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First Six Weeks
Reading, Language, Spelling, and Handwriting are all included under "Communications". Each year, there is a strong demand for students to excel in this area. I am requiring that students in my reading class have a library card from the Nashville Public Library. This is essential in order for the students to meet the requirement of reading one (1) book each six weeks. The Blue Book Use this site to find the answers to your questions concerning proper English grammar and punctuation. Contractions This is a nice practice worksheet on contractions. The main site also provide other subject resources. Grammar Central will help you understand subject-verb agreement. Grammar Gorillas Impress these gorillas with your knowledge of the part of speech. Handwriting4Kids This site provides worksheet and practice guides for students learning to write. Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Rules - Capitalization Rules Capitalizing proper nouns is covered, with examples given. There is a printable quiz as well as an online quiz to take. Nouns “A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.” Proper nouns, noun clauses, and noun phrases are discussed. Predicates, Objects, Complements “A predicate is the completer of a sentence.” There are examples of the proper use of predicates on this page. Sentence Subjects “The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.” There is a quiz at the end to see if you can “Identifying Simple and Compound Subjects.” StuFun.com This is an excellent site that provides interactive grammar games for students. Word Class: Nouns The types of nouns including proper, common, concrete, and abstract are explored in this paper.
Mathematics is a key mastery subject because each skill is a foundation to a second skill. The links provided below will assist the student in mastering skills for math. Please make sure that the student refers to classroom notes when completing homework. Adding Decimals An online quiz to test skills on adding decimals. All About Math--Fourth Grade The site provide information on all of the skills covered in your child's fourth grade year. BasketMath Interactive Learning is a great site to increase your math knowledge through games. Estimating Differences Online game that test estimating differences skills. Estimating Sums Online game that tests estimating sum skills. Exploring Place-Value Relationships is designed for students to learn place value in standard and word form. Flash Cards for Kids lets you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can keep up with your score as you submit your answers. Place Value An online game that challenges your skills on place value positions. Place Value of Decimals This online game tests decimal place value skills. Place Value of Whole Numbers This online game tests whole number place value skills. Quia - Matching - Read That Number! Online game of matching standard form numbers to their word form card. Subtracting Decimals An online quiz to test skills on subtracting decimals.
Sylvan Park is
participating in the K-6 Hands-On Science Curriculum. This means that students
will receive four (4) hands-on science kits lessons and four (4) mini-units of
science. This curriculum is not broken down into six weeks intervals, but four
cycles. Please review the chart below to see which cycle, kit, and mini-unit
your child will be using for this six weeks:
Clouds WebQuest Understanding Clouds Dan's Wild Wild Weather A Meteorologist's site for kids and teachers.
FEMA for Kids Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides this guide for children which helps
them prepare for natural disasters. Yahoo Weather This site has short movies showing information for 48 hour periods. Scholastic Weather Reporters Learn to make the weather instruments that meteorologists use to measure the weather. Conduct an experiment and share your results with other students. Web Weather for Kids Atmospheric science experiments for kids. Create a thunderstorm, lightning, tornadoes right in your classroom or at home. The Weather Channel Large US map showing H and L pressure, radar/precipitation and clouds. The Weather Underground Provides nexrad information by cities.
Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats explains to you the different environmental neighborhoods in which we live. Life Sciences - Living Things Need Each Other All living things depend on each other to live. Plants are the only organisms which can make their own food. Other organisms depend on others to produce their food. This means that all of them eventually depend on plants. This chapter reviews producers, consumers, food chains, population, and habitat, as well as showing how organisms depend on each other. Life Sciences - People Affect the Environment All organisms in a community affect each other in some way, but people have a more lasting effect on their community than any other organisms. People add pollution to the environment which may destroy the habitat of other organisms. They may also be poisoned by the pollution. This chapter reviews some of the ways in which people affect the environment and ways to keep from damaging the environment. Living Things provides links and other information on the classifications of organisms. Marine Ecosystems Come discover marine creatures from the tiny zooxanthellae that make the coral reefs home to the giant mammals of the vast seas! Monterey Bay Aquarium This site is dedicated to inspiring ocean conservation. Plant and Animal Scavenger Hunt This scavenger hunt is help students locate information on the internet concerning plants and animals. Taxonomy A simple but certainly adequate explanation of how organisms are classified.
In the first six weeks, the following character skills will be addressed:
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