Number -
Combinations for 10 and 100,
Number Puzzles,

Math Games:
"1 to 12 and Back", "Salute", "Plus-Minus-Stay the Same"

Math Vocabulary

Problem Solving

Number -
Number Strings, Addition and Subtraction Strategies, 300 Chart

Math Games:

"Go Collecting", "Close to 100", "Pig",

Problem Solving

The Writing Process

Pre-Writing
Drafting

Making it Interesting

Personal Narrative
Poetry

Writing for the Timeline

Editing
Peer Editing
Revising

We finished the Timelines

Revising
Word Choice - using words that are more interesting

Adding details to create pictures in the reader's minds

 

Find a "Just Right" book (Five-finger Rule)

Learning how to write reading logs

Strategies for ACTIVE readers:
Make predictions,
Ask questions,
Check for meaning,
Make pictures in your head,
Make Connections

Using Post-It Notes to mark uses of Strategies

Reading Logs:
Venn Diagrams,
Double-sided entries

Writing Summaries

Introduced Partner Reading

More Partner Reading

Elements of Literature -
Setting

Read Around - practicing fluency in using voice and pitch to make it interesting to listen to, using punctuation and expression

Elements of Lit. -
Setting and Character description

Partner reading
Read Around

What is a system?

What do Scientists Do?

Skeletal System

Group research on Circulatory, Respiratory, Nervous and Digestive Systems

Our Questions:
What are the parts of the system?
How do the parts work together?
How do changes effect the system?

Presentations on Systems Research

Questions from the class about the systems