Friday 03/30 Math - Applying Multiplying & Dividing Decimals

Purpose: I can practice what I need (W.I.N.) to improve my skills and ability with multiplying & dividing decimals.

1. Practice: Decimal Multiplication & Division W.I.N.
• Lead yourself through the videos and practice.
• Use your headphones to allow everyone to focus on their own work.
• You should review/practice elements you need to.
2. Application:  Roode Family Road Trip

Friday 03/30 Social Studies - Influences on the Declaration of Independence

Purpose: I can learn about events that led to the approval of the Declaration of Independence.

Liberty's Kids "The Second Continental Congress"

Friday 03/30 Writing - Information Writing Checklist

Purpose: As a writer, I can evaluate my writing to help REdraft my research report.

1. Connection:  Information Writing Process
2. Evaluation:  Information Writing Checklist
3. Application: REdraft your report
• Avoid contractions--instead of didn't or weren't, try did not or were not.
• Use expert language from your research.
• Use fancy transition words like therefore, additionally, in other words, and on the other hand.
• Use your checklist to identify and complete your "Not Yet" and "Starting To" elements.

Friday 03/30 Morning Warm-Up

1. Be prepared for our Iowa Assessment tests @ 8:15
• Several pencils ready for use
• Scratch paper
• Free reading book
• Clear, uncluttered workspace
• Bathroom and drink breaks done before we start: once assessments begin, you are expected to be in your space unless there is an emergency.
2. Explore 5th Grade Social Studies topics at MrNussbaum.com.

SCHEDULE

7:55 - 8:15 Morning Warm-Up

8:15 - 9:30 Social Studies & Trial Assessments

9:30 - 10:15 Writing

10:15 - 11:00 Social Studies

11:00 - 12:05 

12:05 - 12:55 Lunch & Recess

12:55 - 1:30 Math

1:30 - 2:05 Planner & Read Aloud

2:05 - 2:50 Specials

Thursday 03/29 Writing - Crafting Conclusions

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can craft a conclusion that keeps the reader thinking after the reading is done.

1. Connection:  Hanging in Midair
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that research writers shouldn't just summarize all that came before.  A great conclusion should leave the reader with a new thought or question--make the reader continue to think after the reading is done.  Use the same strategies as crafting an introduction:
• Remind your readers of an interesting part of your report.
• Conclude with a question to get your reader thinking.
• Use a relevant quote to conclude.
3. Engagement:  Craft Your Conclusion
4. Application: Research Report
• Craft a conclusion that not only summarizes what came before, but keeps the reader thinking after the reading is done.
• Redraft your research report, adding text features to help reader's navigation of your writing.
• Match your information to fit the patterns in your table of contents.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.

Thursday 03/29 Social Studies - Presenting Arguments in a Panel Debate

Purpose: I can identify the arguments for and against colonial independence from Great Britain.

1. Connection:  FIVE Minutes to Finish and Rehearse your Patriot/Loyalist Character Project
• Panel Debate Groups
• Preparation
2. Engagement:  Should the American colonies declare independence from Great Britain?  Present Arguments in a Panel Debate--Loyalists vs Patriots!
3. Exit Ticket:  I agree with _____ about declaring independence because...
4. Extension: Liberty's Kids "Liberty or Death"

Vocabulary Assessment Warm-Up

Purpose:  I can improve and practice using words to increase my vocabulary.

Students, join our Vocabulary class by visiting:

http://vocab.com/join/11NV8CH

When you visit the link above, you will automatically be enrolled in my class. Use our Ankeny School's Google Account to create a Vocabulary.com account.

Choose "5th Grade" and be sure to locate Westwood Elementary on NW 9th Street in Ankeny for your school.

Thursday 03/29 Morning Warm-Up

1. Be prepared for our Iowa Assessment tests @ 8:15
• Several pencils ready for use
• Scratch paper
• Free reading book
• Clear, uncluttered workspace
• Bathroom and drink breaks done before we start: once assessments begin, you are expected to be in your space unless there is an emergency.
2. Explore the answers to science questions at Ask Dr. Universe or watch some of these Science Videos by Dr. Binocs

SCHEDULE

7:55 - 8:15 Morning Warm-Up

8:15 - 9:20 Science & Vocab. Assessments

9:20 - 10:20 Social Studies

10:20 - 11:00 Writing

11:00 - 12:05 Math Lesson

12:05 - 12:55 Lunch & Recess

12:55 - 1:30 Math Agenda

1:30 - 2:05 Planner & Read Aloud

2:05 - 2:50 Specials

Wednesday 03/28 Reading - John Hancock and Text Structure

Purpose: I can identify an author's purpose and related text structure to help me understand informational writing.

1. Connection:  "John Hancock" Main Ideas
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that an author will have a purpose for writing a text: to persuade, to inform, or to entertain.  Based on their purpose for a particular text, writers must decide how to organize their ideas when writing.  Understanding which text structure an author uses will help you better understand the text.
3. Application: Read and comprehend "John Hancock" in the American Revolutionary War Heroes Packet
• Identify author's purpose, its related text structure, and evidence.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 03/28 Social Studies - Preparing Characters and Arguments

Purpose: I can identify the arguments for and against colonial independence from Great Britain.

1. Connection:  Should the American colonies declare independence from Great Britain?
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that in 1775, colonists fell into one of three groups: those who were loyal to Great Britain (Loyalists), those who wanted to declare their independence (Patriots), and those who were undecided (neutral).
3. Engagement: "Preparing Characters and Arguments" Lesson
• Panel Debate Groups
• Preparation
4. Extension: Liberty's Kids "Liberty or Death"

Wednesday 03/28 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Turn in your Capitol Building Field Trip Form: Isaiah, Josie, Samantha, Sophia G., Sophia H., and Alyssa
2. Display your Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary document for the Homework Checker
3. Have your Social Studies materials ready
4. Practice using your vocabulary: https://www.quia.com/jg/8226list.html

***Fire Drill @ 10:30 Today***

Tuesday 03/27 Reading - John Hancock and Text Structure

Purpose: I can identify an author's purpose and related text structure to help me understand informational writing.

1. Connection:  The Signature
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that an author will have a purpose for writing text: to persuade, inform, or entertain.  Based on their purpose for a particular text, writers must decide how to organize their ideas when writing.  Understanding which text structure an author uses will help you better understand the text.
3. Engagement:  "John Hancock" Main Ideas
4. Application: Read and comprehend "John Hancock" in the American Revolutionary War Heroes Packet
• Identify author's purpose, its related text structure, and evidence.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
5. Free Reading Time

Tuesday 03/27 Social Studies - Identify Arguments For/Against Independence

Purpose: I can identify the arguments for and against colonial independence from Great Britain.

1. Connection:  King George III's Personality Traits
2. Learning: "Arguments For/Against Independence" Lesson
• Interactive Notebook page 61
• Social Studies Textbook page 147
3. Engagement:  Add the following to your Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary document
• independence
• Patriot
• Loyalist
• neutral
• traitor
• tyrant
• treason
• resolution
4. Extension: Liberty's Kids "United We Stand"

Tuesday 03/27 Writing - Crafting Introductions and Conclusions

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can craft an introduction that both explains the structure of my writing and lures readers in.

1. Connection:  Sell This House
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that research writers introduce their writing by explaining its structure.  But more importantly, researchers also try to lure readers to read their writing.
3. Engagement:  Erie Canal Introductions
4. Application: Research Report
• Craft an introduction that not only previews the content and structure of your writing, but acts as a hook that intrigues and lures the reader into reading more and more.
• Redraft your research report, adding text features to help reader's navigation of your writing.
• Match your information to fit the patterns in your table of contents.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.

Tuesday 03/27 Morning Warm-Up

1. Be prepared for our Iowa Assessment tests @ 8:15
• A working calculator
• Several pencils ready for use
• Free reading book
• Clear, uncluttered workspace
• Bathroom and drink breaks done before we start: once assessments begin, you are expected to be in your space unless there is an emergency.
2. Practice math skills at FrontRow.

SCHEDULE

7:55 - 8:15 Morning Warm-Up

8:15 - 9:30 Math Assessments

9:30 - 10:15 Writing

10:15 - 11:00 Social Studies

11:00 - 12:05 Reading

12:05 - 12:55 Lunch & Recess

12:55 - 1:30 Reading

1:30 - 2:05 Planner & Read Aloud

2:05 - 2:50 Specials

Monday 03/26 Social Studies - Analyze Personality Traits

Purpose: I can analyze King George III’s personality traits as a reason for the American Revolution.

1. Connection:  Personality Traits
2. Learning: Pages 142 - 145
3. Engagement:  King George III's Personality
• Identify words or phrases to describe King George III in your Interactive Student Notebooks (page 58)
• Write a letter to King George III from the perspective of a Colonist explaining how you feel about his personality traits and choices.
4. Extension: “For Crown or Colony” interactive at Mission-US.org.

Monday 03/26 Writing - Using Text Features to Write Well

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use text features to support a reader's navigation through my writing.

1. Connection:  Remember, writers use all the space on a page, not just to create paragraphs of words but also to create headings, side texts, and illustrations that also communicate information.
2. Application: Research Report
• Redraft your research report, adding text features to help reader's navigation of your writing.
• Match your information to fit the patterns in your table of contents.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.

Monday 03/26 Morning Warm-Up

1. Welcome Sophia G. to our classroom and find your new seat.
2. Be prepared for our Iowa Assessment tests @ 8:15
• Several pencils ready for use
• Scratch paper
• Free reading book
• Clear, uncluttered workspace
• Bathroom and drink breaks done before we start: once assessments begin, you are expected to be in your space unless there is an emergency.
• Complete this Test-Taking Prep Activity
3. Practice your literacy skills at Quill.org

SCHEDULE

7:55 - 8:15 Morning Warm-Up

8:15 - 9:30 Reading Assessments

9:30 - 10:15 Writing

10:15 - 11:00 Social Studies

11:00 - 12:05 Math Lesson

12:05 - 12:55 Lunch & Recess

12:55 - 1:30 Math Agenda

1:30 - 2:05 Planner & Read Aloud

2:05 - 2:50 Specials

Des Moines Art Center - Post-Field Trip Activity 2018

Create a POST CARD based on your visit to the Des Moines Art Center. First illustrate one side of a notecard with your favorite and/or a memorable piece of art. Then choose one of the following writing activities to complete on the reverse side:

• Dear Mr. Safly, Thank you for the opportunity to visit the Des Moines Art Center! I most enjoyed seeing... because...
• Dear Mom/Dad, You have to take me back to the Des Moines Art Center! I can't wait to show you... because...
• Dear _____, I really enjoyed our trip to the Des Moines Art Center! My favorite was... because...

Turn in your post card so it can be delivered, then free read quietly.

Friday 03/23 Writing - Using Text Features to Write Well

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use text features to support a reader's navigation through my writing.

1. Connection:  Remember, writers use all the space on a page, not just to create paragraphs of words but also to create headings, side texts, and illustrations that also communicate information.
2. Application: Research Report
• Redraft your research report, adding text features to help reader's navigation of your writing.
• Match your information to fit the patterns in your table of contents.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.

Friday 03/23 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Display your HomeLink 6-9 for the Homework Checker
2. Have your Writing folder and research report materials ready to use
3. Practice your grammar, proofreading, and literacy skills at Quill.org

***We will load the bus for the
Art Center Field Trip at 9:20***

***After our field trip, be ready to illustrate your favorite and/or a memorable piece of art. Then be ready to write about the experience.***

Thursday 03/22 Reading - Thomas Paine and Integrating Information from Multiple Sources

Purpose: I can integrate information from multiple sources to help me understand historical events.

1. Connection:  "Patrick Henry" Main Ideas
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that by reading multiple sources about a topic, you can increase your accuracy and depth of knowledge; you combine the most important facts, the main ideas, from each source.  When you read, ask yourself "What is the main idea of the text?"
3. Engagement:  "Thomas Paine" Main Ideas
4. Application: Read and comprehend "Thomas Paine" in the American Revolutionary War Heroes Packet
• Integrate information from multiple sources to write a paragraph explaining why speakers and writers were important to the revolutionary cause.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
5. Free Reading Time

Thursday 03/22 Social Studies - Analyze Metaphors for The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, and The Intolerable Acts

Purpose: I can analyze metaphors for The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, and The Intolerable Acts as reasons for the American Revolution.

1. Connection: Visual Metaphor
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that because of the Bostonians' antagonizing actions, Great Britain felt they must punish the colonies.  Did they get deserved punishments?  Did the colonists get what they wanted?
3. Engagement:  Analyzing Metaphors
• Read pages 138 - 141 in the textbook and determine which illustrated metaphor goes with each section.
• Paste the illustration in the appropriate section of the Reading Notes on Interactive Student Notebooks page 57.
• Complete the “In History” section by recording notes comparing the illustration with the matching historical event.
4. Extension: “For Crown or Colony” interactive at Mission-US.org

Thursday 03/22 Writing - Using Text Features to Write Well

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use text features to support a reader's navigation through my writing.

1. Connection:  Navigating a Reading Road
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that writers use all the space on a page, not just to create paragraphs of words but also to create headings, side texts, and illustrations that also communicate information.
3. Engagement:  Study mentor texts to identify text features used; record the features you see in each example on a sticky note.
4. Application: Research Report
• Redraft your research report, adding text features to help reader's navigation of your writing.
• Match your information to fit the patterns in your table of contents.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.

Thursday 03/22 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Thursday Band Lessons: Check your lesson time
2. Display your "Patrick Henry" Comprehension Questions for the Homework Checker
3. Have your Writing folder and research report materials ready to use
4. Practice your grammar, proofreading, and literacy skills at Quill.org

***Spring Pictures THIS MORNING***

Wednesday 03/21 Reading - Patrick Henry and Author's Point

Purpose: I can identify reasons and evidence for an author's point to help me understand historical events.

1. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that an author can present readers with information that he or she wants the readers to believe.  To support this information, the author will include reasons and evidence. These parts of the passage give readers more information about why they should believe what the passage says.  When you read, ask yourself:
• What does the author want me to believe after reading this passage?
• What reasons and/or evidence is the author using to prove the information is true?
2. Engagement:  Author's Reasons and Evidence Practice
3. Application: Read and comprehend "Patrick Henry" in the American Revolutionary War Heroes Packet
• Identify the author's reasons and evidence for Patrick helped jumpstart the Revolutionary War.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 03/21 Social Studies - Analyze Metaphors for The Proclamation of 1763 and The Quartering Act

Purpose: I can analyze metaphors for The Proclamation of 1763, The Quartering Act, and The Stamp Act as reasons for the American Revolution.

1. Connection: Colonists' Perspective
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that the French and Indian War serves as the starting point for causes of the American Revolution; Great Britain took actions to protect the colonists and pay its debts.
3. Engagement:  Analyzing Metaphors
• Read pages 134 - 137 in the textbook and determine which illustrated metaphor goes with each section.
• Paste the illustration in the appropriate section of the Reading Notes on Interactive Student Notebooks page 56.
• Complete the “In History” section by recording notes comparing the illustration with the matching historical event.
4. Extension: “For Crown or Colony” interactive at Mission-US.org

Wednesday 03/21 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Display your Sam Adams Comprehension Questions for the Homework Checker
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready
3. Practice your grammar, proofreading, and literacy skills at Quill.org

***Spring Pictures TOMORROW***

Tuesday 03/20 Math - Applying Volume Concepts

Purpose: I can practice what I need (W.I.N.) to improve my skills and ability with volume concepts.

1. Practice: Volume Concepts W.I.N.
• Lead yourself through the video and practice.
• Use your headphones to allow everyone to focus on their own work.
• You should review/practice EVERY element.
2. Whole Group:  Lesson 6-6
3. H.W.:  Unit 6 Math Packet page 227

Tuesday 03/20 Reading - Sam Adams and Patterns & Relationships

Purpose: I can identify patterns and relationships to help me understand historical events.

1. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that thinking about patterns and relationships can help you to better understand historical events.  When you are reading informational text, there are clue words that help you to see these patterns.
2. Application: Read and comprehend "Sam Adams" in the American Revolution War Heroes Packet
• Identify and explain the relationship of the British tax acts and the Sons of Liberty.
• Answer at least three (3) comprehension questions.
3. Free Reading Time

Tuesday 03/20 Social Studies - Making Connections to the Colonists' Perspective

Purpose: I can make connections to the colonists' perspective.

1. Connection: Class Celebration Planning
2. Engagement:  Finish your definitions and images for your Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary
3. Extension: “For Crown or Colony” interactive at Mission-US.org

Tuesday 03/20 Writing - Making Matches and Patterns

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use patterning in words, structures, and meanings to make my writing easier to read.

1. Connection:  Table Setting
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that writers set up their writing almost the way we might set up a table--matching up certain elements, patterning everything, and making the whole arrangment look planned and thought out.  Writers do that by making matches and patterns in words, in structures, and in meanings.
3. Engagement:  Setting the Louisiana Purchase "Table"
4. Application: Research Report
• Make matches and patterns in your sections.
• Study primary sources and approved & appropriate resources closely to figure out what information they offer: quotes, inferences, thoughts, feelings, etc.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.
• Grow your thinking by writing about the information.

Tuesday 03/20 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Display your HomeLink 6-6 for the Homework Checker
2. Have your Writing folder and research report materials ready to use
3. Practice Using and Punctuating Quotations at Quill.org

Monday 03/19 Reading - Sam Adams and Cause & Effect

Purpose: I can identify cause and effect relationships to help me understand historical events.

1. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that thinking about cause and effect patterns can help you to better understand historical events.  When you are reading informational text, there are clue words that help you to see these patterns.
2. Application: Read and comprehend "Sam Adams" in the American Revolution War Heroes Packet
• Record the FIVE most important pieces of information.
• Identify and explain cause and effect of the British tax acts.
• Answer the comprehension questions.
3. Free Reading Time

Monday 03/19 Social Studies - Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary

Purpose: I can define, understand, and use words/phrases related to the study of the American Revolutionary.

1. Connection: Direction/Order Dialogue (Interactive Notebook page 55)
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that the growing tension between Great Britain and the colonies can be understood as metaphors involving a child being given directions/orders.
3. Engagement:  Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary document
4. Extension: “For Crown or Colony” interactive at Mission-US.org.
• Go to mission-us.org
• Click “Register” at the top right of the screen.
• Enter your Google username and password
• Choose a reminder question and provide an answer
• Enter Ankeny and Iowa
• Choose “Student”
• Enter “Teacher” for how you learned about Mission US.
• Click “Submit”
• Click “Play” near the top
• Choose “Mission 1: For Crown or Colony?"

Monday 03/19 Writing - Finding Multiple Perspectives

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use quotations from primary sources to find different perspectives.

1. Connection:  Different Perspectives
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that every single story or fact has multiple perspectives from which it can be seen, and writers need to ask themselves, "What are some other ways to see this story?"  Often this means keeping an ear, an eye, out for the voices of people whose perspectives are not often heard.
3. Engagement:  View the following images and ask, "What is the obvious story?" and also "What are some other sides of the story?" and "What are sides that are not often heard?"
• Boston Tar & Feathering
• The Boston Massacre
4. Application: Research Report
• Study primary sources closely and figure out what information they offer: quotes, inferences, thoughts, feelings, etc.
• Record new information using our approved & appropriate resources.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.
• Grow your thinking by writing about the information.

Monday 03/19 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Turn in your 5th Grade T-Shirt Order and/or Design to Mr. E
2. Monday Band Lessons: Check your lesson time 
3. Have your Writing folder and research report materials ready to use
4. Practice Using and Punctuating Quotations at Quill.org

Thursday 03/08 Reading - Discuss Plot and Analyze Theme

Purpose:  I can analyze plot elements to better understand their impacts on the story.

1. Book Club Meeting - Share your "Plot" Rollercoasters, then discuss and answer the following "Theme" Questions as a group:
• What did the characters learn?
• How did the characters grow or change?
• Why did the characters act this way?
• I know the theme is...  I know this because in the text...
2. Free Reading Time

Thursday 03/08 Math - Straw & Paperclip Tower Challenge

Purpose: I can use my scientific inquiry and problem solving skills to engineer the tallest tower possible.

1. Connection: Let's announce the winners and think back to our Bridge Challenge.  Which bridge design(s) supported the most live load? What makes a bridge "strong"?
2. Application: Straw & Paperclip Tower Engineering Challenge
3. Data Representation and Interpretation: Answer the following questions
• Create a line plot to represent the data.
• Use the data and line plot to find the mode, median, and mean of the tower heights.
4. Math Journal pages 210 – 211 (IND.)
5. Math Skills Practice: Free Choice Thursday