Text Box: Dear Parents, Please continue to work each night with children who are reviewing multiplication facts. “Facts Practice” will help build vital skills and good work habits for students, especially in division. Thank you for your continued support! From the fourth grade teachers, Mrs. Lisa Kujat and Mrs. Mary Mitchell

 

Grade Level

 

Units of Study for Term Two– December 2007 and January 2008

Pre-K

 Boxes and Balls, Good Morning Good Night, Celebrate Curiosity

Kindergarten

Holidays Around the World (December)

Winter Weatherland (January)

First

 Science–  Aquariums

Math– Investigating Time, Subtracting Makes a Difference

Art– Aztec Pinch Pots of Red Mexican Clay, Painting

Second

*S.S– Peoples of the Nations and World

Math– Time, Subtraction with regrouping, Money

Art– Winter Landscapes in black and white, Introduction to Paper

Sculpture

Third

 S.S.– Economics

Math– Multiplication, Probability

Art– Navajo Coil Pots of Red Clay, Painting

Fourth

S.S.– MD. Colonial History

Science– Powders and Crystals, Water Cycles and Erosion

Math–  Multiplication and Division, Geometry

Art– Painting the Color Wheel, Tobacco Prevention Posters,

 

Fifth

 

Science– Simple Machines, Electrical Circuits 

S.S.–U.S. History,  Math– Fractions, Ratio and Probability

Art–  Paint the Aztec Clay Suns, Tobacco Prevention Poster,

“Three Decades that Changed History”-Mural of Revolutionary War

 Grades 1-5

 

* S.S.= Social Studies

Physical Education–Basketball skills, Floor hockey, group games,

                                 Ongoing physical fitness

Music– Holidays, dynamics, tempo and rhythm (December)

             Harmony, melody, melody, tempo, rhythm (January)

Media – Holidays and celebration, research skills (December)

              Biographies (January)