Monday, December 12

Whew!  We're in the home stretch!  It's very important that the students stay as focused as possible in these last two weeks.  If you have an early exit planned, and won't be here through the 23rd, please let me know as soon as possible so we can make plans.

There is a lot going on in the next couple of weeks!  Here's a quick snapshot of what our days look like:

Wednesday, 12/14: Art Smart
Friday, 12/16: Reading Projects Due (Woods), Giving Tree donations due, Science Expo proposals due
Wednesday, 12/21: Mini Mall
Friday, 12/23: Giving Celebration, Winter Breaks begins

Interesting Fact of the Day: The most used letter in the English alphabet is "e" and the "q" is the least used.

LA: We jumped back into the basal today since we finished Maniac Magee last week.  This week, our historical fiction piece is called, Sleds on Boston Common. It was a lot of fun to tie our literature piece into what we are learning about in Social Studies currently.  Our vocabulary words for the week are: navigation, instruct, swagger, patriots, tyrant, stark, governor and spunk.  In grammar we are learning about action verbs.  During our skill practice, we will be reviewing how to draw conclusions based off of text clues, working with alliteration and meter in poetry and also building word families.

HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday.  The vocabulary sentences are due tomorrow.  Reading projects are due on Friday...be prepared to present if your stick is pulled.

Math: We are just about to the end of unit 6.  Today, we talked about clock fractions, and how to use a clock to help us figure out an easy way to add and subtract fractions.  Some of us prefer the good ol' fashioned way, and that's okay too!  Just another resource to add to our collection.

HW: Finish journal pages 195-197.  Math boxes and study link 6.9 are also due tomorrow.  The unit 6 test will be given on Thursday of this week.


Social Studies: (Grannan) We started in chapter 7 today.  During this chapter, we are learning about the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies. We'll be making billboards trying to attract new settlers into specific areas.

HW: None