Week 19

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

We will discuss the elements of drama.

Writing

We will learn the "how to" for procedural writing.

Social Studies

We will talk about the effects of human physical processes.

Math/Science

Math

We are going to continue learning about identifying fractions, but now on a number line.  In the third grade we only learn to identify fourths, halves, three fourths, and whole numbers.  What is difficult about this last level of fractions is understanding that after 1 comes 1 1/4, 1 1/2, 1 3/4, and then 2, etc.  Students generally remember the fraction part but leave out the whole number since we did not do mixed/improper fractions (that is a fourth grade skill). 

Science

We are now moving onto land forms.  Students will learn to identify volcanoes, mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, canyons, and valleys.