Weekly Times October 1, 2010

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Language Arts

Spelling – Verb Endings –s, -ing, -ed

Grammar – Verbs

Read alouds: Where Do You Live by Janice Vail, How a House is Built by Gail, Gibbons, UNICEF’s A Life Like Mine

Maths

Metric Measures – meters, centimeters and millimeters

• measuring precisely with a ruler
• converting measures from mm to cm using fractions (out of 10)

UNITS of INQUIRY: HOME SWEET HOME

Sharing the Planet

ICT- using Google Maps to look at a neighborhood

Video – shelters

Language Arts centers using construction vocabulary

Example of how we will be researching our houses, using a frame house (NJ)

World Food Day – discussions of this year’s theme “United Against Hunger” and posters for the FAO poster contest

Announcements and Notices

Saturday, October 2, 2010 – BBQ from 11 to 3 at school

Friday, October 15, 2010 – Target Setting Conferences – no school for STUDENTS, please use the wiki to sign up (http://www.ambritplanning.pbworks.com/)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – Ms. Wilson’s last day

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