ELA
Math
Science
- Grammar: Combining sentences (subject & predicate nouns)
- Sentences can be combined using the word and to join two nouns in the subject or predicate.
- Leave out any words that repeat and make sure that subjects and verbs agree.
- Writing: Folktale (imaginative narrative)
- Students have been learning about different folktales during library lessons.
- Students will be writing their own folktale based on the theme of their choice while practicing for the SBA Performance Task (PT) by looking at different sources prior to writing.
- Pre-writing (planning)
- Circle map-brainstorm ideas about the story
- Tree map-organize details to map out the characters, setting, problem, solution
- Flee map-framework for narrative to include the beginning, middle and end
Math
- Solving multiplication word problems
- Customary units of length
- Converting between inches, feet, yards and miles
Science
- Motion of waves assessment
- Information technologies
- "What kinds of communication technologies are used in everyday life?"
- "What kind of communication technology would be best for a forest ranger's fire outpost?"
- Disciplinary core ideas:
- Digitized information can be transmitted over long distances
- High-tech devices such as computers, and cell phones can receive and decode information
- (Engineering)-Different solutions need to be tested in order to determine which of them best solves the problem, given the criteria and constraints
- "What kinds of communication technologies are used in everyday life?"
- Library lesson-elements of folktales
- (12/5) Hawaiian Plants & Animals presentation