Instructional Objectives:

Steve Von Osten

ext. 311

svonosten@rrps.net

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year.  Our school year is already half over! 

Mrs. Daniels and Mr. Von Osten are team teaching for the 2009-2010 school year. Mrs. Daniels will be teaching Language Arts and Social Studies. Mr. Von Osten will be teaching Mathematics and Science.

Here's what we are doing in Mr. Von Osten's class:

Mathematics

Unit 7 begins with a review of fraction ideas previously introduced, and extends knowledge by developing a good understanding of equivalent fractions.  Unit 7 also provides informal activities related to chance & probability.  Unit 7 has four main areas of focus:

- To review fractions as parts of a whole (ONE), fractions on number lines, and uses of fractions,

- To guide students as they order fractions and find fractional parts of sets and regions,

- To provide practice identifying equivalent fractions, and

- To review basic ideas of probability, comparing predicted and actual results, and guiding the application of fractions to chance experiments.

Science

Our next science unit and C.H.O.L. kit is New Mexico Earth Science.  The unit starts with a look at weather.  We look at general trends in climate and how to forecast the weather.  The focus then turns to geology of the Earth where we discuss how rocks and minerals form, rock identification, our changing earth, and extinct life.  We then take a look at space & the night sky.  Topics include planets, stars, and comparing them in our universe.