3-27-15

3-27-15

Language Arts

We are still talking about the Big Idea that “Living things change over time.” This week we will explore the question “What helps you make a decision about a character?” It definitely takes a long time to make a rug, as we will find out when we read the narrative nonfiction selection The Goat in the Rug. It also takes a long time to make a basket, which we will know more about after reading the informational text Basket Weaving. What else takes a long time to make?

Target Vocabulary: sharpening, spinning, strands, weave, yarn, dye, duplicated, delicious 

Phonics Skills: Suffixes -y, -ly, -ful; final stable syllables -tion, -ture 

Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-meaning words

Comprehension Skill: Conclusions— use details to figure out more about the text 

Comprehension Strategy: Summarize— stop to tell important ideas as you read

Math

Module 6:  Foundations of Multiplication and Division

Topic A:  Formation of Equal Groups

Lesson 1 

Objective: Use manipulatives to create equal groups.

Lesson 2 

Objective: Use math drawings to represent equal groups, and relate to repeated addition. 

Lesson 4 

Objective: Represent equal groups with tape diagrams, and relate to repeated addition.

Topic B: Arrays and Equal Groups

Lesson 5 

Objective: Compose arrays from rows and columns, and count to find the total using objects.

 Economics

                                   

The students explored how the money earned from work moves through a community and the impact that money has on people, business, and government.  Students also participated in a decision that benefits their school community.  They voted to express their choice and to determine the will of the majority.  Finally, we learned about money and how it moves through the community.

We finished up the 5 lessons from the Junior Achievement program.  I always use the program as an introduction to economics.  Next week we will continue to move forward with more economics.  Students will learn the difference between needs, wants, producers, consumers, goods, services, natural resources, human resources, and capital resources.