Stations
October 31 – November 4
Project #4: Storm Chasers
 Students will research about the force
Project Topics
How does weather
impact our community?
Geography
Map Skills
Diagrams/Text Features
Compare and Contrast
weather systems
Public Service
Announcement
Simple Research Report
Non fiction text
five: hurricanes, floods, blizzards,
tornadoes, and drought. All of this
weather impacts communities in different
ways. We will research how these storms
form, what regions are most likely to be
impacted, and how people can stay safe in
adverse weather conditions. We will also
continue looking at mapping skills and
geography, and labeling diagrams and
text features in non-fiction text. The
students will also be in literature circles
reading I survived: Hurricane Katrina
2005.
Reading Connections
 Weather
Standards & Skills
L.A.: 3.3.1
Science: 3.3.5
Summarizing
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Materials Needed
oReading Book
oGuided Readers
oStudy Guide
oThinking Map
Project Connection
Force Five- non-fiction
text features and
strategies
Noise Level 2
Monday – Tuesday
Read Weather in your Science book, pg D4 – D13. Begin working on
your Weather study guide.
Wednesday
Read The Water Cycle in your Science book, pg D14 – D21
Thursday
Read Describing Weather in your Science book, pg D23 – D 27
Friday
Weather Quiz
Writing
Noise Level 0-1
Standards & Skills
3.1.7, 3.5.7, 3.6.2
Summarizing
Materials Needed
oWriting Menu
oBooks
oISTEP weekly
assessment writing
Project Connection
Force Five
Non-fiction text
Monday – Wednesday
Work on completing activities from your writing menu. You
must select at least 3 different activities. One must involve
reading a WEATHER story to complete the activity. After
reading your story and completing the activity you must
also complete the thinking map on the back of your menu
using your story.
Thursday
Write a summary about blizzards on page 173 and 174 using
your Science book and study guide.
Friday
Using a newspaper, write a summary about the local
weather. Write 5 sentences to complete your summary
using formal voice.
Working with Words
Noise Level 1
Standards & Skills
3.1.7,3.7.9
Fluency
Vocabulary
Materials Needed
oVocabulary Activity
oReader’s Theatre
oComputers
oSpelling Games
Project Connection
Force Five Vocabulary
Monday
Dictionary Skills – Look up the words in the dictionary
and write the definition and the part of speech. When
you are finished play Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe. Words to
define – atmosphere, weather, temperature, air
pressure, thermometer, barometer.
Tuesday
5 Box Vocabulary – Draw a picture to help define each
vocabulary word. Vocabulary Words – water vapor,
evaporation, condensation, water cycle, precipitation
Wednesday
Weather Fluency Passage – Practice reading your
passage 2 times before reading it into Audacity.
Thursday
Finish looking up words from Monday and play Tic Tac
Toe Vocabulary.
Friday
Write a weather poem. Choose between acrostic, 5 senses or
a cinquain poem.
Math Skill Reinforcement
Standards & Skills
3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7
Multiplication
Division
Materials Needed
oStudent Reference Book
oRecord Sheets
oDice
Project Connection
Force Five difference
between temperatures in
different communities
Noise Level 1
Monday
Building facts on a Geoboard. Beat the calculator when you
are finished.
Tuesday
Page 103 Multiplication facts and calculator counts. Use a
calculator to find the number patterns.
Wednesday
Practice with facts and arrays pg 105. Making Arrays for 24
with grid paper and cubes. Use cubes to come up with as
many different arrays for 24 as you can.
Thursday
Setting up Chairs – Journal pg 93. Use the clues on Math
Masters pg 106 to figure out how the chairs should be set up.
Friday
Fact Platter game with a partner OR multiplication baseball.
Math Journal
Noise Level 0-1
Standards & Skills
3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7
Multiplication
Division
Monday
4.5 Subtraction Strategies
Journal pg 88 and 89
Tuesday
4.6 Inverse Relationships (Multiplication and Division)
Journal pg 90
Materials Needed
oVolume 1 Journal
oPencil
oRuler
Project Connection
Force Five
Wednesday
4.7
Journal pg 91 – Math Boxes. Multiplication Baseball when
you are finished
Thursday
4.8 Explorations
Journal pg 94 – Math Boxes. Fact Platter game when you are
finished, play with a partner.
Friday
Quiz corrections
Interwrite Activity/Laptop Activity
Noise Level 1
Standards & Skills
3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7
Multiplication
Division
Monday
Laptop – Fast Math fact practice
Materials Needed
o Interwrite board
oLaptops
Wednesday
Laptop – Fast Math fact practice
Project Connection
Force Five
Tuesday
Laptop – Fast Math fact practice
Thursday
Math Quiz 4.1 – 4.5
Friday
Laptop – Fast Math fact practice