And then there were 30....

We are still missing about 30 gifts from the giving tree.  If you have a star, please get your gift to Mrs. Woods quickly.  If you don't have a star and still want to help, we are looking for gift cards to Kohls, Target, and Walmart.  The gift cards will be used to help fill the gaps.  Thank you so much for your generosity!!

Language Arts~
Today we reviewed chapter 9 in Frindle and read Chapter 10.  The Frindle Movement is starting to move beyond the school.  Today the local newspaper got involved.  How big will this thing get?  Today students answered comprehension questions about the chapter, worked on vocabulary and wrote a news article about Frindles.

HW:  Anything that didn't get finished today.

Math~
We continued to work on division.  Today we talked about what remainders really mean.  We learned how to write a remainder as a fraction.

HW:  Study Link 6.4

Content~
Art Smart.  Thanks Moms for bring art to our classroom.  We worked on our Original Works of  Art project.  Look for more information soon.

The Magic Number is.....

48.  We still have 48 items missing from the giving tree.  Please remember that all giving tree items are due back on Wednesday, December 12th.  Please make sure that you attach the star from the tree to the package.  Thank you so much for making the season brighter for other PHM families.

Language Arts~
The war of the word battled on in Frindle.  We read chapters 7 & 8 today.  We answered comprehension questions and learned new vocabulary.  We also worked on a paper that made us think about different words.  On the paper we are not allowed to use words that have the letter A.  It really makes us think about word choice.

HW:  Quiz over chapters 6-8 tomorrow.  Finish up any work that still needs to be completed from today.

Math~
Today we started on unit 6.  We will have the test over this unit next week.  A study guide came home today.  Our focus is on division and measuring angles.

HW:  Journal pages 137, 140 and 141.  Study Link 6.2

Science~
Test today!

HW:  None

Thursday.....

Giving Tree Update:  We are so grateful for all of the families that have taken a star off the giving tree.  Please remember that all items are due back to school by December 12th.  At this point we are missing 78 items from the list.

Language Arts~
Today we worked on chapter 5 in Frindle.  There will be a quiz over chapters 4 and 5 tomorrow.
HW:  Finish up missing work.

Math~
Test day!
HW:  None

Science~
We talked and read about how people change the environment. We discovered that we cause the most change.

HW: Before You Move on questions p. 209 in science notebook.

Wednesday's Work

Language Arts~
Today we took a quiz over chapters 1-3 in Frindle.  We then read chapter 4.  At the end of the chapter, we discovered that Nick has a plan.  We can't wait to see what is up his sleeve!  We answered comprehension questions and worked on vocabulary.  We wrote a journal entry about Nick's plan.  Some of us may have wrote a summary over chapter 4 instead.  We also reviewed grammar skills.

Homework:  None assigned.  Some students may need to finish up language arts work.

Math~
We reviewed skills needed for tomorrow's test.

HW:  Study!

Science~
We talked and read about how people change the environment.  We discovered that we cause the most change.

HW:  Before You Move on questions p. 209 in science notebook.

Terrific Tuesday

Language Arts~
We had a terrific Tuesday!  Our Frindle books have arrived and today we dove back into the book.  Each child has their own book that they are welcome to read and write in.  My day was made when one student remarked that this was a very good book.  We reread chapters 1 and 2.  We pointed out different figurative language techniques that the author uses to catch our attention.  We read chapter 3 together.  The students had 4 questions about the chapter that they needed to answer,  a few vocabulary words that that they used  context clues to help define, and a journal entry.  We also spent a few minutes reviewing finding answers in a non-fiction text and the prefix -un.

HW:  Quiz tomorrow over Frindle chapters 1-3. and any unfinished work.

Math~
Today our focus was on using data from our Student Reference Book.  We compared large numbers and also spent a little time reviewing rounding.  The test over unit 5 is on Thursday.  A very brief study guide came home today.  Look for the review test tomorrow.

HW:  Study Link and Math Boxes 5.11. 

Science~
Content 2 took the science acuity test today!

HW:  None.

Murky Monday

It was dreary outside, but we got a lot accomplished inside today!

Language Arts~
We took our tests over Roadrunner's Dance today.  We also worked on our writing from last week. It seems like everyone is in a different spot with their writing.  Some students are working on peer editing and others are still working on their first draft.  Tomorrow, we restart our novel study.

HW:  Finish up the first draft of your writing. 

Math~
Our focus today was on rounding large numbers.  We practiced this skill on white boards and in journal pages.  We completed a worksheet and did math boxes.

HW:  Study Link 5.10  (Test over unit 5 will be on Thursday!)

Science~
We did our science acuity test today.  It was tough!  There were questions over concepts we haven't covered yet.  We will get there!

HW:  None