Weekly Times March 17, 2013

Weekly Times March 17, 2013

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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 

Math Centers - Area and Perimeter of Our Feet