Mid January ’09: Topics-of-Study

Language Arts: Paragraph Writing, Apostrophes and Parentheses, Compare and Contrast, Main Ideas, Review of Synonyms/Antonyms + Prefixes/Root Words/Suffixes

• Step Up to Writing (notes)
• 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: Long Division, Prime Numbers, Quadrilaterals, Triangles, Review of Two-Digit Multiplication + Area

• Long Division Lesson (sample problems), Snork’s Long Division (review practice), Math Baseball, Sum Sense (division fact games) [Divide (Dad), Multiply (Mom), Subtract (Sister), Bring Down (Brother), Remainder (Rover)]
• Prime Numbers (notes), Prime Numbers, Prime Factorization [use factor trees] (notes/review practice), Grid Game (game)
• Quadrilaterals (notes), Quadrilateral Quest, Quadrilaterals Memory Game
• Matho* (review of all geometry terms)
• Triangles (notes), Identifying Triangles Based on Their Sides, Identifying Types of Triangles by Angles (review practice)
• Two-Digit Multiplication (notes), Two Digit Steps (review practice)
• Area and Perimeter, Measuring the Area and Perimeter (review practice), CyberChase, Everyday Area, Find the Area (games)

Social Studies: Chapter Two – California’s Indians (Native Americans) [ending soon]

• 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