Tomorrow is wear a jersey day!
Language Arts~
Today we went to computer lab and worked on Odyssey. We reviewed plural and possessive nouns in our grammar workbook. We read and discussed "Dear Mr. Winston." We visited our reading buddies. We worked on a writing prompt about how staying drug free can help us in the future. We learned that "par" means to set or get ready.
HW: Weekly homework and Assessments are tomorrow.
Math~
Today we worked on measuring and conversions between measurements in the metric system.
HW: Math Boxes and Study Link 4.8. Many students are done.
Science~
Mrs. Woods's class took their landform test.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thunderstorms and wind and rain, oh my!
Today was wear red day in honor of DARE. Tomorrow, students may wear a hat.
Parent Teacher Conferences are today and tomorrow!
Language Arts~
Today we went to PE. We came back into the classroom and sorted our spelling words. We previewed object pronouns and reviewed plural and plural possessive nouns. We also practiced safety by going to our storm locations.
Math~
Today we talked about the thousandths place value. We did journal pages 93, 94, and 95. We also completed study link 4.7.
If this didn't get done it is homework.
Science~
We went to the gym for a Red Ribbon Week assembly.
Parent Teacher Conferences are today and tomorrow!
Language Arts~
Today we went to PE. We came back into the classroom and sorted our spelling words. We previewed object pronouns and reviewed plural and plural possessive nouns. We also practiced safety by going to our storm locations.
Math~
Today we talked about the thousandths place value. We did journal pages 93, 94, and 95. We also completed study link 4.7.
If this didn't get done it is homework.
Science~
We went to the gym for a Red Ribbon Week assembly.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Mismatched Monday
We kicked off our Red Ribbon Week celebration by wearing mismatched clothing today. Tomorrow is wear red day.
Parent Teacher conferences are tomorrow and Wednesday. Check those times.....
Language Arts~
Today was double specials day. We had music and went to the library. We came back to the classroom and started off with a spelling pretest. We then talked about subject pronouns and reviewed plural and possessive nouns. This is still giving a few of us some issues. We read a short story that introduced our vocabulary and comprehension skills for the week. Our vocabulary includes: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless and ambulance. Our comprehension skill is to make inferences and generate questions. We then listened to our story, "Dear Mr. Winston."
RIT Words
Consonance - The repetition of a consonant sound in a phrase. (It doesn't have to be at the beginning of the word.
Couplet - A 2-lined rhyming poem
Connotation - The feelings a word evokes.
Denotation - The dictionary definition of a word
Dialogue - A conversation between 2 or more characters.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Thursday this week. We will be having all the normal assessments on Wednesday this week.
Math~
Today we continued our work with decimals. We used the example of a savings account to practice adding and subtracting decimals.
HW: Mathboxes and Study Link 4.6
Science~
Landform test today. It was a long test. Many students have yet to complete it. We will keep working on it.
Parent Teacher conferences are tomorrow and Wednesday. Check those times.....
Language Arts~
Today was double specials day. We had music and went to the library. We came back to the classroom and started off with a spelling pretest. We then talked about subject pronouns and reviewed plural and possessive nouns. This is still giving a few of us some issues. We read a short story that introduced our vocabulary and comprehension skills for the week. Our vocabulary includes: weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless and ambulance. Our comprehension skill is to make inferences and generate questions. We then listened to our story, "Dear Mr. Winston."
RIT Words
Consonance - The repetition of a consonant sound in a phrase. (It doesn't have to be at the beginning of the word.
Couplet - A 2-lined rhyming poem
Connotation - The feelings a word evokes.
Denotation - The dictionary definition of a word
Dialogue - A conversation between 2 or more characters.
HW: Weekly homework is due on Thursday this week. We will be having all the normal assessments on Wednesday this week.
Math~
Today we continued our work with decimals. We used the example of a savings account to practice adding and subtracting decimals.
HW: Mathboxes and Study Link 4.6
Science~
Landform test today. It was a long test. Many students have yet to complete it. We will keep working on it.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Friday
This week went by so fast!!! Next week is Red Ribbon Week. Monday is Mismatch Day.
Language Arts~
We went to PE. We took our spelling test, selection assessment, and weekly assessment. We wrote concrete poetry.
Math~
We worked on Odyssey. We also worked on problem solving.
Science (Woods)~
Reviewed for science test on Wednesday. The test will be open note but students should still study. They received two study aides today.
Language Arts~
We went to PE. We took our spelling test, selection assessment, and weekly assessment. We wrote concrete poetry.
Math~
We worked on Odyssey. We also worked on problem solving.
Science (Woods)~
Reviewed for science test on Wednesday. The test will be open note but students should still study. They received two study aides today.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Busy Day
LA: Reviewed skills. Weekly Homework is due tomorrow.
Math: Addition and subtraction of decimals. Journal Pages 87-89 and study link 4.5
Science: Reviewed for science test on Monday. The test will be open note but students should still study. They recieved two study aides today.
Math: Addition and subtraction of decimals. Journal Pages 87-89 and study link 4.5
Science: Reviewed for science test on Monday. The test will be open note but students should still study. They recieved two study aides today.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday
What a busy day!
Language Arts~
We went to the computer lab and worked on Odyssey. It is amazing how quiet and focused the kids are during this time. I'm very proud of them. We came back to the classroom and worked on grammar. We reviewed plurals, possessives and talked about what to do with titles. Basically a major work gets underlined and something that is a part of another work gets quotes. We reviewed the meanings of spelling words. Next we went down to first grade and listened to our buddies read. We came back to the room and heard more reading projects. We shall finish those up tomorrow.
HW: Keep working on Weekly Homework.
Math~
We did centers today.
*Miss Grannan - We worked on estimating decimals.
*Miss Claire - We played decimal top it
*Odyssey - We worked on the math part of Odyssesy
*On Your Own - We read page 27 in our Student Reference book and did math boxes and study link 4.4
HW: Math boxes and Study link 4.4 (If not already completed)
Science~
We reviewed profile maps, contour lines, contour intervals, benchmarks and other information having to do with mountains. No homework
Language Arts~
We went to the computer lab and worked on Odyssey. It is amazing how quiet and focused the kids are during this time. I'm very proud of them. We came back to the classroom and worked on grammar. We reviewed plurals, possessives and talked about what to do with titles. Basically a major work gets underlined and something that is a part of another work gets quotes. We reviewed the meanings of spelling words. Next we went down to first grade and listened to our buddies read. We came back to the room and heard more reading projects. We shall finish those up tomorrow.
HW: Keep working on Weekly Homework.
Math~
We did centers today.
*Miss Grannan - We worked on estimating decimals.
*Miss Claire - We played decimal top it
*Odyssey - We worked on the math part of Odyssesy
*On Your Own - We read page 27 in our Student Reference book and did math boxes and study link 4.4
HW: Math boxes and Study link 4.4 (If not already completed)
Science~
We reviewed profile maps, contour lines, contour intervals, benchmarks and other information having to do with mountains. No homework
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday
Picture retake day is tomorrow. Look for a note to come home with your youngest child. Old picture packets need to be returned to the photographer at the time of the retake. If you were absent on picture day, new picture packets are in the office....
Language Arts -
We had PE today. We did a grammar minute that reviewed plurals. We learned about plural possessives. We sorted our spelling words and wrote some of them in alphabetical order. We also read our story with a partner. We watched a video on bus safety and listened to more reading projects.
HW: Continue working on weekly homework.
Math
Today we continued to work on decimals.
HW: p. 83 and 84. Study Link 4.3
Homeroom
We practiced bus safety.
Culver's Night and Skate Night at USA both tonight.
Language Arts -
We had PE today. We did a grammar minute that reviewed plurals. We learned about plural possessives. We sorted our spelling words and wrote some of them in alphabetical order. We also read our story with a partner. We watched a video on bus safety and listened to more reading projects.
HW: Continue working on weekly homework.
Math
Today we continued to work on decimals.
HW: p. 83 and 84. Study Link 4.3
Homeroom
We practiced bus safety.
Culver's Night and Skate Night at USA both tonight.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday
Picture retakes - Picture retakes are this Wednesday. If you want to retake pictures, you need to return the entire package. If you missed picutures the first time around, there are picture forms in the office.
Language Arts -
We had music and IMC today. We took our spelling pretest and began learning about possessive nouns. We previewed our story vocabulary: hilarious, convinced, mischief, independence, come in handy, dizzy whirlwind and nowadays. Problem and solution is our comprehension skill for the week. We listened to our story: How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. We began listening to our reading projects.
HW: Get started on weekly homework.
RIT Vocabulary:
Appositive - When you rename someone or something. This is often not needed information. For example: Sadie, my dog, is fluffy. My dog is the appositive that renames Sadie.
Bias - A preconceived opinion about something. A writer might have a bias about what he writes about either for or against. That bias will affect his word choice and tone.
Caricature - A distorted character resulting from the author 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. For example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks......
Math -
Today we reviewed decimal place value. We talked about what tenths and hundredths represent. No Homework.
Science -
We reviewed profile maps, contour lines, contour intervals, benchmarks and other information having to do with mountains. No homework.
Language Arts -
We had music and IMC today. We took our spelling pretest and began learning about possessive nouns. We previewed our story vocabulary: hilarious, convinced, mischief, independence, come in handy, dizzy whirlwind and nowadays. Problem and solution is our comprehension skill for the week. We listened to our story: How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. We began listening to our reading projects.
HW: Get started on weekly homework.
RIT Vocabulary:
Appositive - When you rename someone or something. This is often not needed information. For example: Sadie, my dog, is fluffy. My dog is the appositive that renames Sadie.
Bias - A preconceived opinion about something. A writer might have a bias about what he writes about either for or against. That bias will affect his word choice and tone.
Caricature - A distorted character resulting from the author 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. For example: red as a beet, cool as a cucumber, dumb as a box of rocks......
Math -
Today we reviewed decimal place value. We talked about what tenths and hundredths represent. No Homework.
Science -
We reviewed profile maps, contour lines, contour intervals, benchmarks and other information having to do with mountains. No homework.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thursday......
LA~
Today we....
reviewed spelling and vocabulary skills,
took our grammar test,
reread our story,
reviewed story vocabulary and comprehension skills and
wrote a journal entry about losing a favorite object.
We also had DEAR time and went to music.
Weekly homework is due tomorrow!
Math~
Today we reviewed place value and began discussing decimals.
We did math boxes and study link in class.
No Homework.
Science~
We took our topographic maps and used them to make profile maps. We also discussed peak, bases, contour lines and contour intervals.
No Homework
Today we....
reviewed spelling and vocabulary skills,
took our grammar test,
reread our story,
reviewed story vocabulary and comprehension skills and
wrote a journal entry about losing a favorite object.
We also had DEAR time and went to music.
Weekly homework is due tomorrow!
Math~
Today we reviewed place value and began discussing decimals.
We did math boxes and study link in class.
No Homework.
Science~
We took our topographic maps and used them to make profile maps. We also discussed peak, bases, contour lines and contour intervals.
No Homework
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Totally Tuesday
Another busy day at NP.
Language Arts~
We went to PE. We also....
sorted spelling words
reviewed common and proper nouns
spelled irregular plural nouns
reread our story
discussed fact and opinion
learned about quatrains, stanzas and rhyme schemes.
wrote poetry
learned Greek and Latin roots
read about Bad Kitty
HW: Read at least 20 minutes and finish working on weekly homework.
Math~
We have a test tomorrow.
We reviewed......
multiplication and division facts
true, false, and tricky number sentences
open sentences
problem solving
graphs and diagrams
HW: Study for the test!
Science~
We began learning about mountains and topographic maps.
HW: None
Language Arts~
We went to PE. We also....
sorted spelling words
reviewed common and proper nouns
spelled irregular plural nouns
reread our story
discussed fact and opinion
learned about quatrains, stanzas and rhyme schemes.
wrote poetry
learned Greek and Latin roots
read about Bad Kitty
HW: Read at least 20 minutes and finish working on weekly homework.
Math~
We have a test tomorrow.
We reviewed......
multiplication and division facts
true, false, and tricky number sentences
open sentences
problem solving
graphs and diagrams
HW: Study for the test!
Science~
We began learning about mountains and topographic maps.
HW: None
Monday, October 11, 2010
Busy Monday
I hope everyone enjoyed the summer-like weekend!
Language Arts~
We started our day with music and IMC. We took our spelling pretest and organized our homework. We reviewed nouns and talked about uncommon plural spellings. Our story this week is "Focus on China" and Stealing Beauty." 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. We worked on cursive handwriting.
Our Rit Words
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."
Math~
Today we discussed open sentences. An open sentence contains a variable. 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. We did pages 74-76 in our journals and Study Link 3.11 is homework. Test on Wednesday!
Science (Woods)
We saw how a flood can affect the stream tables.
Language Arts~
We started our day with music and IMC. We took our spelling pretest and organized our homework. We reviewed nouns and talked about uncommon plural spellings. Our story this week is "Focus on China" and Stealing Beauty." 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. We worked on cursive handwriting.
Our Rit Words
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."
Math~
Today we discussed open sentences. An open sentence contains a variable. 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. We did pages 74-76 in our journals and Study Link 3.11 is homework. Test on Wednesday!
Science (Woods)
We saw how a flood can affect the stream tables.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Glad to be back!
It was good to be back in the classroom after being out yesterday at a meeting.
Language Arts:
We assessed skills today in spelling, grammar, and reading
We visited with our reading buddies
We went to gym.
Math
We worked on a cool computer program called Odyssey. Kiddos can work on this at home. Go to the website: compass.phm.k12.in.us
We worked on problem solving and writing in math.
We worked on computation.
Science
We saw how a flood can affect the stream tables.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy the good weather.
Language Arts:
We assessed skills today in spelling, grammar, and reading
We visited with our reading buddies
We went to gym.
Math
We worked on a cool computer program called Odyssey. Kiddos can work on this at home. Go to the website: compass.phm.k12.in.us
We worked on problem solving and writing in math.
We worked on computation.
Science
We saw how a flood can affect the stream tables.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy the good weather.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Totally Tuesday
ART SMART tomorrow!
LA
Today we went to PE. We sorted our spelling words by consonant cluster. We reviewed common and proper nouns. We discussed singular and plural nouns. We reviewed which nouns get an es when you make them plural. We read and discussed My Diary from Here to There. We wrote diamonte poems and reviewed RIT vocabulary.
Book Orders are due tomorrow!
Math
We worked on problem solving strategies. Pages 66-68 in journal 1 was assigned. Study link is 3.8. We will be doing study link 3.7 tomorrow in class.
Science
We continued to work with stream tables. Today we investigated if the slope of the stream table effects the formation of a canyon and delta.
LA
Today we went to PE. We sorted our spelling words by consonant cluster. We reviewed common and proper nouns. We discussed singular and plural nouns. We reviewed which nouns get an es when you make them plural. We read and discussed My Diary from Here to There. We wrote diamonte poems and reviewed RIT vocabulary.
Book Orders are due tomorrow!
Math
We worked on problem solving strategies. Pages 66-68 in journal 1 was assigned. Study link is 3.8. We will be doing study link 3.7 tomorrow in class.
Science
We continued to work with stream tables. Today we investigated if the slope of the stream table effects the formation of a canyon and delta.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Marvelous Monday
Welcome back to school. I hope everyone had a great weekend.
The Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Auction was a great 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 iti s 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
Math
Today we continued on the World Tour in Math. Our goal today was to establish routines we would use throughout the year. Students used their student reference books to find information about Egypt.
HW: SL and Math Boxes 3.6
Science (Woods)
Today we reviewed the concepts of rocks, minerals, erosion and deposition by reading our Sciencesaurus and and answering questions.
HW: None
The Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Auction was a great success! Thank you so much for all of your support.
Language Arts
Book orders are due on Wednesday. Online ordering is open.
Mondays are always busy days as we introduced the vocabulary and skills that we will be reviewing throughout the week. Today the students went to music and IMC. We came back to class and got straight to work. We took our spelling pretest and got our homework for the week together. We reviewed run-on sentences during grammar minute. 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 iti s 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
Math
Today we continued on the World Tour in Math. Our goal today was to establish routines we would use throughout the year. Students used their student reference books to find information about Egypt.
HW: SL and Math Boxes 3.6
Science (Woods)
Today we reviewed the concepts of rocks, minerals, erosion and deposition by reading our Sciencesaurus and and answering questions.
HW: None
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