Week 32: Apr 28-May 2
ELA
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
During Reading and Writing Workshop students are continuing to craft argument paragraphs by examining the prompt of year-round school. This week’s activities focus on revision and editing.
Claim
-Underline your claim. Make sure it’s debatable (not a fact; a statement that that can be argued about)
-Does you claim reflect what you’re actually arguing for in your paragraph?
Evidence
-Ask yourself: is this the best evidence to use to prove your argument?
-Is there a variety of evidence—reasons, facts, personal experience, statistics, and expert research?
-Did you cite all your evidence from secondary sources correctly?
ORGANIZATION
Flow of Argument
-Ask yourself—is my claim at the beginning of the paragraph?
-Ask yourself—is this the best order for my evidence?
-Experiment with re-organizing your evidence. What does this do to the flow and logic of your argument?
Does it make more sense now?
SCIENCE (Check Homework Tab for Writing Timeline)
In Science this week students will be researching and publishing a report about an Endangered Environment. On Monday, students will begin researching an endangered environment and then on Tuesday will be drafting their report on Google Docs. On Wednesday students should be prepared for peer editing and on Wednesday night for homework students should revise their writing. Students will have until the end of our writing block on Thursday to complete their published report. On Friday we will be writing a poem based on the water cycle. Instructions to the poem will be given in class.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students will explore the causes and major events of the French and Indian War. They will begin by analyzing a primary source and comparing two historical maps. Next, they will analyze a section of George Washington’s 1753 journal and chronological information about the beginnings of the conflict.
Early attempts at unifying the colonies are explored through a discussion of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union. Finally, students explore the expansion and end of the conflict and predict effects of the war. In addition students explore examples of authority and the use of power without authority by examining several interactions between the British government, colonists, and Native Americans. They will begin by reviewing the French and Indian War and explore the Treaty of Paris, predicting possible effects of the treaty. Next, they examine the effects of the French and Indian War, and causes and effects of Pontiac’s Rebellion. Finally,
they analyze the Proclamation of 1763 and colonial reactions to the proclamation in terms of power and authority. They also begin gathering notesfor a timeline to be constructed at the end of the unit.
MATH
This week in Math we will be reviewing the distributive property and moving forward to using formulas to solve problems. On Wednesday we will be having a quiz that covers sections 1.4 and 1.5 (the topics of those sections are listed above). This week Thursday students will be completing the Chapter 1 Test Review in class and studying it and the rest of Chapter 1 homework from each section. On Thursday, students can ask me any questions before they take the Chapter 1 Test. Students can use the odd problems from each of the homework sections as practice throughout the week. I’m looking forward to seeing how well students can do on the first 6th grade Math unit.
ELA
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
During Reading and Writing Workshop students are continuing to craft argument paragraphs by examining the prompt of year-round school. This week’s activities focus on revision and editing.
Claim
-Underline your claim. Make sure it’s debatable (not a fact; a statement that that can be argued about)
-Does you claim reflect what you’re actually arguing for in your paragraph?
Evidence
-Ask yourself: is this the best evidence to use to prove your argument?
-Is there a variety of evidence—reasons, facts, personal experience, statistics, and expert research?
-Did you cite all your evidence from secondary sources correctly?
ORGANIZATION
Flow of Argument
-Ask yourself—is my claim at the beginning of the paragraph?
-Ask yourself—is this the best order for my evidence?
-Experiment with re-organizing your evidence. What does this do to the flow and logic of your argument?
Does it make more sense now?
SCIENCE (Check Homework Tab for Writing Timeline)
In Science this week students will be researching and publishing a report about an Endangered Environment. On Monday, students will begin researching an endangered environment and then on Tuesday will be drafting their report on Google Docs. On Wednesday students should be prepared for peer editing and on Wednesday night for homework students should revise their writing. Students will have until the end of our writing block on Thursday to complete their published report. On Friday we will be writing a poem based on the water cycle. Instructions to the poem will be given in class.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students will explore the causes and major events of the French and Indian War. They will begin by analyzing a primary source and comparing two historical maps. Next, they will analyze a section of George Washington’s 1753 journal and chronological information about the beginnings of the conflict.
Early attempts at unifying the colonies are explored through a discussion of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union. Finally, students explore the expansion and end of the conflict and predict effects of the war. In addition students explore examples of authority and the use of power without authority by examining several interactions between the British government, colonists, and Native Americans. They will begin by reviewing the French and Indian War and explore the Treaty of Paris, predicting possible effects of the treaty. Next, they examine the effects of the French and Indian War, and causes and effects of Pontiac’s Rebellion. Finally,
they analyze the Proclamation of 1763 and colonial reactions to the proclamation in terms of power and authority. They also begin gathering notesfor a timeline to be constructed at the end of the unit.
MATH
This week in Math we will be reviewing the distributive property and moving forward to using formulas to solve problems. On Wednesday we will be having a quiz that covers sections 1.4 and 1.5 (the topics of those sections are listed above). This week Thursday students will be completing the Chapter 1 Test Review in class and studying it and the rest of Chapter 1 homework from each section. On Thursday, students can ask me any questions before they take the Chapter 1 Test. Students can use the odd problems from each of the homework sections as practice throughout the week. I’m looking forward to seeing how well students can do on the first 6th grade Math unit.