Songs, Facts, Lists

Songs, Facts, and Lists we need to learn:

This figure has five faces. The face on the bottom (also called a base) is a square, and the sides are triangles that meet at a specific vertex. This is called a pyramid. Notice that the base of the pyramid is a square. This is called a square pyramid. The base names the figure. An edge is the place where two faces meet. Edges are straight; they cannot be curved. This figure has 8 edges. The place where two or more edges meet is called a vertex. A vertex is like a corner. A pyramid has 5 vertices.             Negatives A negative word says “no” or “not.” Often negatives are in the form of contractions. *Do not enter that room. *Don’t even go near the door. In most sentences it is not correct to use two negatives. INCORRECT: We can’t see nothing. We haven’t got no solution. CORRECT: We can’t see anything. We haven’t got a solution. Have your child identify these sentences as “correct” or “incorrect.” My teacher doesn’t like to eat radishes. I can’t find no cat under the bed. The clerk is not saying nothing to us. Carlos doesn’t want a snack.    Measurement-Customary Conversion                                  1 foot = 12 inches, 1 yard =  3 feet, 1 mile = 5,280 feet                        1 pound = 16 ounces, 1 ton = 2,000 pounds 1 gallon = 4 quarts

The Water Cycle Hoe-Down

(To the tune of She’ll be comin’ round the Mountain)

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does!

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does!

It goes up as evaporation (palms facing up, hands rising)

Then forms clouds as condensation (bring hands together to form a cloud)

Then falls down as precipitation (wiggle fingers down)

Yes it does!

(Repeat)

A Cloudy Serenade -(Sung to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)

Cirrus clouds are wispy curls,

Wispy curls, wispy curls.

Cirrus clouds are wispy curls.

They form high in the sky.

Cumulus clouds are piled up high,

Piled up high, piled up high.

Cumulus clouds are piled up high.

They soar on sunny days.

Stratus clouds are sheets of gray,

Sheets of gray, sheets of gray.

Stratus clouds are sheets of gray.

They stay close to the earth.

Cirrus, cumulus, stratus too.

Now it’s out. There’s no doubt.

Cirrus, cumulus, stratus too.

We know them all. Hooray!

Polygons:

triangle- has 3 sides, 3 angles, and 3 vertices

quadrilateral- has 4 sides, 4 angles, and 4 vertices

pentagon- has 5 sides, 5 angles, and 5 vertices

hexagon-  has 6 sides, 6 angles, and 6 vertices

octagon-  has 8 sides, 8 angles, and 8 vertices

decagon- has 10 sides, 10 angles, and 10 vertices

Reference Materials

 An atlas is a book of maps. If you want to find a specific place, street, road, city, or state. It can also show landforms.

 An encyclopedia is used when someone wants to find information about a person, place, or thing.   

You will find the meaning of words in a dictionary. You will also find the pronunciation of a word, the part of speech of a word, and how to make the plural form of a word in a dictionary.

In a thesaurus, you will find synonyms and antonyms for words.

An almanac is a book of facts. It lists Presidents, sport stats, firsts and world records; it tracks weather conditions;it tracks populations of locations; it shows astronomical info such as moon phases, eclipses, sunrise, sunset; it has calendars; it is published annually

Book Parts Cover-shows the title, author, and illustrator Title page shows the title, author, publisher, illustrator Table of contents is found in the front of the book. It tells the names of chapters within book and page number where each chapter begins Glossary is found in the back and gives meanings of words used in the book Index is found in the back and gives alphabetical list of topics in the book and page/s where topic may be found

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