April 27th, 2009
Class activities for Monday, April 27
Spelling: Students completed their Words to Learn list from words they missed on the last spelling test.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due Fridays.
Reading: Students practiced reading plays from their magazines to share their magazines with the class later in the week.
Writing: Students continued to work on their digital presentation using MrHowd.com Docs (docs.mrhowd.com).
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: Students continued to practice multiplication by playing a game in class. Homework is finish a multiplication worksheet. We will have a test over multiplication later this week.
Science: We learned about how the mass of the moon affects its gravity. Homework is to finish Investigation Review p. 42.
Social Studies: We learned about the French and Indian War and wrote notes in our minibooks.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 1
- Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 58): 2
- Days with no orange magnets (record: 39; previous score: 21): 3
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Our Mackinac Trip is May 8. Here is how our class is doing with fundraising and donations:
- Full paid: 15 students
- Mostly paid: 6 students
- Partially paid: 2 students
- No payments: 4 students
As shown to the right, our class still has about $700 to reach our goal. We are currently accepting final donations.
- 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: Lauren and Josh.
