September          

                                                                                             

                                       5/1/08- 5/11/08 

                                                          

 

  

 

 Day 1:  music                                     Day 2:  Art, computer lab              Day 3:  gym

                                      

 

 

                                                                                                         

 

                           

                         

                                   

                                                                                                        

                        

 

    Day 4:  Chorus, gym, music                                      Day 5:  Library

 

Reading:

Purple Group:   Problem Solvers-  theme six         Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins

Strategy Focus-  Monitor and Clarify, summarize, predict and infer, question, evaluate            

Comprehension Skills:  Story Structure, noting details, compare and contrast, making judgements

 

Blue Group  Theme 6   Nature:  Friend or Foe   Salmon Summer      Strategy Focus:   Summarize           Comprehension Skill:  Following Directions

Gold Group:    Theme 2  Nature:  Give It All You Got!     Mae Jemison   Strategy Focus:  Monitor and Clarify

Comprehension Skill:  Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details

 

Math:   Miss Vanek's Math Class:  Chapter 26/27-  We are learning about volume and probability.  Key vocabulary terms:  volume, events, outcomes, tree diagram

 

Spelling: Lesson 33 words-  Capitalization and Abbreviation  Test 5/11 

 

 

English:  We will be learning more about adjectives and making our writing more interesting by using them properly- 

 

Social Studies  We learning about Pennsylvania:  The Colony.  We are studying William Penn, why he settled here etc.  This is leading up to our big Revolutionary War Unit

 

            

       

1.  May 8th:  CONCERT-  1:30 and 6:00

2.  Field Trip to State Museum May 13th

3.  Field Day May 15th

4.  Snow Make-Up day May 16th (elementary has school)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Brain Boosters of the Week:thinking cap

Please write your name on a piece of paper as well as the name of the animal pictured here: