Week 16

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

We will be reviewing poetry and reading different versions of "The Night Before Christmas" poem.

Writing

We will be writing a letter to Santa.

Social Studies

We will review the holidays around the world (Christmas and Hanukkah).

Math/Science

Math

We are going to learn how to read information in bar graphs (with intervals greater than 1) and pictographs (with a key greater than 1).

Science

We will finish discussing the sun and the moon.  Then we will finish the week learning about the solar system which includes the order and names of the planets.

Week 15

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

We will continue learning about biographies and autobiographies.

Writing

We will continue with our expository writing.

Social Studies

We will continue to learn about holidays around the world (Christmas and Hanukkah).

Math/Science

Math

We are going to now mix all processes ( X / + - )  along with estimation (round first then add or subtract).

Science

This week we will continue to discuss forces: We will finish with simple machines and begin discussing the sun and the moon.  Afterward, we will learn about the solar system which includes the order and names of the planets.

We are still logging and comparing, from both Gilmer and another US state, the current temperature of the air outside, wind speed and direction, and precipitation. We also discuss time zones and how that affects air temperature. We are continuing to track Gilmer's temperature on our thermometer log.

This week we will compare Gilmer's forecast and climate to that of Maine.