Character Trait

Grammar

Math

Science

Monday

-Discuss the Word of the Week:  Self-Control.

-Brainstorm ideas about the word.

-Turn in Changing Lives for grading on Tuesday.

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  On the Other Side.

-Take a practice writing assessment by writing for 50 minutes on the writing prompt.

-Review various concepts about sentences on pages 110-111.

-Study for the second Sentences Mastery Test by being able to identify groups of words as sentences, fragments, or run-on sentences on pages 495-496.  (Test on Tuesday)

-Turn in Composition Book for grading on Wednesday.

-Turn in Grammar folder for grading on Friday.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Friday’s work:  Turn the workbooks for a grade. (Each correctly completed page is 3 points.  Late work will lose 10 points for each day that it is late.)

-Read double bar graphs using worksheet pages P3-2 and R3-2.

-Create a double bar graph using the provided information.

-Diagnose readiness for Chapter 2 by completing pages 64-65.

-Review rounding whole numbers and decimals using the provided worksheets. 

-Review adding and subtracting large numbers.

-Study for Mastery Test for Rounding on Tuesday. 

-Study for Mastery Test on Addition and Subtraction of Large Numbers.

-Practice your timetables.

-Work on your individual Math Online Intervention and Take it to the Net website:  http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

-Label the your moon drawings by their name.  You can go to this website:  http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html

Tuesday

-Write the ideas in the Changing Lives activity book.

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

-Turn in Changing Lives for grading today.

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  Am I a Philosopher?

-Correctly write titles of works on pages 438-439, 454, and 484. 

-Practice cursive handwriting (stu).

-Demonstrate knowledge of sentences by taking the second test on sentences.

-Study for the first Titles Mastery Test by being able to correctly written title of works.  (Also, see pages 501and 502) (Test on Wednesday)

-Turn in Math folder for first chapter.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Monday’s work:  Share and display double bar graph.  Go over pages 64-65.

-Discuss the Properties of Multiplication, including the Associative Property, Commutative Property, Identity Property, Zero Property and Distributive Property on pages 66-67, 26 and 70. 

-Mentally compute products of whole numbers using patterns and multiplication properties on pages 66-67. 

-Demonstrate knowledge of Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals on the third Mastery Test.

-Demonstrate knowledge of Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers on the third Mastery Test. 

-Study for first Mastery Test on the Associative, Commutative, Identity, and Zero Properties of Multiplication will be tomorrow.

-Study for a second mastery test on Solving Addition/Subtraction Problems using Estimation. (Test Wednesday)

-Study for a second mastery test on solving word problems with decimals and money.  (Test Wednesday)

-Practice your timetables.

-Work on your individual Math Online Intervention and Take it to the Net website:  http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

-Read the Weekly Reader called Lord of the Rings.

-Read the Chart of the Planets in the Weekly Reader and answer the 4 questions.

-Share moon observations and continue observations.

Wednesday

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

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  I’m a Big Kid Now!

-Practice cursive handwriting (vwx).

-Correctly punctuate sentences with quotes on pages 374-375, 390, 416, and 501.

-Demonstrate knowledge of titles by taking the first test on titles of works.

-Study for the first test about Quotations on pages 374-375, 390, 416, and 501.  Test on Friday.

-Turn in Composition book today.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Tuesday’s work. Pages 66-67

-Use rounding and compatible numbers to estimate products of whole numbers, and identify estimates as overestimates or as underestimates on pages 68-69.

-Demonstrate knowledge of multiplication properties by taking a Mastery Test.

-Demonstrate knowledge of Solving Addition/Subtraction Problems using Estimation on the second Mastery Test.

-Demonstrate knowledge of Solving Word Problems with Decimals and Money on the second Mastery Test.

-Study for the first Mastery Test on Interpreting Data from Bar Graphs and Double Bar Graphs.

-Mentally multiply numbers of up to three places by numbers of up to two places on pages 70-71.

-Practice your timetables.

-Work on your individual Math Online Intervention and Take it to the Net website:  http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

-Go on a quest to find the answers to the following questions: 

*How are the tides related to the movements of the moon and the Earth? C89 and C105

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/tides.shtml

http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/jun/tides.html

*What are the effects of the sun on the Earth?  (plant growth, winds, ocean currents, water cycle, and seasons. C5, C10-11, B31-33, C74, C78

http://vortex.plymouth.edu/sun/sun1.html

http://www.astro.uva.nl/demo/sun/inter.htm

Thursday

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

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  No Books!  Then What!

-Practice cursive handwriting (xz).

-Correctly punctuate sentences with quotes on pages 390, 416, and 501.

-Study for the first test about Quotations on pages 374-375, 390, 416, and 501.  Test on Friday.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Wednesday’s work:  pages 70-71

-Use the standard algorithm to multiply numbers of one- and two digit numbers on pages 72-75.

-Practice your timetables.

-Work on your individual Math Online Intervention and Take it to the Net website:  http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

-Demonstrate knowledge of multiplication properties by taking the second Mastery Test.

-Demonstrate knowledge of Interpreting Data from Bar Graphs and Double Bar Graphs.

*Describe the components of the universe.  (star systems, galaxies, black holes, nebula) http://www.factmonster.com

C6-7

*Understand a model of Earth’s Motion.  C8-9

*Identify changes caused by motions of Earth. C10-11

*Identify an effect of the force of gravity on Earth. C8-9

Friday

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

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

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  Help!  I’m Drowning in Popcorn!

-Practice cursive handwriting (acdgoq).

-Demonstrate knowledge of correctly writing quotations by taking the first test about Quotations.

-Share writing pieces during our exploratory time.

-Turn in Language folder for grading today.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Thursday’s work:  pages 74-75.

-For a variety of problems, state the computation method to be used and multiply using that method on pages 76-77.

-Practice your timetables.

-Work on your individual Math Online Intervention and Take it to the Net website:  http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

-Demonstrate knowledge of multiplication properties by taking a third Mastery Test.

-Study for the second Mastery Test on Interpreting Data from Bar Graphs and Double Bar Graphs for Monday.

-Study for first Mastery test on Multiplying 2 digit numbers on Monday.

*Describe some of the technologies used to investigate the Earth/solar system and update our knowledge about the Earth.  (sonar, radar, seismograph, laser, satellite sensors, orbiting spacecraft, aircraft, weather balloons, remote sensing systems) http://www.factmonster.com

D58-59, D63, D61-62, C18, F75

*Describe how instruments are used to observe the universe. (telescopes- Hubble, radio, light, and x-ray and space probes) http://www.factmonster.com

http://hubble.nasa.gov/

F89, F101