Posted: May 3, 2020
May 4 – May 8
Grade 4/5 students:
Great job on your ‘Home Learning’ students! I am very proud of your efforts and thank you to those who have sent me their persuasive writing to my email (cheryl.carroll@nbed.nb.ca). I enjoyed reading them and gave students some feedback. Here is your schedule for the week:
Math – Login to Dreambox and complete a minimum of two activities each day (10 activities for the week). Remember that the activities with a calendar icon are ones that I have assigned.
Last week, 7 out of 11 students completed all 10 activities.
Writing Journal – Spend 15-20 minutes each day writing a journal entry.
Weekly Writing Task - Spend 15-20 minutes working on the assigned writing tasks so that you have finished good copies by the end of the week (remember to spend some time revising and editing your work). Email to cheryl.carroll@nbed.nb.ca
This week you will write two reading responses. Use the book (fiction/novel) that you are reading to complete the activities below.
Reading Response Choice Board: Using the book that you are reading, choose two of the options on the choice board to respond to.
B-M-E Write 3 paragraphs summarizing important events that occurred at the Beginning (paragraph 1), Middle (paragraph 2), and End (paragraph 3) of the story.
| 5 Finger Retell Use the five –finger- retell to write 3 paragraphs about a story. Paragraph 1- characters Paragraph 2-setting Paragraph 3 –the problem and how it was solved.
| S-W-B-S (Somebody Wanted But So) Somebody- Who is the story about? Wanted- What did the character want? But- but what happened? So- So how did it end? What happened next?
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Character Traits Describe one of the characters in the story by giving examples of a character trait s/he exhibits. Ex: brave, generous, thoughtful, determined, cunning. Use examples from the story.
| I Poems Write a poem from the character’s point of view using some of the following sentence stems: I am… I pretend… I wonder… I feel… I hear… I worry… I see… I cry… I want… I dream… | Alternate Ending Think of a different way the story could have ended. Write a paragraph that describes what could have happened and what the consequences would have been. |
The focus this week will continue to be writing effective paragraphs. Most of the choices above involve writing more than one paragraph. Remember that an effective paragraph has a good topic sentence, at least three or four sentences with supporting details and a closing sentence.
I am attaching the District’s weekly STEAM newsletter for those who are interested in doing additional activities.
Reminder that students should spend 30 minutes each day reading and doing physical activity. The calendar for May is also posted for Social Emotional Learning (can be found in the Documents Tab).
Homework Attachment:
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 asdn_steam_issue_may_4.pdf | 1.88 MB |