What's Happening In The Classroom!
7:50 to 8:30 - Morning Routine and Morning Circle
-Greet Mrs. Pomerleau
-Unpack, sharpen pencils, hand in anything that may need to be handed in, read morning message, make lunch choice, do homework log, check in with Mrs. Pomerleau
-Join morning circle for class greeting, share, activity, and morning message
-Greet Mrs. Pomerleau
-Unpack, sharpen pencils, hand in anything that may need to be handed in, read morning message, make lunch choice, do homework log, check in with Mrs. Pomerleau
-Join morning circle for class greeting, share, activity, and morning message
8:30 to 9:05 - Social Studies (Science)
Regions of the United States
Test: TBD
upcoming: Science
*Weather Conditions
*Water in the Oceans
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Science
-Go on a nature scavenger hunt. Label or create any representation of what you saw (poetry, essay, art).
-Write and draw about the different habitats that animals live in.
-Imagine you are an animal. Draw or write about your day- what do you do, what do you see, what other animals do you come across?
-Sit outside or talk a walk. Make a list or chart about things that are living or nonliving outside.
-Look up! Draw and write about what you see (moon, stars, sun, clouds)
Social Studies
-Draw a map of your house, backyard, or community. Label the objects on your map.
-Write thank you letter to community helpers.
-Make a personal timeline. Write a narrative or poem about yourself. Create an illustration as well.
-Talk about a family celebration or tradition.
-Draw or write about a place in your community. Tell about what happens there. (bank, grocery store, police station)
-Write and draw about a historical figure or someone that has made a difference in our world.
Test: TBD
upcoming: Science
*Weather Conditions
*Water in the Oceans
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Science
-Go on a nature scavenger hunt. Label or create any representation of what you saw (poetry, essay, art).
-Write and draw about the different habitats that animals live in.
-Imagine you are an animal. Draw or write about your day- what do you do, what do you see, what other animals do you come across?
-Sit outside or talk a walk. Make a list or chart about things that are living or nonliving outside.
-Look up! Draw and write about what you see (moon, stars, sun, clouds)
Social Studies
-Draw a map of your house, backyard, or community. Label the objects on your map.
-Write thank you letter to community helpers.
-Make a personal timeline. Write a narrative or poem about yourself. Create an illustration as well.
-Talk about a family celebration or tradition.
-Draw or write about a place in your community. Tell about what happens there. (bank, grocery store, police station)
-Write and draw about a historical figure or someone that has made a difference in our world.
9:10 to 9:45 - Daily Specials
Monday - music (bring recorders)
Tuesday - art
Wednesday - phys. ed. (wear sneakers)
Thursday - library (bring library books)
Friday - computer
Tuesday - art
Wednesday - phys. ed. (wear sneakers)
Thursday - library (bring library books)
Friday - computer
9:45 to 10:05 - Snack Time
-Please bring a snack each day!
-Please bring a snack each day!
10:05 to 11:05 - Math
My Math
*Most days we will do daily skills practice (usually not on Fridays)
*Most days we will do Fast Math
*We will do mad minutes the last school day of each week
Chapter 8 ~ Fractions
*find factors and multiples of whole numbers
*determine if a number is prime or composite
*explore and find equivalent fractions
*write a fraction in simplest form
*use benchmark fractions to compare and order numbers
*compare and order fractions
*use logical reasoning to solve problems
*represent mixed numbers by decomposing the into a sum of whole numbers and unit fractions
*write mixed numbers and improper fractions
upcoming: benchmark test over chapters 4 and 8
and
Chapter 9 ~ Operations with Fractions
*use models to add fractions
*add like fractions
*use models to subtract fractions
*subtract like fractions
*work backward to solve problems
*add mixed numbers
*subtract mixed numbers
*use models to multiply fractions
*multiply fractions by whole numbers
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Math
-Make a 2 or 3 digit addition or subtraction quiz with at least 10 questions. Include an answer key.
-Create your own 2-step addition/subtraction word problems and solve them.
-Create your own set of fact flash card (addition or subtraction or multiplication whichever you are working on)
-Measure the length of at least 10 different objects in your house.
-Create a table that displays the number of shoes in your house and who they belong to. Make a graph out of this data.
*Most days we will do daily skills practice (usually not on Fridays)
*Most days we will do Fast Math
*We will do mad minutes the last school day of each week
Chapter 8 ~ Fractions
*find factors and multiples of whole numbers
*determine if a number is prime or composite
*explore and find equivalent fractions
*write a fraction in simplest form
*use benchmark fractions to compare and order numbers
*compare and order fractions
*use logical reasoning to solve problems
*represent mixed numbers by decomposing the into a sum of whole numbers and unit fractions
*write mixed numbers and improper fractions
upcoming: benchmark test over chapters 4 and 8
and
Chapter 9 ~ Operations with Fractions
*use models to add fractions
*add like fractions
*use models to subtract fractions
*subtract like fractions
*work backward to solve problems
*add mixed numbers
*subtract mixed numbers
*use models to multiply fractions
*multiply fractions by whole numbers
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Math
-Make a 2 or 3 digit addition or subtraction quiz with at least 10 questions. Include an answer key.
-Create your own 2-step addition/subtraction word problems and solve them.
-Create your own set of fact flash card (addition or subtraction or multiplication whichever you are working on)
-Measure the length of at least 10 different objects in your house.
-Create a table that displays the number of shoes in your house and who they belong to. Make a graph out of this data.
11:10 to 11:35 - Recess
11:40 to 12:05 - Lunch
11:40 to 12:05 - Lunch
12:10 to 12:20 - Quiet Time
-Finish up any work that needs to be completed
-Read to self or free draw
-Finish up any work that needs to be completed
-Read to self or free draw
12:20 to 1:30 - Literacy
(Reading, Writing, English, Spelling, and Penmanship)
Reading: The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling - working with vocabulary words,
comprehension questions, and extended thinking questions
upcoming: Frindle by Andrew Clements - working on writing summaries as well as inferring and other activities to stretch our reading minds
Writing:
Lucy Calkins writing - opinion
English:
*We will review skills that we focused on throughout the school through daily language review (DLR) and daily paragraph editing
(DPE).
*We also try to do word ladders about once a week. These word ladders help students to work with vocabulary.
Penmanship:
*We continue to focus on the letter form in our print handwriting as well as practicing our cursive writing through writing our names in cursive and our homework in our homework logs in cursive.
Spelling:
*We are doing our fourth grade spelling program, but we will continue to focus on our fourth grade no excuse words.
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Language Arts
-Read for at least 20 minutes and then choose a response to write:
-Text to self connection: Does the story remind you of something that has happened in your life.
-Favorite part: What was your favorite part of the story? Why?
-Character:Think about the main character. What are six words to describe your character?
-Problem and solution: What is the problem in the story and how was it solved?
-Write a letter: Pick a character in the story to write a letter to. Give the character advice or ask him/her questions.
-Summary: Write a summary of the book.
-Compare and contrast: Compare a character to yourself. How are you similar? How are you different?
-Text to text connection: Does this story remind you of another book you have read? Why?
-Different Ending: Write a different ending to the story or write what might happen next.
-Main Idea and Details: What is the main idea of the text" What are 3 supporting details?
-Questioning:What questions did you have before you read? What questions did you have while reading? What questions did you have after you read the text?
-Sequence of Events: What are the four main events of the story? How does the story begin and end? Make sure you use transition words: First, Next, Then, Last.
-Write a letter to someone special.
-Write a book review for your favorite book
-Write a report about your favorite animal
-Write a book to teach someone how to do something
-Compare two books you have read. How are they alike? How are they different?
-Interview someone at home and write a biography about them.
-Write and draw a comic strip.
comprehension questions, and extended thinking questions
upcoming: Frindle by Andrew Clements - working on writing summaries as well as inferring and other activities to stretch our reading minds
Writing:
Lucy Calkins writing - opinion
English:
*We will review skills that we focused on throughout the school through daily language review (DLR) and daily paragraph editing
(DPE).
*We also try to do word ladders about once a week. These word ladders help students to work with vocabulary.
Penmanship:
*We continue to focus on the letter form in our print handwriting as well as practicing our cursive writing through writing our names in cursive and our homework in our homework logs in cursive.
Spelling:
*We are doing our fourth grade spelling program, but we will continue to focus on our fourth grade no excuse words.
Non Electronic Ideas from Our "Let's Keep Learning" Web Page
Language Arts
-Read for at least 20 minutes and then choose a response to write:
-Text to self connection: Does the story remind you of something that has happened in your life.
-Favorite part: What was your favorite part of the story? Why?
-Character:Think about the main character. What are six words to describe your character?
-Problem and solution: What is the problem in the story and how was it solved?
-Write a letter: Pick a character in the story to write a letter to. Give the character advice or ask him/her questions.
-Summary: Write a summary of the book.
-Compare and contrast: Compare a character to yourself. How are you similar? How are you different?
-Text to text connection: Does this story remind you of another book you have read? Why?
-Different Ending: Write a different ending to the story or write what might happen next.
-Main Idea and Details: What is the main idea of the text" What are 3 supporting details?
-Questioning:What questions did you have before you read? What questions did you have while reading? What questions did you have after you read the text?
-Sequence of Events: What are the four main events of the story? How does the story begin and end? Make sure you use transition words: First, Next, Then, Last.
-Write a letter to someone special.
-Write a book review for your favorite book
-Write a report about your favorite animal
-Write a book to teach someone how to do something
-Compare two books you have read. How are they alike? How are they different?
-Interview someone at home and write a biography about them.
-Write and draw a comic strip.
1:30 to 2:00 - Wrap up the Day/Study Hall
*Read Aloud: This may happen at any point during the day and will happen daily.
Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan
2:00 - Closing Circle and Going Home Routine