Whew! I remembered to post!
This morning we mapped the Colorado River and other major rivers that flow into it (Green, Virgin, Little Colorado, etc.) On Friday we mapped the Snake River and Columbia River. STUDENTS SHOULD REGULARLY REVIEW THE PHYSICAL LANDFORMS THAT MAKE UP THE USA. Look online for games to review these. THERE WILL BE A TEST ON USA LANDFORMS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
We reviewed last week's SAT words (empathy, disdain, discredit, diligent, and divergent). We also edited each others' 3-point paragraphs. THE BLUE 3-POINT PARAGRAPH PAPER IS DUE WEDNESDAY, TYPED OUT AND ILLUSTRATED. The topics to choose from were: future careers, popularity, anger, and games.
Today in grammar we learned that the question: Verb - What? points us directly to the Direct Object, or D.O.
We wrote for 8 minutes straight in our journals, elaborating on an idiom, "Count Your Blessings", and then we focused on a character web for our biography reading. OUR BIOGRAPHY BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY. Be sure your fourth grader is reading for at least 1/2 hour each day. Fifth graders should be reading for 45-60 minutes daily.
MATH HOMEWORK IS EXERCISE 3. Students are learning algebra in memorizing area and perimeter formulas. A=lxw and P=2x(l+w) should be memorized. The story problems may need adult help. Be encouraging. If your students need further help, I am always available during morning recess, most lunchtimes, and after school. I am happy to help them. It would be most helpful if you could have them measure rectangles and squares, and find out the area and perimeter of them. Lots of what we do is working backwards from the area and one perimeter measurement, to find the whole perimeter.
Today was Meridian Math Club and S.I.R. I am impressed that students are making small time goals, and sticking with their plans.
Today we worked on Writer's Workshop. Some students will be coming home with typing to do. They are writing so much, it is a bit overwhelming to type!
Fourth Graders went to Art today. Fifth Graders had a Science lesson about Electromagnets, and then made their own. Several students experimented with multiple batteries. It was fun to explain the workings of electricity and currents. Please show your child how batteries and magnets are used in your home.
To complete the day, we finished writing "skeletons of puppet skits, and illustrating rough excerpts for possible backgrounds.
It was a good day.
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