1.4: September 19-23, 2016
Important Dates:
September
21: 2-hr Late Opening, School begins at 10:45 a.m.
October
14: Statewide Inservice- No School
19: 2hr Late Opening, School begins at 10:45 a.m.
21: Bull Run Watershed Field Trip, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
November
4: End of Quarter #1, Teacher Planning Day- No School
9 & 10: Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
11: Veterans Day: No School
23-25: Thanksgiving Holiday- No School
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This week in…
Math
Lesson Objectives
Lesson 11: Multiply a decimal fraction by single-digit whole numbers, relate to a written method through application of the area model and place value understanding, and explain the reasoning used.
Lesson 12: Multiply a decimal fraction by single-digit whole numbers, including using estimation to confirm the placement of the decimal point.
Lesson 13: Divide decimals by single-digit whole numbers involving easily identifiable multiples using place value understanding and relate to a written method.
EngageNY Math website
KhanAcademy
Topic: Arithmetic Operations
Lessons
Multi-digit multiplication
Multiplying Decimals
Humanities
Writing: Memoir
• Conclusion
• After the end- precise language, practicing “show don’t tell”
Writing outline for five paragraph essay
Reading: Omnivore’s Dilemma
Where does our food come from?
Part 1: The Industrial Meal: Food From Corn
• chapter two- The Farm
• chapter three- From Farm to Factory
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Science
Black Soldier Fly Larvae Inquiry Lab Report
part 1: Question and Hypothesis Graph
x-axis Independent Variable
y-axis Dependent Variable
part 2: materials list and procedure (designing the investigation)
part 3: collecting data- table and graph, written observations, thoughts, questions, and sketches.
part 4: analysis- what story does my data tell?
part 5: Conclusion
Systems Thinking–
Aquaponics and Permaculture “Big Picture”
Ice-berg thinking
Tools of a systems thinker
• BOTG’s (Behavior over time graphs)
• Connection Circles
• Causal Loops
• Ladder of Inference
日本語
• Numbers 1-100
• ひらがな（hiragana）
あいうえお と かきくけこ (review)
さしすせそ と たちつてと (review)
なにぬねの と はひふへほ (review)
まみむめも と や ゆ (new)
New Vocabulary to Translate to romaji
Friday’s Quiz 1.4
| Hiragana | Romaji | Hiragana | Romaji |
| はみがき | ha•mi•ga•ki | やさい | ya•sa•i |
| たまご | ta•ma•go | やすい | ya•su•i |
| まいにち | ma•i•ni•chi | はやい | ha•ya•i |
| みち | mi•chi | ゆうめい | yu•u•me•i |
| みなと | mi•na•to | ゆび | yu•bi |
| むしめがね | mu•shi•me•ga•ne | ゆめ | yu-me |
| むかし | mu•ka•shi | よあけ | yo•a•ke |
| つばめ | tsu•ba•me | よてい | yo•te•i |
| たべもの | ta•be•mo•no | よなか | yo•na•ka |
| ももいろ | mo•mo•i•ro | ようこそ | yo•u•ko•so |