Are you interested in peeking ahead at what we're learning? Take a look at my lesson plans. (I'm still learning the program, so it won't be perfect right away.)
http://planbook.com/student?t=1016552&k=Mustangs
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Here's the planner for the week. Your child should have a page that looks just like this in their planner!
Red Ribbon Week:
Margaret Scott Elementary is celebrating Red Ribbon Week from Friday, October 25 through Thursday, October 31. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.
http://redribbon.org/
- Friday, 10/25- Be proud! Wear school colors red and black.
- Monday, 10/28- Follow your dreams. Wear your pajamas.
- Tuesday, 10/29- Be active! Wear your favorite sports jersey or team colors.
- Wednesday, 10/30- Be YOU! Wear wacky or crazy socks!
- Thursday, 10/31- Dress for Success! Wear what you want to be when you grow up.
MATH
Do you need an extra copy of the ABC Models worksheet? Here's a link to it. You can find things like this in the Resources section of our class web page.
Mystery Bottle
The question for this week is, "How in the world does that mystery bottle work?" Your assignment is to create a scientific report describing your conclusions. Using everything you know (and no, you cannot destroy the bottle to examine its interior) to make your best guess and support it.Don't worry. I will teach you how to do this and give you examples.
Here is the scoring guide for your report. We will add details to this as we work on the assignment this week.
- Superior (6): Your report is not only complete and makes sense, but you have added research and made a working model of your idea. It includes everything below.
- Exceeds (5): Your report is complete and makes sense. You have added something to extend your understanding that is not required to meet.
- Meets (4): Your report is complete and makes sense. Headings are used to separate your sections.
- Assignment heading is complete.
- Observation is labeled and describes, in complete sentences, what you saw before doing any tests.
- One question is asked that can be answered by testing. The question is answered somewhere in the report.
- A hypothesis gives a possible answer to the question. For this project, your hypothesis should include a written paragraph, and a drawing with labels.
- The experiment or work section is complete:
- A table neatly lists both experiments and results.
- At least ____ experiments are listed.
- You analyze your information.
- Each experiment is explained: "When we _____, _____ happened. This tells me that ______."
- A conclusion answers your question.
- A paragraph describes your idea in words.
- A drawing clearly shows your thinking.
- Labels adorn your drawing.
- Developing (3): You included all of the headings above, but left out information. It is mostly complete, but may not make connections from one idea to the next.
- Emerging (2): You have some information from the experiment we did. There are headings on your paper. At least one detail makes sense and shows understanding.
- Beginning (1): You wrote a report with some headings. It has something to do with the Mystery Bottle.
Vocabulary:
Every week, we pile on a list of words that we have learned. Every time one of these words is used, we get to add a rock to our jar. (Help me remember to do this!) On Friday, I send home a list of words from the week to study. We've been studying them all week. This is just the last push to learn them for Monday. Every Monday, we will have a vocabulary quiz. They will look different each week.
- hybrid
- algorithm
- catastrophic
- projection
- decomposer
- ecosystem
- exposure
- hydrated
- Significant
- Drake
- Elaborate
- Oblivious
- Margin
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