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Class Studies

January 4, 2010:

1. READING/LANGUAGE ARTS - Our story is A Weed is a Flower, which 
   is a study of George Washington Carver.  
   
   Vocabulary words and definitions to know:  

   1. college - a school of learning to attend after high school
   2. agriculture - of or about farming
   3. laboratory - a place where tests and experiments are done
   4. greenhouse - a building with glass or plastic sides where 
                   plants are kept warm

   High-frequency words to know: neighbor, hours, money, clothes,
                                 taught, only, question

   Amazing words and meanings (for oral vocabulary):

   1. excel - to do really well at something
   2. process - to prepare something by following a set of steps
   3. research - very careful investigation or hunting for facts
   4. opportunity - a good chance or a favorable time
   5. accomplish - to succeed in carrying out or finishing something
   6. original - the only one of its kind or the first of something
   7. scientist - a person who is trained in science and is an 
                  expert
   8. unusual - not usual or not ordinary

   COMPREHENSION SKILL - cause and effect
 
   SPELLING - comparative endings: -er (compare 2 things or people)
                                   -est (compare more than 2)

   sooner, soonest, hotter, hottest, busier, busiest, 
   happier, happiest, smaller, smallest, fatter, fattest

   ENGLISH - verbs of being (don't show action)

   CURSIVE WRITING - We'll start this week on undercurves: i, e, l

2. MATH - We're starting on subtraction facts. Keep practicing on
          addition facts and counting quarters, dimes, nickels, 
          and pennies.  Also this week we're identifying a.m. and p.m.,
          noon, midnight, dozen, half dozen, and adding at 
          least three 2-digit numbers. 
   
3. SOCIAL STUDIES - Unit 3 - Living in Groups - This week we'll 
   be studying Miami, Florida (our pen pals), Tennessee, and the 
   other states.
   Vocabulary words and definitions:  
   1. rules - remind us what to do and what not to do; help us work
      and play together; give us rights and responsibilities; help
      to keep us safe and health
   2. laws - community rules
   3. leaders - people who help run the community
   4. mayor - the leader of a town or city
   5. governor - the leader of a state who is elected by the people 
      to make laws to help and protect the people
   6. vote - a way for people to choose community leaders
   7. state - made of many communities - towns, suburbs, cities, and
      farms
   8. country - a large area of land made up of states, communities,
      and people
   9. capitol building - the building where the governor and other
      state leaders work

4. SCIENCE  - Chapter 4 - Water Habitats
   Vocabulary words and meanings to know:  
   1.  pond - a fresh water habitat in which the water stays in
              one place
   2.  stream - a fresh water habitat with moving water
   3.  ocean - a large, deep body of salt water
   4.  food web - a group of several food chains that are connected
   5.  pollution - waste that harms land, water, or air
   6.  recycle - to use waste to make new things that can be used again
 
  

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