Marking Period 1 Unifying Questions, Content Area Information and Technology Tuesday Websites
Unifying Questions
Week One: How can responsibilities be shared to reach a group goal?
Week Two: What steps do you take to reach a group goal?
Week Three: How do relationships among parts within a whole help define the whole?
Week Four: How do we know if our group is working productively?
Weeks Five & Six: How does analyzing relationships among parts help make sense of the whole?
Week Seven: How does analyzing help make meaning or inferences?
Weeks Eight & Nine: How do I analyze?
Focus Skills
Analysis (critical thinking skill) Breaking down a whole into parts and examining the parts so that the whole is understood.
Collaboration (academic success skill) Working effectively and respectfully to reach a group goal.
Content Areas
MATH
-Use flexible methods of computation to group, compose and decompose
-Represent number patterns and relationships in a variety of ways
-Perimeter is a one-dimensional measure
-Area is a two-dimensional measure
READING
-Apply phonics and word analysis
-skills to support reading fluency and comprehension
-Use strategies to promote understanding of vocabulary
-Use strategies and structure of literary and informational text to facilitate comprehension
-The literary genre we will be studying is REALISTIC FICTION. Students will be reading realistic fiction novels.
SCIENCE
-Understand, observe and measure changes in position and motion
-Learn and utilize the engineering design to address a technology problem
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Learn the essential roles of government, individuals, and groups and society functions Interpret historical events using multiple sources
Technology Tuesday Websites
Week One
“Cargo Security” Practicing basic addition facts: select facts 2-9.
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition/cargo.html
Week Two
“Speed Grid Challenge”: Change the number of questions to 15 and the amount of time to 4 minutes. Play 5 rounds and adjust time as necessary.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/speedgrid/addition/urikaadd2res.html
Week Three
Adding http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html
Week Four
“Speed Grid Challenge” Subtraction: Change the number of questions to 15 and the amount of time to 5 minutes. Play 5 rounds and adjust time as necessary. http://resources.oswego.org/games/SpeedGrid/Subtraction/urikasub2res.html
Week Five
“100 hunt” Subtracting 11
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntminus11.html
Week Six
1. Select “Area”
2.Select “level 1”
3.Use repeated addition to help you find the area of the rectangles. You may need a piece of paper to solve the problems.
http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html
Week Six
“Alien Munchtime Multiplication” Please select the following facts to practice: 2,5 and 10’s
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/multiplication/alienmunchmult.html
Week Seven
Patty’s Paints: You will play three rounds: first select the 2 facts, for the second round and then select the 5 facts and for the third round select the tens facts
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/pattys-paints
Week Eight
Farmer Fred’s Pumpkin Patch: You will play three rounds: first select the 2 facts,for the second round select the 5 facts and for the third round select the tens facts.
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/pumpkin-patch
Week One: How can responsibilities be shared to reach a group goal?
Week Two: What steps do you take to reach a group goal?
Week Three: How do relationships among parts within a whole help define the whole?
Week Four: How do we know if our group is working productively?
Weeks Five & Six: How does analyzing relationships among parts help make sense of the whole?
Week Seven: How does analyzing help make meaning or inferences?
Weeks Eight & Nine: How do I analyze?
Focus Skills
Analysis (critical thinking skill) Breaking down a whole into parts and examining the parts so that the whole is understood.
Collaboration (academic success skill) Working effectively and respectfully to reach a group goal.
Content Areas
MATH
-Use flexible methods of computation to group, compose and decompose
-Represent number patterns and relationships in a variety of ways
-Perimeter is a one-dimensional measure
-Area is a two-dimensional measure
READING
-Apply phonics and word analysis
-skills to support reading fluency and comprehension
-Use strategies to promote understanding of vocabulary
-Use strategies and structure of literary and informational text to facilitate comprehension
-The literary genre we will be studying is REALISTIC FICTION. Students will be reading realistic fiction novels.
SCIENCE
-Understand, observe and measure changes in position and motion
-Learn and utilize the engineering design to address a technology problem
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Learn the essential roles of government, individuals, and groups and society functions Interpret historical events using multiple sources
Technology Tuesday Websites
Week One
“Cargo Security” Practicing basic addition facts: select facts 2-9.
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition/cargo.html
Week Two
“Speed Grid Challenge”: Change the number of questions to 15 and the amount of time to 4 minutes. Play 5 rounds and adjust time as necessary.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/speedgrid/addition/urikaadd2res.html
Week Three
Adding http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html
Week Four
“Speed Grid Challenge” Subtraction: Change the number of questions to 15 and the amount of time to 5 minutes. Play 5 rounds and adjust time as necessary. http://resources.oswego.org/games/SpeedGrid/Subtraction/urikasub2res.html
Week Five
“100 hunt” Subtracting 11
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntminus11.html
Week Six
1. Select “Area”
2.Select “level 1”
3.Use repeated addition to help you find the area of the rectangles. You may need a piece of paper to solve the problems.
http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html
Week Six
“Alien Munchtime Multiplication” Please select the following facts to practice: 2,5 and 10’s
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/multiplication/alienmunchmult.html
Week Seven
Patty’s Paints: You will play three rounds: first select the 2 facts, for the second round and then select the 5 facts and for the third round select the tens facts
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/pattys-paints
Week Eight
Farmer Fred’s Pumpkin Patch: You will play three rounds: first select the 2 facts,for the second round select the 5 facts and for the third round select the tens facts.
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/pumpkin-patch