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MATH:  equivalent fractions - homework PW77 (loose paper - I took it out of the book today so I could grade last night's homework in the book because we haven't done the back side yet ...)

READING:  BFG homework tonight; see email also - organizational text (cause and effect, reviewed chronological and compare/contrast)

SPELLING: test

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Guidance   TEST tomorrow - vocab (see earlier post for study guide)

First Monday in a while.  I'm sure you've heard the vote for the calendar was 4-3 to stay with the "traditional" calendar.

MATH:  decimal review and quiz.  Tomorrow we will begin fractions.

READING:  Informational reading with Scholastic News; informational reading with George Washington Biography; The BFG homework reading and journal entries

ELA:  Cinquain writing; Spelling test Thursday - unit 6 /ou/ and /oi/ words (moisture, avoid, annoy, loyal, appoint, pointed, coward, poison, employ, county, counter, powder, amount, trouble, allow, around, southern, thousand, noisy, double, about, doughnut)

Social Studies: events leading to the Revolutionary War;  Vocabulary test Friday - study guide attachedDownload Study Guide

NOTES:  Dr. Suess Read Across America started today  see flyer attachedDownload 2012 Flyer

math:  adding and subtracting decimals - steps:  1. line up the columns and decimals; 2. put a zero in the hundredths place if necessary so that you are adding/subtracting hundredths and hundredths (not hundredths and tenths); 3.  pay attention to the operation sign (+ or -)  homework attached  Download Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Reading:  informational reading Scholastic News; cause and effect; BFG homework - see calendar

ELA: gathering information for research writing

Social Studies:  research on Revolution character; most students have the primary thing their person did during the Revolution.

Geography Bee tomorrow - good luck Caleb and Lunden (and Nina, our alternate)

Wonderful field trip to the Cobb Youth Museum today!   Thank you Mrs. Connelly for bringing our lunches to us and to Mrs. Matson's class.  We really appreciate it.

MATH:  decimal modeling and ordering.  homework - PW97 and worksheet Download Decimal base ten and linear model homework plus CW 94 - due Thursday (we won't meet for math tomorrow)  Make sure you are making all decimals into hundredths by including an extra 0 if you need to.  Remember -- putting a 0 in extra places to the right of the decimal does not change the value but allows you to compare hundredths to hundredths.

READING:  Independent Scholastic News reading - homework BFG chapter 1 and response due tomorrow

 

 

Welcome back to the second semester!  I can't believe we're half way finished.  It always goes so quickly.

NOTES:  Field trip tomorrow to the Cobb Youth Museum.  Lunch is included.  We will be gone from 10:30 - 2:00.   Spelling Bee Thursday at 8:30.  Congratulations to Caleb,  Adrian and Alex A for being our class representatives!

MATH:  Understanding decimals tenths and hundredths.  No homework today.  We just weren't quite ready.  We will be by tomorrow though.

READING:  BFG novel and journal.  A calendar of due dates is included in the journal.  A chapter and response will be due daily starting Thursday.  Students may work ahead but I will only be checking and discussing the assigned chapter.  George Washington our small group informational reading. 

ELA:  WW#6 introduction.  I anticipate a test maybe next Wednesday or Thursday

Science:  introduction to light

Social Studies:  introduction to the Revolution

 

Math:  quarterly review to prepare for 2nd quarter post test.  I believe we are ready

Reading:  Informational reading with Scholastic News

Lang Arts:  Narrative writing

Health:  Drug awareness

Social Studies:  colonization test

No homework!!!  

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  My boys in blue pulled it out on Saturday against NC.  Unfortunately, the Dawgs didn't quite fair so well. 

MATH:  classifying triangles.  homework attached Download Classifying Triangles  you will need a protractor

READING:  Renaissance Kids (story elements - plot, in particular); small group - tall tales, Pecos Bill

ELA:  subject and predicate Connect Four.  There will be a quiz soon over subject and predicates

SPELLING:  introduction to sort 5.  I am shooting for a spelling test on Friday but we have some other things going on so that may not happen.  If not on Friday, we'll do it Monday.

SCIENCE:  telescopes  TEST Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Plymouth and The Mayflower Compact;  southeast states and capitals test in one week Tuesday 12/13

 

12-02-11

Math:  we have been working in geometry this week - measuring angles and classifying triangles.

Reading:  This week, we're learning about tall tales and story elements in realistic fictions

Writing:  Story elements in realistic fictions

Language Arts:  common vs. proper nouns, commas

Social Studies:  We've started the unit on Colonization.  Finally, the Europeans are here!

Just an FYI - I will be out Wed, Thurs and Fri of next week so there will be no blog.  I anticipate being back by Monday but there is a possibility that I will not be back until as late as next Thursday. 

 

 

I trust everyone had a wonderful break.  I know I sure enjoyed it!

MATH:  geometry - points, lines, line segments, rays, planes.  homework PW65.  The definitions are in the textbook which can be accessed online at eharcourtschool.com   username: mrosenfeld1  password:  2011

READING:  multiple meaning words; small group - informational reading or tall tales - no homework - no November book report or reading log

ELA:  common and proper nouns;  Owen and Mzee introduction

SCIENCE:  constellations

SOCIAL STUDIES:  class geography bee - no winner yet

11-16-11

MATH:  long division review and IXL exploration.  Please make sure you are practicing on IXL some.  Remember, the username is first name initial and your last name @davis    the password is your student sign-on

READING:  puppet show dress rehearsal and prop preparations; WW#5 A-B-C  homework = complete if not finished.  I will be checking in the morning.  test on Friday

ELA:  comma's (GUMS page 126) and Parts of Speech. 

SCIENCE:  planet research (and duck and cover drills during our severe weather)

SOCIAL STUDIES:  none today due to duck and cover - however, students should have a study guide for the test on Friday.  AND they came home today with their journals after we shared with Mrs. Matson's class.  Their graded rubric will come home in the brown envelope tomorrow.