ELA: Building Classroom Communities

Essential Question: How can I make my classroom look and sound like a productive and comfortable place to work with my peers?

Big Idea: 

I can contribute to my classroom so that it  is a comfortable learning environment that promotes learning and is inclusive of everyone.

Resources: 

The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane Derolf

My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

Each Kindness by Jane Addams

Spaghetti on a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy

Ms. Marlarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits

Writing: Narrative Writing

• Students will begin brainstorming ideas for writing personal narratives by generating seed ideas. 
• Students will begin to explore the writing process by recognizing and understanding the five steps. (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Publishing)

Go Math!: 

Chapter 1: Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000

Students will:

• Identify and describe whole-number patterns
• Round 2- and 3-digit numbers to the nearest hundred
• Use compatible numbers and rounding to estimate sums and differences
• Use the Commutative or Associative Properties of Addition
• Add and subtract 3-digit numbers using break apart and place value
• Solve addition and subtraction problems by using the strategy draw a diagram

Common Core Learning Standards:

3.OA.D.8 - Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

3.OA.D.9 - Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

3.NBT.A.1 - Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

3.NBT.A.2 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.