Thursday, September 4, 2014 Antonio and Abby had the same number of paperclips. After Antonio gave 30 paperclips to Abby, Abby had twice as many paperclips as Antonio. How many paperclips did they have in all? 8:15 – 8:30

8:30-8:40

Word Study Week 4 –Thursday hasty silvery lobby ivory policy anxiety 8:40 – 8:50

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Sentence Practice fade inhale anxiety hasty prime Write a compound sentence for the following word study words: fade inhale anxiety hasty prime 8:50 - 9:00

Restroom Break 9:00 - 9:10

Theme practice

Why do you think August didn’t plan on reporting the seventh graders? PCR PRACTICE Paired Partners Why do you think August didn’t plan on reporting the seventh graders? 9:15 – 9:55

Reading Test Part A tomorrow

MOVE TO LEARN http://www.movetolearnms.org/how-do-i-do-it/fitness-videos-4-6/cranium-corral/ 9:55 – 10:00

REMINDER! State Research Project – Extended Date: Due Friday, September 12, 2014 This will count as a grade for each subject – Social Studies, Science, Math, and Language Arts.

State Research Project INDEPENDENT READING F & P Testing Reading Choices: Wonder Independent Novel State Research Project 10:00 – 10:40

MOVE TO LEARN http://www.movetolearnms.org/how-do-i-do-it/fitness-videos-4-6/cranium-corral/ 10:40 – 10:45

Writing Time! Being a Writer Unit 1 – Week 4 – Day 1 10:45 – 11:30

Carpet Time Remember that we do this quietly and politely. Make sure you bring a pencil, your writing notebook, and you sit next to your partner.

Our Plan You will hear and discuss narrative text based on factual information. You will learn how to build on one another’s thinking. You will write freely about things that interest you. You will use conference time responsibly.

Please listen carefully as I read the first page of this book to you Please listen carefully as I read the first page of this book to you. Make sure to pay attention to the illustrations as well. Read the title and author’s name. Then read the first page of the book aloud. Ask the students to listen carefully for anything they may have missed and reread the first page again.

Let’s continue to read the rest of the story.

Questions Who is the “I” in this story? What is unusual about the way the author uses “I” in this book?

In Water Dance the author tells the story of the Earth’s water cycle from the water’s point of view. If you wanted to write a story in which “I” is a thing rather than a person, what could that thing be? We will make a chart like this “I” could be: The wind A car

Talk to Your Partner I now want you and your partner to choose one of the ideas that we recorded on the sheet and come up with a couple of “I” sentences they could write from that thing’s point of view. Turn and talk with your partner. You may be asked to share your sentence after the discussion.

5 Minute Quickwrite Turn to the next blank page in your writing notebook and pick another one of the ideas we wrote on the chart. Spend the next 5 minutes writing any “I” sentences that come to mind that would be from that thing’s point of view. Label your table of contents page “I” Quickwrite

Independent Writing For the next 25 -30 minutes you will write silently about one of the following. Continue the “I” piece you started during today’s quick write. Work on a piece you started earlier. Start a new piece of writing. It is encouraged that you join the students and also write silently for the first 5 to 10 minutes, and then begin your conferencing.

Pair Conferencing Today you are going to meet with your partner for a few minutes to discuss each other’s writing. Each of you will listen to the other’s story that they wrote today while they read it aloud. Then offer any special comments or gentle words of advice that they may have. Remember to get to your partner quietly and quickly. It is not a race, but we don’t want to waste our valuable time.

Reflect What went well in your pair conference today? What problems did you have? How will you avoid those the next time you confer? I noticed that some pairs had trouble hearing their partner because the room was so loud. How can we avoid that problem next time?

Math Time! 11:30 – 12:00

Math Workbook p119-120

Math Workbook p121-122 Even Problems

Out of Classroom! 12:00 – 12:45 Activity 12:45 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 1:45 Recess

Math Time! 1:45 – 2:30

Math Homework p123-124 Even Problems

SCIENCE TIME http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm 2:30 – 3:10

Review pg 164-166 2:45 – 2:55

pg167-169 (finish for HW)

3:10 – 3:15 Wrap Up! Pack-Up Office will announce: Car Riders – Leave around 3:15 Bus Riders – Teacher walks out about 3:22 (listen to intercom-dismisses by grade)