Thursday November 28th

Social/Art
Students continued to work on VSJ pages to depict the Seven Sacred Teachings. They chose one that they feel applies to them/one they need more of/important to them and started an individual art project using chalk pastels and silhouette techniques.

Math 
Using large numbers, students worked on deciphering word problems deciding on which operation(s) to utilize and worked through multi-step problems. We will be having a quiz at some point this week.

Science
Students looked at videos and pictures of animal tracks and used their evidence and investigation skills to determine directions, speed, etc. 

Literacy
Students finished up Tree Cookie Stories and Seven Sacred Teachings reflections.

Reminders:
-Bookings for PT Conferences opens this Friday November 29th. Please sign up for a 15 minute time slot.
-PT Conferences are Thursday December 5th 4:00-7:30 and Friday December 6th 8:00-11:30am
-Please pay the $6.00 field trip fee if you have not already done so.

Tree Cookie Story Rubric

I can organize and present ideas in my own writing.

I can add and organize details in my writing.

I can experiment with words and sentence patterns to create word pictures.

I can describe and explain the characteristics of the rings/markings in my tree cookie using science vocabulary.

I can explain the life of the tree/ possible events that happened in the life of my tree according to the rings/markings.

Traits	4	3	2	1
Organization	The beginning of the story does an excellent job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order and keeps the audience’s interest.	The beginning of the story does a good job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order and keeps the audience’s interest most of the time.	The beginning of the story does a basic job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order.	There is little or no structure and information is not in logical order.
Content	The reader has an excellent understanding and “knows” the life of the tree from reading your story. There are 8 or more excellent descriptions and explanations of each main part of the tree cookie.	The reader has a good understanding and “knows” the life of the tree  from reading your story. There are 6 or 7 good descriptions and explanations of each main part of the tree cookie.	The reader gets a basic “idea” of” the life of the tree    from reading your story. There are 4-5 basic descriptions and explanations of most parts of the tree cookie.	The reader has little or no “idea” of the life of the tree from reading your story. There are 0-3 descriptions and explanations of some parts of the tree cookie
Sentences	Uses a variety of sentence types. Sentences vary in beginnings and length. Writes in an engaging manner.	Most sentence types vary. Most sentences vary in beginnings and length. Writes in an engaging manner.	Some variety in sentence types. Sentences do not vary in beginnings and length.	Sentences are incomplete or repetitive.
Science Vocabulary	Correct and consistent use of science vocabulary is used for all descriptions and explanations.	Correct and consistent use of science vocabulary is used for most descriptions and explanations.	Correct and occasional use of science vocabulary is used for some descriptions and explanations.	There is little or no use of science vocabulary.
Grammar and conventions (capitals, punctuation,)	There are minimal errors.	There are some errors.	There are several errors.	There are many errors.

Check list of things to include in your story:

Parts of the tree cookie (science names)

Function of each part of the tree

Photosynthesis

Nutrient Cycle

Age of tree

What events/conditions happened in the tree’s life?

What type of tree is it?

How did its life end?

Where did this tree live?