November 2017 Newsletter- Revised on 11/9/17

Principal’s Message

Hello Dogwood Family,

I hope everyone is having an enjoyable start to the fall season! The fall season also ushers in the end of the first quarter. There have been a few changes made to the BCPS report card format. For example, any student reading below grade level will have their instructional reading level (in accordance to the Fountas and Pinnell Assessment) indicated on the report card along with explanation, and special areas (physical education, music, art, library media, etc.) will only be graded during the second and fourth quarter. In addition, teachers will only be able to write comments during the second and third quarter. Please make sure you sign up for a conference with your child’s homeroom teacher. Elementary conference day is Friday, November 17, 2017.

In response to parent input during the 2016-2017 school year students will now receive quarterly rewards for making honor roll and receiving high marks on the skills and conduct section of the report card. Please attend the 1st Quarter Parent Voice session on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 to receive additional details about the changes to the report card, honor roll criteria, 2017-2018 School Progress Plan, etc. Remember, these meeting are offered at flexible times in order to accommodate your very busy work schedules.

As always, thank you for your unwavering support!

Respectfully Submitted,

Ms. Johari ToePrincipalDogwood Elementary School

Important Dates:PTA Meeting at 6:00pm

Mon. Nov. 6, 20171st Quarter Parent Voice Meeting

Wed., Nov. 8, 20179am-10am, 12pm-1pm, or

5:30pm-6:30pmReading Night

Tues. Nov. 14, 2017 6pm-7:30pm

1st Quarter Report Cards Distributed

Thurs. Nov. 16, 2017School Closed- Elementary Conference Day Fri. Nov. 17, 2017Scholastic Book Fair Mon. Nov. 27, 2017- Fri., Dec. 1, 2017Christmas Break Mon. Dec. 25, 2017- Mon. Jan. 1, 2018 *School reopens on Tues. Jan. 2, 2017* School Closed- MLK Birthday Observance Mon. Jan. 15, 20182nd Quarter Parent Voice Meeting

Wed., Jan. 17, 20189am-10am, 12pm-1pm, or

5:30pm-6:30pm2nd Quarter Report Cards Distributed

Fri. Jan. 19, 2018

Costume Contest WinnersPTA Harvest Fest - Oct. 2017

Health Corner— Nurse E. Edwards, RN

Dogwood Elementary is a food-free birthday party school. We celebrate and recognize the children on their special day over the announcements and in the classroom. If you would like to send in goody bags be creative with non-food items such as pencils, stickers, erasers, or small notepads. Children just enjoy a surprise.

Counselors Corner– Mrs. D. Bullock, Mr. R. Simmons, and Mr. A. Dukes“Respect others. Help others. Love others. These are the keys that unlock our soul.” Anthony Douglas Williams

October Character Trait – Respect for Others

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Prekindergarten

Ms. Susan Ruehr, Room 104 – sruehr@bcps.org Phonological Awareness and Reading

Letter sounds: Aa(short and long sounds), Dd, Mm, and Ss. A new way to sing the “Alphabet Song,” will be introduced. We have learned the words “my” and “the.” The next two words are “and” and “a.” We will be listening for words in various types of forms such as songs, poems, and sentences

then moving on to syllables. Read alouds will focus on school and ourselves

ELA Overview RF2.b Identify and isolate individual words in a spoken sentence. RF1.d Recognize and name some upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet. RF2.e Isolate and pronounce the initial sound in spoken words. RL1 With modeling and prompting, answer questions about details in a text. Check out these apps we use on the class iPads: Alphatots and Metamorphabet

ELA Home/School Connection Recognize sight words in text: my, the, and, a Find the letters Aa, Dd, Mm, and Ss around the house and in your community. Make a list of words that begin with Aa, Dd, Mm, and Ss. Name the letters in first name. Have your child use play doh to form letters or write letters in shaving cream, sand, or rice.

Math Overview and Helpful Tips Building sets from 1-5. Counting with 1:1 correspondence(one number for each item counted) Comparing numbers and sets using the terms more, less or fewer, and equal

Math Home/School Connection Count sets of 1-5 objects. Make sure your child touches items as they count. Have your child match numbers to sets. Use more, less or fewer, and equal to compare sets. Check out this website: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm and this app

from the class iPad: TallytotsScience or Social Studies Overview

Friendship Classroom Activities and Routines Taking Care of Ourselves Classroom Jobs

Special Note From the Team:

Fall conferences will be held starting on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Progress reports will be given out at conferences. You will receive a letter letting you know how to sign up for conferences. Let me know if you have any questions.

There is no school on Thursday, November 16, 2017 for prekindergarten students only! And Friday, November 17, 2017 for all elementary school students.

If you haven’t had a chance to sign up for the Remind app, think about doing so. If you misplaced the information regarding sign up, I have plenty of them so just let me know!

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Kindergarten

Mrs. G. Cumbo, Room 105 – gcumbo@bcps.org Mrs. S. Brunn, Room 107 – sbrunn@bcps.org Mrs. A. Jackson, Room 187 - ajackson9@bcps.org Ms. R. Halperin, Room 108 – rhalperin@bcps.org

Phonics/Word Work Overview Listening for consonant sounds: /t/ /n/ /c/. Listening for short vowel sounds /i/. We will listen for

these sounds in the initial, medial, and final position in words. Sight Words: am, at, like, to, it, and, go, in, you. Reading Strategies

1. Read from left to right2. Read with your finger3. Reread for better understanding4. Make, confirm, and revise predictions5. Ask and answer questions6. Use picture clues

Oral Vocabulary Words: materials, nature, decoration, games, world, curious, observe, attaches, process, slender, corporate, rules, guard, prank, responsible

ELA Overview RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of organization and basic features of print. RF.K.1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. RF.K.3c Fluency. Letter and Word Automaticity. RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of

characters in familiar stories. RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics

and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. SL.K.2 Confirm understanding a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other

media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood

ELA Home/School Connection www.ABCMouse.com www.Starfall.com www.Pbskids.com www.BCPSone.org

Math Overview and Helpful Tips for Math Unit 6: How Many Do You Have? K.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens K.CC.A.02 - Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of

having to begin at 1). K.CC.A.03 - Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-

20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). K.CC.B.04 - Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to

cardinality. K.CC.B.04.a - When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each

object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object K.CC.B.04.b - Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The

number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.

K.CC.B.04.c - Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger. K.CC.B.05 - Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line,

a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

K.CC.C.06 - Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

K.CC.C.07 - Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. K.MD.A.01 - Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several

measurable attributes of a single object. K.MD.B.03 - Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category

and sort the categories by count.3 K.NBT.A.01 - Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further

ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

K.OA.A.01 - Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), and acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

K.OA.A.02 - Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

K.OA.A.03 - Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).

K.OA.A.04 - For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

K.OA.A.05 - Fluently add and subtract within 5.

Math Home/School Connection www.ABCya.com www.Starfall.com www.Pbskids.com www.Coolmath.com

Science or Social Studies Overview Pumpkins Sorting Shapes

Bugs Thanksgiving Activities Sounds Around US Communities Rules in Society

Upcoming Content Projects Instrument Exploration Identifying Insect

Upcoming Field Trips None for the month of November

Special Note From the Team: School will close 3 hours early on Friday, November 3, 2017. American Education Week will be held November 13, 2017- November 17, 2017. Please come join

in on your child’s classroom experience. Friday, November 17, 2017 is Kindergarten Conference Day. Parents will review their child's

progress report by scheduled appointment. Kindergarten students will not attend class on this day.

There will be no school for students on November 23, 2017 and November 24, 2017 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

First Grade

Mrs. L. Caplan, Room 111 – lcaplan@bcps.org Ms. R. Wolfe, Room 110 – rwolfe@bcps.org

Mrs. Lewis, Room 103 – tlewis3@bcps.org Mrs. K. Winings, Room 102- kwinings@bcps.org Phonics/Word Work Overview In the month of November, first graders will learn how to:

Phoneme blending Phoneme isolation Sound spellings Rhyme Phoneme identity Blending and building words

ELA Overview

RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic

menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text. RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. W.1.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects. SL.1.5 Add drawings or visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts,

and feelings.

ELA Home/School Connection

Visit the following phonics websites to practice reading:

www.starfall.com www.funbrain.com Make flashcards of sight words and play go fish or concentration.

Math Overview and Helpful Tips

In the month of November we will continue to study geometry.

01.G.A.01 - Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.

Math Home/School Connection

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade1.html http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/ www.coolmath.com

Social Studies Overview

SS.1.3 - Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities

SS.1.3.A - Using Geographic Tools SS.1.3.A.1 - Use geographic tools to locate and describe places on Earth SS.1.3.A.1.a - Locate the continents and oceans using maps and a globe

SS.1.3.A.1.b - Use photographs and pictures to describe a place SS.1.3.A.1.c - Identify a place using bird's eye view SS.1.3.A.1.d - Define map elements as parts of a map that make it easy to use SS.1.3.A.1.e - Describe where places are located on a map using relative distance and direction,

such as near-far, above-below and cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) SS.1.3.B - Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions SS.1.3.B.1 - Describe places in the environment using geographic characteristics

Upcoming Content Projects

N/A

Upcoming Field Trips

Special Note From the Team:

Bring your folder, homework, and agenda to school every day. Check your child’s BCPS One account for updated grades. Reading Night- November 14, 2017 American Education Week- Mon. November 13, 2017- Thurs. November, 16, 2017

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Second Grade

Ms. J. Miller, Room 214 jmiller13@bcps.org Mrs. D. Naden, Room 212 dnaden@bcps.org Mrs. J. Rosenbaum, Room 214 jrosenbaum@bcps.org Mr. J. B. Miller, Room 213 jmiller32@bcps.org Mrs. C. Haberkorn, Room 286 jsilver@bcps.org

Phonological Awareness and Reading Long o as in open Long u as in use Long e as in eat Short a as in apple

ELA OverviewSecond grade students will be primarily involved with Unit 3 (Unique) throughout November. In this unit, students will read a variety of literary and informational texts which are connected to the big idea, Unique. Through these texts, students will be introduced to unique cultures, environments, plants, and animals from around the world, and focus on the qualities that make them unique. The essential question, "What does it mean for something, someplace, or someone to be unique?” connects the texts through literary and informational anchor standards. Leveled readers provide additional opportunities for students to read and compare texts on the same topics, all related to unique cultures, environments, plants, and animals.Standards:

RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate

understanding of key details in a text. RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales, from diverse cultures, and determine their

central message, lesson, or moral. RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to

demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details,

speaking audibly in coherent sentences.ELA Home/School Connection

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/5975-analyze-the-effect-of-setting-on-a-story https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6945-answer-a-question-about-a-text-by-finding-evidence iReady

Math Overview - November math Units 2:2-d and 3-D Geometry Overview and Unit 3: Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 2.

Unit 2 Overview - Students identify two and three-dimensional shapes, focus on the properties of rectangles and rectangular prisms, and identify and create symmetrical designs. The Shapes software is introduced as a tool for extending and deepening this work. This tool is designed for K–2 students to explore how different shapes go together, experiment with different sorts of geometric transformations (rotations, translation, reflection), explore patterning, and investigate symmetry. Students also achieve fluency with the doubles addition combinations.

Standards assessed: 02.G.A.01 - Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of

angles or a given number of equal faces.5 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

02.G.A.02 - Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

Unit 3 Overview - In this second number unit, students solve problems with multiple addends and consider whether order matters in addition. For example, does 7 + 4 + 3 + 6 = 7 +3 + 4 + 6? Students revisit addition and subtraction story problems, investigate even and odd numbers, and begin to make sense of counting by groups and place value (tens and ones). Work on addition combinations continues as students achieve fluency with the Near Doubles.Standards assessed:

02.NBT.A.02 - Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s 02.NBT.B.05 - Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value,

properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. 02.OA.B.02 - Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. 02.OA.C.03 - Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of

members, Math Home/School Connection

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/count-sides-and-vertices https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/name-the-three-dimensional-shape https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/identify-a-digit-up-to-the-hundreds-place https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/skip-counting Dreambox

Science or Social Studies Overview Laws and rules Government leaders Maps and map features Economics

Upcoming Projects Upcoming Field Trips The Maryland Zoo’s ZOOmobile will be coming

February 1st! The ZOOmobile will bring educational, engaging, and interactive programs featuring live animals to the second grade students at our school!

Special Notes From The Team:

Homework comes home every Monday and should be returned on Friday. If your child is absent, please send in a note so they can be excused. If your child will go home a different way, please send a note or an email.

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Third Grade

Mrs. Pickens, Rm. 206 dpatterson4@bcps.org Ms. Wise, Rm. 210 cwise2@bcps.org Ms. Genovese, Rm. 207 tgenovese@bcps.org Ms. Brown, Rm. 208 abrown7@bcps.orgMs. Simpkins, Rm. 209 jsimpkins@bcps.org

Phonics/Word Work Overview

Long u and long i Long e Silent letters: wr, kn, gn Three-letter blends: scr-, spr-, squ-, spl-, and str-

ELA Overview - Unit 2: Stories that Teach Asking and answering questions

RL.03.01 - Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

Identifying story elements Retelling, sequencing, and summarizing fables Identify character traits/motivations Identifying theme/moral

RL.03.02 – Recount stories, including fables, folktales and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details.

Write opinion paragraphs W.3.1. – Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting with details

Write original fable W.3.3. – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective

technique. descriptive details, and clear event sequencesELA Home/School Connection

Questioning and Summarizing Practice http://reading.ecb.org/

Identifying the theme/moral https://youtu.be/AXPbijjMnV8 https://youtu.be/BBDlv4d1sZM

Story Elements https://youtu.be/c6I24S72Jps

Typing Practice http://www.slimekids.com/games/typing-games/typingfiles/spider.swf http://media.abcya.com/games/jump_key/flash/jump_key.swf http://media3.knowledgeadventure.com/ka/Files/Games/typingmonster/typingmonster.swf

Math Overview and Helpful Tips – Unit 2: Strategies and Properties for Addition and Subtraction Rounding whole numbers Place Value

o 03.NBT.A.01 – Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100

Addition Strategies with 3 digit numbers estimating sums partial sums – using expanded form place value blocks bar diagrams standard algorithm

Subtraction Strategies with 3 digit numbers estimating differences partial differences

regrouping with place value blocks standard algorithm

o 03.NBT.A.02 - 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.

Bar Graphs and Pictographso 3.MD.B.3 - Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set

with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graph

Math Home/School Connection*Please use these videos help explain math concepts to your child at home.

Rounding https://jr.brainpop.com/math/numbersense/rounding/preview.weml https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6242-round-to-the-nearest-ten-using-a-number-line https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8570-round-to-the-nearest-hundred-using-a-number-line Game: http://www.abcya.com/rounding_numbers.htm

Expanded Form Game: https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/mathman_place_exp.htm Game (Level 2)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/FS_place_value.htm Addition with regrouping

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8182 https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8793-solve-addition-problems-using-the-partial-sums-

method https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/3977 https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/2786 Game (Level 4 or 5)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/FS_place_value.htm Game (2- Digit) http://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_addition.html Game: http://www.abcya.com/estimating.htm

Subtraction with regrouping https://youtu.be/egjDLFX9VHg https://www.khanacademy.org/math/3rd-engage-ny/engage-3rd-module-2/3rd-module-2-

topic-e/v/basic-regrouping-or-borrowing-when-subtracting-three-digit-numbers https://jr.brainpop.com/math/additionandsubtraction/subtractingwithregrouping/

preview.weml https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6876 Game (2-Digit) http://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_subtraction.html Game (1-300)

http://www.mathplayground.com/tb_addition/thinking_blocks_addition_subtraction.html Game

http://www.softschools.com/math/subtraction/3_digit_subtraction/3_digit_subtraction_with_regrouping/

Bar Graphs https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/4787-draw-bars-on-a-graph (go to the end)

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/336 (go to the end) Pictographs

https://youtu.be/nH6dfMMlcfI https://learnzillion.com/resources/9459?card_id=44559 (go to the end)

Comparing Numbers https://youtu.be/rLZbniMGAVA

Science/Social Studies/Health

In Social Studies, we will be finishing our Unit on Asia. Your child will research India, China, or Japan and create a Wixie for a final project.

In Health, we will be working on Healthy Habits. We will discuss how to handle stress, the importance of exercise, and nutrition.

Upcoming Content Projects

Students will begin working on their own original fable. We expect these to be done toward the end of November.

Upcoming Field Trips

December 19, 2017 – Going to see a play for our Fables and Folktales Unit. More information to come this month.

Special Note From the Team:

Parent Teacher Conference Day is on Friday, November 17, 2017. Information about scheduling a conference with your child’s teacher will be sent home by Thursday, November 2, 2017.

November 13, 2017-November 17, 2017 is American Education Week. We invite you to come to the classroom to observe what your child is learning. Math is in the morning from 9:00AM-10:40AM, specials are from 10:40AM-11:30AM, reading is from about 1:00PM-3:00 PM depending on your child’s teacher. Hope to see you there!

Math, reading, writing, and spelling homework will be put into the gradebook as not graded. Students will be rewarded with tickets randomly for completion of homework. We will be giving weekly spelling tests, the homework will be sure to help reinforce the sound and words taught in school.

Field Trip information will be going out early/mid November. The trip will cost $15 per student and an additional $11 for chaperones. We can have 4 or 5 chaperones per class so first come, first serve.

Additional games for your child to play will be available on BCPSONE lesson tiles. These will change based on the skills we are working on weekly. If there is a game that is helping your child or enjoyable to your child, please bookmark it. If you would like to return to an activity from previous weeks, you can change the weekly date or look on the calendar to return to that activity.

Begin practicing multiplication facts (0-10) at home to build multiplication fluency. Also, try to encourage your child to read 15 minutes at home daily.

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Fourth Grade

Mrs. B. Linehan, Room 201 blinehan@bcps.org Mrs. S. Putnam, Room 202 sputnam@bcps.org Ms. C. Sutton - Room 203- csutton@bcps.org Ms. E. Egert- Room 204- eegert@bcps.org Mrs. K. Shafi – Room 205 – kshafi@bcps.org

Phonological Awareness and Reading

Continue to read 20+ minutes per night at home and complete your Reading Log. Independent reading in school during Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) time. Phonics instruction within spelling lessons and guided reading.

ELA Overview - Unit Two Essential Questions: How do family and friends shape the people we become? How does an author’s life influence his or her writing?

RL.4.2 Determine theme and summarize a literary text. We will focus on the novels of Kate DiCamillo.

RL.4.3 Explain how characters grow and change; describe setting in depth; explain the impact of events on plot.

RL.4.7 Explain the connections between and determine the differences between visuals and text. RL.4.9 Explain like themes and patterns of events in two or more literary texts. W.4.2 When writing an informative text, a fourth grader will clearly introduce the topic, develop

the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations and examples, link ideas using words and phrases, use precise language to explain the topic and provide a concluding statement that restates the main idea and connects to the beginning of the response. In this unit’s culminating event, students write a literary analysis piece explaining how the author’s life influences her work.

ELA Home/School Connection

Video describing the process of identifying the theme of a story after reading with attached materials and practice

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8947-determine-the-theme-of-a-story Practice reading comprehension skills

http://www.learningfarm.com/web/practicePassThrough.cfm?TopicID=147 Summary of “Because of Winn Dixie” and short biography of Kate DiCamillo

http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/productreviews/fr/winndixie.htm

Math Overview and Helpful Tips - Unit 2- Strategies & Properties of Multiplying

04.NBT.B.05 - Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

04.OA.A.03 - Solve multistep word problems posed. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

04.OA.B.04 - Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite.

Unit 2 Math Vocabulary: factor, factor pairs, prime number, multiple, generalize, composite number, Associative Property of Multiplication, Distributive Property, Commutative Property of Multiplication, numerical expression, compensation, partial products, compatible numbers

Math Home/School Connection: The following videos may be helpful.

Arrays - https://jr.brainpop.com/math/multiplicationanddivision/arrays/ Multiplying by 0 or 1 -

https://jr.brainpop.com/math/multiplicationanddivision/multiplyingby0or1/ Repeated Addition - https://jr.brainpop.com/math/multiplicationanddivision/repeatedaddition/ Multiplication - https://www.brainpop.com/math/practicalmath/multiplication/ Basic Multiplication https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-

divide/arith-review-mult-intro/a/intro-multiplication

Science and Social Studies Overview - Unit 1 Science (Geologic Journeys): In this unit, students will observe and analyze the effects of various natural occurrences on Earth.

Essential Questions: How can we prevent or reduce the effects of Earth's changes over time? 4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support

an explanation for changes in a landscape over time4.3.A.1.a. Construct and interpret a variety of maps using map elements

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. 4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth

processes on humans.

Upcoming Content Projects

Maryland Travel Journal: At the end of the social studies unit, the students will write a journal entry about a trip through the three regions in Maryland.

Author Study: At the end of ELA Unit 2, students will complete a presentation on the author Kate DiCamillo explaining how experiences from her life influenced her writing.

Upcoming Field Trips

Aquarium: Teachers are in the process of planning. More information will be sent home soon.

Historic St. Mary’s City- Spring 2018

Special Note From the Team:

BCPS One: Parents, please continue to check grades as they are updated through BCPS One. First quarter is ending soon and teachers will update grades weekly. If you have any questions about the grades, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher.

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

Fifth Grade

Ms. B. Williams, Room 185 bwilliams11@bcps.org Ms. J. Smith, LC #2 jsmith26@bcps.org Ms. A. Voystock, LC #1 avoystock@bcps.org Ms. A. Handzo, Room 186 ahandzo@bcps.org

Phonics/Word Work Overview We are focusing on identifying and using prefixes and suffixes in our writing.

Prefixes we will focus on include dis-, mis-, pre-, in- Suffixes we will focus on include –tion, -ous, -ful, -ic, -ly

ELA Overview-Unit 2: Our Every-Changing World Students will be analyzing how the world has changed throughout time and how this change has

impacted us. Throughout this unit, students will be explaining main ideas and key details using a point and counterpoint. Students will also be identifying reasons and evidence to explain an author’s point and counterpoint.

We are working on explaining main ideas and key details using a point and counterpoint. RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when

drawing inferences from the text. RI.5.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by

key details; summarize the text RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability

to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. We are developing the skill of identifying two points an author makes throughout writing, the

reasons and evidence that connect to these points, and how both points influence the author’s account. RI.5.6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and

differences in the point they represent. RI.5.8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text,

identifying which reasons and evidence support which points. We will be creating a Culminating Event in which students must develop a PSA, which will

integrate two texts and one video. RI.5.1. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak

knowledgably. W.5.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and

information. ELA Home/School Connection

Worldbook for Kids (great extension research opportunities) Accessed through BCPSOne “Digital Content”

Tumblebooks Accessed through BCPSOne “Digital Content”

Reading Rockets: How Parents Can Support the Common Core Writing Standard http://www.readingrockets.org/article/how-parents-can-support-common-core-writing-

standards Read, Write, Think: Extra Resources to Practice Comprehension

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/grade/5-6/ Common Core Practice Texts

http://commoncore.scholastic.com/parents Math Overview and Helpful Tips- Unit Two: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals

In this unit, we will use models, drawings, and strategies based on place value to multiply whole numbers and decimals.

We are working on multiplying, representing, and expanding numbers by using powers of ten. 05.NBT.A.02 - Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a

number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

We have been developing the ability to manipulate decimals using all operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

05.NBT.B.07 - Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

We have been rounding numbers to ones, tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. 05.NBT.A.04 - Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.

We are working on multiplying whole numbers using models and the standard algorithm in order to transition into multiplying decimals.

05.NBT.B.05 - Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. Math Home/School Connection

Khan Academy Multiplying Whole Numbers with Area Models: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-place-value-area-models/v/understanding-multiplication-through-area-models Learn Zillion Multiplying Decimals with Area Modelshttps://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6683-use-an-area-model-to-multiply-decimals-by-decimals Learn Zillion Multiplying Decimals with Standard Algorithmhttps://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/4953-multiply-multi-digit-decimals-using-the-standard-algorithm Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/ Dreambox

http://www.dreambox.com/ or access through BCPSOne Science or Social Studies Overview

Colonial Regions We are focusing on the beginning days of building our nation, looking at the Original Thirteen

Colonies and their connection with England, while establishing themselves in what is now the United States

Upcoming Content Projects Students will create a PSA, utilizing

the skill of identifying different points on the same topic. Students will be integrating information from multiple texts/videos to create this project.

Upcoming Field Trips Morgan State University: November 8, 2017.

The cost is $17 to attend. Bio-Blitz Field Trip: May 2018; fifth grade is

going to Patapsco Valley State Park in Baltimore County. Students will apply what they’ve learned in science class regarding their exploration, understanding, and documentation of the biodiversity of life in an area . Free.

Philadelphia: End of May or early June. Approximately $50.

Special Note From the Team

All fifth grade classrooms are using Class Dojo this year to monitor positive behavior. Please let your classroom teacher know if you still would like to sign up for Class Dojo, but need another registration paper! We are hoping for 100% participation from parents.

Please check BCPSOne regularly for grade updates.

Dogwood Elementary SchoolNovember 2017 Newsletter

SpecialsArt -Mr. H. Smith, Room 106 hsmith@bcps.org

Art- Ms. M. Martinez, Room 287, mmartinez2@bcps.org Instrumental Music- Mr. M. Poissant, Room 113, mpoissant@bcps.org Instrumental Music- Mr. Rasmussen, Room 113, erasmussen@bcps.org Physical Education- Mrs. T. Fleishell, Gym, tfleishell@bcps.org Physical Education- Mr. B. Stup, Gym, bstup@bcps.org Vocal Music- Ms. D. Marsh, Room 112, dmarsh@bcps.orgLibrary - Mrs. L. Butler-Williams, Room 116, lbutlerwilliams@bcps.org Library – Mrs. B. Mondesir, Room 287, emondesir@bcps.org

Library Corner Movie Night for 4th & 5th graders

o Nov. 10, 2017o 6pm-8pm

Online Book Fair Begins o Nov. 14,2017 - Dec. 2, 2017

Fall Book Fair is Nov. 27, 2017 -Dec. 1, 2017