SeptOctEnglish


 * What We Have Learned in September and October **

Building a Classroom Community & Classroom expectations & 3 rules of life & We are all unique & We all learn differently & We think about our own learning

Science & Applying the scientific method & Control group and variables & Understanding the functions of each plant part & Photosynthesis- Plants make their own food & Pollination- Flowers and bees depend on each other

Math & Read, write, order and represent whole numbers and their place values up to 999,000 & Number patterns & Number lines & Comparing numbers & Writing a number sentence to solve a problem (this will continue) & Rounding to the nearest 10 (this will continue) & Reading and creating a pictograph and bar graph & Collecting data for graphs with connections to nutrition

Reading & Introduction of 4 main reading strategies for content- predict, clarify, question, summarize (these will be used all year long) & Reading silently without stopping for 20 minutes (our goal is 30 minutes) & Choosing a book at our level & Reading in both English and Spanish, which will continue all year long & Reading groups and how to follow our plan pages for them & MOTR groups for extra practice (you should have received information in the mail) & Determining an author’s purpose with evidence from the text

Writing & Brainstorming ideas &  Writing a plan page (4 square) & Writing a rough draft & Writing an introduction with an opening statement and a preview sentence & Writing details to support a main idea & Writing in both Spanish and English, which will continue all year long