Well, as you know, half of us are attending the Outdoor Educational Experience at Camp Salem today, but the half the was here had a productive day.
Grammar: We started a review of simple and compound sentences, as well as apostrophes through a Jeopardy game. We'll continue this tomorrow, with a quick lesson on apostrophes as well.
Math: My math students finished 2.2 today. We will begin 2.3 tomorrow before they head to Camp Salem.
We had our first LMC visit today so that students could check out books and be prepared for silent reading time. On days that we don't have silent reading at school, students are expected to be reading at home for at least 30 minutes.
Tasks that need to be completed by Monday:
*Any missing work
*Journal Entry #3 for Language Arts(Edmodo)
*noredink.com assignments, be ready for quiz on
apostrophes
*Russia Reflections (Edmodo)
*Assess your partner for 5 themes project (Edmodo)
*Practice your Russian maps and be ready for quiz (link in
Edmodo)
Please contact me with questions. I am generally here at 6:50 every morning and leave school between 3:30-4, so if you prefer to talk to me in person, those times work well too. Otherwise, I check email and Edmodo quite frequently.
September 26, 2012
September 24, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Today we had an abbreviated science/language arts schedule to make time for students' social studies presentations. We will do the same thing tomorrow.
Grammar: Today, students took their simple sentence assessments and moved on to compound sentences. We'll focus on compound sentences the next couple days. No new homework.
Math: A quiz on slope and integers started out the class period today. Students then had the choice to pair up or work independently to complete Investigation 2.1. We will complete 2.2 in class tomorrow.
LA: Students set up accounts with noredink.com and were shown the three assignments focusing on apostrophes. These assignments are simply practice for a quiz that will take place on Monday. They will not count toward the LA grade. However, the quiz will. This site does a good job of explaining the rules of punctuation. We will have some time to complete those assignments in class tomorrow, and then we'll get back into focusing on spooky stories.
Social Studies: We continued with student presentations on the 5 themes of geography and will do so again tomorrow. Students should continue to practice their geography of Russia by using the maps that are on Edmodo. If students haven't signed up for the Social Studies class via Edmodo yet, they need to do so.
Any questions, comments, concerns, just call/email/talk to me.
Grammar: Today, students took their simple sentence assessments and moved on to compound sentences. We'll focus on compound sentences the next couple days. No new homework.
Math: A quiz on slope and integers started out the class period today. Students then had the choice to pair up or work independently to complete Investigation 2.1. We will complete 2.2 in class tomorrow.
LA: Students set up accounts with noredink.com and were shown the three assignments focusing on apostrophes. These assignments are simply practice for a quiz that will take place on Monday. They will not count toward the LA grade. However, the quiz will. This site does a good job of explaining the rules of punctuation. We will have some time to complete those assignments in class tomorrow, and then we'll get back into focusing on spooky stories.
Social Studies: We continued with student presentations on the 5 themes of geography and will do so again tomorrow. Students should continue to practice their geography of Russia by using the maps that are on Edmodo. If students haven't signed up for the Social Studies class via Edmodo yet, they need to do so.
Any questions, comments, concerns, just call/email/talk to me.
September 22, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Hello! You made it to Friday!
Grammar: Today we briefly reviewed simple sentences, as we will have a quiz on Monday. Then we went outside and "planted" our peace pinwheels in honor of National Peace Day.
LA and SS: We had a Social Studies megablock today so students could present their 5 Themes projects. Before getting into the students' presentations, however, a Chinese teacher from our sister city in China came to our classroom and talked about life in China and the differences and similarities to our culture and our schools. She shared a lot of interesting information, and the students were engaged the entire time. We will have a shortened LA schedule on Monday (and Tuesday if necessary) so that students can finish presenting their projects.
Math: We continued to work on slope. Students were given a 2-sided practice worksheet, as well as a "function" worksheet. These are all due on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
Grammar: Today we briefly reviewed simple sentences, as we will have a quiz on Monday. Then we went outside and "planted" our peace pinwheels in honor of National Peace Day.
LA and SS: We had a Social Studies megablock today so students could present their 5 Themes projects. Before getting into the students' presentations, however, a Chinese teacher from our sister city in China came to our classroom and talked about life in China and the differences and similarities to our culture and our schools. She shared a lot of interesting information, and the students were engaged the entire time. We will have a shortened LA schedule on Monday (and Tuesday if necessary) so that students can finish presenting their projects.
Math: We continued to work on slope. Students were given a 2-sided practice worksheet, as well as a "function" worksheet. These are all due on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
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