Builds on: Needs Weeks 19 to 26. One-minute check: your child names any three Quarter 3 topics. (Local government, the three branches, rights and responsibilities, voting, needs and wants, producers and consumers, markets and trade.)
Materials: Q3 study guide (Day 4 practice page, 6 items), Quarter 3 Review for social studies and its scoring notes (Assessments page), Scrap paper, 3 index cards, Notebook, Highlighter, Pencil
Warm-Up · 5 min
Spaced review from Week 26. Ask: "What does profit mean?" (The money a seller has left after paying costs.) Then ask: "Which Quarter 3 topic feels strongest to you? Which feels hardest?" Your child writes both at the top of the study guide.
Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min
Say: "Today has two jobs: a short study guide, then the Quarter Review." Model one item from four topics. Say each question, think aloud and answer. "What does a mayor do?" (A mayor leads the local government and its workers.) "What is a candidate?" (A person who runs for office.) "What is a budget?" (A plan for how to use money.) "What is barter?" (Trading without money.) Say: "Answer every item. If you are not sure, guess, then highlight it." Now your child does the 6-item study guide on the Day 4 practice page. It has one item for each Quarter 3 topic. Allow about 8 minutes. Check it together. For each highlighted or missed item, your child finds the notebook page where it was taught. Ask: "Can you explain the right answer in your own words?" (Look for a reason, not a copied answer.) "Which topic had the most highlights?" (Answers vary.) If stuck, say: "Which week taught this? Open to that page."
Activity / Source Work · 15–20 min
Quarter Review. 1) Open the Quarter 3 Review for social studies on the Assessments page. 2) Put the notebook and the study guide away. Scrap paper is fine for the vote counts and the money problem. Do not use a calculator, so you can see your child's work. 3) Allow 20 to 30 minutes. It is not timed. 4) You may read every item aloud. Your child may answer out loud while you write. 5) Do not teach, hint or correct during the review. 6) Your child may look back at the review's vote chart at any time. 7) Afterward, score it with the scoring notes, add the points and find the level. Ask your child to point to the chart numbers used as evidence. If a section earns less than half its points, revisit the weeks and days listed for it. The review may run into notebook time. That is fine. This is a snapshot of the quarter, not a grade.
Notebook Entry · 10 min
Your child makes three flash cards for the hardest topics on the index cards. Write a question on the front and the answer on the back. Then your child lists two facts to reread tonight: "I will reread ___ on my Week ___ page." Sample: "I will reread the three branches on my Week 20 page." If the review ran long, do this entry tonight.
Exit Ticket · 5 min
Read each exit question aloud. Your child answers in the notebook. Praise honest highlighting and steady effort.
Watch for: Guessing on a study guide item and moving on without checking it.
Try: For each missed item, your child finds the notebook page and points to the answer before fixing it.
Exit ticket:
Which study guide topic was strongest for you? Why?
Which topic will you review tonight, and which week's notebook pages cover it?
Write one fact you relearned today.
Show answers
Answers vary. Look for: one named topic with a reason.
Answers vary. Look for: one named topic and a matching week, such as voting and Week 22.
Answers vary. Look for: an accurate Quarter 3 fact.
Support: Read every item aloud. Give the Quarter Review in two sittings with a break between them.
Extend: Your child writes three new review questions with answers and quizzes you. Look for one question that asks why.
Homework: Your child reviews the three flash cards and the highlighted items for ten minutes. Look for each one explained aloud without the notebook.
Practice page · Week 27, Day 4
Social Studies
I can complete a Quarter 3 study guide.
Answer one question from each section.
1.
Local government: What do taxes pay for?
2.
Branches: What does Congress do?
3.
Rights: Name one First Amendment freedom.
4.
Voting: Name one local office people vote for.
5.
Economics: What kind of resource is a worker's skill?
6.
Markets: What usually happens to price when supply is high and demand is low?
Make flash cards for the hardest topics.
7.
Write the topic you need to review most and one fact about it.
Challenge:Write one way civics and economics connect.
Materials: index cards for flash cards
Mathematics
Objective: I can complete a Quarter 3 practice set and find the skills I need to review.
Builds on: Needs every Quarter 3 skill from Weeks 19 to 26. One-minute check: ask "How many minutes is it from 2:55 to 3:05?" (10 minutes)
Materials: Fraction wall from Week 21 Day 1. If it is lost, cut 6 paper strips 24 cm long and mark them with a centimeter ruler: one whole, halves at 12 cm, thirds every 8 cm, fourths every 6 cm, sixths every 4 cm, eighths every 3 cm., Inch ruler with quarter-inch marks, Analog clock with movable hands and minute marks, Highlighter or crayon, Paper, Pencil
Warm-Up · 5 min
Spaced review from Week 21 Day 4. Ask: "How many fourths are in 2 wholes? Write it as a fraction." (8 fourths; 8/4) Then practice ×8 facts with no timer. Ask 8 × 4, 8 × 7 and 8 × 9 (32, 56, 72).
Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min
Say: "Tomorrow brings the Quarter 3 check. Today we practice one of every kind." Write the kinds as a list with their weeks. Naming fractions and equal parts, Weeks 19 and 24. Number lines, Week 20. Equivalent fractions, Week 21. Comparing, Week 22. Measuring and line plots, Week 24. Time, Week 25. Mass and liquid volume, Week 26. Work three kinds aloud. Comparing: write 2/4 and 2/6. Say: "Same numerator. Fourths are bigger than sixths. So 2/4 > 2/6." Time: ask "How long is it from 10:46 to 11:20?" Jump 14, then 20. Write 14 + 20 = 34. Say: "So it is 34 minutes." Line plot, from Week 24 Day 4. Write these pod lengths in inches: 3, 3 1/4, 3 1/4, 3 3/4, 3 3/4, 3 3/4, 4. Draw a line marked in quarter inches from 3 to 4. Draw an X above the line for each pod. Ask: "Which length has the most Xs?" (3 3/4 inches, with 3 Xs.) Now your child does more. Your child finds the fourths that match 6/8 on the wall (3/4). Then ask: "How many pods are on the plot in all?" (7)
Guided Practice · 10–15 min
Your child highlights the two kinds on the list that feel least sure. Then work these together. 1) Naming: a square has 4 equal parts, and all 4 are shaded. What fraction is shaded? What whole number is that? (4/4 = 1) 2) Number line: on a 0 to 2 line in thirds, how many jumps past 1 is 5/3? (2) 3) Mass: 7 boxes are 8 kilograms each. What is the total mass? (7 × 8 = 56 kilograms) 4) Units: which unit fits the milk in a large carton, liters or kilograms? (liters) If stuck, say: "Which kind is it? Which week taught it? What did we draw or use that week?"
Independent Practice · 15–20 min
This is the Quarter 3 practice set. Your child works alone and checks with the wall, the ruler or the clock. 1) Draw a rectangle with 6 equal parts. Shade 3. What fraction is shaded? (3/6) 2) On a 0 to 2 line in sixths, how many jumps past 1 is 7/6? (1) 3) 4/8 = ?/2 (1) and 2/3 = ?/6 (4). 4) Compare 1/6 and 5/6. Then compare 1/2 and 1/4. (1/6 < 5/6; 1/2 > 1/4) 5) How long is it from 8:35 to 9:12? (25 + 12 = 37 minutes) 6) A lesson starts at 1:45 and lasts 35 minutes. When does it end? (2:20) 7) 54 kilograms of potatoes are packed equally into 9 boxes. How many kilograms are in each box? (54 ÷ 9 = 6 kilograms) 8) A nail ends 3 quarter-inch marks past 2. How long is it? (2 3/4 inches) Mark the page together. Your child fixes each miss. Circle any kind with a miss for tonight.
Exit Ticket · 5 min
Read each question aloud. Your child answers on paper with no help.
Watch for: Rushing through the kinds that feel easy and making small slips.
Try: Your child checks each answer with a tool before moving on: the wall, the ruler or the clock.
Fact fluency: ×8 facts
Exit ticket:
2/4 = ?/8
Compare 1/8 and 6/8. Write <, > or =.
How many minutes is it from 4:40 to 5:15?
Show answers
4
1/8 < 6/8
35 minutes (20 + 15)
Support: Split the practice set into two sittings. Your child uses the wall and the clock for every problem.
Extend: Your child writes one new problem for each of three kinds, with an answer key. Sample: 1/3 = 2/6; 7 × 6 = 42 grams.
Homework: Your child redoes 4 problems of the circled kind from today. If nothing was circled, compare 3/4 and 1/4 and find 7:50 to 8:15. (3/4 > 1/4; 10 + 15 = 25 minutes)
Practice page · Week 27, Day 4
Mathematics
I can complete a Quarter 3 practice set and find skills to review.
Practice set
Do each item.
Check with strips, a ruler or a clock.
Circle any skill you missed twice.
Answer each question.
1.
Shade 5/8 of a rectangle.
2.
Place 4/3 on a 0 to 2 line.
3.
2/4 = ?/8
4.
5/6 ___ 5/8
○ <○ >○ =
5.
Gia's piano lesson starts at 3:45 and lasts 40 minutes. When does it end?
6.
A box of books is 14 kilograms. A box of toys is 6 kilograms. How much heavier are the books?
7.
A feather ends at the mark halfway between 6 and 7. How long is it?
Challenge:Which section was hardest for you? Write one thing you will practice tonight.
English Language Arts
Objective: I can review literal and nonliteral meanings and explain what nonliteral phrases really mean.
Standards: L.3.5.A, RL.3.4, L.3.6
Builds on: Needs Week 26: literal and nonliteral language and the question "Could this really happen?" One-minute check: say, "My little sister is a parrot today." Ask: "Literal or nonliteral? What is really going on?" (Nonliteral. She keeps repeating what people say.)
Materials: Reader's notebook, Two colored pencils, Pencil, 1 index card
Warm-Up · 5 min
Word study: choose the right homophone. Write each sentence with both choices. Your child circles one and tells why. "Turn (right, write) at the corner." (right) "Please (right, write) your name." (write) "(Know, No), I do not (know, no) his name." (No; know) "It is (to, too) cold (to, too) swim." (too; to) Spaced review from Week 9. Ask: "What is the plural of lunch? Of tooth?" (lunches; teeth)
Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min
Say: "Today we review literal and nonliteral language. Two questions help. Could it really happen just the way the words say? If not, what does it really mean?" Write: "The lake water was cold." and "My sister gave me a cold look." Think aloud: "Water can really be cold. That is literal. A look has no temperature. It really means an unfriendly look. The same word works both ways." Then read this story aloud. "Night at the Campsite": The campfire crackled, and sparks danced up into the dark. My marshmallow turned golden brown. Then the wind sneaked under my jacket, and I was a block of ice. "Time for bed," said Aunt Jo. Inside the tent, my sleeping bag was a warm cocoon. An owl hooted twice. I was out like a light before she finished saying good night. Think aloud: "Sparks danced. Sparks have no feet. It really means they jumped and floated upward."
Guided Practice · 10–15 min
Your child works in the notebook with the story in view. 1) Your child writes four more nonliteral phrases in one color. (the wind sneaked; I was a block of ice; a warm cocoon; out like a light) 2) Your child tells what each really means. (Cold air got inside the jacket. I was very cold. The bag wrapped me snugly. I fell asleep very fast.) 3) Your child writes three literal sense details in the other color and names each sense. (crackled: hearing; golden brown: sight; hooted: hearing) 4) Ask: "Which clue helps with 'out like a light'?" (before she finished saying good night) If stuck, say: "Could a real wind sneak? What happened to the narrator?"
Independent Practice · 15–20 min
Your child chooses one topic, such as a rainy day or a birthday party. 1) Write four literal sentences about it. 2) Write four nonliteral sentences about it. 3) Mark each sentence L or N. 4) Beside each N, write "It really means ___." Sample pair: "Rain fell all morning." (L) "The gutters sang." (N. Water rushed through them loudly.) Look for: literal sentences that could really happen, one comparison per nonliteral sentence, and meanings that fit the topic. Your child explains any sentence you are unsure about.
Exit Ticket · 5 min
Read each sentence aloud. Your child answers in two parts: literal or nonliteral, then the real meaning.
Watch for: Marking a sentence literal because it sounds ordinary, such as "The weekend flew by."
Try: Ask, "Can a weekend really fly with wings? So what does it really mean?" (It passed quickly.)
Exit ticket:
"The fog swallowed the bridge." Literal or nonliteral? What does it really mean?
"The dog swallowed the treat." Literal or nonliteral?
"After the long hike, my legs were noodles." What does it really mean?
Show answers
Nonliteral. The fog covered the bridge so it could not be seen.
Literal. A dog can really swallow a treat.
My legs were tired, weak and wobbly.
Support: Write the two checking questions on a slip of paper. Your child touches each one before answering.
Extend: Your child writes a short paragraph about one place with three nonliteral phrases and explains each one.
Homework: Your child fills the index card with two literal and two nonliteral sentences, plus each real meaning (10 minutes). Look for the two-part answer on every nonliteral one.
Practice page · Week 27, Day 4
English Language Arts
I can review literal and nonliteral language and sense words.
Look: What does it really mean?
Literal: the words mean exactly what they say.
Nonliteral: the words mean something different, like 'raining cats and dogs'.
Sense words help you see, hear, smell, taste or touch.
Write what each one really means.
1.
The car coughed and sputtered.
2.
The test was a piece of cake.
3.
His hands were as cold as ice.
4.
The hallway was an ice rink.
5.
The warm, buttery popcorn. Which two senses does it use?
Write the real meaning. Then fix the homophone.
6.
Time flies when you are having fun.
7.
Circle the right word: I will ____ a letter.
○ right○ write
8.
Circle the right word: I ____ the answer!
○ know○ no
Challenge:Write two nonliteral sentences about a soccer game. Under each, write what it really means.
Science
Objective: I can show what I know about weather, climate, severe weather, forecasting and adaptations.
Builds on: Needs the three review days this week. One-minute check: ask "Name one weather tool, one climate type and one safety rule." (Sample: rain gauge; arid; when thunder roars, go indoors.)
Materials: Quarter 3 Review: Science printout (from the Assessments page), Pencil and eraser, Ruler, Scrap paper, Science notebook
Day 134 — Q3 Science Assessment: Knowledge — Wonder Warm-Up · 5 min
Spaced review from Week 24. Ask: "What is a prototype?" (The first working model of a design, built so it can be tested.) Then a calm start. Your child takes three slow breaths. On the scrap paper, they write three science words they feel sure about. Now the wonder. Say: "You have studied weather and climate since Week 19. Today you get to see how much you know."
Mini-Lesson · 10–15 min
Say: "Today you take the Quarter 3 Review for science. It is a snapshot, not a grade." Find it on the Assessments page. It has three sections and 15 questions, and it samples Weeks 19 to 26. Allow 20 to 30 minutes. You may read every question, table and choice aloud as often as asked. Please do not explain science words or give hints. Your child needs a pencil and a ruler for one small bar graph. The site suggests Day 3 for this review. This plan uses Day 4, after all three review days. Any day this week works. Teach four tips. Listen to each question twice. Put a finger on the table row before you answer. Use numbers when a question asks for evidence. Skip a hard question and come back to it. Practice on one item in the notebook. Say: "Usual snowfall in a made-up town: November 3 inches, December 9 inches." Ask: "Which month is usually snowier, and by how much?" (December, by 6 inches.) Ask: "A question asks for evidence. What do you write?" (A number or fact from the table.) If your child gets stuck during the review, say only: "Take a breath. Listen again. Write what you know."
Investigation / Hands-On · 15–20 min
Take the Quarter 3 Review. 1) Set a quiet table with the printout, pencil, eraser, ruler and scrap paper. 2) Your child works alone. Read aloud whenever asked. Short breaks between sections are fine. 3) When finished, your child rereads every answer once. 4) Score it together with the notes under each section. Give partial credit where the notes say so. The total is out of 30 points. 5) Record the result in a table with three columns: Section, Points earned, Topic to revisit. Circle any section with missed questions. The notes under each section name the weeks to revisit. If your child needs more time, use the notebook time too, and do the reflection aloud. Expect some sections to be stronger than others. That is normal and useful to know.
Science Notebook Entry · 10 min
Your child writes a reflection in the notebook with three frames. "The easiest part was ___. The hardest part was ___. I will practice ___ by ___." Sample: "The easiest part was weather tools. The hardest part was the claim question. I will practice claims by writing one about our porch."
Wrap-Up & Exit Ticket · 5 min
Ask the three exit questions aloud. Praise steady effort, careful table reading and every use of evidence, not the score.
Watch for: Answering table questions from memory or opinion, not from the numbers in the table.
Try: Before starting, practice once on scrap paper. Your child puts a finger on a row, reads the number aloud, then answers.
Exit ticket:
Which section of the review felt strongest? Name one answer you are proud of.
Which question was hardest for you? Say or write its correct answer in full.
Which notebook page will you reread before tomorrow's task?
Show answers
Answers vary. Look for: a named section matched to a correct answer on the review.
Answers vary. Look for: the correct answer to a missed question, given in a full sentence.
Answers vary. Look for: a page that matches a circled section, such as the weather tools page.
Support: Read the whole review aloud and write your child's spoken answers word for word. Take a break after each section.
Extend: After scoring, your child writes one bonus question with an answer key. It should cover a Quarter 3 topic the review skipped.
Homework: Find the questions you missed and write each correct answer in your notebook. Look for: full sentences in a new color.
Practice page · Week 27, Day 4
Science
I can use test strategies to show what I know.
Practice the strategy. Underline the key word in each question.