Saturday, March 23, 2013

Week of March 25-28, 2013


Language Arts
Reading: prefixes, cause and effect, visualizing, dictionary skills
Story of the Week: Carl the Complainer by Michelle Knudsen
Writing: Expository Nonfiction Writing: Research reports on sharks/whales
Conventions: singular and plural pronouns
Phonics: prefixes un-, re-, pre-, and dis-
Spelling Words:
unsafe, preheat, rerun, disappear, unlock, discolor, rewind, 
unpack, unplug, regroup, preschool, disagree


Math
-identify congruent and similar figures
-recognize transformations: slides, flips, and turns
- identify, extend, and create repeating patterns, growing patterns, and motion patterns
*PLEASE NOTE:
We will be taking a test over this week's mini geometry unit on Thursday, March 28th.


Science
-researching sealife