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Social Studies
week of 3/10
After researching, the kids will be writing persuasive paragraphs about their state. We'll need some support with that too.
I would be happy to talk about this in my Friday group. Let me know the specifics and I can work on that with them. -BN
will be.
Science
week of 1/21

Social Studies
week of 3/10
finish finding similarities among states
persuasive paragraph - within each region
begin typing our brochures for state fair
*This will all be a good part of our week.
week of 3/3
a region.
We
We never got this week.
week of 2/24
Final work researching states
Finish rock cycle - we are learning that igneous rocks are made from cooled lava. Igneous rocks are broken down into sediments due to erosion. Then sediments get pushed back together underground. Both sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks are both eventually changed and turn into metamorphic rocks.
Introduce minerals
Week of 10/7**10/7
Rocks:
Focus on rock cycle: sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous

Social Studies
week of 3/3
We have some more work to do to find similarities between states in a region.
We never got to the persuasive paragraph, so we'll start that this week.
week of 2/24
Final work researching states
grow apples.)
Writing persuasive paragraph about each region. (They haven't had much exposure to persuasive writing, so we'll need to do some background there.) The focus of the paragraph is convincing the reader to visit their region. (We'll connect this to what the states have in common.)
week of 2/10

Social Studies
week of 2/24
Final work researching states
Kids will work in small groups (within their region) to find what their states have in common. (For example, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts all grow apples.)
Writing persuasive paragraph about each region. (They haven't had much exposure to persuasive writing, so we'll need to do some background there.) The focus of the paragraph is convincing the reader to visit their region. (We'll connect this to what the states have in common.)
week of 2/10
I will introduce state projects on Monday.
for considering!
week of 2/3
This week I will assign states. Our class is focused on the Southeast and Midwest regions.

week of 2/10
I will introduce state projects on Monday.
researching their states.states.Some of our friends will need lots of support with this. It would be great if people can support them with this here or there. Thanks in advance for considering!
week of 2/3
This week I will assign states. Our class is focused on the Southeast and Midwest regions.

Social Studies
week of 2/10
I will introduce state projects on Monday.
Kids will begin researching their states.
week of 2/3
This week I will assign states. Our class is focused on the Southeast and Midwest regions.
We will also learn the vocabulary for manufacturing and agriculture. These words were introduced during our continent unit, but they will be taught more in depth now.
Looking ahead, late this week or early next week the kids will begin researching their state. I attached the research page {stateresearch.pages} that they will use. This copy actually isn't going to be the actual one. It has the same ideas, but I'm hoping to put the structured lines onto this one.
an issue…)
@Bonnie, Thank you for the tip about the computers. We don't usually use the computers for this research. Maybe I can just have that group use the computer? I would have to find a website where the information is very structured so they can find the info. they need. I'm happy to look for that. Thoughts? I'm very happy to hear feedback about this. I just want them to be as successful as possible with this. :o)
week of 1/27

Social Studies
week of 2/3
Midwest regions.
We
We will also depth now.
Looking
Looking ahead, late attached the research sheet that research page {stateresearch.pages} that they will this one.
My biggest concern is the readability of the texts we use. We have two sets of books from the library. One set is a little easier to read than the other set, but there's not a huge difference. I want to make sure the information is accessible to 6 of the kids. (Although 2 of those kids are reading at a slightly higher level, comprehension is still an issue…)
@Bonnie, Thank you for the tip about the computers. We don't usually use the computers for this research. Maybe I can just have that group use the computer? I would have to find a website where the information is very structured so they can find the info. they need. I'm happy to look for that. Thoughts? I'm very happy to hear feedback about this. I just want them to be as successful as possible with this. :o)
week of 1/27
We're switching to our new States unit! This is a huge unit that the kids get really excited about. But I'll really need a lot of support for some of our babes to pull this off…

Social Studies
week of 2/3
This week I will assign states. Our class is focused on the Southeast and Midwest regions.
We will also learn the vocabulary for manufacturing and agriculture. These words were introduced during our continent unit, but they will be taught more in depth now.
Looking ahead, late this week or early next week the kids will begin researching their state. I attached the research sheet that they will use. This copy actually isn't going to be the actual one. It has the same ideas, but I'm hoping to put the structured lines onto this one.
week of 1/27
We're switching to our new States unit! This is a huge unit that the kids get really excited about. But I'll really need a lot of support for some of our babes to pull this off…