May 23 - 27

M - P.E./Media
T - Art/Music
W - Media - Yearbook signing
Th - P.E
F - Super Team Day - lunch from home

Math -
Students will:
11.21 - Solve division word problems with remainders.
13.3 - Convert among centimeters, decimeters, and meters.
13.4 - Measure perimeter to the nearest quarter-inch.  Add lengths in fractions of inches.

Reading -  Unit 10 - Week 1
Students will:
* Find and interpret clues in a picture.
* Draw conclusions based on picture clues and prior knowledge.
* Make inferences about pictures and text.

May 16 - 20

M - Art/Music
T - Media
W - Como Planetarium/U of M field trip
Th - Music
F - Art, DARE, Adventures in Art

Math -
Students will:
11.19 - Solve division word problems with remainders.  Find the answer to divisions with remainders.
11.20 - Understand that remainders can be expressed as fractions.  Solve division word problems and interpret the remainder to give the correct answer.
11.21 - Practice dividing with remainders.

Reading - Unit 9, Week 3 - Fluency Week
Students will:
* Use characters' words and actions to determine what they are like and how they feel.
* Use effective expression to make their reading sound like talking.

Science - We will be learning about stars this week in science.

May 9 - 13

M - Media, DARE
T - P.E.
W - Music, DARE
Th - Art *Return books, DARE
F - P.E./Media, Adventures in Art

Math - Students will:
11.15 - Subtract like and unlike unit fractions.  Add, compare, and subtract fractions and solve fraction word problems.
11.17 - Explore the relationship between fractions and decimals.
11.18 - Understand improper fractions and mixed numbers.


Word Study - Unit 29
Students will:
• Understand that prefixes change the meaning of base words
• Understand that the prefix dis- means “opposite of, not”
• Understand that the prefix mis- means “wrongly”
• Understand that the prefix pre- means “before, earlier”
• Write spelling words and identify prefixes and meanings

Reading - Unit 9, Week 2 - Genre Study (Pourquoi Tales)
Students will:
* understand the features of a Pourquoi Tale
* read and analyze a Pourquoi Tale
* compare and contrast two Pourquoi Tales

Science - Students will learn the vocabulary associated with Moon phases: new Moon, first-quarter Moon, full Moon, third-quarter Moon, waxing, waning, crescent, and gibbous.

May 2 - 6

M - Music
T - Art *Return library books
W - Media/P.E.
Th - Art/Music
F - No School - Workshop Day

Reading - (repeat from last week as we didn't get very far!)
Unit 9, Week 1 - Make Connections/Identify Cause and Effect
Students will:
* Identify causes and effects in a picture and text.
* Identify and use the signal language for cause and effect.
* Make connections to understand a text.
* Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence.

Word Study - Prefixes re-, un-
Students will:
• Understand that prefixes change the meaning of base words
• Understand that the prefix re- means “again”
• Understand that the prefix un- means “not”
• Write words with prefixes

Math - Going back to our unit on Fractions:
Students will:
11.9 - Use fraction strips to find equivalent fractions.
11.11 - Write equivalent chains and discover patterns with equivalent chains.
11.12 - Multiply to find equivalent fractions.
11.13 - Visualize a simpler fraction and simplify fractions.

Science - Study of the sun
Students will:
* Observe and record the path the Sun takes in the sky.
* Determine that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
* Learn that the Sun changes position in the sky from season to season.

April 25 - 29

M - Art * Return Books
T - Media/P.E
W - Art/Music
Th - Media
F - P.E.,  *1st Adventures in Art!

Reading - Unit 9, Week 1 - Make Connections/Identify Cause and Effect
Students will:
* Identify causes and effects in a picture and text.
* Identify and use the signal language for cause and effect.
* Make connections to understand a text.
* Learn strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence.

Word Study -
Students will:
• Understand that /k/ is spelled ck, ic, and x
• Hear the /k/ sounds in words • Determine which letters are used to spell /k/
• Write and identify words with /k/

Math - We'll be doing math review early in the week and then taking the MCA math test on Wednesday and Thursday.

Science - We will begin our science unit on the Sun, Moon and Stars this week!

April 18 - 22

M - P.E./Media
T - Music/Art
W - Media
TH - P.E.
F - Music

Reading/Word Study - Because of our schedule for MCA testing, we will hold off on our next reading until until next week.

Math - The class will be spending time this week reviewing math concepts and vocabulary from throughout the year.

Social Studies - We will be finishing up our unit on Global Trade this week.

April 11 - 15

M - Art/Music
T - Media
W - P.E.
Th - Music
F - Art

Math - We will be taking a little break from our unit on fractions and will get back into it once MCA testing is over :)  We will also be jumping around in unit 13 (Measurement), I want to make sure I touch on a few skills that will be on the MCA's.
Students will:
13.1 - Measure with non-standard and standard units.  Use rulers to draw line segments to a given number of inches.
13.2 - Convert between yards, feet and inches.
13.3 - Discuss metric units of length.  Measure to the nearest meter, decimeter, and centimeter.
13.10 - Read temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit on a thermometer, discuss warm and cold benchmarks, and estimate temperatures.

Reading - Unit 8, Week 3.  Fluency Week, Readers Theater - How Davy Crockett Moved the Sun
Students will:
* Use the title and other clues to anticipate the mood of text.  Match their tone of voice to the intended mood.
* Demonstrate their understanding of the text through purposeful expression.

Word Study -
Students will:
 *Understand initial g usually has the hard sound when followed by a, o, or u
• Understand initial g usually has the soft sound when followed by e, i, or y
• Write and identify words with hard and soft g

Social Studies - Unit 9 - How Does Global Trade Affect Our Community?
Students will:
* Identify conflicting points of view about global trade.
* Describe a way global trade has changed life in a world community.
* Identify products sold in the local community that are involved in global trade.

April 4 - 8

M - Media
T - P.E.
W - Music
Th - Art
F - Media/P.E

Math -
Students will:
11-5 - Complete comparison statements based on information in a bar graph.
11-6 - Solve problems involving finding a fraction of a number.
11-7 - Read a circle graph and find fractions of numbers to solve problems.
11-8 - Understand the meaning of probability, how to determine the probability of an event, and predict future events.

Reading - Genre Study - Tall Tales
Students will:
* Understand the features of a tall tale.
* Read and analyze a tall tale.
* Compare and contrast two tall tales.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Understand that the same sound can be spelled in different ways
• Understand that the letter c stands for the hard sound /k/ and the soft sound /s/
• Read and write words with soft c
• Articulate rules for when c stands for the soft sound and when it stands for the hard sound

Social Studies - The class will continue their unit on economics and will focus on supply and demand.

March 21 - 25

M - Music
T - Art  *Return books
W - P.E./Media
Th - Music/Art
F - No School

Math -
Students will:
11.1 - Use fractions to describe parts of regions.  Use fraction strips to explore unit fractions.
11.2 - Represent fractions in a variety of ways.  Use fractions to represent parts of a set.
11.3 - Write three equations to represent dividing a set into equal parts.  Solve word problems involving finding a unit fraction of a set.
11.4 - Make "as many as" comparison statements, and represent them with multiplication equations.

Word Study -
Students will:
• Understand that words with final vowels -y, -ey, or -ie usually have a long e sound
• Understand that words with final vowel -y in accented syllables usually have a long i sound
• Recognize the final -y (/e - /), -ey, -ie, and -y (/ı - /) in words of two or more syllables
• Write -y pattern words and indicate final pattern

Reading - Unit 8, Week 1 - Determine Text Importance/Compare and Contrast
Students will:
* Identify comparisons and contrasts in a picture and text.
* Identify and use the signal language for comparing and contrasting.
* Determine important information in a picture and text.

Writing - Procedural Texts
Students will:
* Establish themselves as procedural writing mentors by sharing something they made or did that followed a sequential order.
* Model how writers think about the steps they go through in the writing process.

Social Studies - We didn't get as far as I expected last week, so we will be beginning our economics unit this week.

March 14 - 18

M - Art  *Return library books
T - P.E./Media
W - Art/Music
Th - Media
F - P.E.

Math -
Students will:
E.5 - Relate the area model of multiplication to numeric methods of multiplication.  Practice one-digit by two-digit multiplication.
E.6 - Compare and analyze methods of multiplication
E.7 - Draw area models to represent the product of a one-digit number and a three-digit number.
E.8 - Practice one-digit by three-digit multiplication.
E.9 - Understand real-world division situations.

Reading - Unit 7 - Week 3, Readers Theater: Rough - Faced Girl 
Students will:
* Read short word groups and sentences as complete sentences.
* Demonstrate understanding of the text through purposeful phrasing.
* Use effective phrasing to make their reading sound like talking.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Understand that words with final vowels -y, -ey, or -ie usually have a long e sound
• Understand that words with final vowel -y in accented syllables usually have a long i sound
• Recognize the final -y (/e - /), -ey, -ie, and -y (/ı - /) in words of two or more syllables
• Write -y pattern words and indicate final pattern

Social Studies - The students will be finishing up our Structures of Life science unit early in the week and then we will get to our next social studies unit - How Does Our Economy Work?  The class will learn about markets and how supply and demand work together to affect the prices of goods and services.

March 7 - 11

M - P.E./Media
T - Art/Music
W - Media
Th - P.E.
F - Music

Math - Extension Lessons - Our math curriculum has some really good lessons that are meant for the end of the year, but we are going to fit them in early and will then get to Unit 11 (Fractions) in a couple of weeks.
Students will:
E.1 - Compare and order numbers up to 10,000.  Add, subtract, and compare with large numbers.
E.2 - Model a product of ones, ones and tens, and tens.
E.3 - Understand patterns of multiplication with ones, tens and hundreds.
E.4 - Represent one-digit by two-digit multiplication using area models.

Reading - Unit 7, Week 2 - Genre Study - Fairy Tales
Students will:
* Learn the features of fairy tales
* Read and analyze a fairy tale
* Compare and contrast two fairy tales using a graphic organizer

Word Study -
Students will:
* Recognize unaccented final syllables with -er, -ar, -or
• Hear the schwa / r/ sound and recognize that -er, -ar, and -or make the / r/ sound
• Write words with -er, -ar, -or

Science - The class will finish up learning about hydroponics and will continue our Structures of Life unit by researching an animal.

February 29 - March 4

M - Art/Music
T - Media
W - P.E
Th - Music & Read-A-Thon (dress like a book character)
F - Art

Math - Students will:
10.1 - Tell time to the hour, half-hour, and quarter hour.  Tell time to 5 minutes and to 1 minute.  State times using the words before and after with the appropriate hour.
10.2 - Use ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.).  Determine elapsed time in days, weeks, months, hours and minutes.  Use elapsed time to find start and end dates and times.

Word Study - Students will:
• Recognize and identify -le, -el, -il, and -al patterns in unaccented final syllables
• Understand that -le, -el, -il, and -al have an / l/ sound
• Recognize where syllables divide based on vowel patterns
• Write words with -le, -el, -il, and -al patterns

Reading  - Unit 7, Week 1 - Make Inferences/Make Predictions
Students will:
* Make predictions based on a photograph.
* Identify visual clues that suggest what will happen.
* Make inferences about a photograph.
* Make predictions about what will happen next based on clues and prior knowledge.
* Maker inferences based on evidence in a text.

Writing - The class will be going through the process of choosing topics for writing a persuasive letter this week.

Science - The class will continue to record their daily observations of their seeds.  They are also doing research and finding information about seeds, parts of a seed and how seeds travel.

February 22 - 26

M - P.E.
T - Music
W - Music  *Return library books
Th - P.E/Media
F - No School/Conferences

Reading - Unit 6, Week 3 - Fluency
Students will:
* Stress particular words to emphasize meaning and reflect the language patterns of the text.
* Demonstrate understanding of the text through purposeful inflection and intonation.
* Use effective inflection and intonation to make their reading sound like talking.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Understand that most words with consonant + -le divide before the consonant
• Understand that consonant + -le syllables are always unaccented
• Understand VCle words divide between open syllable and consonant + -le
• Understand VCCle–Double and VCCle words divide between the two consonants

Math -
Students will:
9.13 - Develop strategies for solving multi-step word problems and practice multiplications and divisions.
9.14 - Apply mathematical concepts in meaningful context.s
We'll spend a couple of days reviewing Unit 9 concepts and math facts and will take the unit test on Thursday.

Science - We will begin our Structures of Life unit in science.  The first investigation will have the students observe and compare properties of seeds and fruit.  We will also set up seed sprouters and monitor and record the changes over the next two weeks.

February 15 - 19

M - No School
T - Art   *Return library books
W - P.E./Media
Th - Art/Music
F - Media

Math -
Students will:
9.9 - Practice 6's, 7's, and 8's multiplication and division.
9.10 - Choose the operation to solve a word problem.
9.11 - Develop strategies for solving multi-step word problems.
9.12 - Solve multi-step word problems and practice count-bys.

Reading - Unit 6, Week 2.   Genre Study - Persuasive Letters
Students will:
* Learn the features of persuasive letters.
* Read and analyze persuasive letters.
* Compare and contrast two persuasive letters using a graphic organizer.
* Practice summarizing a longer persuasive letter.

Word Study -
Students will:
• Identify the long e patterns ee, eCe, ea, and open e-
• Understand that the long vowel sounds are usually heard in the accented syllables
• Read and write long e pattern words

Social Studies - We will finish up our unit on learning about the lives of children in different countries.

February 8 - 12

M - P.E./Media
T - Art/Music
W - Media
Th - P.E.  *Remember to bring skates/helmets
F - Music

Reading - Unit 6, Week 1
Students will:
* Identify facts and opinions based on an illustration or text
* Identify and use the signal language for opinions.

Word Study -
Students will:
• Identify the long u patterns uCe and open u- in multi-syllable words
• Understand that accented syllables often have the long vowel sound
• Hear the long u sound in accented syllables in words
• Write and spell the long u pattern words and identify the accented syllables

Math -
9.4 - Write multiplication and division word problems of various types.
9.5 - Explore patterns in 7's count-bys
9.6 - Solve comparison word problems involving multiplication and division
9.7 - Develop strategies for solving comparison word problems.
9.8 - Understand what a square number is.

Social Studies - We will continue our study of children around the world and how their lives are similar and different from our own.

February 1 - 5

M - Art/Music
T - Media
W - P.E.  *Remember skates and helmets
Th - Music
F - Art  *Return library books


Math - Students will:
9.1 - Explore patterns in 6's count-bys.
9.2 - Develop strategies for solving real-world area problems.
9.3 - Explore patterns in 8's count-bys.
9.4 - Write multiplication and division word problems of various types.

Reading - Unit 5, Week 3.  Our Reader's Theater this week is called Kanchil Outsmarts the Crocodile.  Students will practice using a higher or lower volume to reflect what the author or the characters are saying.

Word Study - Students will:
* Identify long o patterns ow, oCe, and open o- in words with more than one syllable
* Understand that accented syllables usually have the long vowel sound
* Hear the long vowel sound and accented syllables in words
* Read and write words with long o patterns

Social Studies - Unit 7 - How are People Around the World Alike and Different?  The students will compare and contrast their lives with the lives of children in other countries.

January 25 - 29

M - Media
T - P.E. (Remember to bring skates and a helmet.  Mr. Halvarson does have some extra skates if students do not have them)
W - Music
Th - Art,
F - P.E./Media, PACER Puppet program

Math -
Students will:
8.1 - Recognize the difference between a centimeter and a square centimeter.  Determine whether a situation involves finding area or perimeter.
8.2 - Recognize that rectangles with the same perimeter can have different areas.
8.3 - Use formulas for finding the area and perimeter of rectangles.

Reading - Unit 5, week 2 has our students doing a genre study on Trickster Tales.  Trickster tales tell a make-believe fictional story about a character and the tricks that character plays on others.

Word Study -
Students will:
* Identify long i patterns in words with more than one syllable: y as long i, iCe, and open i-
*Hear accented syllables and understand that the long vowel patterns are often in accented syllables
* Read and write words with long i patterns and indicate the accented syllable

Social Studies - We have finished up our unit on community leaders and students have now chosen someone to write a biography on.  Over the next few days, the students will be gathering facts about their person and will create something to share their findings with the class.

January 18 - 22

M - Music
T - Art  *Return library books
W - P.E./Media
Th - Art/Music
F - No School

Math -
Students will -
7.11 (repeat from last week, we didn't get as far as I planned!)
7.12 - Explore patterns in 4 multiplications and count-bys.
7.13 - Math fact fluency, We will review the count-bys that we've done and practice fast arrays.
7.14 - Look for patterns in 1's and 0's when multiplying.  We will investigate the properties of addition and multiplication.

Reading - Unit 5, Week 1
Students will:
* Make an inference about a picture.
* Identify clues that support the inference.
* Identify clues that help readers make inferences about a text.

Word Study 15 -
Students will:
• Identify long a patterns ai, aCe, ay, and open a- in multisyllable words
• Hear accented syllables in words and understand that syllables with long a are often accented
• Read and write words with long a patterns and indicate the accented syllables

Writing - We will continue our work on our informational reports.

Social Studies - We will continue learning about people that improved their communities and listen to part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream speech.

January 11 - 15

M - Art  *Library books due
T - P.E./Media
W - Art/Music
Th - Media
F - P.E.

Reading - Unit 4, Week 3.  We will be wrapping up our study of summarizing and story elements.  We will be practicing reading fluency this week with The Great Lemonade Standoff.

Word Study - Open and Closed Syllables and Inflectional Endings
Students will:
* Understand that inflected endings are added depends on the vowel pattern in the final syllable
* Recognize base words in multi - syllable words.
* Recognize vowel patterns and understand how to add inflected endings

Writing - This week we will begin talking about Informational Reports.  The students have started researching a mammal with Mr. Lhotka in Media and will eventually create a report based on their research.

Math - Students will:
7.6 - Explore patterns in 10's count -bys
7.7 - Multiply and divide with 9
7.9 - Multiply and divide with 3
7.10 - Understand the area model for multiplication
7.11 - Recognize and identify multiplication and division word problems

Social Studies - We will begin Chapter 6 in social studies - How Do People Improve Their Communities.  Students will identify how four individuals solved problems to improve the lives of people in their own communities and in communities around the country.

January 4 - 8

M - P.E/Media
T - Art/Music
W - Media
Th - P.E
F - Music

Reading - This week our genre study is on Realistic Fiction.  Students will review the features of realistic fiction and analyze a realistic fiction story.

Word Study - Students will understand that VCCCV pattern words can be VC/CCV or VCC/CV syllable patterns.  They will understand that VC/CCV words divide before the consonant blend.  They will understand that VCC/CV words divide after the consonant blend.

Math - Multiplication!
7.1 - Explore patterns in 5's count-bys.  Learn important multiplication vocabulary.
7.2 - Use multiplication to represent repeated groups situations.
7.3 - Use multiplication to represent array situations.
7.4 - Relate division to multiplication.
7.5 - Explore patterns in 2's count-bys.

Social Studies - Students will put any finishing touches on their Ellis Island projects and get them printed out.