Class Assignments:
Week of Sept. 25, 2000:
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Math: | Skills: Begin new skills classes. Applications: Begin graphing unit. |
| Reading: | Begin Unit 6 "Links to Unit 2" Selections. Take margin notes. Be sure you are reading your outside reading book at home! |
| Language Arts: | Begin to use the writing scoring guide to improve writing. Grammar: subjects and predicates. |
| Spelling: | Lesson 3. Spelling test on Friday. |
| Social Studies: | Complete Chapter 11 Lesson 3. Begin researching a topic about ancient Greece that interests you. |
| Science: | Electricity: Learn about generation of electricity. Activity labs. |
| Health: | Fire safety unit: smoke detectors. New date for field trip to Fire Station: Oct. 11 |
Homework: |
Monday - English p. 346 Tuesday - Be sure you are caught up on all work! Read 20 minutes! Wednesday - Math worksheet. Thursday - Share Agenda with parents. Be prepared for spelling test. Begin new weekly reading record sheet. (20 minutes of reading each week night.) |
Week of Sept. 18, 2000:
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Math: | Skills: Complete testing for skills class placement. Applications: Practice measuring objects using the English system. Use averaging to create an “average student.” |
| Reading: | Practice some new reading strategies that we will be
using all year.
Use story maps to summarize stories in Unit 6, Links to Unit 1. Complete text activities pp. 786-787. |
| Language Arts: | Begin to use the writing scoring guide to improve writing. Grammar: subjects and predicates. |
| Spelling: | Learn to put the suffix -ance on base words with and without a silent "e". Spelling test on Friday. |
| Social Studies: | Complete Chapter 11 Lesson 2. Finish the map of Greece with a small group of students. Select a topic about ancient Greece that you would like to research further. |
| Science: | Electricity: Learn about electromagnets. Activity labs. |
| Health: | Begin fire safety. Field trip to Fire Station Oct. 20. |
Homework: |
Monday - Science text p. 476 Lesson 2. Tuesday - Reading vocabulary worksheet. Wednesday - Math worksheet. Thursday - Share Agenda with parents. Be prepared for spelling test. Begin weekly reading record sheet. (20 minutes of reading each week night.) |
Week of Sept. 11, 2000:
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Math: | Skills: Review whole number and decimal operations. Applications: Practice measuring objects using the English system. Use averaging to create an “average student.” |
| Reading: | Introduce and practice some new reading strategies that we will be using all year. Begin to take margin notes on "The All-American Slurp" |
| Language Arts: | Write about your three favorite things. Use the "Bing, Bang, Bongo" writing method for organization. Grammar: the sentence. Begin learning to use the computer for word processing. |
| Spelling: | Learn to put suffixes on base words with a silent "e". Spelling test on Friday. |
| Social Studies: | Create a map of Greece with a small group of students. Select a topic about ancient Greece that you would like to research further. |
| Science: | Electricity: Learn about circuits. Activity labs. |
| Health: | Read September issue of “Current Health” and complete activities. |
Homework: |
Monday - Science text p. 476 Lesson 1. Tuesday - Complete margin notes for "All-American Slurp" and English essay. Wednesday - Reading worksheet. Thursday - Share Agenda with parents. Math worksheet. Be prepared for spelling test. |
Week of Sept. 5, 2000:
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Math: | Measurement: Practice measuring objects using the metric system. Review perimeter and area. Begin averaging class measurements to create an “average student.” |
| Reading: | Explore new reading text. Introduce and practice some new reading strategies that we will be using all year. Be ready to share a selection from the text (your choice) in an oral presentation by end of the week. |
| Language Arts: | Write about sports and/or the Olympics. Revise and edit writing with emphasis on vivid vocabulary. Begin learning to use the computer for word processing. |
| Spelling: | None this week. |
| Social Studies: | Begin study of ancient Greece. Create a map of Greece with a small group of students. Select a topic about ancient Greece that you would like to research further. |
| Science: | Electricity: Begin unit. What is electricity? |
| Health: | Read September issue of “Current Health” and complete activities. |
Homework: |
Tuesday - Math review page. Wednesday - Social Studies text questions. Thursday - Share Agenda with parents. Be prepared for literature presentation. |