Monday, April 27, 2015

Tues.

HTuesday, CCSS practice math, Proofreading, OT centers

Tuesday

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, 2 Laps, Stretches
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity ->
9:15AM BLOCK 1 Math Groups (A+B)
10:00AM Snack
10:15-10:30 Morning Recess
BLOCK 2 English Language Arts, 3 Groups
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break
12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Occupational Therapy Centers (Gross/Fine Motors) & Indpendent Projects
1:40 Level Rewards (Behavioral reward incentive)

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
04/28/15

Monday, Word probs, vocab, personal narratives!

Monday, monday

Monday, Test Practice, Library, CPs

Morning Meets, Greets
8:50AM Morning Work Activity -> Word GAME
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH
10:00AM Recess
10:15-10:30 Morning Recess
BLOCK 2 Computer LAB
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break
12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Personal Narratives "How to hook your reader"
1:40 Level Rewards

Monday, April 27, 2015
04/27/2015

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9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

We will continue prep for the SBAC and also working on common core material, with a continued emphasis on solving multi-step problems (critical thinking).

"The Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests are available to schools and districts for practice and training purposes, professional development activities, and for discussions with parents, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders."

Sample problem:

Nicky has 4 packs of pencils. Each pack contains 15 pencils. In each pack, 5 pencils are blue and the rest green.

Create a bar graph to show how many of each color pencil Nicky has.

Click the graph to show where the top of the bar should go.

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BLOCK 2 Computer LAB

Part 1 (20 minutes)
Students will practice leveled typing skills in the computer lab. This prepares them for moving up a grade and also addressing disabilities that inhibit writing performance (handwriting) to increase writing production.

During each stage, a fun character guides typists throughout the stage and reward students with a song-and-dance upon completion.

Spelling City Vocab/spell words of the week:

Part 2 (30 minutes)
Students will learn new vocabulary words through games and practice. This is going with our end of year writing theme: personal narratives.

1. personal
2. narrative
3. hook
4. literary device
5. sensory
6. convey
7. audience
8. sequence
9. transition

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BLOCK 3 Personal Narratives "How to hook your reader"

This presentation will introduce 6 different types of "hooks" or leads into a story. This can be used with personal narratives as well as research papers. There are also slides at the end that the kids will have to read and decide which "hook" the writer has chosen to use.

Later date....

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Thurs: MATH< LITERATURE/POEMS>ART

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, 2 Laps/Stretches, wake up
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity ->
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH TABLE WORK & KHAN

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 Literature "National Poetry Month"

11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 ART SESSION
1:40 Level Rewards

Thursday, April 23, 2015
04/23/201

9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH TABLE WORK & KHAN

Table:

CA, AS, MB, AC, JAG

Khan

AD, JO, FO, MM

Students are working in Khan, check out their progress from Tuesday!!

BLOCK 2 Literature "National Poetry Month"

[PART 1]

I AM/Diamante Completion

Objective: Students will complete their poetry projects by typing the finished project.

Activity: Writing & Typing

Assess: Work sample

[PART 2]

Literature

Read Chapter: Mr. Coombes "Boy"

Complete the chapter & chapter assessment

"WANTED"poster

BLOCK 3 ART

Objective: Students wil participate in 2 centers for ART (recycled paper Sculpture & origami)

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

WEDS

Morning Meets, Laps/Stretches
9:00AM BLOCK 1 Counseling Groups & Small group work
10:00 Snack/Recess
10:30 BLOCK 2 WRITING (NARRATIVES)
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break
12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 GARBAGE COLLECTING & PE
1:40 Level Rewards

Wednesday, April 22, 2015
04/22/2015

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” -- Cree Indian proverb

BLOCK 1: DIAMANTE POEMS/GRAMMAR REVIEW

Objectives:
Students will be able to:
• Participate in a discussion of the grammatical concepts noun, verb, adjective
• Listen and watch attentively as a diamante is explained and modeled
• Create a first draft of a diamante that illustrates topics of their choice
• Edit and revise the first
• Use the specific format to publish their diamante

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

 Adjective - A word that describes something or someone. Examples of adjectives include juicy, musical, red, bitter, and soft.

 Adverb - These words describe a verb (an action), and usually end in "ly". Examples of adverbs include slowly, gingerly, angrily, and badly.

 Noun - A person, place or thing. Baby, house, cupboard, and puppy are all examples of nouns.

 Plural Noun - Plural means that there is more than one of it. Cats, mice, houses, and shoes are some examples of plural nouns.

 Verb - A verb is an action, or something that someone does. Examples of verbs include run, walk, dance, and jump.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Monday

Monday, monday

Monday, Test Practice, Library, CPs

Morning Meets, Greets
8:50AM Morning Work Activity -> Create a Doodle and Sentence
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH
10:00AM Recess
10:15-10:30 Morning Recess
BLOCK 2 Computer Research Work
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break
12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Earth Day:
1:40 Level Rewards

Monday, April 20, 2015
04/20/2015

9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH

Group work:

2nd Grade: Math game (operation practice)
Using Dice, two students will take turns practice basic operations

3rd/4th GRADE: SBAC PRACTICE (Multi-step critical thinking problems)
http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm
Five swimmers compete in the 50-meter race. The finish time for each swimmer is shown in the video.

Explain how the results of the race would change if the race used a clock that rounded to the nearest tenth.

BLOCK 2 Computer Research Work

Block 3 Garbage ART

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Just the schedule... more to come... if I have time...

Math, ELA. DAnce

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, 2 Laps/Stretches, wake up
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity ->
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH (SBAC Practice=4th Graders +khan)

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 Literature "National Poetry Month"

11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Dance, Dance, Dance!!
1:40 Level Rewards

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Tuesday

Tuesday, CCSS practice math, Proofreading, OT centers

Tuesday

9:15AM BLOCK 1 Math Groups (A+B)

A) Table work, math concepts
B) khanacademy fractions/other places

9:15AM BLOCK 2 Literature

2nd Graders; Continue DOW and QUOTE response work
3rd READ/Write SBAC practice
4th Read/Write SBAC practice

Monday, April 13, 2015

Monday, monday

Monday, Test Practice, Library, CPs

Morning Meets, Greets
8:50AM Morning Work Activity -> Create a Doodle and Sentence
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH GAMES
10:00AM Recess
10:15-10:30 Morning Recess
BLOCK 2 Computer Research Work
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break
12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Earth Day: Should we eat bugs?
1:40 Level Rewards

Monday, April 13, 2015
04/13/2015

9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH GAMES

Fraction bingo (review/assess)

BLOCK 2 Computer Research Work

Computer lab work.

Continuing country/state research (culture focused)

Working independently or with staff support, will utilize the internet to answer a series of questions regarding the students chosen place.

BLOCK 3 Earth Day: Should we eat bugs?

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-eat-bugs-emma-bryce#review

Objective: To get students thinking about environmental topics, engage them with surprising material, view nonfiction text, responses, and questions. Interactive lesson.

Activity: Watch Video, (review), students follow along with the quiz questions in front of them for previewing. Leveled Responses for homework.

Assess: Quiz results, response questions.

Modifications: Verbal responses (dictations), read aloud to, big print, etc.

TED ED Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce

Let’s Begin…

What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. You may feel icky about munching on insects, but they feed about 2 billion people each day (Mmm, fried tarantulas). They also hold promise for food security and the environment. Emma Bryce makes a compelling case for dining on bugs.

Questions During the Short Video:

How many people eat bugs worldwide?

The ___________ historically enjoyed beetle larvae.

When did our attitude towards eating bugs begin to change?

How many different insect species do people eat around the world?

Which part of the world currently eats insects the most?

Some insects are made of up to 80% protein (True/False).

List some creative ways for changing people’s perception of bugs as pests.

What negative environmental impacts could be associated with foraging for and farming bugs?

How could insect farming address some of the problems associated with food insecurity?

Response question:

Do you believe that more people around the world could be successfully convinced to include insects in their diet? Whether you answer yes or no, explain why you think this is the case.