Friday, September 28, 2012

Curriculum Updates

ELA:  We will be continuing wrod relationships (synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homographs, and multiple meaning words).  See below to check your own understanding... (quiz 10/12)

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1.  _____  multiple meaning words
2.  _____  synonyms
3.  _____  homographs
4.  _____  antonyms
5.  _____  homophones 


a.  words that have the exact same spelling and are pronounced the same, but mean different things
b.  words that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things
c.  words that have similar meanings
d.  words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things
e.  words that have opposite meanings



Green Group ELA:  (POS = part of speech)


Advanced:  Junior Great Books – The Man Whose Trade was Tricks


Spelling Words
hear
one
won
way
heard
flower
our
flour
weigh
here
beat
herd
beet
hair
hare
knight
night
sent
scent
cent




Vocabulary Words
desperate – feeling hopeless or needing something very badly
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

persuasion – a way of talking to someone so that they will do something you want them to do (convince them)
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

reputation – what people think about you
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

viziers – people who have important jobs in the government and give advice to the rulers
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

acquaintance – a person who you know; a friend or an associate
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

redeem – to get something back after you have lost it
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

cherkasska – a long overcoat
POS:  ______________
Related words:  ______________________________________________

Pink Group:

-We will be finishing our novel, Bud Not Buddy as well as beginning poetry.  The kids are encouraged to share any poetry/books they have at home!!

Pink Group – Fourth Grade Advanced:  Bud, Not Buddy and Poetry





Spelling Words          

cared
dairy
unfair
rarely
stared
dared
glare*
airplanes
barely
farewell*
software*
staircase
everywhere
declare*
square
therefore
despair*
prepared
beware
repair
*make sure you know what each spelling word means (even the ones not starred!) Ask Ms. Serafin if you need help!!
Vocabulary Words:

rhythm- a flow of rising and falling sounds at the end of a line
POS:  ______________
Related words:  _________________________________________

repetition- something repeated
POS:  ______________
Related words:  _________________________________________

figurative language- a form of language in which the writer says something other than the literal meaning
Examples:  _________________________________________

form- the arrangement used to convey the content, such as free verse, couplet, limerick, and haiku
POS:  ______________
Related words:  _________________________________________

rhyme scheme- the pattern of ending sounds at the end of a line
Examples:  _________________________________________

stanza- a “paragraph” in poetry; a group of lines
POS:  ______________
Related words:  _________________________________________



Math:
-We are continuing with our facts:  4's on Monday, 6/7's on Tuesday, 8/9's on Wednesday.  Thursday will be all review! 
-Each day we will have a quiz! Each timing is 3 minutes (that is the third grade standard to know the facts with fluency!)
-Friday we will have a final fact and a vocab quiz on Friday.

Multiplication Notes
Repeated addition-adding the same number multiple times (5+5+5= 15 means 3 groups of5)
multiplication-putting together equal groups (3X5 = putting together or repeatedly adding by 5 three times to get 15)
array-rows of dots used to represent a number
-remember-rows are horizontal-rows represent the NUMBER of groups. Number of columns (or how many are in that row) represent how many in each group for a # x #set-up
Below is an array for 5 X 4 - 5 rows with 4 in each row


factors-the numbers you multiply together to get a product3x5= 15-->the factors are 3 and 5
product-the answer to a multiplication problem 3x5= 15 -->the product is15
double-multiply a number by two
the commutative property-a rule that says you can multiply numbers in any order and still get the same answer (3x5 yields the same answer as 5X3)
square number-you get this type of number when you multiply a number by itself; the arrays for this type of number are always in the shape of a square (4x4 = 16.16 is a square number. 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 etc. are known as the squares.

Health: 
Personal Health and Wellness Chap. 3&5                                                       
Standards:
HE3.1:  a.  Identify the link between healthy choices and being healthy.
              b.  Recognize times when it might be important to seek health care or emergency help.
              c.  Give examples of intellectual, physical, emotional, and social health.
HE3.2:  a.  Describe how the family influences personal health practices.
HE3.5   d.  Indicate the possible consequences of each choice when making a health-related decision.
              e.  identify a healthy choice when making a decision.
HE3.6:  a.  Select a personal long-term health goal and determine actions needed to achieve the goal.
              b.  Recognize resources needed to achieve a personal health goal.
HE3.7:  a.  Practice healthy behaviors.
              b.  Perform healthy practices that maintain or improve personal health.
              c.  Demonstrate actions to avoid and reduce health risks.

We will test chapters 3 and 5 on Friday.  *All health is OPEN BOOK!!!

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