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Class Title Zebrainie

For the week of:  January 25-29

Cumulative math tests this week

Summative stories due Friday

Fieldstudy next week

New Planner/ Unit of study begins next week

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea:

 A culture’s stories reveal its beliefs and values.

Inquiry Into:

Mythology

Legends

World Religions

Teacher Questions:

How did myths explain natural phenomena?

How are legends connected to myths?

Why do predominant world religions use stories to teach moral lessons?

How are moral lessons discovered through reading religious stories, legends, and mythology?

This week students are learning about the:

Review:            Self assessment rubric

                        Mythology

                         Astrology and the Planets (Student Questions)

Student questions

Unit activity and assessment reflections

Summative Project

Choose a belief or value you feel is important to your culture.  Brainstorm a plot to reveal this belief or value in a witty/structured/interesting way.  Develop characters. Write a story for your peers and fellow students in the lower school reflecting this belief or value/ teaching this moral. Share your story with the class, then the lower school. Complete story by Friday.

Field Studies

Torn From Home Exhibit

Spelling

/schwa/ sound pretest Monday

Test Friday

Vocabulary

Wordly Wise next lesson / test lesson 20 Monday

Anton test lesson 20 Friday

Students will review lessons 1-20 this week

Cumulative exam next Monday

Math

6th

Chapters 4-6 review and Unit 7 pretest

Unit 2 (Chapters 4-6) test

Writing Expressions and Equations

Simplifying Expressions

Addition and subtraction equations

5^th

Semester Review Monday and Tuesday

Pretest Tuesday Unit 7

Midterm assessment Wednesday

7.1 addition and subtraction of fractions

7.2 Powers of 10

Reading

World Religions

Mythology (Greek, Egyptian, Roman)

Writing

Story reflecting a belief or value of my culture (Summative Project)

 

Monday- grammar lesson: combining sentences, how to answer short answer and multiple choice questions connected to a specific reading selection. Use complete sentences and use part of the question in the answer.

 

First Draft due Tuesday / peer edit / lesson: run-on sentences

Edit for “show don’t tell”, character development, setting the scene, complete sentences,  punctuation, verb tense, combining sentences, run-on sentences

 

2^nd draft due Wednesday revisions on computer/ attention to adjectives, adverbs, clauses, and other grammar mistakes (individualized)

 

Thursday conference with Mrs. Farr

 

Final draft due Friday

For the week of:  January 19-22

No School Monday

Conferences are this week check your email

Math test Friday 5th grade

6th grade math test Wednesday

Wordly Wise Test and Spelling Test Tuesday

Central Idea:

 Beliefs and Values are reflected in a culture's stories.

Inquiry Into:

Mythology

Legends

World Religions

Teacher Questions:

How did myths explain natural phenomena?

How are legends connected to myths?

Why do predominant world religions use stories to teach moral lessons?

How are moral lessons discovered through reading religious stories, legends, and mythology?

World Religions: Various Creation Stories, Christian Stories, other stories, common themes, moral lessons

Greek  and Native American Mythology

Astrology and the Planets (Student Questions)

Representation of a god or goddess due Wednesday (drawing, dramatic performance, or sculpture)

Choose a belief or value you feel is important to your culture.  Brainstorm a plot to reveal this belief or value in a witty/structured/interesting way.  Develop characters. Write a story for your peers and fellow students in the lower school reflecting this belief or value/ teaching this moral. Share your story with the class, then the lower school.

NA

/schwa/ sound

Wordly Wise next lesson Many students are nearing the end of the book

After lesson 20, students will take a cumulative exam

6th

Chapter Review

Test

Unit 2 (Chapters 4-6) pretest

Writing Expressions and Equations

Simplifying Expressions

5th

Using a Slide Rule 

Clock Fractions and Common Denominators

Quick Common Denominators

Test 

Greek Gods

Story reflecting a belief or value of my culture. 

Brainstorm / Character Development

Storyboard

First Draft

Peer Edit

For the week of:  January 11-15

Friday is a teacher workday;  no school for kids!

 

Centers

Zebrainie Center Schedule (30 minutes daily)

Writer’s Notebook,  Geography,  Writing,  Wordly Wise,  Keyboarding

Zack R T W M F

Tia R T W M F

Anton R T W M F

Kasey F T W M R

Lucy F T W M R

 

If you finish work in your designated center, you may go to another center.

Geography Center

NC Research Binders, NC county map, Geographical Research Binders

Writer’s Notebook

My New Year's Resolution

If I were a god or goddess

Writing Center

Independent Book Review Due Thursday

Kasey and Anton- Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Zack – Beyond the Deep Woods (The Edge Chronicles)

Lucy- Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Tia- Phantom Stallion II

Wordly Wise

Test this Monday

Lesson due Thursday

Test will not be until we return on Tuesday

 

 

 

Review

Gandhi and Jainism (Author: Demi)

Mapping the World's Religions pages 6-9

Exhibition Project- Dr. Green and the Eco Movement at HDS

Complete knot blanket for a soldier's family

 

Program of Inquiry

How We Express Ourselves

Many systems of past civilizations are linked with the cultures of the present day.

Inquiry Into: World Religions

                 Mythology and Legends

                 Technology

 

Students will explore major world religions. Resource: Mapping the World’s Religions

• Religion links past civilizations to current civilizations

• Artistic representations of gods and goddesses, religious symbols and texts

  Due Wednesday  / Your choice of god or goddess and method for representation

 

Reading Selections from:

Favorite Greek Myths   We will discuss 2 myths per day

The Greek Gods   Students must finish this paperback book by next Tuesday

                         It will serve as their independent reading book for the week

Optional: Heroes and Monsters of Greek Myth

The Adventures of Ulysses (Retelling of The Odyssey)

• The use of mythology and legends to explain natural phenomena

 

Quiz Thursday

Also:

Scholoastic News “Let the Games Begin”

National Geographic Explorer “Active Earth”

 

Read Aloud

Aunt Mary, Tell Me A Story A Collection of Cherokee Legends and Tales as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey

 

Spelling

Spelling Pretest Monday  /z/ sound; exceptional spellers will use spelling demon list

Spelling Test Thursday

 

Math 5^{th   Unit 6}

1.  

   1. Sample Size and Good Conclusions

   2. Analysis of Sample Data

   3. Climate

   4. 'Adding and Subtracting Fractions Using a Slide Rule

Test One Week From Thursday

 

Math 6^{th Unit 6}

Rational Numbers

Distributive Property

Coordinate Plane

Writing and Simplifying expressions and equations

 

Zebranie

For the week of: Dec.7-11

Central Idea

Geography, government, and populous determine a nation's economy.

Inquiry Into:

5 Themes of Geography

Government Intervention and Trade

           Imports and exports

Industrious Individuals

Teacher Questions:

How is geography connected to agriculture?

How are government and geography connected to imports and exports?

How is trade between countries changing?

Supersize Me outline

  Nation

  Compare the nation's economy to a signature cuisine of the nation

  Research

    geography

    government

    industrious individuals connected to the economy

 Connect each research factor to an ingredient in the model

 Create model

 Prepare outline for comparison

 prepare oral presentation

 

Biltmore House and Farm

January- Catawba Science Center

capital cities

Wordly Wise Test Monday

No lesson this week

5th

The Percent Circle: Making Circle Graphs

School Days: American Tour

Unit 5 Test on Wednesday 9:00 am

6th

Monday complete chapter 5 Test

Chapter 6 Pretest

Comparing and Odering Integers

Adding Integers

Subtracting Integers

 

Independent Reading Book

 

Writing Mechanics ERB Prep

For the week of: November 16-20

Students in Zebranie were featured in November's Newsletter! Read their Reviews

 

 

Summative Project

ie spelling and long vowel sounds

words taken from writing samples

Wordly Wise Test Tuesday

This week's lesson due on Thursday

Test next Monday

5th

   Pretest Chapter 5

   Chapter 5 Frations, Decimals, and Percents

      Fraction Review

      Mixed Numbers

      Ordering Fractions

      Two Rules for Finding Equivalent Fractions

      Fractions and Decimals Part 1

6th

 Notebook Quiz\ Review

 Test Chapter 4

  Chapter 5 Fraction Operations

      adding and subtracting, adding and subtracting mixed numbers, multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers

Hatchet Chapters 17-19 Reading Comprehension Questions

 

 National Geographic Explorer Magazine

         Sea Slugs ; Avalanche; The Secret Life of Plants ; Lighthouse Lives (Science)

         Reading comprehension, discussion and activities

 Scholastic Magazine

         Volcanoes Erupt (Science)

         Discussion and activities

revision and peer editing 

Writing a Paragraph

For the week of: November 9-13

No School Wednesday

5 Themes of Geography portfolios for selected cities are due Friday

Fifth grade math test Friday

 

Biltmore House

Wordly Wise Test Tuesday

Complete Lesson by Friday this week

5th

Long Division with Decimals

   Estimation and multiplying by powers of 10

Interpreting the Remainder

   Rounding up or down; money is exact with decimals

Skills Review: First to 100

Test Chapter 4 Friday

6th

Tutorial on Least Common Multiples

Comparing and Ordering Fractions

Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions

Fractions and Decimals

Hatchet  Chapters 13 through 16

Complete reading comprehension questions

 National Geographic Explorer Magazine

 

Writing 

Graphic Organizer for Transcontinental Railroad essay

Complete first draft

 

Writing Skills

 

 

For the week of: November 2-6

Students will begin working on an essay about the Transcontinental Railroad for the DAR Competition

Central Idea

Geography, government, and populous determine a nation's economy.

Inquiry Into:

Geography

Imports and exports

Commerce

Teacher Questions:

How is geography connected to agriculture?

How are government and geography connected to imports and exports?

How is trade between countries changing?

5 Themes of Geography

   Students will begin work on their geography portfolio for a specific city in a nation

Imports and Exports

   Each child will choose a nation to study

American Trade

   Review our knowledge of trade in Colonial America and Early America

   Introduce Industrial Revolution

Summative Project TBD

Certain Individuals will still work with the ie and ei spelling

Students that have shown proficiency with respect to spelling rules will have words from their writing samples only

Test Friday

Wordly Wise test this Tuesday

Wordly Wise lesson due Thursday

Test next Tuesday

5th

Unit 3

Solving Problems using the Geometry Template

Test Tuesday

Unit 4 Pretest

Division Facts and Extensions

Partial Quotients

Finding Distances on a Map

6th

Chapter 4

Prime Factors

LCM/GCM

Equivalent Fractions

Ordering Fractions

Different Fraction Forms

Operations with Fractions

Reading 

"Storks" reading selection

   Review and complete work on Characterization

   Review and complete work on Problems and Solutions

Hatchet  Chapters 7-12

Complete Comprehension questions due Friday

National Geographic Magazine

  Scariest Creatures

United States History   Transcontinental Railroad  page 199

Prewriting

Supporting Sentences

Topic Sentences

 Concluding Sentences

 Writing a Paragraph

 Formatting Paragraphs

Pages 19-36

  Fictional Story Review

  Historical fiction (Transcontinental Railroad) and Persuasive Writing

  Pages 61-67

For the week of:  October 12-23

Hope you enjoyed a weekend free of homework.  Happy Birthday, Anton.

Please schedule your conference for this week. Three families do not have an appointment! I want to brag on your child. Hear and see wonderful things.

Wordly Wise Test Tuesday

Grammar Test      Wednesday

Central Idea:

Physical geography influences decision-making.

Inquiry Into:

Landforms/ Maps

Economics/ Imports and Exports

People's Use of Natural Resources

Teacher Questions:

·          What are the different types of landforms?

·          What are the needs of a civilization?

·          How is geography connected to a country’s exports and imports?

Completing Planner Reflections

KWL Chart

The United States

National Geographic Geography Video Series

Geography Vocabulary

Turkey

Mexico

Costa Rica

5 Themes of Geography Portfolio

Look for information in your email this week

long vowel sounds

Wordly Wise Lessons 1-10 Cumulative on Thursday

5th

3.2Population Estimates

3.3Angle Measures

3.4Protractors

3.5Compass

3.6Congruent Triangles

6th

3.2Bar and Line Graphs

3.3 Stem and Leaf Plots

3.4 Box and Whisker Plots

3.5 Histograms

3.6 Choosing Appropriate Data Displays

Alaska

Review Writing and Grammar Concepts in booklets

For the week of: Oct. 5-9

Congratulations! The Living History Museum was a great success. 

Please email me your choice of conference date and time for next week.  Conferences will be student-involved this quarter.  I am available to conference with parents between the times of 12:30 and 1:30 or 3:15 and 3:45.  Conferences are scheduled in 30 minute time intervals.

No Wordly Wise test this week!

Fifth and Sixth grade math tests Tuesday

P of I test Thursday

Comprehension and Vocabulary Tests Friday

Grammar Test next Monday

Central Idea Committed, like-minded individuals can alter a society's beliefs and values.

Inquiry Into:

Leadership

Wars and Terrorism

Civil Rights

Teacher Questions:

What is a revolt?

How does war affect a country?

How do leaders sustain revolts?

How have Civil Rights movements changed over time?

Civil War Review

Civil Rights Movement

Reflection Activities 

   Self assessments

   Peer assessments

   Final planner assessments

You performed beautifully!

TBD

Personal lists compiled from student writing selections

Word Usage

Homophones

Students must write sentences with their words this week. :)

Wordly Wise due Thursday

5th

Experiment/ Chance/ Probability

Multiplication of Whole Numbers and Decimals

Multiplication Bull's-Eye

Lattice Method of Multiplication

Comparing Millions, Billions, and Trillions

Test Unit 2 Friday

6th

Notebook and Chapter Review

Test Tuesday Chapter 2

Mean, Median and Mode

Bar and Line Graphs

Stem and Leaf Plots

Under Siege

Siege of Vicksburg

Gettysburg Address

Review Just Write 3 and Writing Skills booklets individually

Schedule Grammar Test

For the week of September 28th-October 2nd

Zebranie Parents,

Your children are busy working on their summative projects for the Living History Museum.   Please review the summative project criteria worksheet in the Program of Inquiry notebook. 

I gave the students suggested deadlines for this project.  Students should have finished questions 1 through 6 at this time.   Question 7 should be completed tonight.  We will cite the three sources used for research tomorrow.  Students should bring all materials needed to cite their resources.  Question 8 should be completed Friday.  Over the weekend, students should write a draft of their speech in paragraph format.  The speech should include the information gained by completing questions 1-8 and the beliefs and values worksheet. Students must include how society’s beliefs and values changed due to the leader’s actions.  The beliefs and values of a society are altered due to the progression and success of a political or social movement.  In addition, students must be able to answer the following questions on Monday.

 “What costume will I wear?” 

“What props will I need to bring to school or make?” 

Assignments are located in your child’s agenda.  Please check it daily. If your child is unable to complete an assignment after working for an hour, please write me a note.  Your child will not be penalized.  Again, the summative project due dates are guidelines.  I am not grading assignments now.  Suggested due dates are provided to prevent a breakdown this weekend or next week.  Students may start on their posters after questions 1-8 have been answered.  Next week, students will complete their poster, revise, edit, and practice their speeches.  Speeches should be finished by Tuesday.  Posters must be completed by Wednesday. The entire project is due Thursday.  Students will be given the opportunity to change into their costume (if needed) on Thursday for presentations.  Projects will be presented to Grandparents and family on Friday. 

Please contact me if you have further questions. I look forward to seeing you during presentations next Friday.

Mrs. Farr

Zebranie

For the week of:

Things you need to know

 

 

Wordly Wise test Tuesday

 P of I test Wednesday Retest of Revolutionary War information

 WW   Lesson is due Thursday

  Reading and Spelling Tests Friday 

 

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea:  Committed, like-minded individuals can alter a society's beliefs and values.

Inquiry Into:           Leadership

                            Wars and terrorism

                            Civil Rights

Teacher Questions:

What is a revolt?

How does war affect a country?

How do leaders sustain movements and revolts?

How have civil rights movements changed over time?

 

This week students are learning about the:

Visual/Kinetic

Timeline

Kinetic

Scavenger Hunt

Oral

Ben Franklin the scientist

Linguistic 

NC

   Pages 132-139

Causes and Effects of the Revolutionary War in NC

 

US History  

   The Constitution of the United States

   Timeline

Visual/Lingustic

US Revolutionary War Bulletin Board Set

Civil War (US)

  

 

 

Summative Project

Research a leader's life and accomplishments this week for the Living History Museum

6^th graders must choose a leader from the current time period

Field Studies

We will be visiting the Biltmore House, date TBD

Spelling

Long Vowel Sounds continued

Vocabulary

Wordly Wise lesson and Open Court

Math

5th

 

2.3 Subtraction of whole numbers and decimals

2.4 Addition of whole numbers and decimals

2.5 Estimate your Reaction Time

2.6 Chance Events

2.7 Estimating Products

2.8 Multiplication of Whole Numbers and Decimals

 

6th

  Dividing Decimals

 Scientific Notation

Measuring Length

Converting Units

 Problem-Solving

Reading

Open Court

  So I Became A Soldier

   The Greatest Snowball Fight

US History

  NC

   Civil War Pages 158-168

Writing

Writing Skills  Book 2  pages 14-16

  Write a 5 paragraph biography of Benjamin Franklin

Just Write Book 3  Pages 11-13

Writing a Fictional Story

 

Other important information

Centers

Keyboarding

Geography

      US of American Identify the location of each state

Wordly Wise

Writing   

  Just Write

Science   

   "Fooled You"  Things in nature aren't always as they seem.

    "War" Card Game (Combat Technology)

Math

   Ben Franklin and Magic Squares

Farr Out Big Top

Zebranie

For the week of:

Things you need to know

 

Math Test 5^th Grade Chapter 1 Tuesday

Wordly Wise test Tuesday

 P of I test Wednesday

 WW   Lesson is due Thursday

   

Program of Inquiry

Central Idea:  Committed, like-minded individuals can alter a society's beliefs and values.

Inquiry Into:           Leadership

                                Wars and terrorism

                                Civil Rights

Teacher Questions:

What is a revolt?

How does war affect a country?

How do leaders sustain movements and revolts?

How have civil rights movements changed over time?

 

This week students are learning about the:

Visual/Kinetic

Play The Mayflower Compact

War card game illustrating combat technologies past and present

Timeline

Kinetic

13 Colonies

Memorize the order in which colonies joined the federal Union (story)

Scavenger Hunt

Oral

Ben Franklin the scientist

Linguistic

The Americas

    pages 80-85 Vocabulary and Timeline

 

NC

   Pages 132-139

Causes and Effects of the Revolutionary War

 

US History  

   The Constitution of the United States

 

Visual

Williamsburg The Story of a Patriot  DVD Con’t

US Revolutionary War Bulletin Board Set

Patriot Word Search

****Test Wednesday

Summative Project

Choose a leader this week for the Living History Museum

6^th graders must choose a leader from the current time period

Field Studies

We will be visiting the Biltmore House this month, date TBD

Spelling

Short Vowel Sounds continued

Vocabulary

Wordly Wise lesson and Open Court

Math

All

Attendance Graphing using Revolutionary War prompts

 

5th

Factor Strings and Prime Factorization

Chapter Review

Test Tuesday

Wednesday Pretest

2.1 Estimation

2.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers

 

6th

 

 Multiplying Decimals

 Dividing Decimals

 Scientific Notation

Measuring Length

Converting Units

 Problem-Solving

Reading

Open Court Carrying the Running-Aways

US History

  The Battle of Gettysburg

  Abraham Lincoln, the Man

NC

   Civil War Pages 158-168

Writing

Writing Skills  Book 2  pages 10-13

Sentence Variety

The Four Kinds of Sentences

Just Write Book 3  Pages 7-10

Changes in Topic

New Paragraphs

Titles

Writing a Fictional Story

Story Map

 

Other important information

Centers

Keyboarding

Geography

      The 13 Colonies 

Wordly Wise

Writing   

  Just Write

Science   

   "Fooled You"  Things in nature aren't always as they seem.

Math

    Factor Captor and Math Library

For the week of: Sept. 7-11

Happy Labor Day!

Math Pretests this week :)

Wordly Wise test Tuesday

  Previous lesson's corrections dueTuesday

  Please review your child's Wordly Wise book to monitor progress

    Lesson is due Thursday

   

Program of Inquiry Quiz Thursday

Comprehension and Vocab Tests on Friday

Central Idea

Inquiry Into:

Teacher Questions:

Visual/Kinetic

Play The Mayflower Compact

Kinetic

Staking Claims ! Activity

   Settling and Colonizing America

Oral, Linguistic

Leaders of the Revolutionary War (Male and Female)

 The Americas pages 80-85 Vocabulary

  US History pages 104-117

Visual

Williamsburg The Story of a Patriot  DVD

Reflections

NA

Short Vowel Sounds continued

Wordly Wise lesson

Half Slave Half Free reading selection

5th

Prime and Composite Numbers

Square Numbers

Unsquaring Numbers

Factor Strings and Prime Factorization

Chapter Review

6th

Decimal Operations

 Comparing, ordering, and rounding decimals

 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

 Multiplying Decimals

 Dividing Decimals

Open Court Half Slave Half Free

US History   Pages 176-197

 Trying To Save The Union: The Compromise of 1850

  Harriet Tubman Takes The Underground Railroad

  Dred Scott Remains A Slave

  The Battle of Gettysburg

  Abraham Lincoln, The Man

Independent Reading:  Biography chosen by student

Writing Skills  Book 2  Pages 8-11

Predicates

Sentence Variety

Just Write Book 3  Pages 6-9

Changes in Time

Changes in Topic

Keyboarding

Geography

      The 13 Colonies 

Wordly Wise

Writing   

  Just Write

Science   

   "Fooled You"  Things in nature aren't always as they seem.

Technology

    The technology of weapons- War Game created by Mrs. Farr

Geometry 

    Color polygon posters

Math

    Factor Captor and Math Library

For the week of: Aug 31-Sept. 4

Your children are wonderful!

Help your children study on Monday and Thursday evenings :)

Central Idea

Inquiry Into:

Teacher Questions:

What is a revolt?

How does war affect a country?

How do leaders sustain movements and revolts?

How have civil rights movements changed over time?

Note-taking assessment Tuesday

Create a mind map 

Define a movement and revolt

Match the leader to the appropriate movement- Tuesday

Leader Summary Posters

Name That Leader game

The Little Rock Nine play

Short vowel sounds

Wordly Wise lesson

No change

Making inferences

What is a conclusion?

Into the Light of Day

Just Write Book 3 pages 1-6

Kinds of writing

Reasons to Write

Narrative Writing

  Reviewing Story Elements

  Fictional Stories

  Dialogue

  Changing Paragraphs for a new speaker

  Chronological Order

Writing Skills

Parts of Speech page 2

Subjects page 3-5

For the week of: Aug. 24-Aug.28

Welcome back;  I missed you!

Please return student information and permission forms

Please send $5 for student agenda

Supplies:

Pencils, Pens, Caddy/pouch, 2 folders with pockets, 4 binders with pockets , 2 packs of dividers, plastic sleeves, fine point expo marker, 2 ziplock bags, notebook filler paper (not college rule), and math compass

Program of Inquiry The Actions of a Few Affect Many

Central Idea

Revolts and movements depend on responsible leaders.

Inquiry Into:

Leaders

Revolts

Civil Rights

Teacher Questions: TBD

Accepting Responsibility and Public Speaking

Note-Taking

Ben Franklin

George Washington

Davy Crockett

Abraham Lincoln

Susan B Anthony

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Harriet Tubman

SItting Bull

Thomas Edison

Madam C J Walker

Wright Brothers

Helen Keller

Jackie Robinson

Tentative Testing Day is Tuesday for the Program of Inquiry

Living History Museum

Biltmore House

Short vowel sounds

Test Friday

Complete one lesson in Wordly Wise

Exercises A-E due Thursday

Test Friday

Number Theory

Arrays

Factors

Factor Captor Game

Divisibility

Prime and Composite Numbers

Recognizing and Describing Patterns

Variables and Expressions

Powers and Exponents

Order of Operations

Independent Reading : Biographies

Galileo

Phillis Wheatley (Poet)

Discussion Wednesday

Jeopardy Review Thursday

Comprehension Tests on Friday

Grammar Tuesday : Subjects, Nouns, Common and Proper Nouns, Abstract Nouns, and Pronouns