Mrs. Brueggeman’s Daily Assignments

Week of August 25, 2008

 

Social Skill of the Week:
Skill #3 – Accepting Criticism or a Consequence

 

 

The Character Trait for August:

                                                      Honesty                                  

 

 

Monday, August 25, 2008

8:10-8:25

Morning Work

 

Objective: Practice Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Writing Skills.

Activities:

  1. Work on Morning Work – Daily Language and Math Review questions
  2. Extra Practice – Practice your math facts with Connect Four.  Click on addition, subtraction, or multiplication.
  3. 8:20 Announcements/Attendance/Lunch Count

Assess:                            

Discussion                    

8:25-9:25

Math

Objective: Students will be able to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000.

Activities:      

1.      Discuss rounding to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000 using a number line.

2.      Introduce Rounding Rap.

3.      Whole group – Complete #1, 2, 7, 8, 9 on Rounding Numbers Practice 1-3 together.

4.      Partner/Independently – Complete Rounding Numbers Practice 1-3.

Assess:                                 

Q and A ; Discussion; Observation; Rounding Numbers Practice 1-3; Timed Test        

9:25-10:10

Writing

Objective: Students will generate focused writing piece on a specific object that they value.

Activities:

  1. Mini-Lesson:

a.      Connection – Celebrate that we live like writers and pay attention to the stories around us.

b.      Teaching Point – We have discussed that personal narratives include people and places, but lets focus on an object to write about.

c.      Demonstration – Use an example like my QT cup.

  1. Conference/Small Group/Independent Work Time:

a.      Students develop their own writing piece about object in their snippet journals.

  1. Debrief/Share

Assess:                            

Discussion; Snippet Journals

10:10-10:30

 Bathroom Break/Snack/Extra Recess

10:30-10:45 Morning Meeting
  1. Greeting
  2. Share – What did you do over the weekend?
  3. Activity – A Little Known Fact
  4. News/Announcements

10:45-11:20 Science/

Social Studies

Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of making map grids and then making up question/answers correlating with their grid.

Activities:            

  1. Discuss map grids and go over last week’s grid activities.
  2. Whole Group – Make a brief map grid of my living room using Microsoft Excel and come up with a few questions correlating with the grid.
  3. Partner – Make your own map grid of the classroom or playground and develop questions to correlate with your grid.
  4. The World Quiz
  5. Challenge:  Geography Quiz~  Use the map of your countries to help you!

Assess:                                         

Observation; Map Grids              

11:20-11:35 Cont. Sci./S.S.

or Enrichment/ Intervention

Objective: Cont. working on grids.

Activities:         

  1. Continue working on grids

Assess:                            

Discussion; grid scoring guide

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:10

Lunch/Recess

12:10-1:10

P.E.-Gregory and Music-Lewis

1:10-1:15

Break

1:15 – 2:55

Communication Arts – Reading Workshop, Word Work, and Read-A-Loud 

Objective: Students will develop reading community knowledge and build various reading skills.

Activities:

Mini-lesson 1:15-1:25         

  1. How do we buzz effectively? 
  2. Discussion: Students partner buzz about the Read-A-Loud book.
  3. Reminder of Genres

Work Time 1:25-2:10

Independent Reading/Conferences

Strategy Groups/Book Clubs

Debrief/Share 2:10-2:20

Word Work 2:20-2:40

  1. Introduce spelling words and write them in your planner.
  2. Introduce Word Wall and first 5 words.
  3. Chant/Write using Reading Journal
  4. “On the Back” Activity with 1 of the 5 words.

Read-A-Loud 2:40         

Assess:                            

Discussion, Conference, Observation

2:55 – 3:10
  1. Go over homework.
  2. Fill out planners.
  3. Pack-Up and Read-A-Loud
  4. Dismissal @ 3:10

Homework

Rounding Numbers Reteach1-3; Read 15 min.; Spelling Contract – Theme 1 Week 1 due Friday, August 29.

Reminders and Additional Info.

 

 

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

8:10-8:25

Morning Work

 

Objective: Practice Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Writing Skills.

Activities:

  1. Work on Morning Work – Daily Language and Math Review questions
  2. Extra Practice - When you are finished, practice your math facts using Math Baseball.
  3. 8:20 Announcements/Attendance/Lunch Count

Assess:                            

Discussion                    

8:25-9:25

Math

Objective: Students will be able to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000.

Activities:

  1. ½ with Ms. Robertson’s class – Rounding Memory
  2. ½ with Mrs. B’s class – Rounding practice
  3. Switch.
  4. Show how to use Aplus Math.

Assess:                            

Discussion; Q-and-A; Rounding Practice

9:25-10:10

Writing

Objective: Students will generate focused writing piece on one of the possibilities of a personal narrative.

Activities:

  1. Mini-Lesson:

a.      Connection – Celebrate that we are using strategies taught to us in order to write stories that matter.

b.      Teaching Point – We have discussed that personal narratives include people, places and objects.  Now, as good writers know they have to focus and be specific, or Zooming In and leaving out details that don’t matter.

c.      Demonstration – Use an example such as one time at the beach.

  1. Conference/Small Group/Independent Work Time:

d.      Students practice thinking of an event and then Zooming In on a particular detail of that event in their snippet journals.

  1. Debrief/Share

Assess:                            

Discussion; Snippet Journals

10:10-10:30

 Bathroom Break/Snack/Extra Recess

10:30-10:45 Morning Meeting
  1. Greeting – use A Little Known Fact
  2. Share – Partner
  3. Activity – Social Skill of the Week
  4. News/Announcements

10:45-11:20 Science/

Social Studies

Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of making map grids and then making up question/answers correlating with their grid.

Activities:            

  1. Review map grid of my living room using Microsoft Excel.
  2. Partner – Make your own map grid of the classroom or playground and develop questions to correlate with your grid.
  3. The World Quiz
  4. Challenge:  Geography Quiz~  Use the map of your countries to help you!

Assess:                                         

Observation; Map Grids      

11:20-11:35 Cont. Sci./S.S.

or Enrichment/ Intervention

Objective: cont. working on grids

Activities:

1.    Finish grids

Assess:                            

Discussion; grids

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:10

Lunch/Recess

12:10-1:10

Computer-Burnett

1:10-1:15

Break

1:15 – 2:55

Communication Arts – Reading Workshop, Word Work, and Read-A-Loud 

Objective: Students will develop reading community knowledge and build various reading skills.

Activities:

Mini-lesson 1:15-1:25

  1. Reminder of discussion of How to Work while the Teacher is testing other students and abandoning books.
  2. Student Reading Survey – complete during independent reading time.

Work Time 1:25-2:10

Independent Reading/Conferences

Strategy Groups/Book Clubs

Debrief/Share 2:10-2:20

Word Work 2:20-2:40

  1. Review words of the week. 
  2. Making words activity.

Read-A-Loud 2:40

Assess:                            

Discussion, Conference, Observation

2:55 – 3:10
  1. Go over homework.
  2. Fill out planners.
  3. Pack-Up and Read-A-Loud
  4. Dismissal @ 3:10

Homework

Compose/Decompose Activity sheet; Read 15 min.; Spelling Contract – Theme 1 Week 1 due Friday, August 29.

Reminders and Additional Info.

 

                                                                                                                

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

8:10-8:25

Morning Work

 

Objective: Practice Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Writing Skills.

Activities:

  1. Work on Morning Work – Daily Language and Math Review questions
  2. Extra Practice – Practice math facts with Aplus Math.
  3. 8:20 Announcements/Attendance/Lunch Count

Assess:                            

Discussion                    

8:25-9:25

Math

Objective: Students will determine change from up to $10.00.

Activities:      

1.      Model and Practice comparing money and making change together with manipulatives. (use math book p. 30-31 for ex. Problems #1-7)

2.      Independently – Complete 8-11 p. 30-31 in book.

Assess:                                                    

Q and A ; Observation; #8-11

9:25-10:10

Writing

Objective: Students will be introduced to the structure of a writing conference and teach them ways writers talk about their writing

Activities:

1.    Mini-Lesson:

e.      Connection – Count on mini-lessons and you can begin to count on time to write as well as conferencing.

f.        Teaching Point – writing conferences have a reliable structure: questions (SMARTboard)

g.      Demonstration – Discuss an ex. Of teacher vs. child and contrast how they can be different

2.    Conference/Small Group/Independent Work Time:

h.      Students practice by independently answering questions on a piece of paper about their last writing piece in their Snippet Journals.

3.    Debrief/Share

Assess:                            

Discussion; Snippet Journals

10:10-10:30

 Bathroom Break/Snack/Extra Recess

10:30-10:45 Morning Meeting
  1. Greeting
  2. Share – Partner
  3. Activity – Action Greeting
  4. News/Announcements

10:45-11:20 Science/

Social Studies

Objective: Students will practice skills of latitude and longitude.

Activities:            

  1.  Review how to find latitude and longitude.
  2. Independent – Complete Finding Fossils
  3. Extra practice with Continents and Oceans.

Assess:                                                  

Discussion; observation; Finding Fossils

11:20-11:35 Cont. Sci./S.S.

or Enrichment/ Intervention

Objective:

Activities:                                     

  1.  

Assess:                            

Discussion;

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:10

Lunch/Recess

12:10-1:10

Art - Sandhe

1:10-1:15

Break

1:15 – 2:55

Communication Arts – Reading Workshop, Word Work, and Read-A-Loud 

Objective: Students will develop reading community knowledge and build various reading skills.

Activities:

Mini-lesson 1:15-1:25

  1. How do we answer a question in our Reading Journals?
  2. Show ex. of above.

Work Time 1:25-2:10

Independent Reading/Conferences

Strategy Groups/Book Clubs

Debrief/Share 2:10-2:20            

Word Work 2:20-2:40

  1. making words activity

Read-A-Loud 2:40

Assess:                            

Discussion, Conference, Observation

2:55 – 3:10
  1. Go over homework.
  2. Fill out planners.
  3. Pack-Up and Read-A-Loud
  4. Dismissal @ 3:10

Homework

Compare Money Amounts; Read 15 min.; Spelling Contract – Theme 1 Week 1 due Friday, August 29.

Reminders and Additional Info.

 

 

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

8:10-8:25

Morning Work

 

Objective: Practice Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Writing Skills.

Activities:

  1. Work on Morning Work – Daily Language and Math Review questions
  2. Extra Practice – Practice multiplication facts with SuperStar Math.
  3. 8:20 Announcements/Attendance/Lunch Count

Assess:                            

Discussion                    

8:25-9:25

Math

Objective: Students will add and subtracting money; Determine change from $10.00.

Activities:                       

1.      Introduce - Practice adding/subtracting money values  on SMARTboard.

2.      Practice determining change with money problems from $10.  (put problems on SMARTboard and use whiteboards)

Assess:                                 

Q and A ; Observation;

9:25-10:10

Writing

Objective: Students will generate focused writing piece using sequence of events.

Activities:

1.    Mini-Lesson:

a.      Connection – Reminder of writing that tiny seed story.

b.      Teaching Point – Telling our personal narratives as a sequence of events.

c.      Demonstration – I resist talking all about and instead storytell the event: Recall the Fire Drill and start as a whole class.

2.    Conference/Small Group/Independent Work Time:

d.      Students practice  writing their own version of the Fire Drill in their snippet journals.

3.    Debrief/Share

Assess:                            

Discussion; Snippet Journals

10:10-10:30

 Bathroom Break/Snack/Extra Recess

10:30-10:45 Morning Meeting
  1. Greeting
  2. Share – Partner
  3. Activity – Guess Who!  Write 3 clues about yourself.  We will guess who it is.
  4. News/Announcements

10:45-11:20 Science/

Social Studies

Objective: Students will practice skills of latitude and longitude.

Activities:            

  1. Review how to find latitude and longitude.
  2. Independent – Complete Using Latitude and Longitude
  3. Extra practice with Continents and Oceans.

Assess:                                                                

Discussion; observation; Finding Fossils

11:20-11:35 Cont. Sci./S.S.

or Enrichment/ Intervention

Objective: Students will present partner interviews.

Activities:

  1. Present partner interviews.

Assess:                            

Discussion; Partner interviews scoring guide

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:10

Lunch/Recess

12:10-1:10

Music – Lewis and P.E. - Nicholson

1:10-1:15

Break

1:15 – 2:55

Communication Arts – Reading Workshop, Word Work, and Read-A-Loud 

Objective: Students will develop reading community knowledge and build various reading skills.

Activities:

Mini-lesson 1:15-1:25

  1. Cont. how do we answer a question in our Reading Journals?
  2. Show another ex. of above.

Work Time 1:25-2:10

Independent Reading/Conferences

Strategy Groups/Book Clubs

Debrief/Share 2:10-2:20            

Word Work 2:20-2:40

  1. Guess the covered word.

Read-A-Loud 2:40

Assess:                            

Discussion, Conference, Observation

2:55 – 3:10
  1. Go over homework.
  2. Fill out planners.
  3. Pack-Up and Read-A-Loud
  4. Dismissal @ 3:10

Homework

Read 15 min.; Spelling Contract – Theme 1 Week 1 due Friday, August 29.

Reminders and Additional Info.

 

 

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Friday, August 29, 2008

8:10-8:25

Morning Work

 

Objective: Practice Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Writing Skills.

Activities:

  1. Work on Morning Work – Daily Language and Math Review questions
  2. Extra Practice – Practice multiplication facts with Knights of Math.
  3. 8:20 Announcements/Attendance/Lunch Count

Assess:                            

Discussion                    

8:25-9:25

Math

Objective: Students will add and subtract money; Determine change from $10.00.

Activities:                       

1.      Whole Group – Review adding money values and making change from $10 by completing #1 on Making Money sheet.

2.      Independently/Partner – Complete Making Money sheet.

Assess:                                 

Q and A ; Observation; Making Money sheet

9:25-10:10

Writing

Objective: Students will generate focused writing piece

Activities:

  1. Mini-Lesson:

a.      Connection – Have a student share about their Fire Drill personal narrative.

b.      Teaching Point – Tell them that they can use a sequence of events organizer (show ex.) to start their rough drafts.

c.      Demonstration – show ex. of fire drill in sequence of events organizer.

  1. Conference/Small Group/Independent Work Time:

d.      Students practice writing about another event in their snippet journals.  It can be about going through the lunch line, riding the bus, or something outside of school.

  1. Debrief/Share

Assess:                            

Discussion; Snippet Journals

10:10-10:30

 Bathroom Break/Snack/Extra Recess

10:30-10:45 Morning Meeting
  1. Greeting
  2. Share – Partner
  3. Activity – Math Race
  4. News/Announcements

10:45-11:20 Science/

Social Studies

Objective: Students will practice skills of latitude and longitude.

Activities:            

  1. Review how to find latitude and longitude by completing #1 together of Activity Ten.
  2. Independent – Complete Activity Ten
  3. Extra practice with.

Assess:                                                                

Discussion; observation; Finding Fossils

11:20-11:35 Cont. Sci./S.S.

or Enrichment/ Intervention

Objective: cont. Social Studies

Activities:

  1. Finish Activity Ten

Assess:                            

Discussion; Partner interviews scoring guide

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:10

Lunch/Recess

12:10-1:10

P.E. – Nicholson and Library – Rudy

1:10-1:15

Break

1:15 – 2:55

Communication Arts – Reading Workshop, Word Work, and Read-A-Loud 

Objective: Students will develop reading community knowledge and build various reading skills.

Activities:

Mini-lesson 1:15-1:25

  1. Discuss how to use a book mark. 
  2. Students can quickly make a book mark that I will have laminated. 
  3. Read independently when completed.

Work Time 1:25-2:10

Independent Reading/Conferences

Strategy Groups/Book Clubs

Debrief/Share 2:10-2:20            

Word Work 2:20-2:40

  1. Spelling Test

Read-A-Loud 2:40

Assess:                            

Discussion, Conference, Observation

2:55 – 3:10
  1. Go over homework.
  2. Fill out planners.
  3. Pack-Up and Read-A-Loud
  4. Dismissal @ 3:10

Homework

Reading Logs checked Monday, August 25; Spelling Contract – Theme 1 Week 1 due Friday, August 29

Reminders and Additional Info.