THIS WEEK IN CLASS:
Math: We've finished the Diagnostic Test for Addition and Subtraction Methods: 4 Digits.
It went pretty well, but the key is to check for any small mistakes in the method and read the problem carefully!We have begun our unit on FRACTIONS
Below, you will see the homework, which involves thinking about a whole as seperate, mixed fractions. There is a guide to help the kids draw their own rectangular fraction diagrams, which is required for this homework...
Reading/Writing: Fact Text: History Project.
We'll be working on this throughout the remainder of the term:
Our Fact Text: Requirements, Goals, and Expectations!
Ok, 4E! It’s time to take your mindmap and outline and turn them into a real research paper!! Here are some tips to help you, as well as sections on what you MUST HAVE, and what GOALS you should keep in mind while you write!
# = MUST HAVE
To start:
12 point font (except title and name) #
Indent of first sentence, every paragraph#
At least 6 paragraphs# with Intro# and Conclusion#
Times New Roman font#
Title and Name like this:
Dogs of America
By: Andy Magee 4e
· Title: 16 point font#
· USE CAPITALS on Beginnings of All Important Nouns!#
· Center the Title.#
· You can use BOLD or UNDERLINE#
· Make it snazzy! Make sure to include the setting of your topic in the title…remember? What’s our place and time?
A bad title: “Dogs”
better: “Dogs of America (place) Today (time)”
great: “A Best Friend Forever: Dogs of America Today”
Super Excellent Snazzy: “My Best Friend Says “Woof”: An Introduction to Today’s American Dogs”
Introduction: In this paragraph, you will state some pretty obvious things, but it will be a good area in which to introduce your topic and get the reader ready for what’s to come.
Some good ways to start:
Define your topic:
“ A dog is defined by the dictionary as a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.”
Tell us what your topic is thought to be and why:
“Dogs are considered man’s best friend because we have bred them and used them throughout our existence.”
Make a cool general statement about your topic:
“Dogs are thought to be the best pet because they are so cute and fluffy…
and then teach us something we didn’t know:
“… but did you also know that humans originally used them for protection?”
State a bunch of broad facts that you will discuss further in your other paragraphs (basically an outline of your whole paper in a few snetneces):
“Dogs are of the canine species. They have been bred for thousands of years. Today we use them as pets, but they were used in the past for many work related things. Dogs biology is blah blah.”
There are many more ways to introduce your topic, but NEVER say “This paper will be about dogs”, because if we read it, we will already know what it’s about!
Paragraphs II through V
In these paragraphs, you will keep a “redthread” going from your intro through to your conclusion, and explain, in detail# and with examples# from your research, all the interesting facts you have discovered.
Detail and examples#: In the sentences of these paragraphs is where you write the facts you found from your research. WRITE THESE FACTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DO NOT COPY FROM THE SOURCE!#
Your OUTLINE should already state the themes for each paragraph#. Stick to this and keep a common “redthread” throughout! (see my dog essay map for help)
Paragraph VI: CONCLUSION!
This paragraph is the place in which you sum up (summarize) the things you have stated above, but you do it in new ways.
You can also state your opinion here, or a feeling you have about the subject.
Other things you could do:
§ You could summarize your main points, but if you use this method then be sure to make your summary interesting rather than a just list of points.
§ Present a bold statement that takes your topic to a deeper meaning and state the overall importance of what you have said in your paper.
Ex: Dogs, or as we call them, “a man’s best friend” will be with us humans for as long as we can continue to have a useful, loving, and working relationship with them.
§ Conclude your paper by restating what you have found in your research, acknowledge that there is more to be explored on the topic and briefly describe the other questions/topics that could be researched.
SOURCES#:
LIST your 3 or more sources like this:
Sources
3.) Roald Dahl’s “All About Dogs: Funny Dog Publishers, 1976
A PDF to help the kids understand the homework: we've gone over this in class!
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