What should I be doing for homework? – for the week ending September 11.

Hello students of 5C. I would like you to spend your time at home thinking about what we covered in class, reviewing the information, coming up with questions about it and PRACTICING! Homework assignments will increase as we go on, especially in math.

What you need to be spending time on:

Math: Basic facts – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (0-9) These should be automatic. In a timed test, your goal should be to keep improving until you can answer 30-40 in one minute. I would suggest at least 10 minutes a day practicing these.

Social Studies: So far we’ve been improving our basic geography skills before we study Canada in depth. You should know:
The provinces of Canada
The capitals of the provinces
The continents and oceans (coming up right away…get a head start)
Latitude and longitude and how use them to find a location

Science: Classroom chemistry is a lot of fun. Having a good understanding of the things we talk about in class will help with not only chemistry but also our weather and electricity units later on. You should be able to tell me:

What is chemistry?
What is matter?
What are atoms and molecules?
What is density?
What happens to stuff when you heat it up or cool it? (think soap and balloons in microwave)
What are the states of matter?
How do molecules act in each of the states?

Language arts: Know the 8 parts of speech. Use the narrowing funnel to come up with a story idea. You can also practice your high frequency words.

Art: You can practice blind contour drawing, regular contour drawing, and doodles with patches, concentric lines or pinwheels.

Vocabulary we have used in class:
1. slab
2. dame
3. rhetorical
4. contour
5. matter
6. chemistry
7. atoms
8. molecules
9. solid
10.liquid
11.gas
12.transition
13.table of contents
14.pronunciation guide
15.index
16.mnemonics
17.Social Studies
18.doodle
19.pinwheels
20.concentric