Ah, Bloomington!

Happy weekend to all!

It's the typical freezing here in Bloomington. Between the indoor recess and the closeness of winter break, the students are little "tidings of joy!" I love their enthusiasm and their patience during this time of year.

This weekend, students had two assignments to consider. One was a math packet. I have been noticing that students needed a little bit of guided practice with some of their skills. Each sheet in the packet demonstrates a process for finding an answer and then follows with some exercises for students to try. The other assignment is to get their mark chart slips signed.

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Sounds like we are in for some snow this afternoon. However, the temperature finally dropped low enough for students to have recess outside. Yeah!

I will be gone tomorrow. The students will have a guest teacher. That means student grade sheets and planners will be checked for signatures on Friday. An extra day should be helpful.

Math: Discussed Math Minute 37
Math homework: Get grade sheet signed; Homework sheet

Language Arts: Six-Minute Solutions, daily language practice, vocabulary discussion
Language Arts homework: Get grade sheets (2) signed; spelling packet on homophones

Social Studies: Presented chapter 3 collage pieces and took notes
Social Studies homework: Get grade sheet signed

Science: Discussed effect-cause worksheet; read lesson 1 in Ch. 6
Science homework: Complete Lesson 1 sheet ; get grade sheet signed

Other: Completed planners need to be signed tonight; home communication sheet needs to be signed

Brrr...

Happy Tuesday!

Math: Discussed Math Minute 31 and last night's homework
Math homework: Homework sheet

Language Arts: Worked on noun-verb poems; spelling pre-test
Language Arts homework: Noun-verb poem final draft (double-check using checklist)

Science: Vocabulary preview for Ch. 6; Effect-cause worksheet; handed in test corrections (if completed)
Science homework: Effect-cause worksheet

Social Studies: Discussed contributions to America from different cultural groups

A snowy return!

Happy almost-winter to all!

Here is what our day entailed:

New seats! Hooray!

Math: Discussed radial symmetry; made snowflakes; got quizzes back and discussed them.
Math homework: Homework sheet

Language Arts: Discussed planner for December; made name tags for desks; worked on noun-verb poems; Six-Minute Solutions fluency practice

Science: Got science tests back; made corrections
Science homework: Finish corrections sheet and hand in tomorrow

Social studies: Last day for collage pieces (in groups)
Social studies homework: Finish collage pieces, if your group is not finished

Announcements: Our Winter Party will be Thursday, December 18 at 2:30. Our Holiday Program will be that same night at 7 PM (5:30 for younger students). More information will follow on both of these events.

Sorry for the absence!

Hello to all!

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted to our site! I am going to try to make my posts on a daily basis in December. Thanks to all who have asked about it. It makes me realize that people were, indeed, reading it!

As part of my "Hello, again!" post, I would like to share a couple of slide shows with you. The first was from our field trip to Weldon Springs on October 9. We had gorgeous weather! Alas, our governor has since closed the state park, along with several others, in the midst of budget cuts. We feel very fortunate to have been a part of the outreach of Weldon Springs and the Illinois DNR. Carol Thompson is seen in many of these photos. She was our thoroughly knowledgeable guide on our day.

During our study of The Phantom of the Opera in October, students watched clips from the movie adaptation of the book. We ended the week with our fall party, a "Masquerade." Students made some wonderful, creative masks!