4th-5th Grade Explorers 2012-2013
Fall Semester Theme: GETTING ORIENTED: Exploring Points, Lines, Intersections, & Angles
Spring Semester Theme: NAVIGATING: Exploring Systems, Cycles, Spirals, Perspectives & Connections
MONDAY, September 17, 2012
| 9:00 | Weather Data Collection Students will create a weather station for measuring temperature, rainfall, etc. and record daily on calendar grid. Results used in science/math. | Sept. Weather Data Calendars for recording daily precipitation, high and low temperatures, daylight hours, wind speed/direction for these locations: Asheville, NC, and Fentress, Texas. . |
| 9:15 | Centering/Class Meeting Class Meeting Agenda: Review World Class Explorers Positive Discipline Plan for Individual and Collective Space and Respect Expectations Environment Questions Quests Ideas Itinerary Self-organization: Homework folder, math and writing journal, field notebook for science and social studies notes; Explorer Book Club reading log and literary analysis; sketchbook | Circle of Stones Geological Time: Imaginary travel through time following story of THE PEBBLE IN MY POCKET Students will imagine the personal story of their own selected stone Through “deep time” after learning about the story of the Earth as told in its geological record. (Books from library on geological time and Learn NC website: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-twoworlds/1671 This online book from the U.S. Geological Survey, published in 1997, explains how geologic time is organized and how scientists determine the age of fossils, rocks, and the earth. |
| 9:30 | Daily Journal & Explorer Publishing Students respond to writing prompt/morning discussion in daily personal journal. Risk-taking; cooperation; literacy, communication, trust Math Journal: Explorers use math to count, number, name, measure, order, document, analyze, locate, time, compare, predict, etc. Time and Place: Measurement notes on units of time (millennium to millisecond); Place: Circle Facts for creating compass rose with cardinal directions Students will use word wall to write a paragraph about how Explorers Use math. | Goals and Reflections GOALS & REFLECTIONS Notebook: Students will reflect on their experiences, impressions thus far, express their hopes and dreams for the coming school year, and set forth a personal goal with a plan to achieve it. Question for Goals Notebook: What qualities did Elisha Mitchell embody in his quest to prove that Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi? What are the essential skills and traits of an explorer? Reflection about “trust” fall and challenge hike, or play on our trip. |
| 10:00 | Math Groups Students grouped according to achievement in math with vertical lift | Mathlete Training MATH (Whole Class or Math Group Instruction with Promethean Board tools/resources) Read real life word problems together and discuss STRATEGIES for solving. Model problem solving as a class for the following camping story: Homework: Write a math story word problem. Translate it into a number sentence or equation and solve. Be prepared to share your problem with your math group tomorrow. 4th grade: 5th grade: (p. 20-21) |
| 11:00-11:55 | Research and Writing Centers: FOCUS on DIVERSITY of NC | North Carolina has within its borders the highest mountains east of the Mississippi River, a broad, low-lying coastal area, and all the land in between. That variety of landforms, elevations, and climates has produced as diverse a range of ecosystems as any state in the United States. It has also influenced the way people have lived in North Carolina for thousands of years. |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch & Recess | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Multi-sensory Language Arts Students will explore different ways of learning, practicing, using language, reading, listening, writing, and speaking (includes vocabulary, spelling, phonics, phonemics) | INTRO TO CURSIVE Handwriting practice Sky-writing: loops, waves, mountains, hills, swoops |
| | Or Back Porch Time (individual research, math, and reading projects) | Students will practice Orton-Gillingham sounds of Consonants learned in cursive and practice both Speaking and writing words, names with letters |
| 1:30 | Explorations Shared origin stories, myths, legends, modern literature, poetry, non-fiction, and drama from the region of the world we are studying. Students will practice Essential Learning Skills as they complete a set of Explorer challenges pertaining to the context of the geographical region they are “visiting,” virtually. Students will work in groups to design fact cards with illustrations, artifacts, (2D and 3D) for each major era, period, epoch for our hall wall timeline of NC History. | THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE Reading comprehension discussion and annotations; key literary Elements: PLOT, CHARACTERS, SETTING, NARRATOR, THEME |
| 3:00-3:25 | PE | MATHLETE TRAINING (Bootcamp II) Personal measurements: Pushups, dips, high jump, running, situps, pull-ups, MINEFIELD |
| 3:25-3:30 | Pack up and clean up | |
| 3:30 | Afterschool | |
Reflections/Goals:
TUESDAY 9.18.2012
| 9:00 | Weather Data Collection Students will create a weather station for measuring temperature, rainfall, etc. and record daily on calendar grid. Results used in science/math. | Construct Weather Data Calendars for September Three locations for data: Asheville, NC, and Fentress, Texas. High, Low Temps., Precipitation, Length of Day, & humidity will be recorded | ||
| 9:30-10:00 | Centering/Class Meeting Goal-Setting Self-Reflection |
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| 9:45 | Daily Journal & Explorer Publications Students respond to writing prompt/morning discussion in daily personal journal. Multi-sensory Language Arts Students will explore different ways of learning, practicing, using language, reading, listening, writing, and speaking (includes vocabulary, spelling, phonics, phonemics) Risk-taking; cooperation; literacy, communication, trust Students will work in teams and independently to conduct qualitative and quantitative research | LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, & SCIENCE (Writing in content/context area) Students will be asked to brainstorm examples of how the water cycle and the rock cycle are inter-related. VOCABULARY CHALLENGE WORDS FOR THE WEEK Focus on Planet Earth and Geological History: Stratigraphy, Rock Cycle, Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic, Texture, Weight, Density, Length, Width, Shape, Size, Classification, Color, Mineral, Geology, stone, granite, gemstone, hardness, core, mantle, crust | ||
| 10:00 | Math Groups Students grouped according to achievement in math with vertical lift | 5th Grade: Textbooks issued Homework: p. 163 Graphing Challenge with shapes (handout) | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | SMART BOARD/COMPUTER LAB Technology | |||
| 11:30-12:00 | Literature Circles and Explorer Book Club Reports/Projects | THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE Reading comprehension discussion and annotations; key literary Elements: PLOT, CHARACTERS, SETTING, NARRATOR, THEME | ||
| 12:00-1:00 | Outside Play & Lunch | | ||
| 1:00-1:30 | INDEPENDENT READING | WADE individual encoding and decoding assessment | ||
| 2:55 | EXPLORATIONS Around-the-World Adventures (Multi-sensory centers which include: Scientific Inquiry, Social Studies & Science, Cultural Arts & Humanities, Visual Arts, Games and Logic, History, Language, Diversity of Life Exploration) Students will practice Essential Learning Skills as they complete a set of Explorer challenges pertaining to the context of the geographical region they are “visiting,” virtually. | TREE OF LIFE | ||
| 2:45-3:30 | Spanish Students will explore different ways of learning, practicing, using Spanish language, reading, listening, writing, and speaking (includes vocabulary, spelling, phonics, phonemics) | | ||
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| 3:30 | Afterschool | |
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WEDNESDAY
| 9:00 | Weather Data Collection Students will create a weather station for measuring temperature, rainfall, etc. and record daily on calendar grid. Results used in science/math. | Sept. Weather Data Calendars for recording daily precipitation, high and low temperatures, daylight hours, wind speed/direction for these locations: Asheville, NC, and Fentress, Texas. Cursive practice with Calpurnia Tate and famous Quotations from Darwin’s journals |
| 9:15 | Centering/Class Meeting Class Meeting Agenda: Review World Class Explorers Positive Discipline Plan for Individual and Collective Space and Respect Expectations Environment Questions Quests Ideas Itinerary Self-organization: Homework folder, math and writing journal, field notebook for science and social studies notes; Explorer Book Club reading log and literary analysis; sketchbook | |
| 9:30 | Daily Journal & Explorer Publishing Students respond to writing prompt/morning discussion in daily personal journal. Risk-taking; cooperation; literacy, communication, trust Math Journal: Explorers use math to count, number, name, measure, order, document, analyze, locate, time, compare, predict, etc. Time and Place: Measurement notes on units of time (millennium to millisecond); Place: Circle Facts for creating compass rose with cardinal directions Students will use word wall to write a paragraph about how Explorers Use math. | Finish Compass Rose Designs Compass Rose Design Students will use a ruler, a compass, a protractor, pencils, pens, and paper to construct a compass rose design that accurately shows the cardinal directions, the secondary and tertiary directions. They will subsequently label the degrees in each quadrant and write circle facts on the back of their compass rose design, color and add detail to their designs for homework. Key Unit Questions: How do the geographic features of a region affect the people who live there? How can the activities of people affect the local environment? How do the stories people tell reflect where they are from? How can stories be used to persuade people to act in a particular way? |
| 10:15 | Snack & Silent Walk Daily snack and silent nature walk will be variable during this hour to accommodate the needs of the community and to facilitate optimal attention in math. | |
| 10:20 | Math Groups Students grouped according to achievement in math with vertical lift Promethean Board | 5th Grade: Graphing Students will practice graphing at pro board; homework assignment will be to draw a bird’s eye map of their bedroom on graphing paper And provide coordinates for corners, windows, bed, desk, and other furniture (plot ordered pairs to show location of these items) |
| 11:10-11:55 | Language Arts Explorer Publishing Computer Lab and Smart Board | TREE OF LIFE |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch & Recess | |
| 1:00-2:30 | ART EXPLORATIONS: Art History and Studio | Origin Stories: Students will close their eyes and listen to the Cherokee origin story of how the earth was created. They will try to paint a scene from the story in their imaginations, listening for vivid details of color, texture, sound, setting, character and action. Later, they will be given a chance to use water colors to recreate this imaginative scene in an original illustration. 2. 3. |
| | Or Back Porch Time (individual research, math, and reading projects) | |
| 2:30 | Explorer Book Club Shared origin stories, myths, legends, modern literature, poetry, non-fiction, and drama from the region of the world we are studying. Students will practice Essential Learning Skills as they complete a set of Explorer challenges pertaining to the context of the geographical region they are “visiting,” virtually. | THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE Reading comprehension discussion and annotations; key literary Elements: PLOT, CHARACTERS, SETTING, NARRATOR, THEME |
| 3:00-3:25 | PE | |
| 3:25-3:30 | Pack up and clean up | |
| 3:30 | Afterschool | |
Notes:
Materials:
Reflections/Goals:
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
| 9:00 | Weather Data Collection Students will create a weather station for measuring temperature, rainfall, etc. and record daily on calendar grid. Results used in science/math. Centering/Class Meeting | |
| 9:30 | Spelling Quiz | |
| 10:00 | Math Quiz | Ordered pairs, coordinates, longitude and latitude, place value (grade 5: multiplication/division facts) (grade 4: double-digit addition/subtraction) |
| 10:30-11:55 | Portfolio Independent Reading Document Camera Students will use Essential Learning skills in self-reflection of work (process and product) to select pieces for PassPortFolios. They will write an explanation of their work, what they learned, and why they have chosen this example for their portfolios. They will create a digital archive using the document camera and post to their own individual page on the class blog. | PASSPORTFOLIO PROJECT reflection and goal-setting using ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS and evidence in individual work to organize and document progress in writing, reading, critical, contextual, and creative thinking, communicating and understanding (materials: student folders, assessments, projects, scanned photos and documents, goals notebooks, field journals, math and daily journals, art) Ticket for Ecuador Time Travel Earned upon completion of Pass Port Folio |
| 12:00-1:00 | Outside Play & Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Back Porch Time | |
| 1:30 | SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS Students will work in teams and independently to conduct qualitative and quantitative research | |
| 2:30 | Students will work in teams and independently to conduct qualitative and quantitative research | |
| 3:00 | Closing and Weekly REFLECTIONS Students will share self-selected texts and projects from portfolios and discuss goals/reflections for the week, collectively and individually. Student Jobs, Pack up &Pick up Leveled readers | |
| 3:30 | Afterschool | |
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