Weekly Times February 3, 2012

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School cancelled Friday, Feb. 3 for snow. Report cards not sent until next week.

Language Arts
Writing - "My Favorite Place" paragraphs, revising and editing writing from last week

Grammar - synonyms

Reading - Non fiction "All About Chocolate"

Spelling: silent letters g and k

Maths
Subtraction with borrowing practice

Word problems with money

Metric Measures - grams and kilograms

Mathletics

Units of Inquiry
MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND- How We Organize Ourselves

Classroom Economy - students are paid for coming to school, doing homework, doing their classroom jobs, cleaning up. They are paid weekly but must also pay their bills. They will be able to make choices about saving, spending or giving their money

Class store - students are able to spend their money and run their store

Credit cards -students pay with credit cards and have the money taken out of their account

Lesson with Mr. Ronen on fair trade

Youtube video on how chocolate is made

Read alouds: Frindle by Andrew Clements and a chapter of Homer Price about the doughnut machine (supply and demand)

In ICT - practicing typing using Mavis Beacon, Mathletics