John C. Daniels

We will be studying the following topics in December:

Math- Students will continue to learn all about fractions (equivalent fractions, reducing fractions, changing improper fractions to mixed numbers, changing mixed numbers to improper fractions and how to order fractions).

Reading- Students will be identifying important details about the characters and setting in their independent reading books. Students will also be learning about the roles of Literature Circles and learning how to become excellent speakers and listeners.

Writing- Students will be learning how to write a research paper and their final published piece will be about the Holocaust.

Science- Students will be identifying the characteristics of sound and relate it to the sense of hearing. They will also identify the parts of the ear and explain their functions. Students will culiminate this unit by making an instrument with various materials and demonstrate how that instrument produces volume, pitch and tone.

Social Studies- Students will learn how to follow directions and read a map in order to improve map skills by using maps, scales, and compass rose.