Saturday, April 30, 2011

Weekly Times April 29, 2011

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Language Arts
Spelling – ough words, trade words
Reading –Literature Circles, Chapter 4 Circle and Chapter 5 reading of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Read alouds: Frindle by Andrew Clements


Math
Begin Summer Semester Book
Place value to ten thousand
Rounding numbers to the thousands place
Estimating numbers (amounts in a jar)
Place value, adding and subtracting 10 and 100 with numbers up to the thousands, including crossing the tens and hundred's boundary


UNITS of INQUIRY: Money Makes the World Go 'Round
How We Organize Ourselves
Tuning In Activity - Making Fruit Salad, trading to obtain the raw materials necessary to manufacture a project - will put up pictures this week
"Class Economy" - receiving payment, budgeting, paying "bills"
Gathering previous knowledge
n.b. The "field trip" to the grocery store and market should be on Wednesday, May 4, weather permitting


Announcements and Notices

Thursday, May 5, 2011 – Dance Festival at school at 9:30 a.m. – parents are invited to attend!
Friday, May 13, 2011 – Teacher In-service day – no school for students
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 – Spring Gala and Auction
Saturday, May 28, 2011 – May Fair at school


Feel free to email me anytime at courtney.beeton@ambrit-rome.com

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