ELAR:  We will continue to summarize the main idea and supporting details in text.  We will also revise and edit different genre passages using high-yield strategies that demonstrate our thinking.
Math: We will continue to use strategies and algorithms to solve with fluency one- and two-step problems involving all operations.  Students will be asked to represent through strategy use, including array, area models, standard algorithms, and/or equations, how to solve word contexts problems.  

Science: We will continue to describe and illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of the Earth through the water cycle.  We will also analyze data passages in order to identify sequences and predict changes in the Moon over time.

Texas History:  We will identify the impact of various issues and events on life in Texas.  We will explain the development and impact of oil and gas industry upon industrialization and urbanization in Texas.  We will also identify the accomplishments of notable individuals in Texas, including Pattillo Higgins and Spindletop.

 

Website for Strip Diagam:  The below link will take you to MathPlayground.  This website allows students to represent math contexts problems using strip diagram representations.  Please take time to navigate and play the addition and subtraction as well as the multiplication and division sections.  You may allow download the app to a table for free that is compatible. 

ELAR: We will summarize the main idea and supporting details in text. We will also revise and edit different genre passages.
Math: We will represent the product of up to 4 by 1 and 2 by 2 multiplication problems. We will use strategies and algorithms to solve with fluency one-and two-step problems involving multiplication.
Science: We will describe and illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of the Earth through the water cycle. We will also analyze data passages in order to identify sequences and predict changes in the Moon over time.
Texas History:  We will describe how inventions changed and improved the life in Texas cities in the early 1900s, explain why people were immigrating to Texas cities, and describe how specialization and division of labor helped workers make products quickly.

 

SPRING BREAK March 9th through 13th.

ELAR:  We will summarize the main  idea and supporting details in text.  We will also revise and edit different genre passages.

Math:  We will represent the product of up to 4 by 1 and 2 by 2 multiplication problems.  We will use strategies and algorithms to solve with fluency one-and two-step problems involving multiplication.

Science:  We will describe and illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of the Earth through the water cycle.  We will also analyze data passages in order to identify sequences and predict changes in the Moon over time.

Texas History:  We will identify and explain reasons why people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present.

ELAR:  We will make inferences about text and summarize information using textual evidence to support understanding.  We will also recognize and use commas in compound sentences and quotation marks in three different types of sentences.

Math:  We will identify relative sizes of measurement and solve problems that deal with measurement by converting within the same measurement system.

Science:  We will observe and record changes in simulated weather and make predictions using weather  maps, weather symbols, and a map key.

Texas History:  We will identify and explain the impact of the cattle industry, including patterns and clusters of settlements in Texas.

ELAR: We will make inferences about text and summarize the information using textual evidence to support understanding. We will also revise and edit drafts or excerpts using high-yield strategies to demonstrate our thinking.
Math: We will continue working with fractions in connect to decimals.  We will represent and order decimals using concrete ad visual models to the tenths and hundredths.  We will also add and subtract whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm.
Science: We will identify and classify Earth's renewable and nonrenewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals; and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas; and the importance of conservation.
Texas History: We will describe the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Texas.  We will also describe how the free enterprise system works, including supply and demand.

 

Important Information:

Scholastic Book Fair Begins February 5th

Lunch and Learn February 9th with Mrs. Adams (contact office for details)

Progress Reports February 10th

 

ELAR: We will make inferences about text and summarize the information using textual evidence to support understanding.  We will also revise and edit drafts or excerpts using high-yield strategies to demonstrate our thinking.

Math: We will continue to explore fractions through representations.  We will add, subtract, and compare fractions and their relationship to 1.  We will look at fractional comparisons when the numerators and denominators are different.

Science:  We will observe and identify slow changes to Earth's surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice.

Texas History:  We will identify and explain the events that led to the annexation of Texas.

ELAR: We will make inferences about text and summarize information using textual evidence to support understanding.  We will also revise and edit drafts using high-yield strategies to demonstrate our understanding.

Math: We will represent and determine if two factions are equivalent using a variety of methods.  We will also solve addition and subtraction fraction problems.  

Science: We will take our science benchmark on Tuesday.

Texas History: We will take our Texas History benchmark on Wednesday.

 

Our annual Bass Hall "Cowboys and Culture" Field Trip will begin at 8:30 am on Thursday, January 22nd.  Please make sure you have paid and placed your Fuddrucker's order.

 

The Spelling Bee will take place on Friday, January 23rd at 9:00 am.

ELAR: We will summarize the main idea versus supporting sentences, distinguish fact from opinion, and explain how to verify facts using a wide variety of mentor texts.

Math:  We will represent multi-step problems using a strip diagram.  We will also begin representing, decomposing, and modeling fractional values using expanded notation and numerals.  We will also record our fraction results with symbolic representations.

Science:  We will examine the properties of soil, including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and the ability to support the growth of plants.  We will explore, observe, and identify slow changes to Earth's surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice.

Texas History:  We will connect the causes, major events, and effects of the Texas Revolution to the events that led up to the annexation of Texas.

 

We will also have two major benchmarks this week on the 14th ELAR 9-11 and 15th Math 8-10.  

ELAR: We will continue to describe explicit and implicit relationships among ideas in texts by looking at poetry, lyrics, and narrative texts. We will look for silent letters found in common spelling/literature.
Math: We will look at expanded form and how subtracting whole numbers up to 1,000,000,000 are impacted by expanded form, number line form, and the standard algorithm. We will also look at various ways to represent subtraction and compare each strategy to the other strategies.
Science: We will observe, identify, and describe the properties of soil.
Texas History: We will analyze the causes, major events, and affects of the Texas Revolution using a comic form to represent our knowledge.