Welcome to Ms. Gowdy's Math and Language Arts
by Tammy Gowdy
Lesson Plans for Oct. 3 - Oct. 7
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Parent/Teacher Conferences Coming Soon!
Monday:
Wildcat Math #8
Tuesday:
NWEA
Decimal Comparison WB pg 30
Decimal Rounding WB pg 42
Wednesday:
Geometry:
Note-card vocabulary Creation [Set of three]
*Note-card with Word, Trigger Word, Definition, picture, story sentence
1. Right Triangles
2. Obtuse Triangles
3. Acute Triangles
Hole punch and keep in vocab section
Thursday:
Triangle identification WB Pg ________
Quick Review Quiz
1. Order of operation
2. Algebra Equations
3. Common Factors and Greatest Common Factor
4. Prime Factorization
5. Add and Subtract Decimals
6. Place Value
7. Ordering Whole Numbers
8. Ordering Decimal Numbers
Friday:
BAIP ASSIGNMENT #1 and # 2
*complete in learning cells.
Monday:
Wildcat Math # 9
Students begin test over chapter 1
Tuesday:
Complete chapter 1 test
Wednesday:
Drawing on Prior Knowledge of Fractions and Fractional Parts
Students will work from individual white boards and at the board in class.
Thursday:
Working with Fractional Parts and Writing Equivalent Fractions to...
1. Tenths
2. Hundredths
3. Thousandths
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Bring Comics from Newspapers!!!
Monday::
Beginning Activities and Organization for the novel: Bud, Not Buddy
*Student Graphic Organizer- Time Line [Discussion of Assignment]
* Student Vocabulary-Prior knowledge of meanings [Introduction of 1-3 words]
* Discussion of Sectional Study Guides as Open Book Quizzes
Metaphor and Analogy Flap on Flip Book
* Definition and Examples
Tuesday::
Teacher Read-Chapters 1-3
*Students will fill in study guide after the reading is complete [comprehension]
*Students write a synonym for vocabulary for chapter 1-3 on mini-strip book #1
*Students begin graphic time line. [Ticonderoga Pencil on Back]
Wednesday::
Teacher Reads Chapters 4-5 and Students Partner Read Chapter 6
* Complete study guide questions with partner for chapters 4-6
* Silently Read Individually Chapter 7-8 and finish study guide individually
* Create mini-strip book #2 and begin synonyms
Thursday::
Last two sections of Figurative Language Flip Book {Necessary Parts DUE THURSDAY}
Literary Notes in Journal
Themes so far in Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis
Character Traits of Main Characters {Discussion only}
Friday::
Complete One Alternate RC Assignment for Requirements RC Party
* Add to Time Line- Main Events in Sequence with Graphics
* Individually Finish Mini-Strip Books #1 or #2
