Genealogy Project

Genealogy Project

In class we talked about how different groups of people got to Utah. Now, we want to know how you got to Utah! Did you have great-great-great grandparents who emigrated here from Europe? Did your grandparents move to Utah from another state? Were your parents the first in your family to move to Utah? Has your entire family lived in Orem forever? Your assignment is to research by talking to family members to find out how you and your family got to Utah. You will write at least 3 paragraphs, at least 5 sentences each, explaining how you and your family came to Utah. Use the following questions to help guide your paper.

1.   Who was the first in your family to come to Utah?

2.   Where were they before they were in Utah?

3.   Why did they come to Utah?

4.   How did they get to Utah?

5.   What challenges did they face by coming to Utah?

6.   Tell a story about someone in your family who faced challenges.

7.   How has your family coming to Utah affected you and your life?

8.   Use the map to chart the route your family took to Utah.

Due: Wheatley - Jan 24^nd, Ditto – Jan 25^th

You will be scored based on the following rubric:

Genealogy Project Rubric

Requirement	Notes	Points
3 paragraphs, 5 sentences each		50
All Questions Answered		30
Written Neatly		10
Oral Presentation		10
Total		_______________/100

Chocolate Milk Opinion Homework

Here are the articles and instructions for students to do their Opinion Homework for the week. This will take the place of spelling this week. Students will have time to work on it during reading this week when they are not taking tests.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0iBzpOrobJZRHR4RzNTeGVhODQ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0iBzpOrobJZVjdOWHd1ZE9yNFk/view?usp=sharing

January 9-13

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone has been surviving this cold weather! It’s been crazy! We’ve been trying to survive having inside recess and not being able to go outside and run around. Hopefully we will get some outside recess this week! Please make sure your student is dressed warmly when they come to school, especially if we have outside recess!

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be doing a lot of testing. Students will take their next Unit Assessment on Wednesday. We will review for this on Tuesday and go over the test on Thursday. We will also start our next DRA tests. We will review summaries on Monday and then start our DRA testing. Their will be no spelling homework this week, instead we will do an independent Opinion Writing Essay. Students will receive passages, instructions, and the following prompt: Should chocolate milk be banned from your school? They will do a pre-write and then type their essay into Google Docs. They will need to revise and edit it on the computer and then put it into My Access. We did the same thing before Christmas with our Jacob Riis essays. They will have time in class to work on this when they are not working on a test. They should spend time at home working on it as well to make sure they can finish by Friday. It is due at the end of reading time on Friday. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will be finishing our Equivalent Fractions Unit. We will review on Monday and take our test on Tuesday. Please watch for their pre-test to come home as a study guide. Then we will start our measurement unit with converting measurements of time and finding elapsed time.

Writing: This week we will finish our Author Report. Those who are finished with their written report and poster will present when they are ready. All students need to be ready to present by Friday at the latest, that is when the report is due. Instructions for this are on my blog if students have lost their information page.

Science: We will learn about mineral replacement fossils as well as preserved fossils this week. The students have been filling out a graphic organizer on the types of fossils and we will finish that up this week. We will also continue to work on the fossils song.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will be talking about groups of people who have come to Utah. We will start by introducing our Genealogy Project. Students will receive an instruction page telling them to answer specific questions about the first member of their family to come to Utah. My class’s projects are due on January 24^th and Mrs. Ditto’s class’s projects are due January 25^th. After this, we will discuss several cultural groups that have come to Utah and their points of view.

This week’s homework:

Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log

Opinion Writing Essay: pre-write, typed and shared in Google Docs, and in My Access

Lesson 6.1-P113, 6.2-P115, 6.4-P119, 6.5-P121

*Math, reading, and writing are due on Friday

Thanks!

Mrs. Wheatley

Lesson 6 Math Pages

Follow this link to get to all homework pages for Lesson 6 from Go Math, pages P113-130.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0iBzpOrobJZQnVNSWhFUHBFc1k/view?usp=sharing

Author Report Info

Author Report

Due Date____January 13th____________________

The Author Report must contain the following:

• Name of Author and early life (chosen from the list of authors/approved by me)
• Education
• Awards Won
• Hobbies and Interests
• Interesting Facts
• Books Published
• Questions for your Author

WRITTEN REPORT, using the above areas of information

 At least 1 full page in length, 8 paragraphs, 3-5 sentences in each

 Typed size 12 or 14 font

 Shared with me on Google Docs

POSTER that includes the following

 Interesting facts concerning the life of the author

 Places relating to the author’s life

 Flip book with the same information in the written report

 Made nicely, nothing can be written directly on the poster

Oral Presentation

 Given in front of the class

 Read the written report and tell about everything on the poster

 Must be 1-2 minutes in length

You will receive a grade for the written report, poster, and oral

presentation. Turn this page in with your written report to receive your

grade. Your report is worth 300 points total.

Written Report – 100 points _______________

Poster – 100 points _______________

Oral Presentation – 100 points _______________

Spelling List #15

Here are the links to this week's spelling words. There are 3 different lists for students, according to their needs. The list your child brings home each week should say at the bottom the name of the list. You can also access the words on these links as well as games for students to study with.

Frogs 15: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=34468076

Sharks 15: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=34468095

Tigers 15: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=34468241

January 3-6th

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Break! Thank you all for your generous and kind gifts, cards, and warm wishes! I feel so grateful to have you parents and to have your students in my class this year! I can’t believe it is already January! This year has gone by so quickly!

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be talking about point of view again, specifically in articles that are persuasive. We will also start reviewing for the DRA. We will review summaries, fluently reading, and we will be reviewing our goals we made after the last DRA. We will start DRA testing next week. Our spelling is list #15 with compound words. Students should be spending 20 minutes studying their words this week. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will be continuing our Equivalent Fractions Unit. We will focus on comparing fractions and ordering fractions by finding equivalent fractions. Our test on this will be next week. In Target Time we will review multi-step word problems.

Writing: This week we are going back to our Author Report. Students should finish typing their written report this week. Then we will start working on our posters. Students should bring a poster to school ASAP. If they cannot get one, I am more than happy to get one for them, they just won’t be able to pick their color! Students have a sheet with instructions for what they need on their poster. I will also post this on my blog in case students loose it. Basically, students will make a flip book and we will put the information from their written report in it. We will put this on the poster. Then students will need pictures of interesting facts, places related to the author, and a picture of the author on the poster. These will be printed off and glued to the poster with labels. We want to make sure that the posters turn out nice, so students will NOT write directly on the poster. Next week we will start presenting our reports. The Author Report is due on Friday January 13^th, so students should be finished with their written report and poster by then and ready to present by or before then.

Science: Our rock unit is now over and we will go over the rock tests this week. Our next unit is all about fossils. We will start by discussing what the class already knows about fossils and what they hope to learn. Specifically, we will start learning about impression fossils. We will also start learning a fossil song.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will be talking about us! We will discuss things about us that are similar and different. We will also discuss where our ancestors came from. This will lead us to talking about the different people and cultural groups that have come to Utah. We will hopefully also be able to finish and grade our County Tests from before the break!

This week’s homework:

Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log

Spelling #15– 20 minutes of study and list signed by parent

Lesson 7.4-P139, 7.5-P141, 7.6-P143

*Math, reading, and spelling are due on Friday

Thanks!

Mrs. Wheatley