Mrs. Patton’s Daily Plans

Week of December 7, 2009
Monday/Wednesday week

 

Monday, December 7, 2009

9:00-9:25

Morning Procedures

Obj:   to become familiar with morning procedures, to follow written and verbal directions, to appropriately socialize with students in the group, to use time effectively to complete tasks/assignments

 

Please complete the following:

ü  Make your lunch choice, unpack, and hang up your backpack.

ü  Turn in any/all of the following: Friday Folders, notes from home, forms or permission slips, your planner, and any homework that is due.

ü  Check to see if your partner is here.  If not, set up an absent folder.

ü  Complete your Calendar Math sheets for Sunday and Monday.  Remember, a student will be randomly chosen to present Calendar Math for today.

ü  Complete your classroom job, work on assignments, or enjoy some S.T.A.R. time.

ü  Please join me in front by 9:25.  Please bring a pencil, your clipboard, and your Calendar Math pages. 

9:25-10:15
Math

·         Wake up those brains with math fact practice + brain puzzles

·         Weekly Homework sample problem discussion/practice

·         New Calendar Math packet

10:20-11:20
Specials

ART

11:25-12:15
Comm. Arts

Writer’s Workshop:
Narrative writing project

! No mini-lesson today – Use the time to write

! Status of the class

 

 

Reader’s workshop:

«  New Reading (response) log (bright blue!)

«  New S.T.A.R. self-checklist

«  Mini-lesson (watch segment of video)

«  S.T.A.R. time

12:20-12:55
Recess and lunch

ENJOY!

1:05-1:40
Soc. St.

Science projects introduction

1:45-2:00

Recess (I’m inside.  It’s Mastery Club Day!)

2:05-2:30
Comm. Arts

Comm. Arts activities continued…

 

S.T.A.R. time + BLUE reading log (a new one!)

2:30-3:00

MUSIC

3:00-3:40
Comm. Arts

ü  Fill out planners.  Highlight any homework.

ü  Classroom jobs/S.T.A.R. – take care of your daily duties at this time.  Students who are on vacation should read quietly.

ü  Pack up by teams (dismissed by Mrs. Patton).

ü  Leave backpacks at your seat and meet me up front (around 3:20).

ü  Read aloud time  J

ü  Listen to announcements

3:45

Dismissal to buses

Homework Info

1.     Have your parent sign your planner.

2.    Spelling Contract work (week 8) – Due tomorrow

3.    Weekly Reader (issue 10) – Due tomorrow

4.    Weekly Math Homework – Due Friday.

Reminders and additional information

 

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

9:00-9:25

Morning Procedures

Obj:   to become familiar with morning procedures, to follow written and verbal directions, to appropriately socialize with students in the group, to use time effectively to complete tasks/assignments

 

Please complete the following:
1.  Make your lunch choice, unpack, and hang up your backpack.
2.  Turn in your Friday Folder, notes from home, forms or permission slips,
Weekly Reports, your planner and any homework that is due.

3.  Check to see if your partner is here.  If not, set up an absent folder.

4. Work on your Calendar Math packet for Saturday through today.

5.  Complete your classroom job, work on assignments, or enjoy some S.T.A.R. time.

6.  Please join me in front at 9:30.  Please bring a pencil, your clipboard, and your Calendar Math pages. 

9:30-10:30
Math

1)     Calendar Math

2)    Small groups (your math groups from last week) – Discuss and support answers to homework: Student Sheet 5 and 6 (puzzles)

10:30

Restroom break, transition time

10:45-12:15
Comm. Arts

Writer’s Workshop:
Narrative writing project

! Revising mini-lesson

! Independent writing time (IWT)

! Writing buddies

Reader’s Workshop:

 

12:20-12:55
Recess and lunch

ENJOY!

1:05-1:40
Science

Introduction to Science Projects

-      Overview

-      Topic selection

-      Calendar

1:45-2:00

Recess

2:05-2:30
Comm. Arts

When students return to the classroom, they need to grab their Book Baskets and begin S.T.A.R. time.  Reading logs (Tuesday entry) should be filled out as part of S.T.A.R. time.

2:30-3:00

P.E.

3:00-3:40
Comm. Arts

ü  Fill out planners.  Highlight any homework.

ü  Classroom jobs/S.T.A.R. – take care of your daily duties at this time.  Students who are on vacation should read quietly.

ü  Pack up by teams (dismissed by Mrs. Patton).

ü  Leave backpacks at your seat and meet me up front (around 3:20).

ü  Read aloud time

ü  Listen to announcements

3:45

Dismissal to buses

Homework Info

1.     Have a parent sign your planner.

2.    Science project – Identifying topic/topic research – Topic due by Dec. 10th.

3.    Calendar Math packet – if not finished.

4.    Weekly Math Homework – Due Friday.

Reminders and additional information

 

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

9:00-9:25

Morning Procedures

Obj:   to become familiar with morning procedures, to follow written and verbal directions, to appropriately socialize with students in the group, to use time effectively to complete tasks/assignments

 

Please complete the following:
1.  Make your lunch choice, unpack, and hang up your backpack.
2. Turn in notes from home, forms or permission slips, your planner and any homework or LATE WORK that is due.

3.  Check to see if your partner is here.  If not, set up an absent folder.

4.  Complete your Calendar Math sheets for today.  Remember, a student will be randomly chosen to present Calendar Math for today.

5.  Complete your classroom job, work on assignments, or enjoy some S.T.A.R. time.

6.  Meet me up front at 9:25 to discuss Calendar Math.  Bring your packet, pencil, and clipboard.

9:25-10:25
Math

·         Calendar Math

·         Quick Check (formative assessment if you want the teacher lingoJ )

·         A little measuring

10:25

Restroom break, transition time

10:40-11:50
Comm. Arts

 

Click HERE to go directly to the Spelling Page.

Writer’s Workshop

Mini-lesson: Peer conference + Teacher conference

 

 

UNIT 8 Spelling TEST and dictation

 

 

Unit 9 Spelling pretest

ü  Take the pretest online. 

ü  Print results, highlight words that are correct.

ü  Choose new words.

ü  Turn in list to Mrs. Patton

ü  New Spelling Contracts – Due Tuesday

REMEMBER: The directions are also in your B.E.E. binder on the orange card.

No reader’s workshop today. Students will continue to Talk Back To Books using sticky notes and their tracker sheet.

 

Reading Logs (blue) and S.T.A.R. self-checklists are due Friday.

SCIENCE
11:50-12:20

Intro to the Virtual Lab

·         Set up the problem

·         Demonstration of how to get through the lab

·         Show how to manipulate the variables

·         What’s a fair test???

·         Teacher model of the planning sheet and The Plan to Investigate

·         Get into groups

·         Plan, plan, plan and research

12:20-12:55
Recess and lunch

ENJOY!

1:05-1:40
Soc. St.

Continue with Virtual Lab project

1:45-2:00

Recess

2:05-2:30
Comm. Arts

Upon entering the classroom, grab your Book Baskets and begin S.T.A.R. time.  Reading logs (Wednesday entry) should be filled out as part of S.T.A.R. time.

2:30-3:00

MUSIC

3:00-3:40
Comm. Arts

ü  Fill out planners.  Highlight any homework.

ü  Classroom jobs/S.T.A.R. – take care of your daily duties at this time.  Students who are on vacation should read quietly.

ü  Pack up by teams (dismissed by Mrs. Patton).

ü  Leave backpacks at your seat and meet me up front (around 3:20).

ü  Read aloud time  J

ü  Listen to announcements

3:45

Dismissal to the buses

Homework Info

1.   Have a parent sign your planner.

2.   Spelling – finish word list (if needed)

3.   Science project: Identifying topic/topic research – Topic due tomorrow.

4.   Weekly Math Homework – Due Friday.

Reminders and additional information

S.T.A.R. – Stop, Take a book And Read – This is reading time that students participate in DURING our reading instruction time.  Students should be working on a reading skill while reading, “talking back to books,” and reflecting on their own progress as a reader.  Students should read a Just Right book at this time.

 

R.F.E. time – Reading For Enjoyment – This is reading time that students participate in at the beginning or end of the day, or when all assignments are finished.  Students can read an Easy, Just Right, or Challenging book.

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

9:00-9:20

Morning Procedures

Obj:   to become familiar with morning procedures, to follow written and verbal directions, to appropriately socialize with students in the group, to use time effectively to complete tasks/assignments

 

Please complete the following:
1.  Make your lunch choice, unpack, and hang up your backpack.
2. Turn in notes from home, forms or permission slips, your planner and any homework or LATE WORK that is due.

3.  Check to see if your partner is here.  If not, set up an absent folder.

4.  Complete your Calendar Math sheets for today.  Remember, a student will be randomly chosen to present Calendar Math for today.

5.  Complete your classroom job, work on assignments, or enjoy some S.T.A.R. time.

9:20-9:50
Specials

LIBRARY

9:56-10:30
Math

·         Calendar Math

·          

10:30

Restroom break, transition time

10:45-11:50
Comm. Arts

 

Click HERE to go directly to the Spelling Page.

Writer’s Workshop

! Mini-lesson:

! Independent writing time (IWT) and conferences

 

Spelling

·         Finish word lists.

·         Enter list online.

·         Print handwriting sheets.

·         New contracts issued.

·         Study buddies

·         HW: Contract work – due Tuesday; study for the test

 No reader’s workshop today. Students will continue to Talk Back To Books using sticky notes and their tracker sheet.

 

Reading Logs (blue) and S.T.A.R. self-checklists are due Friday.

SCIENCE
11:50-12:20

Virtual Lab

·         Review of the Plan to Investigate and using the planning sheet

·         Investigate & record data

·         Begin to analyze and draw conclusions about the data

12:20-12:55
Recess and lunch

ENJOY!

1:05-1:40
Soc. St.

Continue the Virtual Lab project

 

Looking ahead… Next week you will:

ü  Finish analyzing and drawing conclusions about the data

ü  Begin designing your poster which will resemble a science project display

ü  Complete the poster and display it for our Rotating Review

1:45-2:00

Recess

2:05-2:30
Comm. Arts

Upon entering the classroom, grab your Book Baskets and begin S.T.A.R. time.  Reading logs (Wednesday entry) should be filled out as part of S.T.A.R. time.

2:30-3:00

P.E.

3:00-3:40

ü   Fill out planners.  Highlight any homework.

ü  Classroom jobs/S.T.A.R. – take care of your daily duties at this time.  Students who are on vacation should read quietly.

ü  Pack up by teams (dismissed by Mrs. Patton).

ü  Leave backpacks at your seat and meet me up front (around 3:20).

ü  Read aloud time  J

ü  Listen to announcements

3:45

Dismissal to the buses

Homework Info

1.     Weekly Math Homework is due tomorrow.

2.     Science project:

3.     Spelling Contract work –

Reminders and additional information

·         S.T.A.R. – Stop, Take a book And Read – This is reading time that students participate in DURING our reading instruction time.  Students should be working on a reading skill while reading, “talking back to books,” and reflecting on their own progress as a reader.  Students should read a Just Right book at this time.

 

·         R.F.E. time – Reading For Enjoyment – This is reading time that students participate in at the beginning or end of the day, or when all assignments are finished.  Students can read an Easy, Just Right, or Challenging book.

 

·         Science Fair Project topics were due today.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

9:00-9:30

Morning Procedures

Obj:   to become familiar with morning procedures, to follow written and verbal directions, to appropriately socialize with students in the group, to use time effectively to complete tasks/assignments

 

Please complete the following tasks:
1.  Make your lunch choice, unpack, and hang up your backpack.
2.  Turn in notes from home, forms or permission slips, your planner and any homework that is due.

3.  Check to see if your partner is here.  If not, set up an absent folder.

4.  Complete your Calendar Math sheet for today and Saturday.  Packets are due upon completion.  J.E.T. students are responsible for completing your Calendar Math before leaving at 9:15.

5.  Complete your classroom job, work on assignments, or enjoy some R.F.E. time.

9:30-10:30
Math

·         Calendar Math – Finish and turn in the entire packet.

·         Drivers – an ONLINE Study Island assignment (data and probability) – Log in and check out the Class Page.  The assignment is listed there.  Click, read directions, and begin.  You should complete this independently.

·         Navigators – Complete the Study Island packet (comparing and ordering numbers, number patterns, reading and writing numbers) independently.  Turn it in when finished.

·         Drivers and navigators should switch so that both students complete both assignments.

10:30

Restroom break, transition time

10:45-12:15
Comm. Arts

Writer’s Workshop:

·         No mini-lesson with Mrs. Patton…Instead a guest teacher will be here to teach a mini-lesson.  Please welcome Mrs. Kendrick…

·         IWT – revise, edit, or publish your narrative writing piece.  Conferences with Mrs. Patton will continue on Monday.

·         Sharing time!!!  J

Reader’s workshop:

·         No mini-lesson with Mrs. Patton…Instead a guest teacher will be here to teach a mini-lesson.  Please welcome Mrs. Kendrick…

·         Text features (also called graphic aids) can help you better understand what you are reading.  Check out the text features in the latest issue of Weekly Reader.

·         Read the issue today.  One article can be read with a partner (knee-to-knee).

·         Complete the packet that goes along with the issue.  Be sure to turn this in before 2:30 (unless told otherwise).

12:20-12:55
Recess and lunch

ENJOY!

1:05-1:40
Soc. St.

Current Events: Weekly Reader àContinue working on this until recess.

·         Be sure to turn in the packet, NOT THE ACTUAL WEEKLY READER. 

·         Please make a stack of the WR on the table. 

 

FINISHED?  Choose from the following based on what you need to do:

·         Enter spelling words for week 9.

·         Print your list and handwriting packet.

·         S.T.A.R. time – When finished, turn in your S.T.A.R. self-checklist and your Reading Log (blue).

1:45-2:00

Recess

2:05-2:30

ü  Fill out planners.  Highlight any homework.

ü  Classroom jobs/R.F.E. – take care of your daily duties at this time.  Students who are on vacation should read quietly.

2:30-3:00

Music

3:00-3:30

Class buddies with Mrs. Patchin’s class

3:30-3:45

ü  Pack up by teams (dismissed by Mrs. Patton).

ü  Listen to announcements – Make sure all of us can hear.

3:45

Dismissal to the buses.

Homework info

1.       Have a parent sign your planner.

2.      Spelling Contract work – Due Tuesday.

3.      Continue planning your science project.  Now that you’ve picked your topic, start working on your testable question, read books and other resources, and keep track of ideas and notes in a log book.

Reminders and additional information

 

I’m finished! Now what can I do??

Read

You can read an “easy”, “just right” or “challenging” book, or a magazine.

Write

You can add an entry to your writing “seed” notebook, reread entries, or start a draft from your “seed” notebook.  You could also write a friendly letter and mail it for WEE Deliver.

Learn

You can learn more and more by becoming a member of the Dardenne Mastery Club.  Click here to begin.

Extend

You can go above and beyond by studying a topic of interest and extend your learning experience.  Check out the sites provided below.  Take notes, teach a friend, create a presentation or poster.  Happy learning!

 

Birds of prey:

Dialogue for Kids

Explore Birds of Prey

Raptor Rescue

 

All about Missouri:

Caves and Bats

The 50 States: Missouri

Fact Monster: Geography of MO

Practice

You can practice your math facts!  Remember, that during the week, you should practice for the timed test on Fridays.  Just go to the Math Page or click on the link.

Spell

This is for all of you Word Smart kids!  Go to the link below.  Once on the site, choose one of the games to play.

 Word Central Games:

v Alpha-bot

v Robo-Bee

v BIGbot

v Jumble Kids

 

 

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