Weekly Times March 17, 2013
Headlines
Units of Inquiry
HOME SWEET HOME- Sharing the Planet
Google Earth ICT lesson - looking around the world, finding our homes
Materials around the school - collage using Moxier
Climate zones map
Reading - what life is like in different climate zones - "Expedition 40" and "Expedition 60" (degrees Latitude)
Read alouds - This is My House and Where Do You Live?
Language
Spelling - adjectives, comparatives and superlatives - adding -er and -est (review of the rules of having to double consonants and change y to i)
Writing - Diaries - exploring parts of other diaries to discuss the characteristics of diaries (first person, past, etc). Writing
Reading - see above
Read alouds: Lunch Money by Andrew Clements as well as those listed above
Peer Leader -
Sharing videos:
Trust and caring - shape drawing activity
Maths
Geometry -
- perimeter and area
-finding area and perimeter of our feet, of regular shapes with parts missing
- examining an area of irregular shapes that all have 4 square units
- Mathletics
-puzzles with tetronimoes
-exploring triangles
ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES
- Weekend Assignments: -
- Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
- Reading Journal - letter
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Math Centers - Area and Perimeter of Our Feet   |
