October 14, 2014

Science






Spelling: Group L (long o patterns)
1. shown
2. coast
3. spoke
4. throat
5. wrote
6. poem
7. narrow
8. echo
9. goal
10. tomorrow

LA/ Reading (S)
Producing Single
paragraphs Essays
(Plants, Beans)
nouns (C & P)
Usage/Reading
strategies
(L)
Single Paragraphs
(things that)
topic sentences
nouns (common and
proper)
Usage
Reading Comp
strategies

Keywords:
Expository, Essays


THEME: ESTABLISHING SOUND GROWTH MINDSET PRACTICES THROUGH GROWTH ORIENTED ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS IDENTIFYING THE ELEMENTS OF CULTURE AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN MATHEMATICAL
OPERATIONS, WRITTEN, EXPOSITORY (FACTUAL ESSAYS), ORAL COMUNICATION SKILLS, AND EXPLORING
PLANTS.

Science
Topics:
L- Seeds
Parts of a Seed
Types of Seeds
Requirements for Germination

S- Groups of Plants and their characteristics,
Seed parts and types
Keywords: Cotyledon, Seed, Vascular, Non-
Vascular, Flowering, Non-Flowering
Social Studies
Topics:
Group S:
Culture Notebooks Final
/game design

Group L: Mayan Blitz
Game

Keywords: Government,
Economic System, Social
Structure, Arts &
Literature, Religion,
Customs & Traditions,
Language
Mat h

Concepts:
S & L- Multiplication
Squares

Properties

Patterns

Zero Concept

Number line

Word Problems
Keywords: Synonyms,
Multiplication, Grouping

Anthropologists'

Issue 5
Study Skills
Topics: (strengthening my reading strategies)
Behavior
(Anthropology Card System)
Green- Focused/On target
Yellow-Pondering/stop and think
Pink-Reflecting/note or call home
Orange-Time OUT-visit the director/
disciplinary action.

Spanish
Topics:
Regular Verbs/ Read a verb book
Review Pronouns
Raz Kids (Spanish books) group activities

**** Weekly Student Anthropologists (One
student. Exceptional Academic, Effort,
Behavioral Excellence. Prize: 20 dollars
(classroom money) and photo framed on the
wall for the week)
*** Economic System: Classroom Tickets
(weekly drawing) and Anthropology bucks are
distributed for Discretionary
Academic/Classroom Excellence
***XL Math and Raz Kids (15
minutes each per night)Ms. A & Ms. Logan

Important dates/events

Practice Times Table and Patterns Daily
Friday- Assessment Day
IXL Math (15 minutes a day/4 days)
Wednesday -Physical Education. Students must dress accordingly.
Weekly Art Class
Newspaper Staff begins (Friday afternoon/ opposite to Art rotations)









Group S- Spelling (long o patterns)
1. shown
2.coast
3.spoke
4. throat
5. wrote
6. poem
7. narrow
8. echo
9.goal
10. tomorrow
11. awoke
12.introduce
13.grove
14. cocoa
15.shadow
16.ocean
17.continent
18.geography
19.valley
20.discovery

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