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!