Thursday, February 6, 2014

Week of February 2nd

Weekly Learning:

Reading: We are finishing up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl (lexile 810).  The characters have displayed a wide variety of strange behavior and the Oompa Loompas are singing funny songs.  This is book has kept us interested and entertained.
Spelling: Please check the spelling tab for words.
Writing: We will continue writing about characters and rooms from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  We will emphasis using text evidence to create a clear picture in the mind of the reader.
Math: Topic 9 will focus on fractions.  We will work with dividing whole regions or sets into equal parts, locate fractions on a number line, and use fractions as length.  We will learn new vocabulary with topic 9: numerator, denominator, mixed numbers, halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eighths, and tenths, twelfths.
Social Studies:
 We will be using an atlas as well as our Social Studies book to read maps and practice reading many kinds of maps.

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