekly Question- How can a chain affect plants and animals?
Objectives/goals:
Writing:
Math: Continue Chapter 5- Understanding Division-
Vocabulary:
Repeated subtraction, dividend, divisor, quotient, inverse operations, fact family, related facts
Mathematical Practices:
Monday- Lesson 5- Inverse operations-
Tuesday- Lesson 6- Problem Solving Investigation- Strategy: Use Models-
Wednesday- Review in book for division chapter test: Will send homework home for extra practice on division concepts.
Thursday- Chapter 5 Assessment
Friday- Kahoot Chromebook game with class to review multiplication/ division facts
Religion: Unit 3 Session 11:The Church, Our Community in the Spirit
This unit focuses on continuing Jesus’ mission by being active members of the Catholic Church. Our first session is Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit- As he had promised, Jesus the Son sent the Holy Spirit to inspire and guide his followers as they spread the Good News and formed the Church. The Holy Spirit inspires and guides us too, and it leads us to know God the Father.
Students didn’t get to Science and Social Studies last week in my absence, we’ll cover these skills this week.
Science: Standards
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
Words to know: force, friction, magnetism, mass, weight, gravity
What forces cause motion? What is gravity?
Activity: How does gravity pull an object?
Social Studies: Finding Places in the United States: Lesson 2 (cont’d)
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, map key, symbols, scale,
Essential question: Where in the world is our community in the US?
Learn how to use map scales and estimate the distance from their community to famous landmarks in the US.
Objectives:
Learn more about these famous landmarks:
Week at a Glance: November 20-21, 2023
No Homework this week
No spelling words this week
This two-day week will include ELA review of current concepts
Grammar:
Writing:
Reading:
Math:
Religion:
Religion: Unit 2- Session 10 Celebrating Advent-
Advent is a time to prepare ourselves and our homes for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.
The liturgical year begins with Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Savior. During Advent, we pray and sing to welcome God the Father into our hearts as we think of the light he brought to the world through Jesus, his Son.
Science: Standards
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
Words to know: force, friction, magnetism, mass, weight, gravity
What forces cause motion? What is gravity?
Activity: How does gravity pull an object?
Social Studies: Finding Places in the United States: Lesson 2 (cont’d)
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, map key, symbols, scale,
Essential question: Where in the world is our community in the US?
Learn how to use map scales and estimate the distance from their community to famous landmarks in the US.
Objectives:
Learn more about these famous landmarks:
Week at a Glance: November 13-17, 2023
Highlights of the Week:
Reading: Unit 2 Week 2 begins
Spelling: R controlled vowel words
Writing: November journal work
Math: Begin chapter on division
Religion: Our turn for morning prayer this week- and bringing up the gifts at Tuesday’s Mass
Science: Magnetism and Motion
Social Studies: Mapping landmarks of the US
Reading:
Spelling Words: morning, format, explore, cardboard, soared, darkness, alarm, adore, target, absorb; Bonus words: bargain, argument, departure
Vocabulary Words: predators, protection, immune, species, emerges
Unit Vocabulary Words: prefer, features, investigate, associate, avoid
High Frequency Words: finally, money
Reading: Unit 2 Week 2: Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom; Learn more about informational texts by analyzing text structure.
Learning Goals:
Also: Students will…
Writing:
Daily work in Packets:
Math: Begin Chapter 5-Understanding Division
inverse operations, quotient, repeated subtraction, division, divide, partition, division sentence, dividend, divisor, quotient-
Mathematical practices:
Monday- Lesson 1- Hands on- Model Division/ Students will explore two meanings of division.
Tuesday- Lesson 2- Division as equal sharing/ Students will model division as equal sharing.
Wednesday- Lesson 3- Relate Division and Subtraction/ Use models to relate division and subtraction.
Thursday- Lesson 4- Hands on: Relate division and Multiplication/ Explore how division and multiplication are related.
Friday- Math review of division
Religion: Unit 2- Session 10 Celebrating Advent-
Advent is a time to prepare ourselves and our homes for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.
The liturgical year begins with Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Savior. During Advent, we pray and sing to welcome God the Father into our hearts as we think of the light he brought to the world through Jesus, his Son.
Science: Standards
DCI-3-PS2.A.3
Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object's speed or direction of motion. (Boundary: Qualitative and conceptual, but not quantitative addition of forces are used at this level.)
DCI-3-PS2.A.4
The patterns of an object's motion in various situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it. (Boundary: Technical terms, such as magnitude, velocity, momentum, and vector quantity, are not introduced at this level, but the concept that some quantities need both size and direction to be described is developed.)
DCI-3-PS2.B.2
Objects in contact exert forces on each other.
DCI-3-PS2.B.3
Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.
Words to know: force, friction, magnetism, mass, weight, gravity
What forces cause motion? What is gravity?
Activity: How does gravity pull an object?
Social Studies: Finding Places in the United States: Lesson 2 (cont’d)
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, map key, symbols, scale,
Essential question: Where in the world is our community in the US?
Learn how to use map scales and estimate the distance from their community to famous landmarks in the US.
Objectives:
Learn more about these famous landmarks:
