October 10, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed

Reading: Students have been told from the beginning of the year to ALWAYS have a silent reading chapter book in their backpack. There will be a preparation check TOMORROW, Thursday, October 11, during reading class. ALL teachers expect students to have a 6th grade level (or higher) reading book at all times in their backpack. Graphic Novels (comic strip) and magazines are not allowed for this requirement.

Science:  Pixton Comic due Friday Oct. 12 (or Saturday before 6:00 pm) Re-take test tonight on Edmodo. Re-take vocabulary tomorrow during class.

Math: Homework 2-7. Area of a complex figure. Due 10/11

Social Studies:  Complete the people vocabulary paper using your social studies textbook.  Due tomorrow -- Thursday. 

Language Arts: Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken."   Performances continue this week.   Students should have memorized it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Remember to use expression as you perform.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 Points

October 9, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed

Reading:  Cursive, seven times correctly, parent signature due by Wednesday. Test next Monday on the following words:
director, similar, messenger, familiar, acre, error, calendar, elevator, youngster, passenger, predator, corridor, maneuver, weapon, frighten, gallon, kitchen, struggle, mental, channel, rural, stumble, quarrel, agricultural, and colonel.

Language Arts: DOL Sentences #1-2 Due: 10/10.  

Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken."   Performances continue this week.   Students should have memorized it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Remember to use expression as you perform.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 Points

Math:  2-6 homework/remembering.  Due 10/10.

Science:  Use the Pixton comic app to create a comic strip that compares and contrasts conduction and convection. Go to Edmodo read the details of the assignment. Use the "Assignment" filter or the calendar to see the assignment easily.

Technology:  Practice typing 15 minutes per week on  EduTyping.  School is elkmea13.  User name is FirstL.  Password is student number used for MyAccess and SRI.  Need a total of 75 minutes by November 1. See additional information under the Technology Tab at the top of the page.

Social Studies: Vocabulary words and definitions. Progress notes.

October 8, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Reading: Spelling test today. Cursive, seven times correctly, parent signature due by Wednesday. Test next Monday on the following words:
director, similar, messenger, familiar, acre, error, calendar, elevator, youngster, passenger, predator, corridor, maneuver, weapon, frighten, gallon, kitchen, struggle, mental, channel, rural, stumble, quarrel, agricultural, and colonel. Make sure "Under the Royal Palms" has been read for tomorrow.

Language Arts: Poem recital continues tomorrow. Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: Tuesday, October 9.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Remember to use expression as you practice.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 Points

Math:  2-5 Homework/remembering worksheet.  Due 10/9.

Science: Study for the test.

Social Studies: Vocabulary words and definitions. Progress notes.

Technology:  Practice typing 15 minutes per week on  EduTyping.  School is elkmea13.  User name is FirstL.  Password is student number used for MyAccess and SRI.  Need a total of 75 minutes by November 1. See additional information under the Technology Tab at the top of the page.
 

October 4, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Language Arts: Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: Monday, October 8.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Practice 5-10 minutes every night. Most of the poem should be memorized by now.  Remember to use expression as you practice.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 Points

Reading: "A Kind of Grace" questions 1-7 on page 468. Students MUST answer the questions in complete sentences, with the question IN the sentences. That means when I read the answer, I will know exactly what the question was while I read it. This is due tomorrow, Friday, October 5. I will come around to collect them. Spelling test Monday!! 


Math: Area of Triangle- Homework and Remembering 2-4, Due 10/8.

Social Studies:   A progress note was sent home today.  It included any missing homework assignments

Science:  Science TEST on Tuesday, Oct. 9. Pixton Comic due Oct. 12 or Saturday before 6:00 pm. Design a comic that compares and contrasts CONDUCTION and CONVECTION. Make sure to have four facts. Write complete sentences. Proof your comic for capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar. Use the CLASSIC three frame comic. If you would like to accept the challenge, you must have permission from Ms. King PRIOR to making a larger comic.

October 3, 2012

Congratulations to these students who scored 100% on their vocabulary test!

Bryant   Nicholas   Logan   Mandy   Myles   Erin   Caeley

Honorable Mention (-1)- Andrew, Sisi, Mariane, Jonah, A.J., Lexie, Kohl, Kanyon, Nathan, Kayla, Dillon, Brayden, Noah, Lauren, Paysen 

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.


Language Arts: Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: Monday, October 8.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Practice 5-10 minutes every night. Most of the poem should be memorized by now.  Remember to use expression as you practice.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 points

Math:  No homework

Social Studies:   Vocabulary words and definitions.


Science:  Study for your TEST on Tuesday. Play around with the Pixton Comic app.

October 2, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Reading: Science Vocabulary Test was given. Students were instructed to write the steps they would have to take to become an astronaut. This was assigned after reading the biography "Franklin R. Chang-Diaz" last week and yesterday. This will be due 10/3 at the beginning of class.

Language Arts: Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Practice 5-10 minutes every night. Most of the poem should be memorized by now.  Remember to use expression as you practice.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 points

Language Arts: Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) note signed and returned. Due: 10/3.

Math:  Page 54 #20-25 - due 10/3.

Science:  There is a practice HEAT TEST on Edmodo. Study before you take the test. Test is next Tuesday!

October 1, 2012

Homework:

Read 20 minutes and record your time.
Planner signed.

Reading: Spelling test today. If students want to get credit back for words missed, those words must be written in cursive, seven times, with a parent signature. This is due by Wednesday, October 3rd. The new list will be tested next Monday, October 8th. These are the words:
/ur/ spelled ir, ur, ear  earth, skirt, urge, whirl, rehearse, curb, earnest, purse, birch, circumstances, turmoil, absurd,   /or/ spelled or our  sword, court, thorn, mourn, scorn, territory,
/ar/ spelled ar  snarl, chart, yarn, starch, sparse, /ir/ spelled ier  fierce, pierce.

Language Arts: Oral Poem Performance: "The Road Not Taken" Due: 10/8.  Students should memorize it  LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Practice 5-10 minutes every night. Half of the poem should be memorized by now.
     Memorization: 20 points

     Volume (loud/soft): 20 points

     Speed (fast/slow): 20 points

     Fluency (smoothness): 20 points

     Expression (verbal/facial): 20 points

Total: 100 points

Math:  2-1/2-2 homework worksheet - due 10/2.

Science:  There is a practice HEAT TEST on Edmodo. Study before you take the test. Your vocabulary test will be tomorrow. We are also having a small contest. Bring your best ideas to insulate a can of ice cubes and stop them from melting.  Edmodo