Interesting Fact of the Day: Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
Don't forget to wear a hat tomorrow!
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this week at conferences!
LA: We jumped into the last story of Unit 1 this morning. It's titled, Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs. Our vocabulary skill is using a thesaurus to find synonyms. Our Vocabulary words are canceled, moistened, transformed, cooperation, theory, fragrance, celebration, and variety. Our comprehension skill is cause and effect. In grammar, we are focusing on correcting run-on sentences. More r-controlled vowel sounds in spelling this week.
RIT words
Allegorical Figure - A character who stands for an idea in an allegory. Aslan stands for love in the Narnia stories.
Metonymy - The substitution of one word for another related word. For example: The crown instead of royalty.
Character - (review) A person in a story.
Syntax - The order and relationship of words in a sentence. (grammar)
Protagonist - The main character. Percy Jackson is the protagonist of the Camp Half-Blood series.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due on Thursday
Math: We continued our work on division today, focusing mainly on what to do with remainders. There are occasions we ignore them, round up using them or times when we need to turn them into fractions or decimals.
HW: Finish journal page 112, complete 113, MB and SL 4.6 and the extra sheet.
Social Studies: (Woods) We took a turn at being deep sea divers today, exploring the remains of a ship wreck from long ago. We had a great time diving for objects that were either artifacts or natural resources and discussing the importance of each.
HW: Northeast Region test will take place on November 1st.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday--And It's NOT Raining!
Interesting Fact of the Day: Fish are the only vertebrates that outnumber birds.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone next week during conferences. I'll do my best to be on schedule if you'll do your best to be on time.
Don't forget to wear RED on Monday to kickoff Red Ribbon Week!
LA: We took our Friday assessments this morning, which included Grammar, Weekly, Selection, Spelling and Vocabulary Vine. We also had a great time about making healthy choices by a special presentation by Healthworks.
HW: None
Math: We spent the first part of our time together in the computer lab doing the Odyssey program. This serves as a great review of all sorts of skills.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We jumped into chapter 4 today, learning about the Europeans coming to the "New World" and what they had to do to plan to make that happen.
HW: Northeast Region test will be given on November 2nd. All the states and capitals were gone over in class today.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone next week during conferences. I'll do my best to be on schedule if you'll do your best to be on time.
Don't forget to wear RED on Monday to kickoff Red Ribbon Week!
LA: We took our Friday assessments this morning, which included Grammar, Weekly, Selection, Spelling and Vocabulary Vine. We also had a great time about making healthy choices by a special presentation by Healthworks.
HW: None
Math: We spent the first part of our time together in the computer lab doing the Odyssey program. This serves as a great review of all sorts of skills.
HW: None
Social Studies: (Grannan) We jumped into chapter 4 today, learning about the Europeans coming to the "New World" and what they had to do to plan to make that happen.
HW: Northeast Region test will be given on November 2nd. All the states and capitals were gone over in class today.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Another Rainy Day...
Interesting Fact of The Day: The chameleon has a tongue that is one and half times the length of his body.
We had a great day "Mixing It Up" at lunch today. Be sure to talk about it at dinner tonight.
LA: We finished up learning our skills for the week and busily prepared for our assessments that will take place tomorrow. We also had a great time helping our first grade friends work on their safety posters today during reading buddies.
HW: Weekly homework packets are due tomorrow. Don't forget parent signatures. Book orders are due Tuesday.
Math: Work day! We had an hour long work day today, making our way through a chunk of chapter 4.
HW: Journal pages 104 and 109, math boxes 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 are due tomorrow, along with study link 4.4. Don't forget the last page of the packet is also due.
DARE this afternoon.
We had a great day "Mixing It Up" at lunch today. Be sure to talk about it at dinner tonight.
LA: We finished up learning our skills for the week and busily prepared for our assessments that will take place tomorrow. We also had a great time helping our first grade friends work on their safety posters today during reading buddies.
HW: Weekly homework packets are due tomorrow. Don't forget parent signatures. Book orders are due Tuesday.
Math: Work day! We had an hour long work day today, making our way through a chunk of chapter 4.
HW: Journal pages 104 and 109, math boxes 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 are due tomorrow, along with study link 4.4. Don't forget the last page of the packet is also due.
DARE this afternoon.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wednesday, October 18
I can't believe today is the last day of the first nine weeks! Where is our time going???
Interesting Fact of the Day: Porcupines float in water!
LA: We're still busy learning about all of the skills this week's story brings with it. Today's focus was on sorting spelling words, creating complex sentences and using main ideas to create summaries. We also spent more time editing, fixing and rewriting our Red Ribbon Week writing.
HW: Weekly homework is due Friday--don't forget parent signatures on top and for the reading minutes. The final draft of Red Ribbon Writing is due tomorrow--don't forget to turn in your sloppy copy with your color editing sheet attached. Book orders are due next Tuesday.
Math: We continued on our journey of learning all sorts of division strategies today. We focused specifically on double digit divisors.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2 along with the next 2 packet pages are due tomorrow.
We had a great Art Smart lesson today, presented by Mrs. King. Special thanks to Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Rippey, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Day, and Mrs. Roberts for all the extra help!
Interesting Fact of the Day: Porcupines float in water!
LA: We're still busy learning about all of the skills this week's story brings with it. Today's focus was on sorting spelling words, creating complex sentences and using main ideas to create summaries. We also spent more time editing, fixing and rewriting our Red Ribbon Week writing.
HW: Weekly homework is due Friday--don't forget parent signatures on top and for the reading minutes. The final draft of Red Ribbon Writing is due tomorrow--don't forget to turn in your sloppy copy with your color editing sheet attached. Book orders are due next Tuesday.
Math: We continued on our journey of learning all sorts of division strategies today. We focused specifically on double digit divisors.
HW: Math box and study link 4.2 along with the next 2 packet pages are due tomorrow.
We had a great Art Smart lesson today, presented by Mrs. King. Special thanks to Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Rippey, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Day, and Mrs. Roberts for all the extra help!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Interesting Fact of the Day: There are more chickens than people in the world.
It's Safety Week at PHM! We will be practicing Bus Safety tomorrow afternoon as part of the week's activities!
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Look for the pictures to come home tomorrow or Wednesday. Picture retakes are going to be October 26th.
Language Arts~
We began a new story in our readers today. It is called Ultimate Field Trip 5 and it is a nonfiction story about going to Space Camp. It tells all the different ways the astronauts prepare for going into space and adds real life facts about space trips. Our comprehension skills include asking questions to check understanding and summarizing the main ideas. Our vocabulary skill is focusing on context clues and using descriptions to figure out words. Our vocabulary words for the week are: maze, function, adjusted, gravity, zone, environment, disasters, and mission. Our spelling focus is on r-controlled vowels sounds and our grammar focus is writing complex sentences. All assessments from Friday were passed out today. Be on the lookout for selection assessment, spelling, grammar, weekly, RIT (may be in green binder) the weekly homework packet from last week.
RIT Words:
Climax: The turning point of the action; the moment when the action reaches its highest point of conflict or tension.
Cliche-An overused word or phrase that springs quickly to mind but just as quickly bores the user and audience.
Allegory: A narrative in which abstractions are made concrete; characters stand for principles, attitudes, etc.
Bias: A preconceived opinion about something
Caricature: A distorted character resulting from the author's deliberate exaggeration of a trait or traits of personality.
HW: Weekly Homework is due on Friday. Don't forget to get parent signatures. Safety posters are due Wednesday...this will be part of your writing grade for the week!
Math~We're ready to jump into the next unit after Friday's test! Unit 4 is all about division. We pretested today so that we can really focus our instruction. Unit 3 tests were passed back today...watch for them in folders tonight!
Social Studies: (Grannan) We had the chapter 3 test today.
HW: None
It's Safety Week at PHM! We will be practicing Bus Safety tomorrow afternoon as part of the week's activities!
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Look for the pictures to come home tomorrow or Wednesday. Picture retakes are going to be October 26th.
Language Arts~
We began a new story in our readers today. It is called Ultimate Field Trip 5 and it is a nonfiction story about going to Space Camp. It tells all the different ways the astronauts prepare for going into space and adds real life facts about space trips. Our comprehension skills include asking questions to check understanding and summarizing the main ideas. Our vocabulary skill is focusing on context clues and using descriptions to figure out words. Our vocabulary words for the week are: maze, function, adjusted, gravity, zone, environment, disasters, and mission. Our spelling focus is on r-controlled vowels sounds and our grammar focus is writing complex sentences. All assessments from Friday were passed out today. Be on the lookout for selection assessment, spelling, grammar, weekly, RIT (may be in green binder) the weekly homework packet from last week.
RIT Words:
Climax: The turning point of the action; the moment when the action reaches its highest point of conflict or tension.
Cliche-An overused word or phrase that springs quickly to mind but just as quickly bores the user and audience.
Allegory: A narrative in which abstractions are made concrete; characters stand for principles, attitudes, etc.
Bias: A preconceived opinion about something
Caricature: A distorted character resulting from the author's deliberate exaggeration of a trait or traits of personality.
HW: Weekly Homework is due on Friday. Don't forget to get parent signatures. Safety posters are due Wednesday...this will be part of your writing grade for the week!
Math~We're ready to jump into the next unit after Friday's test! Unit 4 is all about division. We pretested today so that we can really focus our instruction. Unit 3 tests were passed back today...watch for them in folders tonight!
Social Studies: (Grannan) We had the chapter 3 test today.
HW: None
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Thursday, October 13
Interesting Fact Of The Day: A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
LA: Hooray! Our writer's workshop books have come to life! I'm so excited to share them tomorrow in our class "Library!" We also finished our skills for the week in preparation for tomorrow's assessments. We also spent some time in the computer lab researching different types of trees! (A few of us got to experience how amazing the iPad is that Northpoint now owns...we're just trying to figure out how to keep it in our room!)
HW: Weekly homework packets are due tomorrow. Don't forget parent signatures up top stating you have read the story aloud and also at the bottom of the first page verifying reading minutes for the week. Writer's Workshop books are due at the beginning of class tomorrow...there will be no work time to complete them!
Math: We spent the entire day using the math websites from our Blog to do a review for tomorrow's test.
HW: Study your math notes for tomorrow's test. Come prepared to ask questions about anything you need cleared up before the test.
We had DARE with Officer Redman today.
LA: Hooray! Our writer's workshop books have come to life! I'm so excited to share them tomorrow in our class "Library!" We also finished our skills for the week in preparation for tomorrow's assessments. We also spent some time in the computer lab researching different types of trees! (A few of us got to experience how amazing the iPad is that Northpoint now owns...we're just trying to figure out how to keep it in our room!)
HW: Weekly homework packets are due tomorrow. Don't forget parent signatures up top stating you have read the story aloud and also at the bottom of the first page verifying reading minutes for the week. Writer's Workshop books are due at the beginning of class tomorrow...there will be no work time to complete them!
Math: We spent the entire day using the math websites from our Blog to do a review for tomorrow's test.
HW: Study your math notes for tomorrow's test. Come prepared to ask questions about anything you need cleared up before the test.
We had DARE with Officer Redman today.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, October 11
Interesting Fact Of The Day: All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Don't forget to come dressed like a SUPER HERO tomorrow!
LA: We continued our work on our story this week. Today, we compared and contrasted trees of different types today using a Venn Diagram. We also reviewed our RIT words today and wrote more examples of each. Finally, we spent a chunk of time typing our stories in writer's workshop.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. The normal assessments will be given as well as a RIT quiz.
Math: We took another break from the journal today and continued our review of all sorts of polygons and angles. This gave me another chance to work with small groups and review confusing skills.
HW: There was a packet handed out today for review. The first two pages are due tomorrow, the next two pages are due Thursday and the last page is due Friday. The test will be given on Friday.
Social Studies: (Woods) We shared the Reading Further section together today after reviewing our notes together as table groups. A sheet of notes over the Reading Further section was handed out.
HW: Test on Friday over chapter 3--the letter is also due on Friday.
Don't forget to come dressed like a SUPER HERO tomorrow!
LA: We continued our work on our story this week. Today, we compared and contrasted trees of different types today using a Venn Diagram. We also reviewed our RIT words today and wrote more examples of each. Finally, we spent a chunk of time typing our stories in writer's workshop.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. The normal assessments will be given as well as a RIT quiz.
Math: We took another break from the journal today and continued our review of all sorts of polygons and angles. This gave me another chance to work with small groups and review confusing skills.
HW: There was a packet handed out today for review. The first two pages are due tomorrow, the next two pages are due Thursday and the last page is due Friday. The test will be given on Friday.
Social Studies: (Woods) We shared the Reading Further section together today after reviewing our notes together as table groups. A sheet of notes over the Reading Further section was handed out.
HW: Test on Friday over chapter 3--the letter is also due on Friday.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, October 10
Interesting Fact Of The Day: If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
LA: We began our next story this morning, Time for Kids, Forests of the World. This is a great informational article full of facts! This week we are going to be focusing on combining sentences and using conjunctions in grammar. For our practice skills we will be working on comparing and contrasting with Venn Diagrams and using resources such as libraries and media centers. Lastly, we started typing our books in the computer lab!
Our vocabulary words for the week are: quest, settings, reduce, buffet and major.
Our RIT words for the week are:
Anecdote-a brief story used to illustrate or make a point.
Idiom-a phrase or an expression that means something different from what the words actually say.
Mood-the atmosphere or feeling a text brings alive in the reader.
Connotation-the feelings or images a word evokes
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-it's literal meaning
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. Keep working on illustrations for your writer's workshop book, RIT test over all 15 words on Friday.
Math: We worked with tessellations today! We had a lot of fun exploring different polygons that make a regular tessellation.
HW: Finish journal page 83 and math box 3.8 are due tomorrow. Extra Credit Opportunity--create a tessellation.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up reading the sections in chapter 3. We also did some partner review work to go over all the different tribes in this chapter.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on week from today!
LA: We began our next story this morning, Time for Kids, Forests of the World. This is a great informational article full of facts! This week we are going to be focusing on combining sentences and using conjunctions in grammar. For our practice skills we will be working on comparing and contrasting with Venn Diagrams and using resources such as libraries and media centers. Lastly, we started typing our books in the computer lab!
Our vocabulary words for the week are: quest, settings, reduce, buffet and major.
Our RIT words for the week are:
Anecdote-a brief story used to illustrate or make a point.
Idiom-a phrase or an expression that means something different from what the words actually say.
Mood-the atmosphere or feeling a text brings alive in the reader.
Connotation-the feelings or images a word evokes
Denotation-the dictionary definition of a word-it's literal meaning
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. Keep working on illustrations for your writer's workshop book, RIT test over all 15 words on Friday.
Math: We worked with tessellations today! We had a lot of fun exploring different polygons that make a regular tessellation.
HW: Finish journal page 83 and math box 3.8 are due tomorrow. Extra Credit Opportunity--create a tessellation.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished up reading the sections in chapter 3. We also did some partner review work to go over all the different tribes in this chapter.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given on week from today!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Friday, Friday
Interesting Fact Of The Day: 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S.
LA: Assessment day, today! We took our assessments over the story, spelling,and grammar this morning. We also had an assessment in Vocabulary Vine. We continued our work in writer's workshop as well! The stories will really start coming to life next week as we begin typing them!
HW: Start to work on your illustrations for your book.
Math: It was a review day. Mrs. Helman met with small groups after doing a whole class review for a while. It was a great day to catch up on some tricky skills.
HW: Review sheet is due Monday if it wasn't finished in class today. Check out the math links at the bottom of the post to help review your skills!
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up reading all the sections from chapter 3 today and started some partner work on a review sheet for the chapter 3 test.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given two weeks from today.
A heap of Math games for Geometry!!!
Triangles:
LA: Assessment day, today! We took our assessments over the story, spelling,and grammar this morning. We also had an assessment in Vocabulary Vine. We continued our work in writer's workshop as well! The stories will really start coming to life next week as we begin typing them!
HW: Start to work on your illustrations for your book.
Math: It was a review day. Mrs. Helman met with small groups after doing a whole class review for a while. It was a great day to catch up on some tricky skills.
HW: Review sheet is due Monday if it wasn't finished in class today. Check out the math links at the bottom of the post to help review your skills!
Social Studies: (Woods) We finished up reading all the sections from chapter 3 today and started some partner work on a review sheet for the chapter 3 test.
HW: Chapter 3 test will be given two weeks from today.
A heap of Math games for Geometry!!!
Triangles:
- Types of Triangles Baseball
- Types of Triangles "Quiz"
- Triangle Sorting Game (scroll down to the Triangle Sort game)
- Types of Angles Baseball (Right, Acute, Obtuse, Straight, and Reflex)
- Vertical and Adjacent Angles Baseball
- All Different Types of Angles Baseball
- Angles Inside Polygon (practice sheet)
- Polygon Baseball
- Matching Polygons
- Types of Polygons
- Polygon "Quiz"
- Sorting Polygons (scroll down to the Polygon Sort Game)
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, October 6
Interesting Fact Of The Day: Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone
LA: We finished up all the skills that go with this week's story and reviewed for tomorrow's assessments. We also continued our work on writing our rough drafts and finding pictures in computer lab to use as our illustrations.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due tomorrow. Don't forget that ALL parent signature places need to be filled out. This includes the spot up top stating that the story has been read aloud this week, and also the spots on the bottom for nightly reading minutes. Edited rough drafts are due tomorrow as well.
Math: We learned about concave, convex, regular and not regular polygons today. There were lots of practice pages to cover this very tricky skill.
HW: Journal page 80, MB and SL 3.7, along with the 2 extra sheets are all due tomorrow.
We had a DARE lesson today!
LA: We finished up all the skills that go with this week's story and reviewed for tomorrow's assessments. We also continued our work on writing our rough drafts and finding pictures in computer lab to use as our illustrations.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due tomorrow. Don't forget that ALL parent signature places need to be filled out. This includes the spot up top stating that the story has been read aloud this week, and also the spots on the bottom for nightly reading minutes. Edited rough drafts are due tomorrow as well.
Math: We learned about concave, convex, regular and not regular polygons today. There were lots of practice pages to cover this very tricky skill.
HW: Journal page 80, MB and SL 3.7, along with the 2 extra sheets are all due tomorrow.
We had a DARE lesson today!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Thursday, October 5
Interesting Fact of the Day: Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil!
LA: We continued on with our story this week, reading it aloud together. We also worked on commas in a series, reviewed subjects and predicates and went over how the setting effects the plot. We also worked really hard on writing our rough drafts for our writing workshop. There has been some confusion with some of our friends, that they need to write 9 full pages of story. This is not the case. The books will have 9 pages of story and illustrations together...not all writing.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. The rough draft is due tomorrow.
Math: We spent the day working on angles again today. Today's focus was triangles, congruent triangles and congruent angles.
HW: Math journal pages 75-77, math boxes 3.6, study link 3.6 and extra sheet are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished 3.3 today, and then plugged onto sections 3.4-3.6. We ended the day with a review game! This chapter is filled with lots of important names and information.
Western Region States and Capitals Quiz (Please note: this map includes Arizona and New Mexico which will not be tested. It does not have Alaska and Hawaii which will be tested.). When you take the quiz, the state will always be the circle in the top left corner of the state and the capital will always be the circle closest to the middle of the state.
LA: We continued on with our story this week, reading it aloud together. We also worked on commas in a series, reviewed subjects and predicates and went over how the setting effects the plot. We also worked really hard on writing our rough drafts for our writing workshop. There has been some confusion with some of our friends, that they need to write 9 full pages of story. This is not the case. The books will have 9 pages of story and illustrations together...not all writing.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. The rough draft is due tomorrow.
Math: We spent the day working on angles again today. Today's focus was triangles, congruent triangles and congruent angles.
HW: Math journal pages 75-77, math boxes 3.6, study link 3.6 and extra sheet are due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We finished 3.3 today, and then plugged onto sections 3.4-3.6. We ended the day with a review game! This chapter is filled with lots of important names and information.
Western Region States and Capitals Quiz (Please note: this map includes Arizona and New Mexico which will not be tested. It does not have Alaska and Hawaii which will be tested.). When you take the quiz, the state will always be the circle in the top left corner of the state and the capital will always be the circle closest to the middle of the state.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
October 4
Interesting Fact of the Day: Most people blink about 17,000 times a day.
LA: We continued on with our basal story this morning, focusing on subjects and predicates. We also talked about our spelling words and the different sounds that make up the words. We practiced our RIT words and vocabulary words as well. Mrs. Helman also did an awesome lesson on word choice in our writer's workshop portion of the morning.
HW: Opening page of the writer's workshop and start of the rough draft is due tomorrow. Don't forget that the weekly homework packet is due Friday.
Math: Today we focused on angles of all kinds! We learned about adjacent, vertical, and using a compass to measure things.
HW: Math journal pages 72-73, math boxes 3.5 and study link 3.5 are due tomorrow. Be sure to check out the games Mrs. Helman linked to help with angles!
Math Games: Practicing Types of Angles and/or Practicing Vertical and Adjacent Angles
Social Studies: (Woods) We read through sections 3.3-3.6 today and took notes on more Native American tribes.
HW: None
LA: We continued on with our basal story this morning, focusing on subjects and predicates. We also talked about our spelling words and the different sounds that make up the words. We practiced our RIT words and vocabulary words as well. Mrs. Helman also did an awesome lesson on word choice in our writer's workshop portion of the morning.
HW: Opening page of the writer's workshop and start of the rough draft is due tomorrow. Don't forget that the weekly homework packet is due Friday.
Math: Today we focused on angles of all kinds! We learned about adjacent, vertical, and using a compass to measure things.
HW: Math journal pages 72-73, math boxes 3.5 and study link 3.5 are due tomorrow. Be sure to check out the games Mrs. Helman linked to help with angles!
Math Games: Practicing Types of Angles and/or Practicing Vertical and Adjacent Angles
Social Studies: (Woods) We read through sections 3.3-3.6 today and took notes on more Native American tribes.
HW: None
Monday, October 3, 2011
Welcome, October
I can't believe it's already October! Wow!
Interesting Fact of the Day: The Starbucks at the highest elevation is on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado!
LA: We began our next story this morning, Davy Crockett Saves The World. With this story, we will be focusing on the following vocabulary words: impress, commenced, wring, advertisement, fireball, elected, original, and sauntered. In Grammar, we will be working with subjects and predicates. We continued on with our writer's workshop packet today as well. It was all about plot and learning the plot diagram this morning. We're getting closer to writing our books.
Our RIT words for the week are:
Oxymoron: a contradiction of terms
Plot: A series of intervening events, showing cause and effect, making up the total action of the work.
Tone: The overall feeling, or effect created by a writer's use of words. This may be serious, humorous, or satiric.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
Antagonist: The character or force whose opposition to the protagonist is the main source of conflict.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. Please send in the $1.50 for the writer's workshop books if you haven't already. Don't forget pages 14 and 15 are due tomorrow in your WW packet.
Math: Angles, angles, angles today! We had a lot of fun practicing measuring angles with protractors. Most of us remembered this skill well from previous years so it was a nice review.
HW: Math journal pages 68-69, along with math box 3.4 and study link 3.4 are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We made it through the first three sections of chapter 3 today. We're learning a lot of information about the different Native American tribes and where they settled.
HW: None
Interesting Fact of the Day: The Starbucks at the highest elevation is on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado!
LA: We began our next story this morning, Davy Crockett Saves The World. With this story, we will be focusing on the following vocabulary words: impress, commenced, wring, advertisement, fireball, elected, original, and sauntered. In Grammar, we will be working with subjects and predicates. We continued on with our writer's workshop packet today as well. It was all about plot and learning the plot diagram this morning. We're getting closer to writing our books.
Our RIT words for the week are:
Oxymoron: a contradiction of terms
Plot: A series of intervening events, showing cause and effect, making up the total action of the work.
Tone: The overall feeling, or effect created by a writer's use of words. This may be serious, humorous, or satiric.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
Antagonist: The character or force whose opposition to the protagonist is the main source of conflict.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. Please send in the $1.50 for the writer's workshop books if you haven't already. Don't forget pages 14 and 15 are due tomorrow in your WW packet.
Math: Angles, angles, angles today! We had a lot of fun practicing measuring angles with protractors. Most of us remembered this skill well from previous years so it was a nice review.
HW: Math journal pages 68-69, along with math box 3.4 and study link 3.4 are all due tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Grannan) We made it through the first three sections of chapter 3 today. We're learning a lot of information about the different Native American tribes and where they settled.
HW: None
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