Mid December ’08: Topics-of-Study

Language Arts: Apostrophes and Parentheses, Compare and Contrast, Main Ideas, Synonyms/Antonyms, Prefixes/Root Words/Suffixes

• Punctuation Marks (notes), Power Proofreading, Punctuation Paintball (games)
• Compare/Contrast Guide (notes), Compare/Contrast Essay Helper
• Main Idea, Reading Nonfiction (movies), Summarize As You Read (review practice)
• Same Difference, Synonyms, Squanky the Tooth Taker: Quiet Quest for Opposites, Squanky the Tooth Taker: Tooth Tally (all games), Synonyms and Antonyms (movie)
• Root Words, Word Parts (all notes), Root Words, Prefixes Say Plenty (review practice), Rooting Out Words (game)

Mathematics: Angles, Triangles, Area and Perimeter, Radius and Diameter, Two-Digit Multiplication + Facts, Review of Fractions and Decimals

• Angles (notes), Angles, Right Back at You (games)
• Triangles (notes), Identifying Triangles Based on Their Sides, Identifying Types of Triangles by Angles (review practice)
• Area and Perimeter, Measuring the Area and Perimeter (review practice), CyberChase, Everyday Area, Find the Area (games)
• Matho (review of all geometry terms), The Geometry of Circles (notes)
• Two-Digit Multiplication (notes), Two Digit Steps (review practice)
• The Ultimate Guide to Multiplication Tips and Tricks! (notes), Multi/Div/Place Value, Math Baseball, Sum Sense, Classroom Capers (games)
  
• Basic Parts of a Whole (movie), Fresh Baked Fractions, What’s a Fraction?, Death to Decimals (all games)

Social Studies: Chapter Two – California’s Indians (Native Americans)

• Study Guideline Notes — Chapter Two, Textbook Enrichment
• First CA’s/North Coast Region, S. Coast/Cent. Valley/Desert Tribes (all vocabulary practice)
• The First Californians, Native Californian Cultures

Science: Chapter Three – Rocks and Minerals

• Chapter Three Resources (vocabulary practice, movies, etc.)
• If Rocks Could Talk, What is a Mineral?, Minerals in Your House, Mohs’ Drill, Who Am I? (rock types), Rock Cycle + Game