Week of February 1, 2010
Welcome to the third quarter!
Announcements and Calendar has been updated!
Reading: Finishing up the Theme: Voyagers
Looking into Genre:
1. Across the Wide Dark Sea, by Jean Van Leeuwen
2. The Island Below the Star, James Rumford
3. Trapped by the Ice, Michael McCurdy
4. Yumni and Halmoni's Trip, Sook Nyul Choi
5. A Wild Ride, by Thomas Flemming
Comprehension Focus: 1. Using story details and life experiences to make
inferences about characters and events.
2. Use story details and personal knowledge to
predict what story characters might do in new
situations.
3. Identifying text features (text organization)
Math: Finding the area of a rectangle/using arrays
Review multiplication tables
Adding/subtracting 3-digit numbers
Comparing, adding, and subtracting fractions
Determining likelihood of an event and fairness of a game
Spelling: (listed on the spelling page)
Vocabulary: Compound words (pages 13, 14, 15 workbook)
Test on FRIDAY!
Writing: Researching famous African Americans
Making Biography poems!
Language Arts: Capitalization and Punctuation
-use correct capitalization and punctuation when writing
-write persuasive letters using the four kinds of sentences
-Proofread for correct capitalization and end marks
-use abbreviations correctly
Science: Unit B: Plants and Animals interact
Chapter 1: Where living things are found?
Lesson 1: What are Ecosystems?
Lesson 2: Forest Ecosystems
Lesson 3: Desert Ecosystems
Lesson 4: Grassland Ecosystems
Lesson 5: Water Ecosystems
Social Studies: Unit 1, Chapter 3 People move from place to place
Lesson 1: Moving to a new community
Lesson 2: Learning new customs
Lesson 3: Where did they come from?
Lesson 4: A new life in America