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Weekly Overview... Check out what we are learning this week!
- Reading/Writing : We are working on reading informational text as well as real world comprehension (advertisiments, newspapers, movie listing, etc.) Our reading skill focus is finding facts and making inferences. In writing we are also focusing on informational text. We are currently reseaching an animal; focusing on the physical characteristics, habitat, and diet on the animal. We will be using this information to write a five paragraph paper (introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion). Please continue to encourage your child to read 20 minutes each night. Six Flags reading logs are due Wednesday, Feb. 1st (6 hours of reading to earn a free ticket to Six Flags). Remember, each student is responsible for reading 25 books this year. Students should have their chapter book at school every day.
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Spelling:
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Janurary 23 - 27 - Word Sort #19
Januray 30 - February 3 - Word Sort #20
click here to visit our class spelling city page!
Grammar: Verbs - action, helping, linging, verb tenses.
Math: We are finishing up our geometry unit. We been classifying and measuring angles (acute, right, obtuse, or straight), classifying triangles by their sides (equilateral, isosceles, or scalene) and by their angles, finding the missing angle with triangles (all triangles angles add up to equal 180 degrees), line relationships (parrallel, intersecting, or perpendicular), different types of quadrilateral, and solid fiures (faces, edges, and vertices)
We will begin to have lots of fun with fractions and decimals over the next couple of weeks!! We will learn about equivalent fractions, adding/subtracting fractions with like denominators, mixed numbers/improper fractions. Use the links below to practice and play games with fractions.
Please continue to have your child practice his/her multiplication facts each week and review concepts that we have covered in class on a daily basis.
Social Studies: We are learning about what life was like during the Colonial Times. We having dicussed the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We will begin discussing the different characteristics of the Northern, Middle, and Southern Colonies over the next few weeks. Please check out the links below to explore the following websites to help learn more about Colonial Times.
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Science: I am encouraging each child in our class to participate in the Science Fair this year. Information can be found on the Bullard website regarding the procedures for how to enter. Each child who participates will receive a bonus in Science (a free 100% test grade toward their final average)!! In school, we will be continuing our unit on Sound and Light this week. A test over sound will be onWednesday, Feb. 1st (Chapter 4, lesson 1). To help your child prepare review the vocabulary, CRCT question, lesson review for their Science workbook as well as the study guide.
Homework - Please check your child's agenda each night for homework assignments. We are encouraging them to be responsibe for writing down assignments and making sure they have their materials each night. I would appreicate if you would sign your child's agenda each night.
Important Date-
** Friday, Feb. 27th - Spelling Assessment Word Sort #19
** Wednesday, Feb. 1st - Science Assessment on Sound only (chapter 4, lesson 1)
** Friday, Feb. 3rd - Spelling Assessment Word Sort #20
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- Link to cool learning websites
Math Ebook online: this is a great resource for extra practice...login to http://www.eharcourtschool.com/
Social Studies Ebook online: this site provides many opportunities to practice vocabulary and work with interactive maps...login to http://www.eduplace.com/eservices Students username is cobbstudent4 and the password is...password. Please let me know if it works!
Science Ebook Online: Click on the link below
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Cool Sites:
Interactive Education Games
Games for a varitey of subjects - new!
Math Practice:
Lots and Lots of games from Mrs. Hicks
Links from the Computer Lab
Place Value Games
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=496&engine=5
http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/index.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.html
http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
Rounding Numbers
IXL Math Site
Cool Math.com
Interactive Math Site
Batter's Up Baseball - multiplication
Timez Attacks Multiplication Game
www.multiplication.com
Aha Math - use to practice the distributive property
Aha Math II - more practice with multiplication
Order of Operations
More fun with Order of Operations
Math Frog - Order of Operations
QUICK FLASH Multiplication Facts (Practice Facts by Flashcards)
Multiplication Mystery (Practice filling in multiplication grid)
Function Machine
Math-O
2D & 3D shapes
Solid Figure Nets
Measuring Angles: click on a link below
http://www.mathplayground.com
http://www.quia.com/cb/29134.html
http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1235
http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/banana_angles_hunt.shtml
Fraction Practice: Click on a link below
Fruit Shoot Fraction Subtraction
Fraction Math Games
Fishy Fractions
Lots and Lots of Fraction Games
Equivalent fractions - 13 ways to look at a half
http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-4-fractions-review
http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-4-fractions-of-a-number
http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-4-equivalent-fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/EnterFraction.html
http://www.visualfractions.com/Identify_sets.html
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=FractionGame
http://www.gamequarium.com/fractions.html
http://www.funbrain.com/fract/index.html
Language Arts:
Into a Book - fun interative website that uses the reading strategies.
Pebble G0 - An easy-to-use multimedia database of animals, including animal behavior, classification, and habitats.
Grammar:
Grammar Worksheets
Sentence Sort
Putting Sentences Together
Grammar Gorillas at Funbrain.com -- an on-line game for identifying parts of speech
Teaching Sentence Structure as Family Units
Grammar Basics at Englishchick.com -- very basic lessons, but more for older students or as a reference for teachers
Grammar Quizzes at the ESL Quiz Center -- a collection of on-line quizzes complete with evaluation -- not just for ESL students
Grammar Quizzes found at The Internet TESL Journal's Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students -- another collection of on-line quizzes -- students click the answer button to see the correct answer
Grammar and Punctuation Lessons at ProTeacher -- a list of on-line lessons
English Basics -- original grammar worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review
Guide to Grammar and Writing -- a variety of lessons in an easy to understand format
Never-Say-Neverisms -- a list of grammar rules that illustrate the rule by breaking it
Verb Practice:
http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/1027.html
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1atest.htm
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1htest.htm
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1stest.htm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1help.htm
Explorer Sites:
Henry Hudson
Download Henryhudson
http://www.songsforteaching.com/canada/sa/henryhudsonslastletter.htm
Powerpoints
Download Explorers
Download Exploration
Download Thisisbrainpop
Websites/Games
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/index.htm
http://www.mariner.org/education/age-exploration-site-map
http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpo1.htm#Balboa
Marco Polo
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/5099/sld001.html
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/07/01/sights_n_sounds/media.2.2.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g2_u5/index.html
http://edsitement.neh.gov/M_Polo_flash_page.asp
Vasco De Gama
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml
John Cabot
http://www.wordplay.com/gullages/cabot.html
Viking game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml
http://gorm.com/name/convert.htm
Colonial Sites/Resources:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm
http://www.quia.com/cc/67487.html
http://www.quia.com/jfc/67487.html
http://home.att.net/%7Ebetsynewmark/13colmc.html
http://home.att.net/%7Ebetsynewmark/13colmc.html
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/hobcomp.htm
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/jameslib.htm
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/thirteencolonies/ game
Science:
Cool Perspective of the Planets
Science Hubble Telescope Website
Moon Calendar
Dr. Brown's Cool Science Sites for Kids
Food Webs- Fun With Food Webs (Harcourt). This interactive website allows students to create
food webs that can be found in a meadow, the artic or a pond. new!
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (Review the role of organisms in an ecosystem & food chain game) new!
Force and Motion Sites:
Download ForceMotionParentNews.09
http://edheads.org/activities/simplemachines/index.htm
Weather Sites:
www.weatherwizkids.com
Web-Weather for Kids: Clouds
Download Weather tools writing activity
Download Simple labeling the water cycle
Download Weather jeopardy
Reporting & Predicting the Weather
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