Monday, September 8, 2014

9-8 Week

It seems many students are unable to get to into mystudentsprogress, so I will make an effort to post the Look Ahead on here too.

A Look Ahead 9-8 week
Spelling Words:  legend, editing, revising, publishing, photosynthesis, vascular, motive, furiously,
Reading: Students will begin reader’s theater next week. They should bring home their script every night to practice reading their parts. Reader’s Theater is a great way to build fluency. I especially want you to learn to read with expression. We will practice all week and have a full play on Friday. Parents are welcome to attend as our audience.
What is Reader’s Theater? Check it out… http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/programs/whatisrt.htm
Math: In my class we will begin chapter 3. We will begin front end estimation, adding with regrouping, four digit addition, and larger numbers.
Social Studies: Presentations for the cultural regions will be due on Friday. Students, you will have time this week to work in the lab, but time is limited, and some work on the PowerPoint may need to be done at home.  We must finish this up this week. There will be no extensions into the following week. Be sure to bring your item to share with the class on Friday. It can be anything that connects to your region including traditional food, clothing, dances, games, etc…  You only need one thing to share. J
The gist for parents: Students will create a 10-11 slide PowerPoint Presentation on their region.
Slide one will be the name of the region with a map of their region.
Slides two-three will describe the type of group they are…nomadic, hunters, gathers, fishermen, farmers, etc… with pictures depicting their way of life.  These slides will also include some of the Nations such as Cheyenne, Inuit, Shawnee, etc… Students do not need to add all Nations, (tribes).
Slides 3-8 will show pictures of their culture…food, clothing, ceremonial dances or rituals, social structure, government etc… Students will need to mainly add pictures with very little wording. They should be able to tell about the pictures based on what they learned.
Slides 9-11 will include any other information students want to share after learning about this cultural region.
The last slide will include their sources.  Sources just need to be listed.
We may try to go ahead and start talking about European arrival in North America and Mesoamerica.
Science: We will study Vascular and Nonvascular plants, photosynthesis, and plant reproduction.
Here are a few of the sites I will add to my blog…

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