May 12th, 2010
Class activities for Wednesday, May 12
Spelling: We reviewed common spelling patterns for the /oi/ sound (oi, oy).
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: We learned about using fragments in poems today. Here is a fragment poem we wrote as a class:
Mackinac at 6 am
Kids snoring
Charter buses
Watching movies
Playing games
Buses honking
Heads aching
Half awake
Eating snacks
Crunch crunch crunch
Groups together
Jump jump jump
Off the bus
Kids say
Yeah yeah yeah!
Students continued to draft and revise poems today.
A collection of poems is due into portfolios on Friday, May 21.
Math: Students practices the partial quotients method of division. Homework is to finish Journal pp. 150-151.
Science: None due to library.
Social Studies: None due to a habitats assembly by For-Mar Nature Preserve.
- Yellow magnets: 1
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 7
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