Some wonderful fun was had in Art today. The kids painted their faces!
This week we studied plant structures and have been working on a project to record our learning. I will include the notes we collected as a class, as some students will need to finish the project for homework next week. This week we also studied compound sentences which we will continue next week, and we finished our study of theme. In math 4th graders studied how to solve two step word problems, while 5th graders studied multiplication and division of decimals.
Plant Structure notes Roots secure the plant in the ground and store nutrients. Water and minerals move upward from the roots through the xylem to the rest of the plant. Stems support leaves and and flowers, and transport water and minerals from the roots through the xylem, as well as transport food (glucose) from the leaves through the phloem to be stored in the roots Leaf does the job of manufacturing food (glucose) by means of photosynthesis. The leave uses carbon dioxide, that it gathers through tiny holes called stomata, and water with energy from the sun to make sugars (glucose) that the plant uses as food. The leaf's cuticle protects it from water loss, while the chloroplast that contain green chlorophyll collects energy from the sun for photosynthesis. Flowers are responsible for reproduction. The male parts of the flower, the stamen contains pollen which is gathered by pollinators like bees. The bees fly to a new plant and deposit the pollen on the pisitil of a new flower. The pollen falls down the tube into the ovary where the ovules (eggs) combine with the pollen to create a seed. The seed will turn into a new plant. This week we learned about cells, particularly how animal and plant cells are similar and different. The following pictures are of a few of the kids showing off their hard work on Friday. Remember to check their planner nightly to see what they have been learning on a daily basis.
The file above is a short clip of the kids stacking cups in P.E.
Welcome back! We are all excited for a new school year!
This week we are getting into routines, learning about homework expectations, and taking beginning of the year assessments. In addition, we are studying maps and discussing themes of stories. By Wednesday we will begin math by brushing up on our math facts. Ask your student about the "You Rock" recognition and their Avatars. These are our incentives for positive behavior in the classroom. This week we will go on an adventure. We will learn about early explorers to Colorado, and read a primary acount written by John Charles Fre'mont, who visited Ft Collins before it was a city. Of course, like any expedition we will need some artistic rendering of what we will encounter. In math 4th and 5th graders are studying division.
This week's vocabulary: vigorous, inadvertently, inclined, rapidity, scrupulously This week's learning targets: - I can identify the main idea and support my conclusion with details from the text _ I can use reasons and evidence to describe how and why explorers explored - I can write an essay using quotations from primary sources - I can use transition words and phrases in my writing - I can use terms, examples, names, numbers, dates and illustrations to support my writing - I can answer questions about Colorado regions using maps and other geographic tools. - I can illustrate how places in Colorado have changed and developed over time. - I can describe how physical environment provides opportunities for and places constraints on human activities. Math -4th I can estimate quotients for 4-digit dividends - 4th I can apply what I know about dividing items into equal groups to solve problems - 4th I can sort objects into equal-sized groups to divide - 4th I can divide by thinking about multiplication, estimation, and place value -5th I can use models to help find quotients - 5th I can find quotients of whole numbers - 5th I can find the quotient when the divisor is a multiple of ten - 5th I can decide where to place the first digit of the quotient when I divide whole numbers Things to remember: - Look at and sign your students planner. This is a great time to ask them about the day's learning target This week we will explore why parents and offspring have similarities. We will also continue to learn how to determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues. We will also be starting to determine one or more main ideas and supporting our inferences with details.
This week's vocabulary: gene, inherit, chromosomes, trait, transfer This week's learning targets: - I can describe why parents and offspring have similarities - I can determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues - I can identify one or more main ideas for a text and prove the main idea with details from the text - I can explain the cause-and-effect relationship in the interactions amoung people and cultures that lived in or migrated to Colorado - I can use transition words and phrases in my writing - I can use terms, examples, names, numbers, dates and illustrations to support my writing Math -4th will continue to multiply double digit numbers -5th will continue to multiply with decimals Things to remember: - Winter Festival is this SATURDAY! - Look at and sign your students planner. This is a great time to ask them about the day's learning target This week we will explore the similarities and differences of Colorado's Mountain and Plains Tribes. We will also continue to learn about first and third person point of view. We will be really honing this skill this week so that we can identify the clues that tell us what point of view a story is narrated from, and be able to compare and contrast aspects of different points of view.
Additionally, we have begun sharpening our skills with multiplication facts. Last week we mastered our 9's, and this week we will work on 8's. Please quiz them in the evenings. Once they have proven they know all the facts for the week they will not "have to" study them further that week, but of course that is the classroom and your family is encouraged to review the facts as often as you deem helpful to your student. This week's vocabulary: first person point of view, third person point of view, This week's learning targets: - I can describe point of view as first or third person - I can identify how a person's point of view influences how events are described - I can identify details that give a clue to point of view - I can distinguish between a character's dialouge and a narrator's point of view - I can use transition words and phrases in my writing - I can use terms, examples, names, numbers, dates and illustrations to support my writing - I can describe similarities and differences of Colorado's Mountain and Plain Tribes Math -4th I can use rounding to estimate products and check my answer is reasonable - 4th I can use place value and a property of operations to multiply larger numbers - 4th I can use place value and partial products to help multiply -5th I can use rounding to estimate products and check my answer is reasonable - 5th I can multiply 3-digit by 2-digit numbers - 5th I can multiply numbers that have a zero in them. - 5th I can multiply 3-digit by 2-digit numbers using the standard algoritm Things to remember: - Please keep Halloween candy at home as it interfers with their learning - Look at and sign your students planner. This is a great time to ask them about the day's learning target This week we will explore how and why things move. We will also learn about first and third person point of view, and we will continue reading "My Side of the Mountain," this week to learn about point of view. Enjoy the photos of students hard at work researching and creating timeline event cards.
This week's vocabulary: first person point of view, third person point of view, force, friction, gravity, crest, trough, wavelength This week's learning targets: - I can describe point of view as first or third person - I can identify how a person's point of view influences how events are described - I can use transition words and phrases in my writing - I can use terms, examples, names, numbers, and dates to support my writing - I can describe how and why things move Math -4th I can use rounding to estimate products and check my answer is reasonable - 4th I can use place value and a property of operations to multiply larger numbers - 4th I can use mental math strategies based on place value and properties of operations to multiply - 4th I can use tools and multiplication strategies to help find products. - 4th I can use place value and partial products to help multiply - 5th I can use mental math to multiply a whole number by a power of 10 - 5th I can estimate products using mental math - 5th I can multiply 3-digit by 2-digit numbers - 5th I can multiply numbers that have a zero in them. Things to remember: -Look at and sign your students planner. This is a great time to ask them about the day's learning target |
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