Saturday, October 4, 2008

Grade: 4 Week of 10/13/08

Grade: 4
Math:

10/13. Columbus Day (School closed)

10/14.
AIM: Students will solve problems involving place value and money.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Guided practice: text p. 62
3. Independent practice: text p. 63
4. Test review worksheets

10/15.
Aim: Test chapter 1: Place Value and Money

10/16.
Aim: Students will understand the properties of addition
Vocabulary: addend order property zero property grouping property
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Problem of the day: t.e. text p. 67i #1
3. Mental math: text p. 478, set 4 # 6-7, and 9

10/17.
Aim: Students will use addition properties/strategies to add mentally.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: t. e. text p. 67i #2
3. Class-work: workbook pgs. 15-16



Grade: 4
Science

10/13. Columbus Day (School Closed)

10/14.
Aim: Students will explain the difference between mass and weight and the relationship between mass and density.
Vocabulary: weight\ density
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Lab #4 continued
3. Homework: Read textbook pgs. e19-e21, answer the following questions: What is weight? How can weight be measured? What is density? How can Density be measured?

10/15.
Aim: Students will measure and compare densities of objects.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab #5: Comparing densities, text p. e20

10/16.
Aim: To review how matter can be measured.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lesson review: text p. e23, think and write #1-5 (notebook)

10/17. Test: How can you measure matter?