Weekly Preview: Week Beginning Monday 28th September

5B Week At A Peek

Week Beginning Monday 28th September

Math

Chapter 4: Add + Sub Decimals

• Round Decimals
• Est. Decimal Sum + Differences
• Add + Sub Decimals
• Zeros in Subtraction
• Problem Solving Skills

Reading

Novel Study: Maniac Magee

Chapters 16 - 21

• Compare and Contrast Characters
• Fictional+ Non-fictional
• Realistic Events
• Super heroic events

Wonders – A Journey Round the World

Read Animal Wonders

• The Lemming
• The Condor
• The Locust
• Chimpanzee
  
• Read Dr Doolittle story

Vocabulary/Spelling

· Maniac Magee: Social Norms and aberrations

· Legends, legacy, Tall Tales

Grammar

Unit 2 Nouns

• Singular & Plural Nouns
• More plural Nouns
• Singular Possessive Nouns
• Plural Possessive Nouns

Writing

The Writing Process Workshop

Unit 8 Writing a Personal Narrative

• Writing with Voice
• Good endings
• Revising A Personal Narrative

Explorer/Adventure Narrative

o Writing an Adventure narrative

o Complete with a successful ending

Non-Fiction Report

Travel Brochure

(Linked to Caravans)

Wonders – A Journey Round the World

Animal Wonders Activities

• Classification - Select an unusual animal (i.e. the colugo, emu, okapi, and wombat) and investigate them and prepare a brief report about their characteristics, habitat, food source and country.
• Communication - Explain methods of communicating with all living creatures (Dr. Doolittle). List how these are similar to scientists working with chimpanzees today.

Social Studies

Geography – Map Skills

• Map Skills Continued: What A Crowd; Reading The Picts; population Statistics Map; Keeping Tabs; Bursting At The Seams; Aloha, Green Acres; Give Me The Picture; For Land’s Sake!

CARAVANS/Geography

· ‘Caravans’ Simulation Country Research & Oral Reports new countries (Senegal, Hungry, Italy)

Fun/Social/Homeroom

· Morning Meeting – Each day 7.45am – 8.15am

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Oodles of fun at Snow Bay!

Today, 5B, 4SJ, 4C and 2C went on a fieldtrip to 'Snow Bay Waterpark' at Taman Mini Complex as a 'Get to Know You' community fun day out. http://www.snowbay.co.id/
And fun we did have!
We fought through wave pools, floated on the lazy typhoon rivers, were scared silly on the toilet flush slides (eeeek!) and thrown all over the place on the fast slide flumes (Mrs Skiman Jones and I were tossed upside down and wrong side up on this ride - not a pretty sight!).
A GRRRRRRRRREEEEAAAAAATTTT day out!
Poor Mei Lin missed our trip as she was poorly - we missed YOU, Mei Lin! Get better soon!



“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Weekly Preview: Week Beginning Monday 7th September

5B Week At A Peek

Week Beginning Monday 7th September

Math
Unit 1: Whole Numbers & Decimals
Chap. 2:
· Compare & Order Decimals
Chapter 1 & 2 Test
Chap. 3:
· Round Whole Numbers
· Estimating Sums & Differences
· Add & Subtract Whole Numbers

Reading
· DRA Reading Testing Continues
· Independent Reading
· Class Novel – Manic Magee –Chapter 1 – 7 Activities

Grammar
Unit 2:
Nouns – What is a Noun?;
Common & proper Nouns;
Revising Strategies: Sentence Fluency & Writing with Nouns

Writing
Activities linked to ‘Manic Magee’ Lessons: Challenging Assumptions; Linking to Today: Racial Prejudice.
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· Completing ‘I Am’ poems
· ‘The Person I Admire Most’ report writing compositions

Social Studies
Map Skills Continued:
Straight Lines in South America;
American Waterfalls;
Guatemalan Search;
American Squares;
Oh, Balderdash!;
Canadian Style Coordinates.
Caravans’ Simulation
Country Research & Oral Reports – (Rwanda, Austria & Yemen)

Fun/Social
· Morning Meeting – Each day 7.45am – 8.15am
· Vacation Slide Show Assembly: September 11th 10:30am

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Trivia Of The Week 24/08/09

Trivia Of The Week

24th August 2009

Answers next week!

1) What do 'The Big Dipper' 'Orion' and 'Hercules' have in common?

2) From which countries are the following foods seen in local menus?
a) Paneer
b) Burrito
c) Sashimi

3) Name four of Michael Jackson's siblings.

4) Where in the body would you find the following?
a) Insulin
b) Hammer
c) Epiglottis

5) Give an example of each of the follwing:
a) A homophone
b) A similie
c) A palindrome

Answers to last week's Trivia (18/08/09)

1)a) Italy b)Iceland c) Kenya 2) The Sound Of Music 3) a) C.S. Lewis b) J.K. Rowling c) Jim Bennet 4) a) Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO b) Gordon Brown c) Barrak Obama

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown