October 29th, 2008
Class activities for Wednesday, October 29
Spelling: We reviewed rules for capitalizing words:
- Names of specific people
- Names of specific places
- Titles
- Names of days, weeks months, holidays, but not seasons
We’ll have a spelling test on Friday. Your student should have their Words to Learn list to practice for the next test.Cursive: Cursive pp. 33-35 are available and due Friday.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on the reading strategy of using context clues to aid with meaning.
Writing: We discussed how strong verbs do a lot of work in the writing. Strong verbs help the reader to picture the writing and make it more interesting. Went is not a strong verb, dash or creep are. Say is not a strong verb, whisper or shout are.
Today was the first revising day scheduled. However, due to poor choices and inefficient use of time, the class had no time to revise in class.
A personal narrative, based on a true story (slightly fictionalized), is due November 7. This will be the final writing grade of the first marking period.
Math: Today we reviewed data landmarks: maximum, minimum, range, mode and median. There will be a MiniQuiz over data landmarks tomorrow.
Science: We completed the What is White Light Made Of? experiment using flashlights and prisms. Homework is to finish the analyze and conclude questions if not done in class.
Social Studies: None due to library.
- Yellow magnets: 2
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3
- Hours with no orange magnets (record: 29): 113
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Aloha! Want to come to our Hawaiian Beach Bash on October 31? Click here to add your name to the guest list. Thank you for all the generous donations! We should have everything we need for the party. But we could still use a hand at 1:00 on the day of the party for setup, or for clean up!
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