Monday, April 28, 2008

Week 35: April 28 - May 2

Bible/Religion

MaTh
Subtraction story problems

Chris found 4 dimes. He lost zero of them. How many dimes does Chris have now?
___-___=___

Eight children came to the picnic. Only two of them brought their baseball gloves. How many did not bring baseball gloves?
___-___=___

Laura and her friend played a game. Laura made 7 points and her friend made 5 points. What was the difference between their scores?
___-___=___



History/Geography
The Celts: c800BC - AD50


Mapping the Celtic world


The Celtic Tribes


*home life


*Crafts


*Feasts


*Forts and fighting


*Religion


Roman Conquerors


Science:  Water plants and flowerless plants


Reading: English, Irish, and Welsh fairy tales: Traditional Irish Fairy Tales, One Hundred and One Celtic Read-Aloud Myths & Legends


Writing

Art/Music - Rembrandt

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Monday, April 21, 2008

Week 34: April 21 - 25

Bible/Religion

MaTh
More addition story problems

There are 9 players on a baseball team. We have 8 players. How many more players do we need to make one team?
___+___=___

Jared read 9 books last week and 8 books this week. How many books did he read in all?
___+___=___

Alexa has 6 dollars. She needs 8 dollars to buy a game she wants. How many more dollars does she need?
___+___=___

The kids brought 6 red balloons and 5 yellow balloons to Bronwen's party. How many balloons were brought to the party?
___+___=___

I saw 4 bluebirds and 3 cardinals at my bird feeder. How many birds was that?
___+___=___

History/Geography Central America c1200BC - 400BC

The Olmecs

Mapping the Olmec land

gods and games

art - huge heads

Central America c300BC-AD500

Mapping Central America

Crafts and Trade

Cities in the jungle

Words and numbers


Science: Flowering Plants / Seeds and Fruit / New Plants from Old

Reading:

Writing

Art/Music- Verdi

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Monday, April 14, 2008

Week 33: April 14 - 18

Bible/Religion

MaTh
Introduction to story problems with addition:

David ate 6 pieces of candy. His dad said, "No more!" How much candy did David eat?
___ + ___ = ___

Marissa bought 3 red pencils and 2 green pencils. How many pencils did she buy?
___+___=___

There are 5 girls and 1 boy in Jenna's family. How many children are there altogether?
___+___=___

Noah has 3 model cars. He wants to have cars. How many more cars does he want?
___+___=___

 

History/Geography South America c200BC - AD500
The People of Ancient Peru
Mapping Peru
Foods - making a Peruvian dinner
gods and gold
art

Science  Plant Food/ plant sensitivity

Reading

Writing

Art/Music  Renoir

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Monday, April 7, 2008

Week 32: April 7 - 11

Bible/Religion

MaTh
Review counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

History/Geography North America c10,000BC - AD500


Mapping North America

The first North Americans

*Hunters of the Plains and the Arctic

*Desert and Woodland Tribes


Science Leaves/leaf structure/movement of fluids

Reading

Writing

Art/Music  Schubert

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Monday, March 31, 2008

Week 31: March 31 - April 4

Bible/Religion

MaTh
solving for the unknown, using letters for the unknown

X+3 = 10      
Y + 0 = 7
Q +3 = 12
A + 1= 3
5 + A = 9
6 + X = 9
7 + G = 9

What number plus three is the same as eight?   ___+3=8
What number plus six is the same as ten? ___+6=10


History/Geography:  India c1500BC - AD500


Mapping India

The Ideas of India

*From hymns to Hinduism

*Class

*Beginning of Buddhism

*Painting and poetry

People of interest: Buddha 565BC

Science:  This week in Science, the plant kingdom begins: Stems and Roots - plant tissue inside a stem, inside a root, and other tissues. Inside older plants


Reading Indian folktales: Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India

Writing

Art/Music Picasso

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Monday, March 24, 2008

Week 30: March 24 - 28

Bible/Religion Time to review

Jesus quiets the storm

The woman at the well

Jesus feeds the crowd

review verses and write out favorite one

MaT
solving for the unknown

___ +7 = 7
___+ 1 = 3
___ + 6 = 10

History/Geography
History: Africa c6000BC - AD500

Life in Ancient Africa

Mapping Africa

kingdom of Kush

the Nok people

A Christian king

Science: Fighting disease and the use of medicine

Reading: African folktales:The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales

Writing: copy work

Art/Music- Vivaldi

Language (Spelling and Grammar)



Monday, March 17, 2008

Week 29: March 17 - 21

Bible/Religion Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10 - 17; John 6:1-14 Jesus feeds the crowd



Memory verse: "Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs." Matthew 6:32 NLT

MaTh : Geometry

History/GeographyHistory: the japanese c9000bc-ad500
mapping japan
first emperors

the arabs c1000bc-ad150
mapping arabia

the riches of arabia

kingdoms of the south

sweet smells

city of petra


Science Genetics

Reading Japanese folktales and poetry

Writing

Art/Music Cassatt


Language (Spelling and Grammar)