Saturday, November 5, 2011

Weekly Time October 28, 2011

Headlines

Language Arts
Spelling – suffix -ly
Grammar - adverbs, reveiw of parts of speech
Writing- writing about the rock cycle
Read alouds: Magic School Bus Inside a Volcano


Maths
Multiplication - the 3's and 4's
Introduction to a new game called "fizz buzz"
Counting by 25's


Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Rock cycle posters, creating the rubric

Rock Cycle sites with great activities:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/ (Try the activity with the rock collection....we didn't do it in ICT....you find it at the bottom of the readings about the types of rocks)

Other activities this week:

Happy Halloween!

Cupcake Decorating - Thank you to the moms who were able to come in and help out!




Our Field Trip to Rocca di Cave


We had a presentation about the geology of Lazio, then went up to the observatory to see the different types of landforms in Lazio, then went on a nature walk where we saw fossils at the top of a mountain! We even found some fossils and crystals!
It was a fun day!

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