Late September ’08: Topics-of-Study

Language Arts: Parts of Speech, Facts and Opinions, Basic Paragraphs, Multiple Meaning Words

• Parts of a Sentence (notes), Grammar Terms (notes), Parts of Speech: Brian P. Cleary (Click on Come In > Words > Test Your Knowledge)
• Rocket Word Tag, Alien Word Mine, Grammar Gorillas, Supernova Sentence Puzzles, Wacky Web Tales, Adjective and Adverb Trail, Parts of Speech (all review practice)
• Fact or Opinion (notes), Fact or Opinion, Fact or Opinion #2 (review practice)
• Writing a Paragraph (notes)
• Multiple Meaning Words (notes), Multiple Meaning Words, Words with Multiple Meanings (review practice)

Mathematics: Comparing/Ordering Numbers, Rounding, Estimating + Review of Place Value & Multiplication

• Comparing and Ordering Numbers (notes), Comparing and Ordering Decimals (notes), One False Move (review practice)
• Rounding Steps (notes), Rounding, Rounding #2 (review practice)
• Rounding and Estimating (notes and review practice), Rounding and Estimating Decimals (notes)
• Place Value and Number Forms (notes), Place Value Pirates, Everything in Its Place, Place Value Puzzler (all review practice)
• Multiplication Chart (notes), Soccer Shootout (review practice)

Social Studies: Chapter One – California’s Geography

• Study Guideline Notes — Chapter One, Textbook Enrichment
• CA’s Location/Regions of CA, Climate, Vegetation, etc., Life in CA (all vocabulary practice)
• California Geography, The Four Regions of California (all notes)

Science: Chapter One — Living Things Need Energy (plants)

• Chapter One Resources (vocabulary practice, movies, etc.)
• Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle (movies)
• Root Factory, Life Cycle of Plants (all review practice)