January 12th, 2015
Class activities for Monday, January 12
Spelling: We practiced spelling homophone pairs today. Some examples:
- peace/piece
- heel/heal
- feet/feat
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Students completed a STAR Reading test today.
Writing: Students continued to revise their adventure story today.
Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.
This project is due Friday, January 16. Students should be finishing their draft this weekend and ready to revise next week.
Choose Your Own Adventure Resources
- Find a complete list of resources here.
Math: We reviewed the division partner math tests today. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:
Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.
Science: Students completed an activity to test our variation with sensitivity to touch. Homework is to finish analysis questions 1-4 on p. 24. There will also be a MiniQuiz tomorrow about activities 2-4.
Social Studies: We started to learn about the first English settlements in America and the hardships they faced.
Notes:
- The second marking period ends Friday, January 16. Log in to StudentView to look at recent grades and check for missing assignments.
- Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.
