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All About April
The school year is flying by! It is hard to believe it is almost over :( During April we will have our field trip to Kauffman/Arrowhead Stadiums, this will be on April 30th. Please arrive at school on time, we will board the bus at 8:15! Students need to bring a lunch with a disposable sack.
Upcoming Events:
Reading:
Unit 6 Theme Expressions
Week 1- Count on a Celebration
Phonics- endings (edge, ge, lge, nge, rge)
Spelling- cage, page, judge, lodge, large, barge, bulge, change, range, hinge, face, germ, among, bought, decided
Vocabulary- assembled, devoured, fetch, forgetting, menu, simmered
Comprehension- Fantasy and Reality
Grammar- Adjectives
Writing- Descriptive Flyer/Poster
Week 2- Creating Stories
Phonics- r controlled (ar, are, air)
Spelling- star, shark, care, stare, rare, dare, hair, pair, chair, fair, range, judge, believe, built, material
Vocabulary- creating, familiar, glamorous, imagination, memories, occasions
Comprehension- Draw Conclusions
Grammar- Article a/an
Writing- Poem
Theme- Worlds of Art Phonics- r controlled (er, eer, ere, ear) Spelling- near, dear, ear, deer, steer, clear, verb, perch, here, where, chair, care, heavy, system, region Vocabulary- impossible, pleasant, talent, treasures, watch Comprehension- Make Judgments Grammar- Adjectives that Compare
Week 3- Worlds of Art
Writing- Nonfiction Article
Week 4: Inventors Then and Now
Phonics- r controlled (or, oar, ore)
Spelling- more, tore, wore, store, oar, roar, board, port, north, fort, dear, here, building, machine, scientist
Vocabulary- allowed, design, instrument, invented, powerful, products
Comprehension- Compare and Contrast
Grammar- Adverbs
Writing- Biography
Week 5: Other People, Other Places
Phonics- r controlled (ire, ier, ure)
Spelling- fire, wire, hire, tire, drier, flier, crier, sure, cure, pure, north, wore, island, special, though
Vocabulary- collection, concern, exclaimed, figure, goalie, vendors
Comprehension- Character and Setting
Grammar- Synonyms and Antonyms
Writing- Journal Entry
This website will direct you to our reading series, please click on the story for the week for your child to be able to use the interactive activities.
Math: You can always go online at the Everyday Math site to practice games from the curriculum.
Use login: kathyb32 and password 222
10.1 Money
To review notation and equivalencies for money amounts
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/peterpigs/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Add%20Like%20Mad%20Math/addlikemad_coin.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/matching/memoryMath_coins_level1.htm
http://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/tutor.htm
10.2 Decimal Notation for Pennies and Dimes
To review estimation, dollars-and-cents notation, and names for dollars, a dime, and a penny.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/money/MoneyDollars.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/money/fruit_shoot_coins2.htm
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_325_g_1_t_1.html?from=grade_g_1.html
10.3 Money Amounts with a Calculator
To guide children as they enter money into a calculator and interpret calculator displays.
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/
10.4 Using a Calculator to solve problems with money
To provide experiences with comparing money amounts into a calculator and interpret calculator displays
10.5 Estimating and Finding Exact Costs
to provide experiences with estimation costs and then calculating exact costs.
10.6 Making Change
making change and counting up and estimation totals by rounding to the nearest 10 cents
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/cashout/index.html
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Add%20Like%20Mad%20Math/subtractlikemad_coin.htm
10.7 Exploring Area, Polygon, and Gibbered Fractions
review these skills
10.8 Place Value
To develop place-value concepts, and connect place value in money with place value in base-10 blocks.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/value.htm
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_154_g_1_t_1.html
10.9 Place-Value Tools
Develop place value concepts by using place value tools
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/scooterQuestDecimal.htm
10.10 Place-Value Notation for Ten Thousands
Practicing place value in the ten thousands
http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/
http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
10.11 Grouping with Parentheses
Introduce the use of parentheses in number models
10.12 Progress Check
Assessment
Science: April will end our discussion on Space, Moon, and the Planets (I think the kids would spend all school year on this topic if I would let them!). We will be working in pairs to research about a planet and then typing their findings in Google Docs. They will also create their own constellation using marshmallows!
Social Studies: In April we will be discussing Map skills. Our class will be learning about coordinate planes, compass rose, cardinal directions, and landforms. They will be creating a neighborhood map and looking up their houses on Google Earth!