Cox:
Tuesday: media
Thursday: pe
Friday: art
Kluge:
Monday: media and pe
Tuesday: music
Friday: art
ELA:
Check out these photos of our first "carousel" activity viewing illustrations from books we will use during this reading module. We worked on communicating in a group and working together to produce one main idea.
This we will read Nasreen's Secret School, the story of a young girl in Afghanistan, who faces many obstacles to be able to go to school and learn. We will read the text closely and use the same organizational tools we used with Rain School to determine the gist and lesson of the story. We are becoming familiar with the term, gist.
The gist is the main idea, what the page, section, chapter, or book is about. The gist does not include many details, but at the same time can be supported with details.
When we read closely, we read a text numerous times, each time with a different purpose or focus. One focus we have is to make note of words that are unfamiliar in meaning to us as we read. We then go back in the text and try to use context clues to determine the meaning of the new word.
Example: Poor Nasreen sat at home all day because girls are forbidden to attend school. Because the author writes "poor Nasreen" and tells us she is staying at home, we can guess that forbidden means not allowed. We can use the "plug it in" strategy and see if "not allowed" makes sense and it does. Poor Nasreen sat at home all day because girls are not allowed to attend school.
MATH:
In math the
students will continue learning to distinguish between the number of groups and
the size of groups to write multiplication facts. They are learning to use arrays, counting
rows and how many in a row, to write multiplication facts. They will continue to create pictures, multiplication
equations, and number bonds to model their understanding.
This week we
will continue to work on understanding the meaning of the unknown as the number
of groups in division and interpreting the unknown in division using the array
model. We will use the Read, Draw, Write
(RDW) strategy to solve math problems. The students will also begin to study
the commutative property of multiplication by manipulating arrays. They will notice that the meaning of the
factors in a multiplication sentence changes depending on the orientation of
the array.
For
example:
This array has 4 rows and 3 columns. It can also be
described as a 4 by 3 array.
The array can be rotated to show 3 rows of 4 or 3 by 4.
These arrays can be used to model division. The problem will determine which way to draw
the array.
For
example:
Bob has 12 star stickers.
He puts them into 3 boxes. How
many stickers will be in each box?
12 ÷ 3
= 4
There will
be 4 stickers in each box.
Math Vocabulary:
Array – an arrangement
of objects into equal rows and columns
Multiply - an operation showing how many
times a number is added to itself
Equal groups – same number of objects in each
group
Factor – number of groups and the number in each
group
Equation – a statement that two
expressions are equal, for example 4 x 3 = 12
Divide – separate into equal groups
Things to do at home:
Practice making
arrays at home. Talk about changing the
orientation of your arrays and write the multiplication equation.
Create your own
multiplication and division word problems and write the equations for the
problems.
Look for groups
of things at home.
Practice
multiplication facts.
Math Homework:
We will have Module 1 Lessons 4,5, and 6 as homework this week. At this time the specific days will vary due to early release and science baseline testing.
SCIENCE:
This week in
Science we will continue learning about the scientific method. The students will discuss testable questions
and reasons why scientists must keep accurate records during their
explorations.
