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Whats Happening in Room 170 for the Week of 10/2/17

From Mrs. Schaller: Here are this weeks curriculum notes.

Readers Workshop p Writers

We are now in our second week with summarizing Workshop
fiction. Students will bridge to more independent
Students are busy writing summaries in THIS WEEK:
practice as they read a short passage and construct
conjunction with Readers Workshop this Mon 10/2 -PE, Sneakers!
their own summary sundaes.
During independent reading students will summarize week. Grammar lessons will focus on Day 3
and identify character traits. As your child reads adjectives and adverbs. Towards the end of Tues 10/3
each night, encourage a discussion about character the week Miss. Sweeney will take the lead Day 4
traits and ask them to summarize chapters. for our narrative unit. She will facilitate -Stroud Trip!
mini-lessons that guide students through -wear red shirt,
Wed 10/4
Learning Target(s): writing a personal narrative. I will follow sneakers,
Day 1
I can infer character traits in a text based along and co-teach at various points. This comfortable
on a characters feelings, actions, dialogue, unit will last the entire month of October. clothing
and thoughts. Thurs 10/5 -Ch. 2 Math Test
I can use specific details from the text to Learning Target(s): Day 2
describe characters, settings, and events. I can write a complete sentence Fri 9/22
I can summarize a text using the most with capitals and punctuation. Day 3
important details from the beginning, middle, I can add sensory details to my
and end. writing.
I can introduce a narrator,
characters, and the events to UPCOMING
start the story in motion. DATES:
I can determine parts of speech in
a sentence (adjective, adverb).
10/12- 4th Grade Trip to
Hopewell/ French Creek

4+6=10 Mathematics BdSci./S.S.JV

We will spend Monday and Tuesday reviewing for the Chapter

2 Assessment. Students will bring home their corrected
Study Guides tomorrow to review. The assessment will take
place on Thursday, and Friday will be our pre-test day for
Chapter 3. Chapter 3 focuses on multi-digit multplication and
long division with and without regrouping. I HIGHLY
recommend logging into the online textbook to see how the
lessons work through these topics. The chapter 3 vocab quiz
will be Wednesday, October 11th.
Learning Target(s):
There are no new learning targets this week.
This week Miss. Sweeney will focus on Chapter
One in the social studies text. Lessons include:
What Kind of Place is Pennsylvania has sections
including: hills and valleys, Allegheny Mountains,
ocean, river, and lake ports, river systems,
plants and animals, climate, and movement of
people, goods, and ideas. Specials
Schedule
Regions focuses on PAs regions: Atlantic
Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Ridge and Valley, Day 1- Art Day 2-
Allegheny Plateau, and Lake Erie Coastal Plain. Music

PLEASE have your child continue to review the

These lessons will continue into next week.
difference between factors and multiples. That
seems to be the biggest holdup when we began Learning Target(s): Day 3- PE Day 4-
reviewing today. I am sending home a practice sheet I can interpret political and physical Library
tonight for homework that is due Wednesday. This is maps, locate places/features by
a MUST DO assignment. using legends, keys, latitude,
longitudes, the compass rose, map
scale and grids. .
I can differentiate Pennsylvania
Regions in terms of landforms,
climates, natural resources,
businesses, and people.

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