Stations October 31 – November 4

Project TopicsHow does weather

impact our community?

Geography

Map Skills

Diagrams/Text Features

Compare and Contrast weather systems

Public Service Announcement

Simple Research Report

Non fiction text

Students will research about the force five: hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, and drought. All of this weather impacts communities in different ways. We will research how these storms form, what regions are most likely to be impacted, and how people can stay safe in adverse weather conditions. We will also continue looking at mapping skills and geography, and labeling diagrams and text features in non-fiction text. The students will also be in literature circles reading I survived: Hurricane Katrina 2005.   

Project #4: Storm Chasers

Noise Level 2

Monday – Tuesday

Read Weather in your Science book, pg D4 – D13. Begin working on

your Weather study guide.

Wednesday

Read The Water Cycle in your Science book, pg D14 – D21

Thursday

Read Describing Weather in your Science book, pg D23 – D 27

Friday

Weather Quiz

Weather

Materials Neededo Reading Booko Guided Readerso Study Guide o Thinking Map

Standards & SkillsL.A.: 3.3.1

Science: 3.3.5

Summarizing ComprehensionVocabulary

Project ConnectionForce Five- non-fiction

text features and strategies

Reading Connections

Noise Level 0-1

Monday – Wednesday

Work on completing activities from your writing menu. You must select at least 3 different activities. One must involve reading a WEATHER story to complete the activity. After reading your story and completing the activity you must also complete the thinking map on the back of your menu using your story.

ThursdayWrite a summary about blizzards on page 173 and 174 using your Science book and study guide.

FridayUsing a newspaper, write a summary about the local weather. Write 5 sentences to complete your summary using formal voice.

Writing

Standards & Skills3.1.7, 3.5.7, 3.6.2

Summarizing

Materials Neededo Writing Menuo Bookso ISTEP weekly

assessment writing

Project ConnectionForce Five

Non-fiction text

Noise Level 1

MondayDictionary Skills – Look up the words in the dictionary and write the definition and the part of speech. When you are finished play Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe. Words to define – atmosphere, weather, temperature, air pressure, thermometer, barometer.

Tuesday5 Box Vocabulary – Draw a picture to help define each vocabulary word. Vocabulary Words – water vapor, evaporation, condensation, water cycle, precipitation

Wednesday Weather Fluency Passage – Practice reading your passage 2 times before reading it into Audacity.

ThursdayFinish looking up words from Monday and play Tic Tac Toe Vocabulary.

FridayWrite a weather poem. Choose between acrostic, 5 senses or a cinquain poem.

Standards & Skills3.1.7,3.7.9

Fluency Vocabulary

Materials Neededo Vocabulary Activity o Reader’s Theatre o Computerso Spelling Games

Project ConnectionForce Five Vocabulary

Working with Words

Noise Level 1

MondayBuilding facts on a Geoboard. Beat the calculator when you are finished.

TuesdayPage 103 Multiplication facts and calculator counts. Use a calculator to find the number patterns.

WednesdayPractice with facts and arrays pg 105. Making Arrays for 24 with grid paper and cubes. Use cubes to come up with as many different arrays for 24 as you can.

Thursday Setting up Chairs – Journal pg 93. Use the clues on Math Masters pg 106 to figure out how the chairs should be set

up.

FridayFact Platter game with a partner OR multiplication baseball.

Project ConnectionForce Five difference

between temperatures in different communities

Materials Neededo Student Reference

Booko Record Sheetso Dice

Standards & Skills

Math Skill Reinforcement

3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7MultiplicationDivision

Noise Level 0-1

Monday4.5 Subtraction StrategiesJournal pg 88 and 89

Tuesday4.6 Inverse Relationships (Multiplication and Division)Journal pg 90

Wednesday4.7 Journal pg 91 – Math Boxes. Multiplication Baseball when you are finished

Thursday4.8 ExplorationsJournal pg 94 – Math Boxes. Fact Platter game when you are finished, play with a partner.

Friday Quiz corrections

Math Journal

Standards & Skills3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7

MultiplicationDivision

Materials Neededo Volume 1 Journalo Pencilo Ruler

Project ConnectionForce Five

Noise Level 1

MondayLaptop – Fast Math fact practice

TuesdayLaptop – Fast Math fact practice

WednesdayLaptop – Fast Math fact practice

ThursdayMath Quiz 4.1 – 4.5

FridayLaptop – Fast Math fact practice

Standards & Skills3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7

MultiplicationDivision

Materials Neededo Interwrite boardo Laptops

Project ConnectionForce Five

Interwrite Activity/Laptop Activity