Weekly Times January 28, 2011

Language Arts

Spelling – Birth of the Earth Vocabulary 2, al review and activity, Spellerdrome

Writing – Semester Review

Reading – Guided Reading Groups with Dinosaurs Before Dark, Saving the Stegosaurus

Read aloud – Cartoon Histories: Birth of the Earth, Cartoon Histories: Life Begins

Math

Collins Spring Semester, week 4

Measures with kilograms and grams, estimating measures

Converting kilograms and grams

One fourth, three fourths and one tenth of a hundred and a thousand

Mathletics

Units of Inquiry

Birth of the Earth - Where We Are in Place and Time

Fossils

First life on Earth

Animal Adaptations (foxes, giraffes, bears, raccoons)

Important Dates and Events

February 4, 2011 – Field Trip to the Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

and report cards sent out electronically

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Weekly Times January 21, 2011

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Language Arts

Spelling – al as a prefix and suffix –

Rules:

A suffix is a group of letters added at the end of a word to change its meaning.

A prefix is a group of letters added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.

Adding the suffix –al to a word changes a noun into an adjective because it means “having the character of”

Ex. history becomes historical

4. The prefix al- at the beginning of the word means (all or toward).

Ex. always although almost

WORDS:

already, although, almost, also, always, altogether, factual, historical, mechanical, historical, natural, artificial

Reading – Starting new novels

Saving the Stegosaurus by Rex Stone

Dawn of the Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Osborne

Read alouds: Lulu and the Brontosaurus and A Cartoon History of the Earth: The Birth of the Earth

Math

Review of addition and subtraction with carrying and borrowing

Word problems

Adding and subtracting money

UNITS of INQUIRY: Birth of the Earth

Where We Are in Place and Time

ICT- The Big Bang Theory and the Birth of the Earth

Reading on how the Earth was formed

Activity on the early history of the Earth up to life on Earth

History Channel video “The Birth of the Earth”

Field Trip to the Museo Civico di Zoologia – “The Origins of Life”

Making “fossils”

The Time Dial of Prehistory

Announcements and Notices

Friday, February 4, 2011 – Field Trip to the INGV (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia), report cards sent home electronically

Monday, February 14, 2011 – Valentine’s Day (more information to follow)

February 21-25 – February Break - School is closed

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Weekly Times January 11 to 14, 2011

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Happy New Year!

Language Arts
Spelling – Birth of the Earth Vocabulary
Writing – New Year's Resolutions, Three Favorite Things of Your Vacation
Reading – Read aloud – Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Math
Started the Spring Term, book 2 of the Collins Maths Programme
Place Value up to thousands, introduction of tenths and hundredths (related back to money)
Rounding to the nearest tens, hundreds and thousands of numbers up to thousands
Review of Addition with carrying

Units of Inquiry
Dig It - How the World Works
Finishing up the last posters and unit reflection, including loooking back at our teacher driven and student driven questions
Birth of the Earth - Where We Are in Place and Time
Brainstorming what we already know about the unit


Important Dates and Events
January 18, 2011 – Field Trip to the Museo Civico di Zoologia




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