Sunday, May 27, 2012

Weekly Times May 27, 2012

Headlines


Great job at the Dance Festival!
Thank you to the parents who helped at May Fair!



THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES:
Units of Inquiry-
Who We Are - Bodyworks
Reviewing the Circulatory System
Respiratory system
Making Model Lungs
Vocabulary on the Digestive System

Language Arts
Writing- similes for the yearbook
Spelling - more consonant clusters
Reading - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - Ch. 6  "Dark is Wonderful"
Literature Circle jobs - full literature circle
Read alouds:  Quick as a Cricket and Sideways Stories from Wayside School



Maths
Metric Measures - litres and millilitres
    - recognizing fractions of litres (half=500ml, quarter=250ml, three quarters=750ml, one tenth=100ml)
     - converting ml and l (ex. 1230 ml = 1 litre 230 ml or 1.230 l)

Reflection of shapes on a grid

NEXT WEEK:
Math review and assessment
Last Literature Circle 
Begin writing our own chapters of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Personal Profiles
Final Project of Bodyworks
Begin working on our  last unit : Express Yourself


Measuring in millilitres 

Trying to figure out how to make a model lung with a bottle, balloon, bag and rubberband.


It was difficult, but we eventually figured it out!

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