ROADRUNNERS: March 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

Science Fair Boards are due Wednesday, March 4th!

Remember to include the Scientific Method:

1. Purpose-What do you want to learn?

2. Research- Find out as much as you can about your purpose/topic.

3. Hypothesis- A prediction or guess about what will happen in your experiment.

4. Experiment-Testing your hypothesis.

5. Analysis- Record your data, what happened in your experiment.

6. Conclusion- Was your hypothesis correct? Explain.

Current Curriculum

Math: Multiplication-single and double digit; division; skip counting by 7's; subtracting/adding/multiplying money; place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands); labeling addition problems with the terms addend and sum; labeling subtraction problems with minuend, subtrahend and difference.

Reading Groups: ALL reading groups are reading through or Science book, Treasures from Earth.

Phonics: Parts of speech, suffixes, plurals, proof reading, alphabetizing and finding words in a dictionary.

Gym: A variety of games and exercises that encourage gross motor skills, following directions and good sportsmanship....KICK BALL!

Science: Rocks, Soils and Minerals; how they are alike and different and the layers of soil.

History: Economics- what are resources and goods; "wants" and "needs"; the market and buyers/sellers.

Writing: Cursive handwriting and writing imaginary stories.