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Use the formula - C = pi X d to find the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 14.5" ? Write the answer down on a small paper and give it to Mr. Searles, before Friday, for bonus points!

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Assignments for the Week

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May 12-16, 2008

Homework provides an opportunity for students to complete unfinished classwork, reinforce skills taught, and/or identify areas that need further explanation. Thanks!

We will start the last unit of the year with Unit 12/Patterns, Functions and Algebra on Monday. We will review concepts, ideas, and generalizations from Units #1 - 11 in preparation for our SOL tests. TEST ALERT! Please use the study guide to review math skills taught during the year. Focus on skills you're not thoroughly confident with and ask questions in class. We will be completing various chapter review worksheets from the math workbook. REMEMBER - Refer to your math notebook for explanation of math functions and processes.

RACCOON MATH

Students will be assigned a "Raccoon Math" on Mondays to be completed by that Friday. This worksheet will be completed as homework and morning work and is a basic skills curriculum; discussing addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and rechecking concepts. We will continually review previously taught mathematical skills.

On a nightly basis - review math facts using flash cards for 1-4 minutes.

TRIANGULAR MATH FACTS CARDS

HOME MATH LOG Addition and Subtraction

HOME MATH LOG Multiplication and Division

PARENT LETTER EXPLAINING THE HOME MATH LOG

TWO-A-DAY SOL PRACTICE (MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY)

TWO-A-DAY SOL PRACTICE (NUMBER AND NUMBER SENSE)

TWO-A-DAY SOL PRACTICE (COMPUTATION AND ESTIMATION)

TWO-A-DAY SOL PRACTICE (PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS)

TWO-A-DAY SOL PRACTICE (PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS, AND ALGEBRA)

WRITING

We will be continuing our Poetry Unit this week. The teacher will target a specific poetic skill and teach the concepts through hands-on activites, read alouds, discussions, and worksheets. The students will be required to write 2 poems for every poetic skill taught. We will continue discussing and identifying the five stages of the writing process and peer editing and revising. We will also continue discussing effective introductions, the body, and conclusions using our Writer's Notebook. We will be adding new facts, details, and explanatory pages to our Writer's Notebooks for the entire year.

GRAMMAR

Students will be starting Pattern 3 Sentences this week by completing Group 1 Sentences (Linking Verb (L-T) and Indirect Object (DO). We will continue discussing subject nouns (SN), verbs (V), adjectives (ADJ), adverbs (ADV), verb transitive (VT), direct objects (DO), prepositions (P), object of the prepositions (P), predicates and complete subject, interjections (interj) and conjunctions (conj) and adverb exceptions. In addition, we will identify common and proper nouns and parts of speech in isolation.

The students are allowed to use the Definition and Reference Pages located in the back of their Writer’s Notebook and the student textbook. We will be learning about and how to use Free Touch Typing. I will introduce, discuss, explain, and model exactly what the students are supposed to complete on the computer program.

Go to the "USEFUL LINKS" section below and click on the "MR. SEARLES' SPELLING WORDS" link.

The following story and target reading strategies will be covered the next week.

May 12-16: Blood on the River/Chapters 9-16

Skills in Context: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of non-fiction. The student will describe character development in non-fiction and poetry selections.

HOME READING LOG

On a daily basis, your child should read from a wide variety of instructional materials such as literature (prose and poetry), library books (Accelerated Reader), reference materials, magazines, computer software and newspapers!