Monday, September 15, 2014
Newsela Homework Tonight
Sign on to your Newsela account. You'll find your assignment in your binder. Read the article at lexile level 730. Answer the quiz. If you get all of the answers right, try a higher lexile level.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
IXL Skills Site
Hello Students,
I am sorry that I am unable to return today. I should be back tomorrow. Anyways, here is a site that I think is useful: IXL Math
On this site there are math activities to help hone your skills. You can search the skill by specific standard and by grade. If you click on a skill, it gives you problems to solve. The problems automatically adjust to your level by getting increasingly more difficult if you get the problem right. You can build your skills as the site tracks your progress.
There's also a site for language arts here: IXL Language Arts
It's similar to math site. Only this site focuses on the language arts standards.
With both of these sites, I would start with the fourth grade and work my way up from there to help build your skills.
If you have time, try it out for fifteen minutes and let me know what you think.
I'll post the sites to our "Liked Links" gadget so you can use them throughout the year.
Have Fun!
I am sorry that I am unable to return today. I should be back tomorrow. Anyways, here is a site that I think is useful: IXL Math
On this site there are math activities to help hone your skills. You can search the skill by specific standard and by grade. If you click on a skill, it gives you problems to solve. The problems automatically adjust to your level by getting increasingly more difficult if you get the problem right. You can build your skills as the site tracks your progress.
There's also a site for language arts here: IXL Language Arts
It's similar to math site. Only this site focuses on the language arts standards.
With both of these sites, I would start with the fourth grade and work my way up from there to help build your skills.
If you have time, try it out for fifteen minutes and let me know what you think.
I'll post the sites to our "Liked Links" gadget so you can use them throughout the year.
Have Fun!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Tonight's Homework: Favorite Character Bio Cube
Tonight we continue to familiarize ourselves with some digital tools for responding to literature. Please follow the link: Bio Cube and complete the cube using information about your favorite book character. No need to print a copy. Just email a final to me at fcrame@cps.edu.
Have fun,
Mr. Crame
Have fun,
Mr. Crame
Newsflash! Mr. Crame is out with a facial injury...
Today's lesson: Never catch a 12 inch softball with your face. Sorry I'm out of class today. I'll return when the doctor clears me.
See you (with my good eye) soon,
Mr. Crame
Monday, September 8, 2014
Demystifying the Common Core
Today we had a lesson in demystifying the Common Core. As you may already know, the Common Core State Standards are the basis for our 4th grade expectations as well as summative assessments, including tests like the MAP test and the PARRC.
We watched this three minute video which helps explain the etymology of the Common Core Standards: http://vimeo.com/51933492
Afterwards, we distributed a kid friendly checklist of common core expectations in math. I feel that it is important for students to know how they will be assessed and what they're expected to know. During the lesson, each student read the expectations, checked off the ones they felt that they confidently knew and circled the ones they had questions about. I will use this survey to help as a pre-assessment to help understand how the students feel about fourth grade expectations. The hope is that students will be able to identify expectations and to focus on what the next step for them can be.
Mr. Crame
We watched this three minute video which helps explain the etymology of the Common Core Standards: http://vimeo.com/51933492
Afterwards, we distributed a kid friendly checklist of common core expectations in math. I feel that it is important for students to know how they will be assessed and what they're expected to know. During the lesson, each student read the expectations, checked off the ones they felt that they confidently knew and circled the ones they had questions about. I will use this survey to help as a pre-assessment to help understand how the students feel about fourth grade expectations. The hope is that students will be able to identify expectations and to focus on what the next step for them can be.
Mr. Crame
The Bio Cube
The Bio Cube
Welcome to your first bit of digital homework. Tonight’s mission: Create a Bio Cube. What’s a Bio Cube?
bio-
Word Origin
1.
a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek ( biography); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( bioluminescence).
cube: kyo͞ob; noun 1.a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares. Examples: Rubik’s Cube, Ice Cube (not the rapper),
Put them together and we get a cube that explains your life. You may use the link provided to enter your information digitally. Follow the following instructions to submit your finalized work.
Enter the appropriate information.
Click “Share Final”
Create a name for your file.
Using your personal email or a parent’s email address, send the file to me at fcrame@cps.edu.
Print 1 copy of your finished file and create the cube for our oral presentations and “Show Off Board”.
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