Character Trait

Grammar

Math

Science

Monday

-Discuss the Word of the Week:  Readiness.

-Brainstorm ideas about the word.

-Write the ideas in the Changing Lives activity book.

-Review various nouns by completing pages 96-97.

-Take the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP).

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep 1-9 transparency and the Problem of the Day. 

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Friday’s work.

-Use rounding, front-end estimation, and front-end estimation with adjusting to estimate sums and differences of whole numbers and decimals on pages 28-31(problems with only whole numbers).

-Check out these online study guides on Whole Numbers, Decimals, and Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals from our math series.

-Here are some sites you might like to visit:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm 

http://www.nasakids.com/

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.html

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html

Tuesday

-Write a rough draft for the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book.

-Write the abbreviations and initials correctly on pages 90-91 and complete the review on page 97 (26-30).

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep 1-10 transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Monday’s work.

-Use rounding, front-end estimation, and front-end estimation with adjusting to estimate sums and differences of whole numbers and decimals on pages 28-31(problems with decimals).

 -If time permits, work in groups to create a large web on space.

Wednesday

-Revise your rough draft on the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book to make it better.

-Take the Unit 3 test from our Grammar series on Nouns.

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/nouns.htm

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep 1-11 transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Tuesday’s work.

-Give appropriate strategies and alternate strategies for solving word problems on pages 32-33.

-Study for the Math Mastery Test on #5:  Rounding whole numbers and decimals.

-View the Bill Nye video on Outer Space.

Part One

Thursday

-Proofread your Word of the Week writing to make it flawless.

-Review nouns to prepare for Mastery test on Friday.

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep 1-12 transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Wednesday’s work.

-Review various content by completing page 34.

-Take the Math Mastery Test on #5:  Rounding whole numbers and decimals.

-View the Bill Nye video on Outer Space.  Part Two

Friday

-Publish your final copy in the Changing Lives activity book.

(Activities from Changing Lives are given grades in Language as “Other Averages.”

-Take the Mastery Test on Nouns.

-Review abbreviations by completing a crossword puzzle.  Mastery Test on Abbreviations will be on Tuesday.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep 1-13 transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Thursday’s work.

-Review math content by completing the Diagnostic Checkpoint on page 35.

Great math sites:  www.aaamath.com and www.aplusmath.com

-If time permits, work in groups to create a large web on space.

-View the SciFiles called “The Case of the Galactic Vacation.