January 8th, 2008
Class activities for Tuesday, January 8
Spelling: We learned that the same spelling patterns can make different sounds, such as long and short vowel sounds for the ea pattern in the words bread and bead.
Cursive: Cursive pages 50-52 are available and due Friday.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. We also read Time for Kids during our “paper and coffee” time.
Writing: Today was a drafting day for our Military Thank You class book. Students are working on poems, thank you letters, short stories, story dialogues, post cards or letter exchanges with a fictitious soldier, or pledges.
Each student will write and illustrate a page of the book. The page can also be submitted for the last portfolio piece, due January 17.
We are also having a contest to create the book’s title, cover illustration, dedication page, and interior illustration. The title contest ends on Thursday, and the remaining items are due on Monday.
Math: We continued working on strategies for solving number stories (story problems):
- Understand the problem;
- Make a plan;
- Carry out the plan;
- Check your work.
Homework is to complete Journal pp. 63-64.
Science: We continued Storm Spotter training today, focusing on types of thunderstorms and wall clouds, which can sometimes look like tornadoes.
View the presentation we are using and other resources at the bottom of this page.
Social Studies: We read about Michigan’s climate and how the lake effect contributes to our weather.
- Yellow magnets: 0
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Current Hours with No Orange Magnets: 84
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- This week’s juice volunteers: thanks to responsible and generous families, we have a juice backlog, so no juice volunteers needed for a few weeks!
