April 17th, 2009
Class activities for Friday, April 17
Spelling: We reviewed irregular verbs (was/am, thought/think, go/gone). On Monday, we will have a spelling test and skill test over irregular verbs.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: Most students finished and published their novel to Lulu.com. To order a copy of your student’s book, search for their name at Lulu.com and purchase with a credit card. Note that it might be less expensive to have your student log in and order the book through their account.
I-Search Project
Visit our research website and see what students are working on. This digital presentation is due Wednesday, April 29 and will be presented Friday, May 1.
Math: We continued to work with the partial products method of multiplication. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 128-129.
Science: None today.
Social Studies: None today.
- Yellow magnets: 2
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
- Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 2
- Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 7): 19
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Report cards were email or sent home with students today.
- 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: Kayla S. and Jennifer
