tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88456434114179268942024-02-20T05:43:12.757-07:00Miss Morgan's TeamMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-68062968411863230742012-01-04T16:53:00.001-07:002012-01-04T16:54:13.955-07:00January<strong>Theme:</strong> You are not finished when you lose. You are finished when you quit.<br />
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<strong>Math:</strong> Algebra and Geometry<br />
<strong>Reading: </strong>Questioning<br />
<strong>Writing: </strong>Publish Animal Reports & start Opinion Writing<br />
<strong>Social Studies:</strong> Mapping Skills<br />
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<strong>Times Tests: </strong>Keep practicing your times tables :) I send home their tests so you can keep track of which multiplication table they are on.Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-75774639056243237162011-12-05T10:43:00.000-07:002011-12-05T10:43:21.568-07:00December<strong>Theme: </strong>To be a winner, give all you've got!<br />
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<strong>Math: </strong>Multiplication (timed tests) & Division<br />
<strong>Reading:</strong> Punctuation & Expression<br />
<strong>Writing: </strong>Expository Writing - Gathering facts for Animal Reports<br />
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<strong>Timed Tests: </strong>Every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday they will be taking a multiplication timed test; 25 problems with 1 minute to complete to 100% accuracy. Each time they pass off a times table (ones, twos, threes, etc.) they earn a different part of their ice cream party. We will be working towards an ice cream party from now until the end of the year. Let the fun begin!<br />
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<strong>Multiplication Sundae Rewards!</strong><br />
0xs - bowl<br />
1xs - spoon<br />
2xs - banana<br />
3xs - ice cream scoop<br />
4xs - ice cream scoop<br />
5xs - ice cream scoop<br />
6xs - topping<br />
7xs - topping<br />
8xs - topping<br />
9xs - whipped cream<br />
10xs - nuts<br />
11xs - sprinkles<br />
12xs - cherryMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-85819010013211366832011-11-07T13:35:00.000-07:002011-11-07T13:35:58.169-07:00November<strong>Theme: </strong>The expert in anything was once a beginner<br />
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<strong>Math: </strong>Fractions & Multiplication<br />
<strong>Reading:</strong> "Digging Deeper" (reading between the lines)<br />
<strong>Writing: </strong>Expository Writing - Animal Reports<br />
<strong>Science:</strong> Heat & LightMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-67925893171426735162011-10-03T08:18:00.000-06:002011-10-03T08:18:48.447-06:00October<strong>Theme: </strong>Life is all bout making mistakes and learning from them.<br />
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<strong>Math: </strong>Addition and Subtraction to the thousands with regrouping<br />
<strong>Reading:</strong> Predicting and Questioning<br />
<strong>Writing: </strong>Personal Narratives<br />
<strong>Science:</strong> Sun, Earth, & Moon + Heat & LightMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-25145278630749702072011-08-17T20:50:00.000-06:002011-08-17T20:50:24.649-06:00August/September<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I'm so excited to begin this year with your kids! The jump from 2nd to 3rd grade is a big and exciting leap! Here's a little overview of what we'll be covering in August and September.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Math</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">: Representing Numbers in Standard, Expanded, and Word Form; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Rounding to the Thousands; Comparing Numbers<br />
<strong>Reading</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">: Comprehension – Summarize, Main Idea, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Prediction</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Writing</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">: Narratives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Science</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">: Force, Motion, Gravity</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b><br />
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</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Reading: </b>Fluency</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Book Report: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Informational Text (due: 4/29)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Writing:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Creative Writing/Choose Your Genre (Sentence Fluency)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Math: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Geometry (area of triangles, and polygons)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Science:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Weather</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Social Studies:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Pioneers </span></div>Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-51335546190824270072011-03-09T08:52:00.003-07:002011-03-09T08:56:05.748-07:00March<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Theme: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>You are not finished when you lose. You are finished when you quit.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Reading: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Summarize and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Infer Meaning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Book Report: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Biography (due: 3/25)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Writing:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Creative Writing/Choose Your Genre (Voice/Word Choice)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Math:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Decimals, Geometry (measuring angles; circles)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Science:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Soil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Social Studies:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Westward Expansion </span>Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-38346571596262529472011-02-01T11:14:00.000-07:002011-02-01T11:14:44.955-07:00February<div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><b>Theme: </b><i>You may never make a discovery if you're afraid to make a mistake. </i><br />
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<b>Reading: </b>Voice and<b> </b>Inferring Meaning<br />
<b>Book Report: </b>Historical Fiction (due: 2/25)<br />
<b>Writing:</b> Creative Writing (Voice/Word Choice)<br />
<b>Math:</b> Fractions and decimals<br />
<b>Science:</b> Environments<br />
<b>Social Studies:</b> Utah Government (rights and responsibilities) </div>Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-74560031923895972362011-01-07T16:37:00.000-07:002011-01-07T16:37:00.778-07:00January<b>Theme: </b><i>Give someone a hand and you both climb higher</i><br />
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<b>Reading: </b>Questioning and Inferring Meaning<br />
<b>Book Report: </b>Realistic Fiction (due: 1/28)<br />
<b>Writing:</b> Realistic Fiction (Ideas/Characterization)<br />
<b>Math:</b> Division with remainders, fractions, decimals<br />
<b>Science:</b> Fossils<br />
<b>Social Studies:</b> Native Americans, Mountain Men of UtahMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-5024310628077450232010-12-14T16:01:00.003-07:002010-12-14T16:04:12.778-07:00December<b>Theme:</b> <i>The expert in anything was once a beginner</i><br />
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<b>Reading:</b> Questioning<br />
<b>Book Report:</b> Fantasy (due: 12/17)<br />
<b>Writing:</b> Poetry (Acrostic, Diamante, Haiku, Clerihew)<br />
<b>Math:</b> Graphing (bar, line, box and whisker, frequency table, line plot)<br />
<b>Science:</b> Environments<br />
<b>Social Studies:</b> Native AmericansMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-19795265417591457952010-11-01T10:10:00.005-06:002010-11-01T14:54:24.722-06:00November<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<b>Theme: </b>Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.<br />
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</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Reading: </b>Infer Meaning</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Book Report: </b>Tall Tale (due: 11/19)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Writing: </b>Thanksgiving Feast (Persuasive writing/Voice)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Math: </b>Multiplication - story problems, arrays, perimeter/area, multiply two-digit by two-digit</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Science: </b>Environments and Fossils</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Social Studies: </b>Native Americans</div>Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-20376733989280473002010-10-08T16:04:00.000-06:002010-10-08T16:04:33.905-06:00October<b>Theme:</b> Life is all about making mistakes and learning from them.<br />
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<b>Reading: </b> Comprehension through Inferring Meaning<br />
<b>Book Report: </b>Folktales (Due 10/22)<br />
<b>Writing: </b> Ghost Stories (Word Choice)<br />
<b>Math: </b> Multiplication - arrays, word problems, and multiply two-digit by two-digit<br />
<b>Science: </b> Water Cycle<br />
<b>Social Studies: </b>Regions of Utah<b> </b>Miss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845643411417926894.post-28448091121674991022010-08-06T15:24:00.001-06:002010-08-19T22:44:09.330-06:00August/SeptemberI'm so excited to begin this year with your kids! The jump from 3rd to 4th grade is a big and exciting leap! Here's a little overview of what we'll be covering in August and September.<br />
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<strong>Theme</strong>: "The strength of the team is each individual member...the strength of each member is the team." ~Coach Phil Jackson<br />
<strong>Math</strong>: Adding and Subtracting to the Millions, Comparing Numbers, and Representing Numbers in Standard, Expanded, and Word Form <br />
<strong>Reading</strong>: Comprehension through – Activating and Connecting, Questioning, Visualization, and Inferring Meaning<br />
<strong>Book Report</strong>: Fairytales (Due the last Friday of each Month). <br />
<strong>Writing</strong>: Memoirs and Fairytales <br />
<strong>Science</strong>: Dinosaurs and Fossils <br />
<strong>Social Studies</strong>: Utah’s State Symbols, Prehistoric Utah, Regions of Utah, Mountains, Lakes and RiversMiss Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837066000337866135noreply@blogger.com