Wednesday, November 14, 2012
November 14, 2012
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
CLARK PLANETARIUM FIELD TRIP, NOVEMBER 29TH!! Get permission/lunch note turned in by Friday, so that school lunches can be ordered.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Partner read "Lost Temple of the Aztecs". After reading, students had 20 minutes to answer 7 questions, with complete sentences, putting the question into the answer. Homework if not completed, due tomorrow.
Study spelling using VocabularySpellingCity app. on Edmodo.
Math: Homework and Remembering 3-9 Due: 11/15
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #4 on Monday, November 19. Memorize all the prepositions #1-53 on your pink sheet.
"Basketball" Subject/Predicate Wkst. Due: 11/15. Most students finished this in class.
The students' next essay is based on A Christmas Carol. Students will be writing on which Christmas Spirit was the most influential in changing Scrooge's attitude toward Christmas.
Because we have just a few students who were unfamiliar with A Christmas Carol, I have been allowing them to watch it during lunch recess. Students may also research the story online to find story details to include in their essay.
Science: Grow Microorganisms Experiment/Observation Booklet due Nov. 26 (Late work will NOT be accepted.) Your experiment should be started no later than tonight. Study your science words by using the VocabularySpellingCity app. on Edmodo. Make sure that all of your assignments have been turned in to me by tomorrow. I will be sending home a progress note. Click here to link to Edmodo
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
November 13, 2012
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well. Students will need 40 minutes from November 2 to 18. RC will be marked on Monday, November 19 if below 40 minutes for that window of time. In January, students will be taking a Keyboarding Assessment. They are graded on speed/accuracy and technique including: feet on the floor for balance, body centered on the "H" key with elbows at sides, sitting up straight, curved fingers over the home row keys, wrists off the keyboard, eyes on the printed copy, keys by touch with correct fingering, keys with a smooth rhythm.
Reading: Read the "Lost Temple of the Aztecs"
New words for next Monday's test, written four times, can be found on Edmodo in the Ap Ms. King showed you yesterday, VocabularySpellingCity.
Math: Worksheet 3-8 due 11/14.
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #4 on Monday, November 19. Memorize all the prepositions #1-53 on your pink sheet.
The students' next essay is based on A Christmas Carol. Students will be writing an essay on which Christmas Spirit was the most influential in changing Scrooge's attitude toward Christmas. Students should come prepared tomorrow, November 14, knowing which spirit they will be writing their essay on.
Science: "Protist Overview" Cornell Notes pg. 15 of your science notebook. Read the details of the assignment on Edmodo. Grow Microorganisms Experiment Observation Booklet due Nov. 26. Late work will not be accepted. Study the science words using the VocabularySpellingCity app. on Edmodo.
Click here to link to Edmodo.
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well. Students will need 40 minutes from November 2 to 18. RC will be marked on Monday, November 19 if below 40 minutes for that window of time. In January, students will be taking a Keyboarding Assessment. They are graded on speed/accuracy and technique including: feet on the floor for balance, body centered on the "H" key with elbows at sides, sitting up straight, curved fingers over the home row keys, wrists off the keyboard, eyes on the printed copy, keys by touch with correct fingering, keys with a smooth rhythm.
Reading: Read the "Lost Temple of the Aztecs"
New words for next Monday's test, written four times, can be found on Edmodo in the Ap Ms. King showed you yesterday, VocabularySpellingCity.
Math: Worksheet 3-8 due 11/14.
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #4 on Monday, November 19. Memorize all the prepositions #1-53 on your pink sheet.
The students' next essay is based on A Christmas Carol. Students will be writing an essay on which Christmas Spirit was the most influential in changing Scrooge's attitude toward Christmas. Students should come prepared tomorrow, November 14, knowing which spirit they will be writing their essay on.
Science: "Protist Overview" Cornell Notes pg. 15 of your science notebook. Read the details of the assignment on Edmodo. Grow Microorganisms Experiment Observation Booklet due Nov. 26. Late work will not be accepted. Study the science words using the VocabularySpellingCity app. on Edmodo.
Click here to link to Edmodo.
Monday, November 12, 2012
November 12, 2012
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Spelling test #10 today. Tomorrow they will be handed back during rotations. If students would like some score back, they must rewrite the missed word, correctly, in cursive writing, seven times, and get it signed by a parent.
New words for next Monday's test, written four times, can be found on Edmodo in the Ap Ms. King showed you today, VocabularySpellingCity.
Math: Worksheet 3-7 due 11/13. Students had time in class to work. No one should be unprepared on Tuesday!
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #4 on Monday, November 19. Memorize all the prepositions #1-53 on your pink sheet.
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Spelling test #10 today. Tomorrow they will be handed back during rotations. If students would like some score back, they must rewrite the missed word, correctly, in cursive writing, seven times, and get it signed by a parent.
New words for next Monday's test, written four times, can be found on Edmodo in the Ap Ms. King showed you today, VocabularySpellingCity.
Math: Worksheet 3-7 due 11/13. Students had time in class to work. No one should be unprepared on Tuesday!
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #4 on Monday, November 19. Memorize all the prepositions #1-53 on your pink sheet.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Students now have permission to print, if they print perfectly, otherwise they will have to go back to cursive. I prefer cursive, but will except perfect printing.
If students would like to earn "half back", the missed words must be written correctly, in cursive, seven times, be signed by a parent, and turned into their color basket by Thursday, 11/8. If students miss a spelling test, it is up to them to have a parent give it to them and bring it to me.
"View From Saturday" questions 1-6 due tomorrow, 11/8.
Math: No homework
Science: Microorganisms Exploration Paragraph due Thurs. by 12 o'clock midnight. Watch the Educanvas on Edmodo.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
November 6, 2012
Homework:
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Read 25 minutes: Term 2 is 25 minutes per night/5 nights per week.
Parents -- Please remember to exercise your right to vote today!
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Students
now have permission to print, if they print perfectly, otherwise they
will have to go back to cursive. I prefer cursive, but will except
perfect printing.
Spelling
test today will be given back tomorrow. If students would like to earn
"half back", the missed words must be written correctly, in cursive,
seven times, be signed by a parent, and turned into their color basket
by Thursday. If students miss a spelling test, it is up to them to have a
parent give it to them and bring it to me.
The new list written four times due tomorrow, with the test next Monday, on the following words: (-es
added) potatoes, echoes, volcanoes, heroes, vetoes (f changed to v,
add -es) halves, calves, shelves, loaves, wolves, scarves (-s added)
pianos, cellos, solos, altos, sopranos, staffs, stereos, chiefs,
studios, ratios, patios, maestros, tuxedos, mementos
Language
Arts: Preposition Quiz #3 on Monday, November 12. Memorize all the
prepositions #1-41 on your pink sheet. Spelling counts!
Subject+ Predicate Wkst. Due: 11/7. (Most of it was completed in class.)
Subject+ Predicate Wkst. Due: 11/7. (Most of it was completed in class.)
Math: Worksheet 3-5 due 11/7.
Science: Bacteria Cell is due tomorrow. Microorganisms Exploration Paragraph due Thurs. Watch the Educanvas on Edmodo.
Monday, November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
Homework:
Planner signed
Read 25 minutes
Orange class needs to fill out the salmon colored goal page with parents and return that page to school on Tuesday, November 6.
Read 25 minutes
Orange class needs to fill out the salmon colored goal page with parents and return that page to school on Tuesday, November 6.
Keyboarding: Students will need to have 20 minutes per week outside of school time on EduTyping. Students will be given some time in class to practice as well.
Reading: Students now have permission to print, if they print perfectly, otherwise they will have to go back to cursive. I prefer cursive, but will except perfect printing.
Spelling test today will be given back tomorrow. If students would like to earn "half back", the missed words must be written correctly, in cursive, seven times, be signed by a parent, and turned into their color basket by Thursday. If students miss a spelling test, it is up to them to have a parent give it to them and bring it to me.
The new list written four times due tomorrow, with the test next Monday, on the following words:
(-es added) potatoes, echoes, volcanoes, heroes, vetoes (f changed to v, add -es) halves, calves, shelves, loaves, wolves, scarves (-s added) pianos, cellos, solos, altos, sopranos, staffs, stereos, chiefs, studios, ratios, patios, maestros, tuxedos, mementos
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz #3 on Monday, November 12. Memorize all the prepositions #1-41 on your pink sheet. Spelling counts!
Math: Worksheet 3-4 due 11/6.
Science: "Study Jam: 5 Kingdoms" Take Cornell notes on pg. 9 of your science journal. Your plant cell is also due tomorrow.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
November 1, 2012
Homework:
Parents: Please go online and sign up for a time for Parent Teacher Conferences for next week on Wednesday between 3:30 and 7:30 or on Thursday between 2:00 and 6:00. Online scheduler is at this link.
Keyboarding: Students need to have 30 minutes on EduTyping between October 23 and November 1. Students will also be graded on speed and accuracy.
Planner signed
Read 20 minutes
Read 20 minutes
Parents: Please go online and sign up for a time for Parent Teacher Conferences for next week on Wednesday between 3:30 and 7:30 or on Thursday between 2:00 and 6:00. Online scheduler is at this link.
Keyboarding: Students need to have 30 minutes on EduTyping between October 23 and November 1. Students will also be graded on speed and accuracy.
Math: 3-2/3-3 Due: 11/5.
Language Arts: Preposition Quiz
#2. Memorize ALL the prepositions #1-26 on your pink sheet. Due: Monday, 11/5.
Reading: Study your spelling words.
Social Studies: No homework.
Science: No homework.
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