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Labor Day Holiday

Labor Day Holiday

Labor Day Holiday

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875987.html

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html

http://www.aaamath.com/est27a-rounding.html

Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday

-Discuss the Word of the Week:  Respectfulness.

-Brainstorm ideas about the word.

-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.

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book:  Recipe for Success

-Take the Mastery Test on End Marks.

-Study for Mastery Test on Nouns Test 2, Abbreviations Test 2, and End Marks Test 2 tomorrow.

-Identify simple subjects in sentences on pages 8-9.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Friday’s work.

-Review addition and subtraction of large whole numbers and decimals on pages 46-47. 

-Review properties of addition on Workbook page 7 and page 22-23.

-Review expanding whole numbers.

-Study for the Mastery Test on Expanding Whole Numbers. (Wednesday) http://www.aaamath.com/g31d-placevalue-add.html  http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/define/gr5/expanded_form5.html

-Study for Mastery Test on Properties of Addition.  (Wednesday) http://www.aaamath.com/pro74a-propertiesadd.html

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

-View part 2 of The Case of the Galactic Vacation.

-Complete the vocabulary sheet for this segment.

-If time permits, create a scale model of the solar system using either the beads or addition machine paper.

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:  You are a Special Grandparent. (letter)

-Review nouns, abbreviations, and end marks.

-Take Mastery Test on Nouns Test 2, Mastery Test on Abbreviations Test 2, and Mastery Test on End Marks Test 2.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Tuesday’s work.

-Solve word problems with decimals on page 39 (21-25), page 41 (15-18), and pages 48-49 (1-4).  Discuss how to solve word problems with money. 

-Study for Mastery Test on Solve word problems with decimals and money. (Friday)

-Take the Mastery Test on Properties of Addition.

-Take the Mastery Test on Expanding Whole Numbers.

-Study for the Mastery Test on add and subtract up to 7 digits.  (Thursday) http://www.aaamath.com/g4-38c-add-3digit.html

http://www.aaamath.com/B/g5_38cx7.htm

-Learn about the moon phases and identify them by name and shape.  Learn how each phase is formed. www.can-do.com/science/moonphases/moonphase-worksheet.html

Moon: 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml

http://www.craigmont.org/moonphases.htm

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question3.html

-Observe the moon every night and draw its shape. 

Thursday

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

-Write in the Daily Writing Composition book: My Cuddly Friend.

-Identify simple predicates in sentences on pages 10-11.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Wednesday’s work.

-Review vocabulary and concepts on pages 50-51.

-Take Mastery Test on add and subtract up to 7 digits.

-Study for Mastery Test on Solve word problems with decimals and money.  (Friday)

 -Learn how craters are formed on Mars.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/tg/program3/3.2ws.html

-Investigate meteor impacts on the Earth’s surface:

http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/educators/activities/2002_2003/inclass/balls_fire.html

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:  The Day in the Life of a ___.

-Write a 5-paragraph essay describing someone you know.  You may want to tell what that person looks like, how they act, and how they make you feel.

Your purpose is to describe a person.

Your audience is your teacher.

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

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Review Thursday’s work.

-Review concepts on pages 52-53.

-Take the Mastery Test on Solve word problems with decimals and money.

-Review expanding whole numbers and decimals on pages 4-5 and 8-9. 

-Study for Mastery Tests on Expanding whole numbers and Expanding Decimals.  (Monday)

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

-View part 3 of The Case of the Galactic Vacation.

-Complete the vocabulary sheet for this segment.