12-9-14

Homework for tonight....A BIG GIANT...nothing :)  Have a great night.

12-8-14

We had a great day today.  It was very productive!  We did some computer research on a trailblazer.  The kids took a vocabulary test and got new spelling words.  Tomorrow we will be spending some time in the library!

Homework: Paragraph 3 of your Christmas story
Read 20 minutes (RC#7 is due the day before break)
Main idea worksheet #2

12-7-14

There was no homework for the weekend.  (Except, of course, to read!)

Language arts:
We are working on our adjective unit right now.  Last week we had a great time taste testing some adjectives.  This week we will be continuing with our adjectives on Monday and Tuesday.  On Wednesday we will be having a quiz over adjectives, nouns, verbs, conjunctions, and articles.  Each time we finish a part of speech, we quiz over all of them.  This helps the kids to remember that they can't forget about what they've learned.  Thursday and Friday we will be working with Interjections.

Writing:
We have been writing a holiday paper.  We will continue to write that on Monday and Tuesday.  The final draft will be due Wednesday.  The kids are typing it on Thursday. We are concentrating on using conjunctions correctly, and NOT writing run-on sentences.

Spelling:
We are getting new words on Monday.  The test will be Friday.
1. possibility
2.grasp
3. comic
4. quiet
5.feast
6. sheepish
7.betray
8. defendant
9. immigrant
10.irritant
11.assistant
12.brilliant
13.compliant
14.extravagant
15.ignorant
16.artifact
17.migration
18.nomad
19.adapt
20.agriculture
21.rounding

Vocabulary:

Our test is Monday!  We will get new words on Tuesday and the test will not be until next Thursday.  Our words this week and next will be going along with our poetry and figurative language unit.

Reading:

We will be taking our RC quiz over Mae Jemison on Monday. Before we leave on the 19th, RC quiz #7 is due. This week and next we are going to be concentrating on the use of poetry and figurative language.  This is a challenging, but enjoyable unit.  You may have to help a little at home.  Kids often have the crazy idea that they can't write poetry!

12-04-14

Tomorrow we will be going to watch the dress rehearsal of the K-4 program.  The kids are looking forward to seeing that! Our book orders are due tomorrow.  Remember to contact me if you want me to call you with the order instead of sending it with the kids. Our spelling test is tomorrow.  Many of the kids passed the pretest and don't have to take it!

Homework tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Paragraph 2 of your Christmas story
Vocabulary sentences
Spelling practice sheet

12-2-14

Homework for tonight:
Read 20 minutes
Main idea worksheet 1

Tomorrow is an early out!

Friday we will be going to watch the dress rehearsal for the K-4 Christmas program.

Bowling began today!  The kids really enjoy this unit in PE!

Book orders are due Friday.

Book orders due Friday

Our last book order before Christmas break went out today.  I'm sorry to rush it, but in order to get it back before Dec. 19th, it has to be in by Friday.  If you'd like to order a gift for your child, just let me know. I'll call you when it gets here, instead of sending it home with your child.

12-1-14

Today we began a new adventure.  Our switched up classrooms seem to be running smoothly, so far.  The kids are definitely a little sleepy today!  They are pretty excited about the switches and the fact that we have only 15 school days before our Winter BREAK.  We have a lot to do between now and then, however!

Upcoming events:
Spelling test: Friday
Vocabulary test: Monday
RC #6: Due today
Book order: due Friday

We are finishing up our Give It All You've Got theme.  We'll be reading Mae Jemison as our story this week. Our reading strategy this week is Main idea and supporting details.  We'll finish up on conjunctions and move onto articles and adjectives.  We are beginning a big writing assignment that will take us a couple of weeks.  We're working on introductory paragraphs, as well as not starting sentences with conjunctions.