October Curriculum Newsletter Mrs. E.'s room

OCTOBER Curriculum

Homeroom -5th and 6th Grade- Smiling Faces Every Morning!:) We will start every week with character education using  “Model Me Kids” every  morning and complete “COMET CHARACTER” on Wednesdays.

First and Second Hour- 5th 6th 7th Mathematics-

We will then continue to work our way into the MOVING WITH MATH Curriculum and  Common Core Math Standards. Our first unit of study for both Purple book and Green book- “ Number, Reasoning and Data”

** Please note the children are giving Study Island assignments with every unit of study in math. These assignments can be accessed at home. Children are expected to get an 80% or higher to show they have met the required standards in each area. If they are lower than 80% they are expected to continue working in this area. Thank you!

We plan to cover the following areas this year:

The Number System

Interpret and Compute Quotients of Fractions- 6.NS.A.1 Fractions of Integers - 6.NS.A.1Long Division of Large Numbers - 6.NS.B.2Basic Math Operations with Decimals- 6.NS.B.3Addition of Decimals - 6.NS.B.3Adding and Subtracting Decimals and Fractions - 6.NS.B.3Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple- 6.NS.B.4Factors of an Integer - 6.NS.B.4Prime Factorization and Factor Trees - 6.NS.B.4Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers- 6.NS.C.5Using Number Lines In Math- 6.NS.C.5Understand A Rational Number As A Point- 6.NS.C.6aUnderstand Signs of Numbers in Ordered Pairs- 6.NS.C.6bCoordinate Graphing and Position- 6.NS.C.6.CCoordinate Planes- 6.NS.C.6.C Quadrants- 6.NS.C.6.CInequalities and Numbers Lines- 6.NS.C.7a Ordering For Rational Numbers- 6.NS.C.7b Working with Absolute Value- 6.NS.C.7cAbsolute Value in Word Problems- 6.NS.C.7dUsing Graphs To Solve Real World Problems- 6.NS.C.8

Addition and Subtraction of Integers- 7.NS.A.1 Absolute Value and Basic Operations - 7.NS.A.1c Products of Mixed Numbers- 7.NS.A.2aCreating Reciprocals - 7.NS.A.2a Understanding Division of Integers- 7.NS.A.2b Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers- 7.NS.A.2cConvert Rational Numbers to Decimals- 7.NS.A.2d Advanced Real World Math Operations - 7.NS.A.3

Irrational Numbers and Decimal Expansion- 8.NS.A.1 Approximations of Irrational Numbers- 8.NS.A.2

Expressions and Equations

Evaluating Numerical Expressions with Exponents- 6.EE.A.1 Making Words With Calculator Fun - 6.EE.A.1Comparing Exponents - 6.EE.A.1 PEMDAS with Fractions, Decimals, and Exponents - 6.EE.1 Evaluating Written Expressions - 6.EE.A.2a Using Tables and Data Charts With Expressions- 6.EE.A.2aExpressions That Use Math Terms- 6.EE.A.2bExpressions Used In Word Problems - 6.EE.A.2cBasic Operations and Generating Equivalent Expressions- 6.EE.A.3Creating and Identifying Equivalent Expressions- 6.EE.A.3 Solve One-Variable Equations and Inequalities- 6.EE.A.4 Combine Like Terms and Expand Terms - 6.EE.A.4 Solving Equations and Inequalities- 6.EE.B.5 Using Variables to Represent Numbers- 6.EE.B.6 Solve Real-world Mathematical Problems With Expressions- 6.EE.B.7 Single Step Algebra Equation Solving - 6.EE.B.7 Conditional Expressions - 6.EE.B.7 Missing Factors Multiplication - 6.EE.B.7 Solving Simple Equations With Fractions and Decimals - 6.EE.B.7 Single Step Algebra Problems (Addition and Subtraction Based) - 6.EE.B.7 Single Step Algebra Problems (Division and Multiplication Based) - 6.EE.B.7 Inequality Constraint or Condition Word Problems- 6.EE.B.8 Using Variables to Represent Two Quantities- 6.EE.C.9

Simplifying Linear Expressions- 7.EE.A.1 Rewriting Expressions- 7.EE.A.2Real Life Middle School Math Word Problems - 7.EE.B.3Business Math - 7.EE.B.3Double Step Algebra - 7.EE.B.3 Integer Word Problems - 7.EE.B.3Word Problems Leading to Equations- 7.EE.B.4aWord Problems Leading to Inequalities- 7.EE.B.4b Consecutive Integer Problems - 7.EE.B.4a

Properties of Integer Exponents - 8.EE.A.1 Evaluating Negative Exponents - 8.EE.A.1Products of Exponents (Product Rule)- 8.EE.A.1 Products and Quotients to a Power - 8.EE.A.1Quotients of Exponents- 8.EE.A.1Zero and Negative Exponents- 8.EE.A.1Square and Cube Roots- 8.EE.A.2Square Root Word Problems - 8.EE.A.2Powers of Ten and Scientific Notation- 8.EE.A.3Scientific Notation Word Problems- 8.EE.A.4Scientific Notation Addition and Subtraction - 8.EE.A.4Scientific Notation Multiplication and Division - 8.EE.A.4Graphing Proportional Relationships- 8.EE.B.5Using Similar Triangles to Find Slope - 8.EE.B.6Linear Equations in One Variable- 8.EE.C.7aSimultaneous Linear Equations- 8.EE.C.7bTwo Linear Equations in Two Variables- 8.EE.C.8

Geometry

Finding the Area of Odd Shapes- 6.G.A.1 Find The Volume Of A Right Rectangular Prism- 6.G.A.2 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane- 6.G.A.3Using Nets to Understand 3-D Figures - 6.G.A.4 Finding the Area of Composite Shapes - 6.G.A.4

Scale Drawings of Geometric Figures- 7.G.A.1Drawing Geometric Shapes with Given Conditions- 7.G.A.2Decomposing Three-dimensional Figures- 7.G.A.3Area and Circumference of a Circle - 7.G.B.4Angles in a Multi-Step Problems- 7.G.B.5Complementary and Supplementary Angles- 7.G.B.52D and 3D Area, Volume and Surface Area - 7.G.B.6

Properties of Rotations, Reflections, and Translations- 8.G.A.1 Two-dimensional Congruent Figures- 8.G.A.2Understanding Congruent Shapes - 8.G.A.2Dilations, Translations, Rotations, and Reflections- 8.G.A.3Understanding Similar Figures- 8.G.A.4Angle Sums and Exterior Angles of Triangles- 8.G.A.5Pythagorean Theorem Proofs and its Converse - 8.G.B.6Unknown Side Lengths in Right Triangle- 8.G.B.7Pythagorean Theorem On Coordinate Systems- 8.G.B.8Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems - 8.G.B.8Volumes of Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres - 8.G.C.9

Statistics & Probability

Statistical Variability in Data- 6.SP.A.1 Mean, Median, and Range From Data Displays- 6.SP.A.2 Stem and Leaf Plots- Related to 6.SP.A.2 (Not specifically part of standard) The Measure of Center of Data Sets- 6.SP.A.3 Summarizing and Interpreting Data Sets- 6.SP.A.3 Understanding Data Displays- 6.SP.B.4 Math Patterns on Number Lines- 6.SP.B.4 Summarizing Numerical Data Sets- 6.SP.B.5a & b The Attributes of Data and Units of Measure- 6.SP.B.5b Measures of Mean, Median, Mode, and Range- 6.SP.B.5c Interquartile Range- 6.SP.B.5c Mean Absolute Deviation- 6.SP.B.5c Frequency and Data Distribution- 6.SP.B.5d

Unde(Using Data Tables)- 8.SP.A.4

Functions

Functions as Inputs and Outputs- 8.F.A.1 Solving Basic Function Tables - 8.F.A.1Comparing Properties of Two Functions- 8.F.A.2Equation of a Straight Line- 8.F.B.3Using Functions to Model a Linear Relationship - 8.F.B.4Point and Slope- 8.F.B.4Understanding the y-Intercept- 8.F.B.4Analyzing Functional Relationships by Graphing - 8.F.B.5rstanding Random Sampling- 7.SP.A.1Making Inferences From Random Data- 7.SP.A.2Working With Assessing Overlapping Data Sets- 7.SP.B.3Measures of Center and Variability- 7.SP.B.4Likelihood of a Single Event- 7.SP.C.5Probability of a Chance Event- 7.SP.C.6Creating Probability Models- 7.SP.C.7Probabilities of Compound Events- 7.SP.C.8Generate Math Frequencies Through Design - 7.SP.C.8c

 Scatter Plots for Bivariate Data- 8.SP.A.1 Using Straight Lines to Model Relationships - 8.SP.A.2Interpreting Slope and Intercept- 8.SP.A.3Patterns of Association 

Fourth Hour- 6th grade Social studies

Sixth grade social studies will start the year covering “Illinois our Home” text book. We are hoping to spend first semester on this book and move into a study of regions second semester. The Chapters we will cover include:

Chapter 1- History close to Home *** we have finished this unit.

Chapter 2 A Place called Illinois ** We are currently in this unit

Chapter 3 American Indians

Chapter 4 Illinois Changes Hands

Chapter 5 Life on the Frontier

Chapter 6 Journey to Statehood

Chapter 7 A Changing Illinois

Chapter 8 A Divided Nation

Chapter 9 Times of Change

Chapter 10 Modern Times

Chapter 11 Government for the Nation and State

Chapter 12 Economics for Illinois

5th Hour- 3rd grade Social studies

The third grade will be working with the “Communities adventures in time and Place”. We have started the year with a great deal of map exploration. We will be covering:

Chapter 1 Understanding communities ** We are currently in this unit

Chapter 2 Communities and Geography

Chapter 3 a Native American Communities

Chapter 4 an English Colony at Jamestown

Chapter 5 A Spanish Mission in San Francisco!

Chapter 6 A New Country is Born

Chapter 7 Countries Have Capitals

Chapter 8 Citizens Make Communities Work

Chapter 10 Changing the Way People Live

Chapter 11 Work and Money-

Chapter 12 Producing Goods

Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Hours 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th and 8th Reading

We are starting the year doing extensive assessments so that we can best meet all students' needs.

Starting with great novels- A Long Way From Chicago (Peck), The River Between Us (Peck), The Worst/ Best School Year ever (Robinson), and Scorpions (Myers).

We will continue to work with Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Reading system. As a teacher, I love this! It does include a great deal of preparation work. It is so wonderful to see the children being successful at their own level and eliminated frustration! I am so looking forward to the week long Novel study units that is included after every level they complete! We are using Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Reading System to assess . Each child has an assessed reading level and has been placed in a group to accommodate the most success and progress. Every day I work with each group of students covering all literacy areas including Comprehension, Vocabulary, Fluency,  Phonics/Words Study and Writing. It is very fast paced but so beneficial to the students!

All students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes outside of class daily. This is logged and assessed through their “Homework Reading Log” and Reading Journal at school. They are expected to write about what they are reading. They will also set a reasonable AR goal and expected to take tests at school to acquire points. They can take tests during Reading or during study hall.