Reading- We will complete our Theme Every Drop Counts and take a Theme Test on Wednesday, April 25th. There will be no reading groups next week so that I can benchmark for the last time this school year. Only students reading on or below grade level will be benchmarked this week.
Spelling- There will be NO spelling this week due to ETC Day Thursday and no school on Friday, April 27th.
Cougar Reading- This week we will anayleze character traits as we identify what characters look like, how they act and how others view them. We will compare and contrast ourselves to some of our favorite characters in literature.
Math- In math we will measure in inches, feet , yards, centimeters and meters. We will end our week by adding and subtracting in mesuremnt.
Writing- A hodge podge of learning objectives will be covered as we complete a persuasive paragraph on Earth Day, practice writing compound and simple sentences, as well as practicing uppercase letters in cursive.
Science- We will continue to define and apply words from the scientific methods such as "hypothesis", "procedures" and "conclusion" as we conduct simple science experiments in the classroom. So far we have learned about surface tension and static electricity. Next week we conduct experiments such as Too Full To Spill, The Rising Egg, and Milk Rainbow. This unit will culminate on Thursday, April 26th with our Science ETC on Science Experiments. It's going to be awesome!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Themes, Concepts and Objectives for April 16-19
Reading- Our new theme Every Drop Counts partners nicely with Earth Day which will be celebrated on Sunday, April 22nd. Our non-fiction story Gugu's House and fiction story Splash touch on the need to conserve water in order to care for planet earth. The students will also practice the comprehension skill of pausing and reflecting on given portions of a text as a means for analyzing what we have learned.
Spelling- This week we will spell verbs with the -ing ending. For long vowel words remember to drop the "e" and add -ing. Example: bake + ing= baking
For short vowel words remember to double the final consonant. Example: mop+ing=mopping
Cougar Reading- Homophones and homonyms will be explored this week as we define them, compare them, and create a Homophone and Homonym Joke Book full of humorous word play.
Math- On Monday April 16th we will take our Topic 14 math test and than begin our Topic 15 unit on Measurement as we learn to measure in inches and centimeters this week.
Writing- We will be writing informative and persuasive paragraphs about the issues of animal endangerment, water conservation and air pollution as we learn about Earth Day.
Science- This week we will define the words "hypothesis", "materials", "procedure", "observations" and "conclusion" as we learn about the Scientific Method and conduct some simple experiments in the classroom.
Spelling- This week we will spell verbs with the -ing ending. For long vowel words remember to drop the "e" and add -ing. Example: bake + ing= baking
For short vowel words remember to double the final consonant. Example: mop+ing=mopping
Cougar Reading- Homophones and homonyms will be explored this week as we define them, compare them, and create a Homophone and Homonym Joke Book full of humorous word play.
Math- On Monday April 16th we will take our Topic 14 math test and than begin our Topic 15 unit on Measurement as we learn to measure in inches and centimeters this week.
Writing- We will be writing informative and persuasive paragraphs about the issues of animal endangerment, water conservation and air pollution as we learn about Earth Day.
Science- This week we will define the words "hypothesis", "materials", "procedure", "observations" and "conclusion" as we learn about the Scientific Method and conduct some simple experiments in the classroom.
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