This week we started geography. Your child should know that a compass rose is used to give directions on maps. We also know that the Earth is divided into two hemispheres- the northern and the southern by the Equator which is the line of latitude that acts as the dividing line. We also learned that lines of longitude are long and start at the Prime Meridian. We also know that there are seven continents, and should be able to list: Antarctica, Europe, Australia, Asia, North America, South America and Africa.
Language Studies:
words that have an /f/ sound but are spelled with ph or gh:
alphabet
nephew
trophy
elephant
geography
laugh
tough
rough
cough
graph
Idiom of the Week: smell a rat - to suspect that something is wrong; especially due to someone being dishonest
Math:
Homework: handout practicing multiplication facts
Practice! Practice! Practice basic math facts. We have learned multiplication facts x0, x1, x2, x4, x5 & x10. Your child should have flash cards he/she made at school to practice with.
Students have been tested to see if they could complete x2 & x5 in under 2 minutes. I will shorten that time to under a minute.
We also learned about division numbers divided by 2.
Reminders:
School spirit day/crazy hat day is this Monday 2/11.
Dress down Friday: 2/15
Purim school celebrations: 2/22
Special Person's day: 3/1
Friday, February 08, 2013
Friday, February 01, 2013
The bingo challenge continues.....
This past week we discussed how to identify first and third person narratives and what pronoun clues help us to know which type of narrator the story we just read had. A first person narrator is the main character of the story and will use the pronouns: I, me, we, or us. A third person narrator will talk about the main character and other characters using the pronouns he, she, it, him, her, they or them.
Science quiz on natural resources:
Students took their science quiz on Thursday. We pushed it back a day so that we would have time to play a review game on Wednesday. They had the opportunity to use their notes and book to help them with any questions they didn't know.
Language Studies:
spelling words are a soft /g/
List 1:
giant
genius
genes
gentle
knowledge
List 2:
age
gem
large
gentle
cage
gel
- Please complete 2 tic-tac-toe activities for the spelling words.
In preparation for the math achievement test in April, we are reviewing math terms we've been practicing since the beginning of the year. "Area" & "perimeter" are new to us, we've only learned them in the past 2 weeks. The only word that we have just learned today is the word "product." We will have a math quiz using these terms next Friday. In the homework this week I've provided vocabulary cards for students to cut out and use to play matching or memory games to study the vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
standard form – numbers written in digits or numerals (example: 234)
expanded form- a number written out to show the place value of the digits in the number (example for the standard number 234, its expanded form is 200 + 30 + 4)
word form- a number written out in words (example: 234 is two hundred thirty-four)
difference- the answer in a subtraction problem
product- the answer in a multiplication problem
sum – the answer in an addition problem
digit- the symbol for numbers- 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
perimeter- the measurement of the outside of a shape*
area- the measurement of the inside of a shape*
*2-dimensional figure
This past week we discussed how to identify first and third person narratives and what pronoun clues help us to know which type of narrator the story we just read had. A first person narrator is the main character of the story and will use the pronouns: I, me, we, or us. A third person narrator will talk about the main character and other characters using the pronouns he, she, it, him, her, they or them.
Science quiz on natural resources:
Students took their science quiz on Thursday. We pushed it back a day so that we would have time to play a review game on Wednesday. They had the opportunity to use their notes and book to help them with any questions they didn't know.
Language Studies:
spelling words are a soft /g/
List 1:
giant
genius
genes
gentle
knowledge
List 2:
age
gem
large
gentle
cage
gel
- Please complete 2 tic-tac-toe activities for the spelling words.
In preparation for the math achievement test in April, we are reviewing math terms we've been practicing since the beginning of the year. "Area" & "perimeter" are new to us, we've only learned them in the past 2 weeks. The only word that we have just learned today is the word "product." We will have a math quiz using these terms next Friday. In the homework this week I've provided vocabulary cards for students to cut out and use to play matching or memory games to study the vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
standard form – numbers written in digits or numerals (example: 234)
expanded form- a number written out to show the place value of the digits in the number (example for the standard number 234, its expanded form is 200 + 30 + 4)
word form- a number written out in words (example: 234 is two hundred thirty-four)
difference- the answer in a subtraction problem
product- the answer in a multiplication problem
sum – the answer in an addition problem
digit- the symbol for numbers- 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
perimeter- the measurement of the outside of a shape*
area- the measurement of the inside of a shape*
*2-dimensional figure
Math:
-study the math terms
- practice basic math facts we have learned multiplication facts x0,1,2,5, 10 and have created blue flash cards that your child should have to practice.
-continue to practice addition & subtraction facts!
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