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10/29/07

Problem of the week (10/29/07): 

What is Juneteenth?

Last week's answer :  Since they are comparing data, the most appropriate graph would be a bar graph!

Problem of the week (10/29/07): 

What is Juneteenth?

Last week's answer :  Since they are comparing data, the most appropriate graph would be a bar graph!

This week's features:

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

This week's features:

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!

Math-Those pesky decimals! Actually, they can be quite fun, especially if you know your multiplication facts! Do you?  We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals including: estimating patterns in multiples, multiplying by whole numbers AND decimal numbers, finding patterns in decimal factors and products,  and modeling decimal multiplication.  http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=308&unitid=

Science:

Upcoming: (Life Science) Cells/ Beneficial and harmful Microorganisms! We are going to discuss parts of plant and animal cells and their differences. We also will be talking about heredity and genetics, inherited traits and learned behaviors.

Social Studies:

Upcoming: Westward expansion and the industrialization of America.

Reading/Language Arts/Spelling/Vocabulary:

Books we are reading:

"The Mouse and The Motorcycle"

"Belle Prater's Boy"

"The Whipping Boy"

"Summer of the Swans"

"Sign of the Beaver"

Read aloud book: TBA

Vocabulary List:

tourist-people who visit a place

transform-to change or alter

destination-the place to which people go

luxurious-not necessary, but very comfortable and expensive

paved-covered with a hard, smooth surface such as concrete

mysteries-things that are not fully understood

monument-a structure built as a memorial

erected-raised up right

modern-up to date, of the present

sight-a location

Spelling List:

surrounded, skiing, swimming, loving, studied, traveling, carried, trading, bragged, worried, beginning, exciting, finished, laughed, quickest, weaker, tiniest, lonelier, cytoplasm, traits.

Reading informational text strategies.

Language Arts-Sentence writing strategies, parts of speech,  Persuasive Writing,Vocabulary Word Wrap.

Newsy Notes:

Chicken buscuits have increased to $2.50 due to an increase in the school's cost to purchase them.

Reminders to Students:

* Go to bed early!

*Please come prepared to class every day!

*Finish your homework first, then play!

*Say something kind and respectful to someone!

Reminders to Parents:

Your child will need to bring the following supplies daily:

Spiral notebooks for journaling/notetaking, subject folders for organizing work, an ample supply of pencils (at least 2), a red and a blue or black pen, AND a great attitude!!!