WEEK AT A GLANCE

MONTH: APRIL
MON:

4/25

TUES: 4/26

WED: 4/27

THUR: 4/28

YEAR: 2016
FRI: 4/29

Math
Review parts of a
whole and start
adding fractions.

Students are
expected to continue
adding fractions and
start subtracting
fractions.

Work on adding and

subtracting fractions
in word problems.
Manipulatives in
class.

Homework: adding
and subtracting
worksheet

Start converting
fractions to decimals
and vice versa.

Money manipulatives
in class.
Adding and
subtracting decimals
in the form of
money.

Homework:
conversions
worksheet

Language Arts
Students are
expected to find and
note grammatical
errors in provided
short stories in class.

Students are
expected to learn
how to construct a
story using
beginning, middle,
and end paragraphs.

Students will use

each others
beginnings of stories
and in a merry go
round type manner
pass their papers
and write a middle
or an end to
anothers story.

Homework: write the

beginning of your
own story and ring it
to class tomorrow.

Homework: write
about your favorite
celebration from a
different culture
discussed in class
today.

Discuss different
types of habitats and
what kinds of
organisms live inside
them.

Identify the
characteristics of
animals that helps
them survive in their
environment.

Discuss the
definition of plot.
Use what weve
learned to identify
key differences and
similarities in plots
from different
stories.

Students will be
expected to identify
main characters in a
story and discuss
their characteristics.

Identify what a food

web and food chain
is.
Work on a food web
for our community.

Observe and explore

the physical
characteristics of
plants and why they
are so important to
us.

Science
Students are
expected to observe
different organisms
and classify them
using their
characteristics.

Match the animal

with its habitat
worksheet.

Create your own

food chain using the
animals specified in
class.

Geography
Discuss the idea of
location in
geography. Where
are we? What makes
up a country or a
town?

Students are
expected to follow
instructions given on
Geography of Me
assignment.

Discuss different
cultures and where
they live on the map.

Work on drawing a
map of your
neighborhood and
your home.

In class, students are

expected to share
their own booklet as
well as listen to
classmates discuss
their booklets.

Using colored paper

and pencils/markers
the students should
make booklets
containing several
geographical
locations in which
they live.

Discuss the different

events and
celebrations these
cultures have.

Homework: draw a
map of your school
and your classroom
on the inside.