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