MATH:
- We will not begin our next math unit until Jan. 5th (when the kids return to school). We will be testing for Checkpoints (Fulton County's benchmark assessments) this week during the math time slot as well as working on our graphing performance assessment.
- Please study multiplication and division facts - especially division facts - for our upcoming unit. Students cannot complete multiplication and division with larger numbers without a solid foundation of the basic facts. I will be previewing this material prior to leaving for break to get the kids acclimated to the algorithms, as well as give y'all something to work on over the holiday break. :)
- I saw flashcards at Wal-mart this weekend for $1.47 if you do not have division flashcards.
Economics and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Standards
SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources:
a. Natural (land)
b. Human (labor)
c. Capital (capital goods)
d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)
SS3E3 The student will give examples of interdependence and trade and will explain how voluntary exchange benefits both parties.
a. Describe the interdependence of consumers and producers of goods and services.
b. Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace.
c. Explain that some things are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries.
d. Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money.
SS3E4 The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.
Essential Questions
Why must people make decisions about the use of productive resources?
Why do governments provide goods and services to citizens?
How are consumers and producers interdependent?
How do decisions about spending money have both costs and benefits?
How do decisions about saving money have both costs and benefits?
We will return to our usual spelling contract schedule unless otherwise noted in the daily homework.
Pink group:
Fire!
Spelling Words
tiny
hockey
heavy
every
money
turkey
early
hungry
already
valley
nobody
monkey
company
country
ability
steady
everybody
industry
activity
honey
dedication – the will to keep working hard on a task
billowing – rising in big waves
brigade – a group of people organized to do something
ventilate – to create a vent, or an opening, for letting air in and out
flammable – easily set on fire
curfew – law or rule that says something cannot happen after a certain time
Green group:
We will be doing one of my favorite stories from Junior Great Books (they are for advanced only, challenging, and more higher order thinking skills required! YES!) It has a wonderful moral lesson. Ask them about it!
The Fisherman Man and His Wife
Spelling Words
joyful
choice
voice
joint
moist
spoil
royal
annoy
noise
employ
soil
loyal
boiled
destroy
pointy
Vocabulary Words:
dreadful-bad, awful
restless- discontented
obliged-had to do something
angled- fished with a hook
fortnight- 2 weeks
larder- a place where food is stored; pantry
herald- messenger
scepter- a staff or baton used as a sign of authority
- We will return to our informational genre this week (since last week was devoted to the Georgia Write Score practice assessment). Please continue to point out informational writing to your children (newspaper, cook books, directions how to put something together, autobiography/biography, etc.)
- In grammar, we will finish possessive pronouns as well as pronoun contractions. Below is the chart we are using....and it's the from the actual quiz - I'm not trying to trick anyone here ;)
Subject Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Pronoun | Stand Alone Possessive Pronoun |
I | my | ||
you | yours | ||
his | |||
her | |||
It | N/A | ||
We | |||
their |
| Contraction | Pronoun/Verb | Contraction | Pronoun/Verb | Contraction | Pronoun/Verb |
| I’m | We would | They are | |||
| You are | He’ll | She’s | |||
| They’ve | She had | You will |
We will also review predicates (complete, simple, and compound).
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