Our current topics of interest:

Fall 2016

 

Why must we read 20 minutes EVERY night? 

 

ELA: Reading and Writing:

*Reading: 

* We will begin our year off with establishing the routines of Readers' and Writers' Workshop.  

•Students will interview a partner and create a "Celebrity Profile" to help us get to know each other. Digital Photos will be used in a google slide presentation. Please send along digital photos to me at mmusterait@opschools.org. 

* Students will read several biographies in the beginning of the school year. 

* As a class we will be reading Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher. A great book to identify character traits and create a story map. 

* As a read-aloud we will read Home of the Brave  and relate it to our close reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

 

*Writing: 

• Celebrity Profile

• Seed - Personal Narrative 

 

Social Studies: Students will begin the year learning about landforms and how geography can affect people.  We will spend time getting to know the regions of the United States. 

 

Science: Our first unit of study is Ecosystems. 

 

Math: Module 1: Understanding Place Value and number sense.