April 2nd, 2009
Class activities for Thursday, April 2
Spelling: We reviewed common contractions today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays; this week’s assignment was due today.
Reading: None today due to finishing a presentation in Science.
Writing: Students continued to collect research for their I-Search research project (click here for more details).
Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29.
Math: We reviewed estimating sums today.
Science: Students were shown a presentation today about spotting and identifying severe weather, including tornadoes and funnel clouds. View the presentation below:
Social Studies: We started a new unit on the Europeans arriving in Michigan. Students made new minibooks and started an Alphabet Soup organizer.
- Yellow magnets: 4
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
- Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 3
- Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 14
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- View a press release about our Novel Writing Project!
- 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: Kyle and Jacob
