April 21st, 2008
Class activities for Monday, April 21
Spelling: Students completed a preview of upcoming spelling words.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of at least seven words each are due Friday.
Reading: Today was the final discussion day for this nonfiction cycle of Literature Circles.
Writing: During this final week of work on their I-Search projects (click here for more details), students should be…
- organizing their research on their I-Search 2008 class wiki pages,
- searching UnitedStreaming or the web for related images, and
- working on their presentation saved on MrHowd.com Google Docs (docs.mrhowd.com). This presentation can be edited from school and home.
A summary of the project:
Students will research their I-Search question using print and internet sources and create a digital presentation using PowerPoint or MrHowd.com Google Docs presentation software. Students are collecting their research on our I-Search 2008 class wiki. Later, students will present their findings to other students who sign up to attend their talk. The presentation slides will be turned in to portfolios for a writing grade.
The I-Search presentation is due April 25, and will be presented on Monday, April 28. Students should be adding information to their MrHowd.com Google Docs presentation by this time.
Math: Students practiced how to divide using the partial quotients method. Homework is to complete a division worksheet.
Science: Students made new Sun, Moon and Earth minibooks today.
Social Studies: We played a game to review for the test tomorrow over Europeans arriving in Michigan. Homework is to complete a review worksheet.
- Yellow magnets: 2
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Current Hours with No Orange Magnets: 77
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- This week’s juice volunteers (full list): Austin and Emma. Thanks for your generosity!
- View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- Visit our Mackinaw Field Trip page for more information on our May 9 trip.