Monday, May 11, 2009

Week of May 11th-15th

MATH:
  • Review 3-digit numbers with and without regrouping
  • ID a slide, flip, and turn of various objects
  • Define the line of symmetry as the line that divides a shape into two congruent parts
  • ID cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism, and sphere
  • ID and create symmetrical shapes

READING: Let's Go Rock Collecting by Monica Brown

  • Understand the meanings of multiple meaning words
  • Develop robust vocabulary meanings
  • Use details and prior knowledge (what you already know) to make inferences

READING VOCABULARY:

  • absolutely - If you absolutely have to do something, then you definitely have to do it.
  • collection - When you have a collection of something, then you have a group of things that are kept together.
  • common - If something is common, then there is a lot of it, or it happens often.
  • durable - If something is durable, then it will last a long time.
  • halfheartedly - If you do something halfheartedly, then you do it without much interest.
  • identify - If you identify something, then you figure out what it is.
  • last - Something that will last will be able to be used for a long time.
  • rare - If something is rare, then it is not found or seen very often.
  • separated - If you separated things, then you sorted them into groups.
  • settled - If something settled, then it moved slowly until it came to rest.

LANGUAGE:

  • Helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb tell about the past
  • Have, has, & had are helping verbs.
  • Example: I have been sick. (Have is the helping verb and been is the main verb.)

SPELLING:

  • Test Friday.

SCIENCE:

  • ID rocks as natural resources that people use.
  • Collect and classify rocks, soil, and plants.
  • Describe different bodies of water.
  • Recognize that living things need water to live and grow.

REMINDERS:

  • Book orders are due FRIDAY, May 15!
  • Remember to bring your DOLLAR for the FIELD TRIP FRIDAY. We will be going to the park after we visit Head Start.

Have a blessed week!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Week of May 4th-8th

MATH:

  • Recognize & name trapezoids, parallelograms, & hexagons
  • Define congruent as describing two shapes that have the same size & shape
  • ID a slide, flip, & turn of various objects
  • Define the line of symmetry as the line that divides a shape into two congruent parts
  • ID & create symmetrical shapes
  • QUIZ FRIDAY

READING: My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown

  • ID cause & effect in a story. Clue words may be in sentences to help you.
  • cause = the reason something happens (Clue words are since & because)
  • effect = what happens (Clue word is so)
  • Understand the characteristics of a fiction (false; made-up) story
  • ID antonyms as words that have opposite meanings

READING VOCABULARY...

  • aspire = to try very hard
  • accolade = special award or praise for something
  • award = prize
  • beyond = farther away
  • create = use your imagination to make something new
  • grand = something that is important and wonderful
  • literature = stories and poems
  • native = from a certain place, like where you were born
  • noticed = observe something very carefully

LANGUAGE:

  • Recognize & use present tense (come, run, go, do, see, give)
  • Recognize & use past tense (came, ran, gone, did, saw, gave)
  • QUIZ FRIDAY

SPELLING:

  • TEST FRIDAY

SCIENCE:

  • Define adaptation & the types of adaptation
  • ID how plants & animals help each other in an ecosystem
  • Define & construct a food chain
  • Define endangered animals
  • Study Guide goes home Tuesday (today)
  • TEST WEDNESDAY

REMINDER:

  • Book orders are due on Friday 5/15/09, so we will receive them before summer break!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

FIELD DAY! :D

FRIDAY is FIELD DAY! I know you are so excited! So, I want you to answer this question...What is your FAVORITE FIELD DAY EVENT? Click on the pink "comments" link below to type in your answer. :D

Question for YOU...

What is the WORST thing about the Iowa Test? Click on the pink "comments" link below to answer. I would love to know what YOU think!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Question for YOU...

What is the best part about this week of testing? Type in what you think on the comment link below.

Week of April 27th-May 1st

THIS IS IT!! Iowa testing week is finally here for us! You're going to do a great job! We've been working hard all year. The good thing is that we get to take a lot of breaks this week and get to have special snacks that you've brought to school! Let's make this a super week, even though we have tests to take. Think about it this way...it's almost over!