Build a Solar System

Blue Web

Dont Buy It!

Children can see the relative size of the planets. Also, there are some great pictures.

There are many useful websites here.

This interesting site teaches children how advertising "helps" them choose the most expensive brands of clothes and toys.

This Year's Science Units

The Solar System

   Build a Solar System

Plant Growth & Development

The Great Plant Escape

Fall             77 wpm 

Winter         92 wpm

Spring        110 wpm

Students will take a test each week to assess their comprehension and their understanding of vocabulay

Students will take a test each month to assess all skills used in that Theme's stories.

This Year's Investigations:

Things That Come in Groups (Multiplication and Division)

Flips, Areas & Turns (Geometry)

Instruction Dates

Sept., October, 2006

Testing Dates

October, 2006

Students will learn how to explain their thinking through using a 5 paragraph model which helps them state an opinion and back it up with examples. This prepares them for the District Writing Assessment which occurs in January.

Students will learn how to construct stories by developing characters with some problem that needs to be solved.

A very important part of the WASL is explaining one's thinking in writing.