Mrs. Reynolds

Mrs. Reynolds' Math Skills Group: Volume 1

• Math Morning Meeting
• Addition Facts: Sums of 8 and 9
• Tallying
• Counting by 5's
• Identifying Horizontal Vertical, and Oblique Lines
• Dividing a Whole into Halves, Fourths, and Eighths
• Comparing Halves, Fourths, and Eighths
• Writing a Unit Fraction Using Fraction Notation
• Fact Assessment
• Addition Facts: Sums of 10
• Written Assessment
• Weighing Objects Using Nonstandard Units
• Comparing and Ordering Objects by Weight
• Xtra Math Practice

• Write about a topic, including a beginning and ending sentence (topics and conclusion), facts and examples. relevant to the topic, and specific steps (if writing explanatory text).

• Group similar information into paragraphs. 
• Use linking words or transitions such as also, another, and, etc. to connect ideas within a paragraph. 
• Form sentences and paragraphs to communicate thoughts and ideas. 
•  Apply basic spelling conventions. 
•  Use basic capitalization and punctuation in sentences to convey meaning.

• President James Madison and Dolley Madison
• British impressment of American sailors
• Old Ironsides
• British burn the White House
• Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, and “The Star-Spangled Banner”
• Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson

• Hills, mountains, valleys, rock arches, plains, geysers, volcanoes, sand dunes, and beaches are types of landforms.
• Landforms can be created quickly or slowly.
• Quick changes to landforms include rockslides, landslides, mudslides, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
• Wind and water can erode rock, sand dunes, and beaches.
• There are different solutions to prevent water from changing the shape of rock and to prevent sand erosion.
• Glaciers are frozen forms of water.
• Flowing water moves earth materials.
• The land and water features of an area can be modeled.
• Water soaks into the ground.
• Geysers and volcanoes bring underground materials to Earth’s surface.
• Sand landforms include dunes and beaches.
• Sand dunes and beaches are formed in different ways.