The Stars at Northpoint did an AMAZING job this morning when we were sent to our safe spots during the storm that rolled through Granger. Although it was super stuffy and not the most comfortable arrangements, we were safe, everyone was well behaved and we rode out the storm together!
LA: After Music, we began to do some writing to help celebrate Red Ribbon Week before the storm alarm began, so we spent most of our time together in Music Room B.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Thursday.
Math: We continued learning about adding and subtracting decimals by working with money today. We had a lot of fun exploring this concept while using a with drawl and deposit form.
HW: Math box, study link 4.6 and the extra sheet that were assigned today are all due tomorrow.
Red Ribbon Assembly-We had a great talk from Officer Redman, who is the Northpoint DARE Officer. We also got to enjoy Mrs. Hapke getting a pie to the face for reaching our $10,000 goal in the fundraising drive.
We're keeping our fingers crossed for nicer weather tomorrow!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Red Ribbon Week Begins!
Loved the mis-matched clothes today! Don't forget to wear RED tomorrow! We'll be having an assembly at the end of the day, and it's always fun to see the sea of RED!
LA: We were extra busy this morning to make sure everything gets done by Thursday instead of Friday! We spent time in Library and Gym first thing. Upon coming back to class, we had our usual spelling pretest, introduced our story, Dear Mr. Winston, and went over our vocabulary words. This week's story's genre is humorous fiction, so we all enjoyed some laughs listening to the story being read to us. We also learned more regarding plural nouns and when to add -s, -es, -ies. Finally we wrapped up our time together by talking about making inferences and finishing up our playground safety posters.
This week's vocabulary words are: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance
This week's RIT words are:
Consonance-the repetition of a consonant sound not necessarily at the beginning (This is a repeat word, but it's always good to revisit something! :)
Couplet-the simplest form of poetry, a pair of lines of verse, usually rhyming.
Connotation-the feeling or images a word evokes.
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-the literal meaning.
Dialogue-a conversation between two or more characters.
Homework: We spent quite a bit of time today going over the 2nd nine week's reading project! Don't forget to share this packet with someone at home. Weekly homework is due Thursday.
Math: Adding and subtracting decimals are what we learned about today. Once we all got the hang of lining up those decimals, we were soaring through!
Homework: Finish pages 87-88 that were started in class. Math box and study link 4.5 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We finished up our train tour of the Northeast today with stops in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.-What a great learning experience this has been for all of us.
Homework: Finish up the group activity page if not completed in class.
LA: We were extra busy this morning to make sure everything gets done by Thursday instead of Friday! We spent time in Library and Gym first thing. Upon coming back to class, we had our usual spelling pretest, introduced our story, Dear Mr. Winston, and went over our vocabulary words. This week's story's genre is humorous fiction, so we all enjoyed some laughs listening to the story being read to us. We also learned more regarding plural nouns and when to add -s, -es, -ies. Finally we wrapped up our time together by talking about making inferences and finishing up our playground safety posters.
This week's vocabulary words are: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance
This week's RIT words are:
Consonance-the repetition of a consonant sound not necessarily at the beginning (This is a repeat word, but it's always good to revisit something! :)
Couplet-the simplest form of poetry, a pair of lines of verse, usually rhyming.
Connotation-the feeling or images a word evokes.
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-the literal meaning.
Dialogue-a conversation between two or more characters.
Homework: We spent quite a bit of time today going over the 2nd nine week's reading project! Don't forget to share this packet with someone at home. Weekly homework is due Thursday.
Math: Adding and subtracting decimals are what we learned about today. Once we all got the hang of lining up those decimals, we were soaring through!
Homework: Finish pages 87-88 that were started in class. Math box and study link 4.5 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We finished up our train tour of the Northeast today with stops in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.-What a great learning experience this has been for all of us.
Homework: Finish up the group activity page if not completed in class.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Bring On The Weekend!
We've wrapped up another quick week here at Northpoint! Don't forget parent teacher conferences will be held next week! We're very excited to get to talk to everyone! See you then!
Next week is Red Ribbon
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning along with music. We also spent time working on Safety Posters to promote playground safety. Last but not least, we had a great BINGO review game to go over our Greek and Latin root words that we have been studying this year during Vocabulary Vine.
HW: None
Math: We were in the computer lab today to work in the Odyssey program. This is such an amazing program, that has individual students working in the area that they struggle with the most.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued our tour of the Northeast-visiting the states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. We made a stop in Hershey, Pennsylvania today to learn about mass production. The students practiced mass producing Hershey Kisses. We had a lot of fun! Watch for a video of our time together on here very soon!
HW: None
Next week is Red Ribbon
10/25 Monday: Don't Mismatch the truth, drugs dull your mind. - wear mismatched clothes
10/26 Tuesday: Celebrate a drug free life,Wear RED- wear red clothing.
10/27 Wednesday: Don't Expose your brain to Drugs - wear a hat.
10/28Thursday: Exercise your brain-wear a sports jersey, uniform, apparel or workout gear.
10/29 Friday: Give your mind a break NO School-FALL BREAK
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning along with music. We also spent time working on Safety Posters to promote playground safety. Last but not least, we had a great BINGO review game to go over our Greek and Latin root words that we have been studying this year during Vocabulary Vine.
HW: None
Math: We were in the computer lab today to work in the Odyssey program. This is such an amazing program, that has individual students working in the area that they struggle with the most.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We continued our tour of the Northeast-visiting the states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. We made a stop in Hershey, Pennsylvania today to learn about mass production. The students practiced mass producing Hershey Kisses. We had a lot of fun! Watch for a video of our time together on here very soon!
HW: None
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Another Day In The Books!
It was Bus Safety Day at Northpoint today!
Don't forget that tomorrow is picture re-take day. If you are planning on having your child retake their pictures, the original packet needs to be returned. If you are getting pictures taken for the first time, there are forms available in the office.
Plan to join the Northpoint Community at Culvers and USA Skating Rink tonight for a fun filled family night out!
LA: We started a discussion about pronouns today during our grammar minute, everyone seemed to catch on very quickly. We also talked about plural possessive nouns today in grammar.We reviewed capital D, A, C and O in cursive today. We also watched a video about bus safety. Finally, we made it through quite a few more reading projects!
HW: Handwriting pages 44-47 and Clerihew poems are due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday.
Math: We continued learning about decimals today. Our focus was on putting them in order-either from smallest to largest, or vice versa.
HW: Math box and study link 4.3, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We had bus safety day-no content today!
Don't forget that tomorrow is picture re-take day. If you are planning on having your child retake their pictures, the original packet needs to be returned. If you are getting pictures taken for the first time, there are forms available in the office.
Plan to join the Northpoint Community at Culvers and USA Skating Rink tonight for a fun filled family night out!
LA: We started a discussion about pronouns today during our grammar minute, everyone seemed to catch on very quickly. We also talked about plural possessive nouns today in grammar.We reviewed capital D, A, C and O in cursive today. We also watched a video about bus safety. Finally, we made it through quite a few more reading projects!
HW: Handwriting pages 44-47 and Clerihew poems are due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday.
Math: We continued learning about decimals today. Our focus was on putting them in order-either from smallest to largest, or vice versa.
HW: Math box and study link 4.3, along with the extra practice sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: We had bus safety day-no content today!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday, Monday!
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! I know the Woods' Family is enjoying every minute of the amazing fall weather to go out and play! :)
LA: We enjoyed both Library and Gym today first thing. Upon returning, we jumped into singular possessive nouns in Grammar. It was fun to watch the apostrophe light bulbs click on! :) We also had our spelling pre-test, introduced our story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening, and went over our vocabulary and RIT words. We also enjoyed hearing 4 of our friends present their reading projects--looking good so far.
This week's story vocabulary words are: hilarious, convinced,mischief, independence, (came in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, nowadays.
This week's RIT words are:
Appositive-When you are renaming someone or something. This is often information that is not needed. Example: Mrs. Stephan, our principal, is gone today.
Bias-A preconceived opinion about something.
Caricature-A distorted character resulting from the author or artist, deliberately exaggerating a trait or traits of a personality.
Character-A person in a literary work.
Cliche'-A familiar word or phrase that has been used so much that it is no longer a good way of saying something. Example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks.
HW: Weekly homework due Friday.
Math: We continued our work on decimals today...working with base-10 blocks. We worked with wholes, tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, in addition to the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: Alllllllllllllllllll Aboard! We started our train tour of the Northeast Region of the United States today. We made stops in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts today. We had a great time pretending to be colonists just getting off the Mayflower and deciding upon a government.
HW: None
LA: We enjoyed both Library and Gym today first thing. Upon returning, we jumped into singular possessive nouns in Grammar. It was fun to watch the apostrophe light bulbs click on! :) We also had our spelling pre-test, introduced our story, How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightening, and went over our vocabulary and RIT words. We also enjoyed hearing 4 of our friends present their reading projects--looking good so far.
This week's story vocabulary words are: hilarious, convinced,mischief, independence, (came in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, nowadays.
This week's RIT words are:
Appositive-When you are renaming someone or something. This is often information that is not needed. Example: Mrs. Stephan, our principal, is gone today.
Bias-A preconceived opinion about something.
Caricature-A distorted character resulting from the author or artist, deliberately exaggerating a trait or traits of a personality.
Character-A person in a literary work.
Cliche'-A familiar word or phrase that has been used so much that it is no longer a good way of saying something. Example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks.
HW: Weekly homework due Friday.
Math: We continued our work on decimals today...working with base-10 blocks. We worked with wholes, tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2, in addition to the extra sheet are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: Alllllllllllllllllll Aboard! We started our train tour of the Northeast Region of the United States today. We made stops in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts today. We had a great time pretending to be colonists just getting off the Mayflower and deciding upon a government.
HW: None
Friday, October 15, 2010
Fall-ish Friday!
The cooler temperatures might be here to stay...it's even a bit chilly in our room! You may want to pack a sweatshirt that can be left in lockers for our "drafty" days in room 25!
LA: We had our usual assessments today: Selection (over the story), Grammar (singular and plural nouns) and Weekly (a combination of all of our skills we learned this week!) We also continued plugging away in our handwriting books. We're done reviewing all lowercase cursive letters and will begin the uppercase set next week! Our poetry this week is Clerihews. We had a great time coming up with rhymes about people we knew, people we wish we knew and people we made up! :)
HW: Reading projects are due on Monday. Don't forget to check the previous entry for the rubric! I can't wait to see these! Parents-watch for these to be displayed in the IMC windows during conferences at the end of the month.
Math: We spent our first chunk of time together in the computer lab working in Odyssey. This is an AMAZING new program that provides specific exercises to the student's direct needs based on their MAP Math results. We also had a rousing edition of Around the World to continue practicing our multiplication facts. 12's proved to be a bit tricky.... :/
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up listening to the songs that were created about the five major groups that made strong contributions to America. We also started working in chapter 4, which is a train ride through the Northeastern part of our country. We had a great time working with partners answering questions!
HW: None
LA: We had our usual assessments today: Selection (over the story), Grammar (singular and plural nouns) and Weekly (a combination of all of our skills we learned this week!) We also continued plugging away in our handwriting books. We're done reviewing all lowercase cursive letters and will begin the uppercase set next week! Our poetry this week is Clerihews. We had a great time coming up with rhymes about people we knew, people we wish we knew and people we made up! :)
HW: Reading projects are due on Monday. Don't forget to check the previous entry for the rubric! I can't wait to see these! Parents-watch for these to be displayed in the IMC windows during conferences at the end of the month.
Math: We spent our first chunk of time together in the computer lab working in Odyssey. This is an AMAZING new program that provides specific exercises to the student's direct needs based on their MAP Math results. We also had a rousing edition of Around the World to continue practicing our multiplication facts. 12's proved to be a bit tricky.... :/
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up listening to the songs that were created about the five major groups that made strong contributions to America. We also started working in chapter 4, which is a train ride through the Northeastern part of our country. We had a great time working with partners answering questions!
HW: None
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thursday, Thursday...
So much to do, so little time!
LA: We had a great review of plural nouns today as well as working with word meanings and the history of words. We also had a great visit with our reading buddies and squeezed in time for handwriting and practice with fact and opinion.
HW: Weekly homework is due tomorrow. Dont' forget that reading projects are due Monday.
Math: We jumped into unit 4 today, which had us working with decimals. We spent a lot of time talking about tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.1 are due tomorrow. Math tests were passed back today.
Social Studies: (Woods) We had a great time listening to our songs that were created to review the five major groups of people who came to America. We have some great singers! We also started working in chapter 4, which has us taking a "train ride" through the Northeastern part of our country.
HW: None
LA: We had a great review of plural nouns today as well as working with word meanings and the history of words. We also had a great visit with our reading buddies and squeezed in time for handwriting and practice with fact and opinion.
HW: Weekly homework is due tomorrow. Dont' forget that reading projects are due Monday.
Math: We jumped into unit 4 today, which had us working with decimals. We spent a lot of time talking about tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
HW: Math box and study link 4.1 are due tomorrow. Math tests were passed back today.
Social Studies: (Woods) We had a great time listening to our songs that were created to review the five major groups of people who came to America. We have some great singers! We also started working in chapter 4, which has us taking a "train ride" through the Northeastern part of our country.
HW: None
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Terrific Tuesday!
The weather is holding out! I don't even mind recess duty on days like today! :)
LA: On any given day, 2 hours and 15 minutes seems like a good chunk of time...it's just never enough for our mornings together. We jumped right into grammar when the students returned from music, working more with plural and singular nouns. We did many examples together on the overhead and white boards as well. We also worked with our spelling words, sorting them and using context clues to fit them into a paragraph. Many of us continued our work on the Quatrain poems that were started on Friday of last week. We introduced two new start cards during Vocabulary Vine and had some DEAR time as well. Busy as normal!
HW: Weekly homework is due on Friday. Cereal Box Reading Projects are due on Monday!!!
Math: We had a practice test/Review Day today in preparation for tomorrow's unit 3 test.
HW: Math box 3.11 and study for the test!
Social Studies: (Woods) The chapter 3 test was given today.
HW: None
LA: On any given day, 2 hours and 15 minutes seems like a good chunk of time...it's just never enough for our mornings together. We jumped right into grammar when the students returned from music, working more with plural and singular nouns. We did many examples together on the overhead and white boards as well. We also worked with our spelling words, sorting them and using context clues to fit them into a paragraph. Many of us continued our work on the Quatrain poems that were started on Friday of last week. We introduced two new start cards during Vocabulary Vine and had some DEAR time as well. Busy as normal!
HW: Weekly homework is due on Friday. Cereal Box Reading Projects are due on Monday!!!
Rubric for Cereal Box Project
1. Was your book approved by the due date-5 pts.
2. Did you hand in your project on time? - 10 pts.
3. Is your cereal box neat, colorful, and attractive? -15 pts.
4. Is the front of the box complete and thoughtfully done? -15pts.
5. Is the back of the box complete and thoughtfully done? -15 pts.
6. Is the right side complete and accurate? -10 pts.
7. Is the left side complete and accurate? -10 pts.
8. Is the top complete and accurate? -5 pts.
9. Are there spelling, punctuation, and grammar correct? -10 pts.
10. Was your commercial informative and interesting? -10 pts.
Math: We had a practice test/Review Day today in preparation for tomorrow's unit 3 test.
HW: Math box 3.11 and study for the test!
Social Studies: (Woods) The chapter 3 test was given today.
HW: None
Monday, October 11, 2010
Another Busy Day!
I hope everyone enjoyed the summer-like weekend, we had lots of fun at the Zoo and Apple Picking!!!
Language Arts:
We started out our time together by taking the RIT word quiz! We also took our spelling pretest and organized our homework. In Grammar, we reviewed nouns and talked about uncommon plural spellings. Our story this week is Focus on China. We introduced our story vocabulary: temples, dynasties, heritage, preserve, and overjoyed. We discussed our comprehension strategy, fact and opinion. We discussed strong adjectives and other clue phrases that help us identify opinions.
Our Rit Words for the week are:
Declarative sentence - A statement. (The fluffy dog barked at the fence.)
Imperative sentence - A command (Please let the dog inside.)
Interrogative sentence - A question (Who does the dog belong to?)
Exclamatory sentence - An exclamation (The dog scared me!!)
Appendix - Found in books, contains extra information like maps, tables, lists etc.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Friday. Reading Projects (Cereal Boxes) are due on Monday!)
Math~
Today we discussed open sentences. An open sentence contains a variable ( a letter in math). When you solve for the variable you find the solution. For example 24/A =6 is an open sentence. A=4 is the solution. The solution always makes the number sentence true.
HW: Finish pages 74-75, Math box 3.11 and Study Link 3.11 are due tomorrow
Social Studies: (Grannan)
We continued our work on the song lyrics reviewing the five groups of people who made contributions to the early Americas. We also played a review game of chapter 3 concepts in preparation for Wednesdays test.
HW: Test over chapter 3 will be given on Wednesday.
Language Arts:
We started out our time together by taking the RIT word quiz! We also took our spelling pretest and organized our homework. In Grammar, we reviewed nouns and talked about uncommon plural spellings. Our story this week is Focus on China. We introduced our story vocabulary: temples, dynasties, heritage, preserve, and overjoyed. We discussed our comprehension strategy, fact and opinion. We discussed strong adjectives and other clue phrases that help us identify opinions.
Our Rit Words for the week are:
Declarative sentence - A statement. (The fluffy dog barked at the fence.)
Imperative sentence - A command (Please let the dog inside.)
Interrogative sentence - A question (Who does the dog belong to?)
Exclamatory sentence - An exclamation (The dog scared me!!)
Appendix - Found in books, contains extra information like maps, tables, lists etc.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Friday. Reading Projects (Cereal Boxes) are due on Monday!)
Math~
Today we discussed open sentences. An open sentence contains a variable ( a letter in math). When you solve for the variable you find the solution. For example 24/A =6 is an open sentence. A=4 is the solution. The solution always makes the number sentence true.
HW: Finish pages 74-75, Math box 3.11 and Study Link 3.11 are due tomorrow
Social Studies: (Grannan)
We continued our work on the song lyrics reviewing the five groups of people who made contributions to the early Americas. We also played a review game of chapter 3 concepts in preparation for Wednesdays test.
HW: Test over chapter 3 will be given on Wednesday.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Where Are These Weeks Going???
Time is FLYING by...I can't believe we are at the end of another week!
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning, in addition to working on more poetry. Our poems this week were Quatrains...which have four lines and some sort of rhyming scheme. It was fun to read the poems and explore their AABB, ABBA, ABAB, and ABCB rhyming patterns.
HW: RIT quiz will be given on Monday.
Math: We rotated through three centers today. We enjoyed practicing multiplication facts by playing Multiplication Baseball, working on a variety of topics on Study Island and lastly, working with the Top It game.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Woods) We continued our work on our songs today and also played a great review game for Tuesday's test.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on Tuesday for Woods' Class.
I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful weekend. Go Irish!
LA: We had our usual assessments this morning, in addition to working on more poetry. Our poems this week were Quatrains...which have four lines and some sort of rhyming scheme. It was fun to read the poems and explore their AABB, ABBA, ABAB, and ABCB rhyming patterns.
HW: RIT quiz will be given on Monday.
Math: We rotated through three centers today. We enjoyed practicing multiplication facts by playing Multiplication Baseball, working on a variety of topics on Study Island and lastly, working with the Top It game.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Woods) We continued our work on our songs today and also played a great review game for Tuesday's test.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on Tuesday for Woods' Class.
I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful weekend. Go Irish!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Welcoming Wednesday!
We had a lot of "Welcoming" to do today! We first welcomed Mrs. Helman into our classroom. She is currently taking classes at IUSB, in the education department. She will be with us for the next several Wednesdays, both observing and teaching some lessons! We were super impressed when she could recite everyone's names after the first hour of Language Arts!
We also welcomed in Mrs. King, Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Stevens today for Art Smart. We had an awesome time learning about Pablo Picasso and all of the crazy art he created in his lifetime. Be on the look out for our projects soon!
LA: Another busy morning. We continued to review plural nouns and their spelling during our grammar minute, as well as talking about the proper placement of commas in a sentence. We spent some time sorting our spelling words by their sounds and using them to complete sentences. We played a review game for our RIT words (to help practice for Monday's quiz) and found out that many of us need to be studying these very important words more closely! :/ We also continued to work on writing skills, by writing a Welcome To Northpoint letter to Mrs. Helman. She certainly enjoyed the advice (that showed up from many friends) to stay away from the "Mac and glue" in the cafeteria! :) Last but not least, we spent some time writing our third diary entry.
HW: Finish letter to Mrs. Helman, letter/card to Jaylan, and diary entry #3 for tomorrow. Book orders are also due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday, like normal. RIT word quiz will be given on Monday.
Math: We spent a few minutes on maps and how to use map scales today. Since we all did well with that skill, we moved right onto to number sentences and distinguishing between those that are true and those that aren't.
HW: Page 69 in journals, math box and study link 3.9 are all due tomorrow. A look ahead-Unit 3 math test will be given next Wednesday.
Social Studies: No Social Studies today due to Art Smart
HW: Woods' class will be having their chapter 3 test next Tuesday and Grannan's class will be having their test next Wednesday.
We also welcomed in Mrs. King, Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Stevens today for Art Smart. We had an awesome time learning about Pablo Picasso and all of the crazy art he created in his lifetime. Be on the look out for our projects soon!
LA: Another busy morning. We continued to review plural nouns and their spelling during our grammar minute, as well as talking about the proper placement of commas in a sentence. We spent some time sorting our spelling words by their sounds and using them to complete sentences. We played a review game for our RIT words (to help practice for Monday's quiz) and found out that many of us need to be studying these very important words more closely! :/ We also continued to work on writing skills, by writing a Welcome To Northpoint letter to Mrs. Helman. She certainly enjoyed the advice (that showed up from many friends) to stay away from the "Mac and glue" in the cafeteria! :) Last but not least, we spent some time writing our third diary entry.
HW: Finish letter to Mrs. Helman, letter/card to Jaylan, and diary entry #3 for tomorrow. Book orders are also due tomorrow. Weekly homework is due Friday, like normal. RIT word quiz will be given on Monday.
Math: We spent a few minutes on maps and how to use map scales today. Since we all did well with that skill, we moved right onto to number sentences and distinguishing between those that are true and those that aren't.
HW: Page 69 in journals, math box and study link 3.9 are all due tomorrow. A look ahead-Unit 3 math test will be given next Wednesday.
Social Studies: No Social Studies today due to Art Smart
HW: Woods' class will be having their chapter 3 test next Tuesday and Grannan's class will be having their test next Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Terrific Tuesday!
LA: We had a busy morning. We have received the great news that we will be receiving the Odyssey program for Language Arts as well as Math, therefore, we took some time today to take the Reading MAP test so that we can make the best use of that program for each student! The Odyssey programs will replace the old Renaissance Programs that we have had in the past. We also reviewed singular and plural nouns in grammar, as well as common and proper nouns, too. We made time for our next diary entry, (we're doing one each day this week to help us understand the character's motives from our story) and worked on our Diamonte Poems that were started on Friday.
HW: Finish Diamante Poems, diary entry #2 and continue to work on weekly homework.
Math: Problem solving! We had a great time learning how to properly go through the process of solving problems. We learned that it's important to fully understand the problem, get rid of the unnecessary information, gather together a plan to solve and finally make it happen.
HW: Math box and study link 3.8 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up with our Asian American groups pictures today and finished reading all the sections in chapter 3. We also made it through the Reading Further section. Partners began their work on 5 song verses about the groups of people we have been learning about in this chapter.
HW: Study guides for the chapter 3 test were passed out today. The test will be given next Tuesday.
HW: Finish Diamante Poems, diary entry #2 and continue to work on weekly homework.
Math: Problem solving! We had a great time learning how to properly go through the process of solving problems. We learned that it's important to fully understand the problem, get rid of the unnecessary information, gather together a plan to solve and finally make it happen.
HW: Math box and study link 3.8 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up with our Asian American groups pictures today and finished reading all the sections in chapter 3. We also made it through the Reading Further section. Partners began their work on 5 song verses about the groups of people we have been learning about in this chapter.
HW: Study guides for the chapter 3 test were passed out today. The test will be given next Tuesday.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Welcome back to school. I hope everyone had a great weekend.
The Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Auction was an AMAZING success! Thank you so much for all of your support.
Art Smart is this Wednesday!
Language Arts
We then introduced our story vocabulary: overheard, opportunities, border, unions, strikes, citizen and boycotts. Our comprehension skills for the week are generating questions and making inferences. Our story is My Diary from Here to There.
RIT Words.
Consonance - The repetition of consonant sounds. Although it is similar to alliteration, consonance is not limited to the first letters of words.
Irony - An expression in which the author says one thing but means just the opposite.
Anecdote - A brief story used to make a point.
Parallelism - Repeating similar word or phrases to give writing rhythm
Allusion - A reference to a familiar person, place thing or event.
HW: Weekly Work and Diary Entry #1
Math: We had a great trip to Egypt today. We had many great discussions as we started the "World Tour" section of our Math book. A lot of information was read and shared about this country.
HW: Math box and study link 3.6 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We all came together today to teach one another about the early groups that came to America. It's always fun to learn from one another.
HW: A look ahead...the chapter 3 test is scheduled for next Wednesday, 10/13!
The Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Auction was an AMAZING success! Thank you so much for all of your support.
Language Arts
Book orders are due on Wednesday.
Mondays are always busy days as we introduce the vocabulary and skills that we will be reviewing throughout the week. Today the students went to IMC and music. We came back to class and got straight to work. We took our spelling pretest and got our homework for the week together. Our grammar skill of the week is singular (single) and plural (plenty) nouns.We then introduced our story vocabulary: overheard, opportunities, border, unions, strikes, citizen and boycotts. Our comprehension skills for the week are generating questions and making inferences. Our story is My Diary from Here to There.
RIT Words.
Consonance - The repetition of consonant sounds. Although it is similar to alliteration, consonance is not limited to the first letters of words.
Irony - An expression in which the author says one thing but means just the opposite.
Anecdote - A brief story used to make a point.
Parallelism - Repeating similar word or phrases to give writing rhythm
Allusion - A reference to a familiar person, place thing or event.
HW: Weekly Work and Diary Entry #1
Math: We had a great trip to Egypt today. We had many great discussions as we started the "World Tour" section of our Math book. A lot of information was read and shared about this country.
HW: Math box and study link 3.6 are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We all came together today to teach one another about the early groups that came to America. It's always fun to learn from one another.
HW: A look ahead...the chapter 3 test is scheduled for next Wednesday, 10/13!
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