Monday, November 23, 2009

Short week!

Due to my absence on Friday, I sent home mark chart slips today. I will not be sending another home this week, nor will the students be getting grade sheets this week. Students also will not be required to get their planners signed.

Math: Thanksgiving Dinner Budget
Math homework (optional): Students may wish to gather some information from home as far as the cost of some typical Thanksgiving dinner items. They may also wish to find ads from the paper for local grocery stores.

Language arts: DEAR; Leather Stories; The Thing About Georgie Reading Counts! tests; Preposition Song assessments
Language arts homework: Preposition Song assessment must be passed before Thanksgiving

Science: read AgMag about pumpkins

Irving Festival of Trees family tree decorating project due November 30 or before!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Social Studies Review Game

Here's a game of Battleship that will help with reviewing for Tuesday's social studies test:

http://www.quia.com/ba/231585.html?AP_rand=37820380

Wonderful Wednesday

ALL CLASSES: GET GRADE SHEETS AND PLANNERS SIGNED

Math: Math Minute Assessment Review
Math homework: assessment tomorrow; get study packet signed

Science: went over chapter review homework; finished radishes experiment; review game
Science homework: test Friday

Social studies homework: get study guide signed and completed; review game tomorrow

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; handwriting (prefixes and suffixes); The Thing About Georgie read-aloud; revised adverb sentences; watched SchoolHouse Rock

Canned Food Drive ends tomorrow

Science Test Review Site

Here's a link to assist in preparing for the science test on Friday. Hope it's helpful!

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1581398.html

Monday, November 16, 2009

Quite a busy week ahead!

Math: Speaker from American Legion; Math Minute 30

Language arts: DEAR; Six-Minute Solution; The Thing About Georgie; Handwriting; Sentence Patterns beginning with adverbs

Science: Finished Ch. 4, Lesson 4; organized Ch. 4 papers

Science homework: Complete on looseleaf: p. 134, #1-7, 8, 9, 13 and p. 135 #14 - 19; study for test on Friday; ANY EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS DUE ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY

Upcoming assessments: Social Studies - Tuesday, November 24; Science - Friday, November 20

Class review games: Social Studies - Thursday, November 19; Science - Wednesday, November 18