Martin Luther King, Jr.

Week of January 19, 2015

Language Arts

Students will engage in reading tall tales. 

             

 They will identify the characteristics of this genre.

 

 

 

                    

Tall Tales from Mr. M

 

 

Students will listen to the story of Paul Bunyan and then listen to the story of The Bunyans.

 

     

 

 

 

 After they will work on summarizing these stories, students will compare and contrast these two stories. 

 

                            

 

 

 

 

 In addition, students will watch a video of Paul Bunyan and come to the understanding there are various versions of this story.

 

 

                      

 

 

Mathematics

Students are learning about using fractions on a number line.

 

 

           

 

 

They will discover ways to find equivalents on a number line as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

                 

 

 

Science

 

Students will finalize their study of the moon.  Students have learned that the earth revolves around the sun and that the moon revolves around the earth. They have also learned the phases of the moon and are keeping a moon log to reinforce their understanding of the moon phases.