Tuesday, 9/4 HW

• Fun Run - collect donations
• ELA:
• Spelling Contract (Pick one assignment from Monday or Tuesday!)
• Study new vocab!
• Pink:  vocab quiz on Friday
• Math:
• mental math pg. 20 f/b - see below!

What is mental math?
·       It is using your brain to figure out problems.

• ·       You can use many different strategies to complete mental math:
  o   break apart numbers
  o   find numbers that add up to ten
  o   use the properties to help you
  o   use fact families
  ·       Why use mental math:
  o   you can do your work faster
  o   your brain is a muscle, so this helps it grow!
  o   you can work better interdependently
  o   it can help you check your work
  o   you can use it when you don’t have the proper resources (paper/pencil, whiteboard/marker)
  o   it is easier! (why would you ever write down 10+20??
  Practice breaking numbers apart:
  Example: 73 + 25 =
  Step 1: Add the tens: 7 tens plus 2 tens = 9 tens = 90
  Step 2: Add the ones:  3 + 5 = 8
  Step 3:  Add the tens and ones together:  90 + 8 = 98
  Tadaaaa NO paper necessary!
  ~Science:
• STUDY FOR TEST (see below)

Spelling Words

Pink: 

Green:

Because of Winn Dixie- Week 3-ADV

tight

while

show

stone

bright

whole

window

time

follow

close

flight

tide

grow

broke

below

basketball

coach

forward

dribble

guard

Vocabulary Words

peculiar-Not usual: strange or odd

introduced-to make yourself or another person known to somebody else by saying who you are or who the other person is

identical-being exactly alike

trustworthy-worthy of trust; dependable

trembling- to shake from fear, cold, or anger

whining- complain in an unreasonable, repeated, or irritating way

intends-to plan on doing something

irritating-annoying; bothersome

Focus skills: 

Timeline maker:  http://www.softschools.com/teacher_resources/timeline_maker/
Start answering these questions: 

Personal Time Line

Dear Parents,

        As part of our unit on informational writing, our class will be making personal time lines.  Please help your child fill out their own individual time line information sheets with a date or an approximate age at the time of the event.  We will use this information to make the time lines and write our autobiographies in class.

Early Moments

Birth __________________________________

First Word ________________________ When?____________

First Walked _________________________________

Health

Illnesses___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Accidents, stitches, broken bones, etc.________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Travel

Special Trips ___________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Outings _______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Favorite Places _________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Family Events

New Brothers or Sisters__________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Parent’s New Jobs_______________________________________
_____________________________________________________

New House, Family Moves, etc______________________________

_____________________________________________________

Developing Talents

Music Lessons__________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Dance/Gymnastics____________________________________________________________________________________________

Sports

First Sport ____________________________________________

Awards_______________________________________________

Other _______________________________________________

Education

Kindergarten_____________________________________

    Teacher______________________________

First Grade_____________________________________

    Teacher___________________________________

Second Grade______________________________________

    Teacher__________________________

Third Grade______________________________________

     Teacher

Significant Others

Friendships_________________________________________________________________________________________________

First Friend______________________________________

Other Information for Time Line___________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thanks for your help!

Pink group:

Myths

Spelling Words                         

those                                                             

coach                                                             

solid                                                           

include                                                                       

 crew                                                                      

plus                                                                

operate                                                          

broke                                                 

upset                                                              

tune

June

floating                                                         

plume 

renew                                                             

husband

honor 

smoke                                                            

conflict

stew

thunder

Vocabulary Words

ordinary- usual, normal

extraordinary- beyond what is ordinary or regular  

phenomenon- something that is impressive

supernatural- beyond what is natural

creation- something that has been created or made

legend- a story handed down by tradition

spirit- a supernatural being living within an object

trickster- a supernatural figure who plays tricks

ritual- a ceremony

Pollution Study Guide

Pollution websites:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/kids/whatwrng.html
http://www.smogcity.com/
http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/296 - has LOTS of awesome links!

Name:                                                 #:            Date:                     

Pollution Study Guide

Vocabulary

1. natural resource- a material found in nature that is used by living things; ex. water, fish, cows, air, cotton, trees, salt, soil, oil

2. renewable resource- resource that can be replaced during a human lifetime; ex. animals, plants, solar energy, water, wind

3. non-renewable resource- resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime; ex. natural gas, soil, metals, oil, coal

4. recycle- to reuse a resource by breaking it down and making a new product

5. reduce- to use less of a resource

6. reuse- to use a resource again and again

7. conservation- saving resources by using them wisely

8. pollution- any harmful material in the environment

Resources:  Give two examples for each type of resource.

1.     Renewable resource:  trees, plants, animals, sun,

2.    Reusable resource: air, water, solar energy

3.    Nonrenewable resource: oil, soil, coal, iron, copper, natural gas, metals  

Pollution:  Name the four types of pollution.  Give two examples of each.  *I provided definitions as well to help your child study!

1.  Land pollution: the ruining of the Earth's surface by misuse of the soil by bad farming practices, mineral use, business waste dumping, and disposal of urban wastes.  Examples of land pollution include soil pollution and improper waste disposal (littering), and landfills.

2.  Air pollution:  harmful substances gathered in the atmosphere that endanger human health or produce other bad effects on living matter and other materials.  Examples include tobacco smoke, smoke from forest fires, volcanoes, exhaust from cars and factories, and acid rain. 

3.  Water pollution:  the dumping or run off of pollutants into fresh or ocean waters that makes the quality of the water and affects the things living in it.  Examples include sewage, dumping from factories, mining and agricultural wastes, and oil spills all pollute the water. 

4.  Noise pollution:  unwanted sounds that are carried by the air, have an annoying and harmful effect on humans and other animals.  Examples include noisy vehicles, loud music, leaf blowers, lawn mowers, power drills, construction, voices, people, yelling, animals, factories, generators, stores, etc.

Be able to choose a type of pollution and explain how you could fix the problem.

Ways to control or reduce pollution: - make sure you understand can explain how these things can help to get full credit on the test.

• All:  writing to your legislatures and encouraging stronger anti-pollution laws
• Air:  Making more places smokefree zones
• Air:  Control over the kinds of fuel used in cars, airplanes
• Air:  carpool, take mass transit, walk or ride your bike
• Air:  turn off lights when you leave a room
• Air:  don’t smoke (it’s awful for you anyway!)
• Water:  not dumping things into water
• Water:  don’t dump toxic things down the drain
• Water:  don’t throw litter into streams
• Land:  anti-litter campaigns
• Land:  organic waste can be dumped in places far from residential areas
• Land:  recycling things
• Land:  buying recycled products, reusing things, donating things

Plus, there are MANY other ways!

Volunteer Opp:

Dear Jennifer Serafin,
Thank you so much for volunteering to serve at Peachtree's Feed My Starving Children packaging event on Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 11:00-1:00pm (w/nursery).
Your commitment will help ensure we are able to package all 325,000 meals that will be shipped to children around the world. We are counting on you be there.

Who else wants to join me???