SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND
ACTIVITIES
Week
14-15
May
13-17, May 20-24, 2013
English Contest
Week – May 20-24
Activities: Practice for Readers Theater (the whole
class will participate)
A. Language
Arts:
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING UNIT
ON ANIMAL HABITATS AND ADAPTATION
Our
students have started to set up their animals in their respective habitats in
the 5Yellow classroom. Everyone is excited about this project.
Taking care of real -live animals would give our students the chance to
learn about the animals that they're taking care of, learn responsibility and
teamwork, among many other things.
The lessons are
going to be especially designed for this unit. The reading book, My
Sidewalk, will only be used as a supplementary reading book.
MATERIALS
AND LESSONS:
1. READINGS – Readings pertaining to the animals the class is learning will be provided on handouts to the students.
Students must
keep all the reading handouts of the unit as they are included in the final
exam on June 14.
The following are
the reading handouts that students should study for the finals: 1. Frogs Vs. Toads
2. Raising Ants
3. READING FOR WEEK 14: Red Cherry Ants
4. READING FOR WEEK 15: Classifications of Animals
SUPPLEMENTARY
READING FOR COMPREHENSION:
My Sidewalks D5
pp114-121 One Moon, Many Myths
My Sidewalks D6
pp10-16 They Didn’t Give Up
2.
VOCABULARY – A separate sheet of vocabulary will be
given to the students. (The
vocabulary on the Practice Book will not be used in this unit.)
Students must
keep all the vocabulary handouts of the unit as they are included in the final
exam on June 14.
Students are
strongly advised to do their activity homework on Spelling City to review and
practice vocabulary words in the unit.
3. WORD STUDY – Our word study
list will follow the lessons in our Word Study Workbook, but the focus will be
on the word lists below:
Week 14 –
Prefixes mis-, non-, re-
mis-
|
bad, badly, wrong, wrongly, to hate
|
non-
|
no, not, without
|
re
|
again, back, backward
|
mis-
|
non-
|
re-
|
misbehavior
|
nonsense
|
recreate
|
mistreat
|
nonstop
|
relocate
|
mispronounce
|
nonexistent
|
recognize
|
misquote
|
nonviolent
|
reorganize
|
Week 15 –
Suffixes –less, -ment, -ness
-ment
|
act
or process
|
-ness
|
atate
of quality (makes a noun)
|
-less
|
without
|
–less
|
-ment
|
-ness
|
countless
|
treatment
|
awkwardness
|
restless
|
encouragement
|
weakness
|
painless
|
employment
|
aggressiveness
|
fearless
|
improvement
|
awareness
|
Week 15 – Suffixes –ful, -ly, -ion
-ful, -ly
-ion
|
act
of or condition of
|
–ful
|
-ly
|
-ion
|
wasteful
|
enthusiastically
|
suggestion
|
awful
|
wisely
|
pollution
|
harmful
|
eagerly
|
description
|
successful
|
immediately
|
connection
|
thoughtful
|
greedily
|
separation
|
4. GRAMMAR –
· Common
Errors In Writing Sentences – fragment,
run-on sentences, comma splice
· Simple,
compound and complex sentences
5. WRITING –
• Interviewing GW p187
· Comparing and contrasting
· Sequencing
· 6 Traits: Sentence Fluency
B. Math
Start new unit on AVERAGE
C. Science
JOURNAL RECORDING - Students will keep a journal in their groups. A daily chart and observations are going to be kept by the group members.
PREPARE FOR A
GROUP REPORT -
Group
Reporting Week: starting May 22, 2013, on enrichment period
Group Project Due: Before May 24
D. Art
We are presently knee-deep in our
work on a project where the students are applying two art techniques – relief
sculpture and printmaking arts.
Relief Sculpture – on a picture frame.
Materials:
foil,
scissors, cardboard to be cut into shapes, white glue, black ink, brush
Print-making art –
Materials:
White
glue, sticks, card board, pencil, calligraphy ink, brush, white paper to
transfer print into
