Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Happy Tuesday and Wednesday!

LAST TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL!

Here is what we did today:

Today we had a wonderful awards program. We have wonderful kids in our classes and a lot of them received recognition today during our program.

We continued to work on finishing up end of the year items such as end of the year projects, books, health discussions, spelling activities.

Tomorrow we are planning on having our egg drop in the morning and if weather permits, a wiffle ball game. We also will be collecting books tomorrow and having some time for closure with our homerooms.

We hope you have a fabulous summer and are ready to come back in August ready to learn a lot!

Friday, May 25, 2007

Friday, May 25, 2007

Happy Friday!

It is the final Friday of the school year!

Math: Today we took our final test for the year. The studetns have learned so much this year and have improved on so many skills. Mrs. D will have some summer packets available next week to keep math skills fresh!

Science: We watched a video on Sir Issaac Newton.

Social Studies: We watched a video on Arlington.

In Mrs. D's class we took our final spelling test of the year. We also worked on our End of the year projects and we read more in Maniac Magee. We also worked on our journal entries. We also worked on chosing awards for our classmates.

In Mr. H's class we turned in our spelling books and took a spelling test. We worked no End of the Year projects. We also read Sarah Plain and Tall.

In Mr. P's class we took a reading comprehension and vocab test on Mom's Best Friend. We graded our spelling books. We also partnered up to do each other's spelling crossword puzzles. We presented our one favorite end of the year projects to the class.

Have a wonderful long weekend. See you on Tuesday.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Happy Thursday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed multiplying mixed numbers. Problem set 120 was assigned and is due on Friday. Test on Friday.

Science/Health: Today we continued our discussion on Alcohol.

Social Studies: Today we discussed the first three amendments. We had some good discussions.

In Mrs. D's class we read the next section in Maniac Magee. We finished our PhD reports which they did very well on. Spelling workbooks were turned in and test is tomorrow. We also worked on cards.

In Mr. H's class we continued to watch Sarah Plain and Tall and we worked on some individual student choice reading. Spelling workbook pages were graded today. We worked on making cards as well. Test tomorrow in spelling

In Mr. P's class we read the story Mom's Best Friend with a partner and answered questions. We worked on spelling pictures due tomorrow. Spelling book and test tomorrow. We also made cards in class and continued to work on our End of the Year Projects.

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Happy Wednesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed dividing by decimals. Problem set 119 was assigned and is due on Thursday.

Science/Health: Today we finished out discussion on tobacco and began discussing alcohol.

Social Studies: Today we discussed the Judicial Branch of the government.

In Mrs. D's class we began giving our oral presentations for the PhD project. A lot of Power Point presentations were used and they were great. Spelling workbook pages for unit 35 are due tomorrow. Mainac Magee section 3 should be done for tomorrow.

In Mr. H's class we read chapter 8 and 9 in Sarah Plain and Tall. We took a spelling pretest. We went to the computer lab and worked on math skills. We also completed an in class writing activity.

In Mr. P's class we worked on 12 spelling sentences and took a pretest over unit 35. We continued to work on our end of the year projects. We listened to Mom's Best Friend on tape and worked on a crossword and word search to go along with the story.

Have a great evening!

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Happy Tuesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. We have done this before but we practiced doing this two different ways. Problem set 116 was assigned and is due on Wednesday.

Science/Health: Today we discussed smoking and the effects.

Social Studies: We continued our discussion on the executive branch and the responsibilities of the president.

*The Crimson Connection came over to perform for us today as well!

In Mrs. D's class we had the laptop lab and we finished up our PhD projects which are due tomorrow. We read the next section of Maniac Magee and we worked on spelling workbook pages for unit 35.

In Mr. H's class we read chapters 6 and 7 in Sarah Plain and Tall. We worked on spelling workbook pages for unit 35. We also worked on a writing activity in class. We also worked on filling writing pieces into our binders.

In Mr. P's class we worked on our spelling crossword puzzles due on Friday. We had time to work on our End of the Year Projects. We went to the computer lab and we began reading the story Mom's Best Friend together as a class.

Have a great evening!

Monday, May 21, 2007

Monday, May 21, 2007

Happy Monday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we worked on finding area of odd shapes. Problem set 115 was assigned and is due on Tuesday.

Science/Health: We discussed illegal drugs and we watched a video dealing with this topic.

Social Studies: We discussed the executive branch.

In Mrs. D's class we took a spelling pretest over unit 35. We began reading Maniac Magee and will be doing diary entries each day. We worked on our PhD reports which are due on Wednesday.

In Mr. P's class we worked spelling five times each due tomorrow. Workbook pages 212-217 were assigned and are due on Friday. We also took a pretest over unit 35. We worked on vocab for Mom's Best Friend and we read the story as well. We discussed the end of the year activity which is due on Friday.

In Mr. H's class we read Sarah Plain and Tall chapters 4-5 and 6. We also used the laptop lab to work on our spelling. We also used the computers to work on a free write. We also worked on spelling five times each and workbook pages were assigned.

Have a great evening!

Friday, May 18, 2007

Friday, May 18, 2007

Happy Friday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we took the math Benchmark test for this quarter.

Science/Health: Continued discussion about Drugs and a Bill Nye video on Friction.

Social Studies: We continued to discuss the constitution and we looked at the legislative and executive brances of government.

In Mrs. D's class we took our unit 34 spelling test. We worked on our PhD report. We took a quiz over Early Sunday Morning and we also will finish the book before Monday. PhD reports are due on next Wednesday.

In Mr. H's class we read Sarah Plain and Tall chapter two. We took our spelling unit 34 test and we graded the workbook pages. We completed a review of subjects. Mrs. K came in today to discuss Patriotism and Citizenship.

In Mr. P's class we took our spelling unit 34 test. We took a vocab quiz and a comprehension quiz on Dear Mr. Henshaw. We also turned in our spelling workbook pages, crosswords and sentences.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Happy Thursday!

Here is what we did today:

Today we took our Benchmark test over our language arts skills for this grading period. We also returned our library books. We all went to they gymnasium and watched the talent show rehearsal as well. Spelling test over unit 34 is tomorrow.

In Mrs. D's class we read up to page 102 in Early Sunday Morning. We went to the computer lab and worked on our PhD reports. Some kids have chosen to make a Power Point presentation to go along with their reports and they are loving it!

In Mr. H we discussed the Constitution and we concluded the story Night of the Twisters. We began reading Sarah Plain and Tall. We also completed a writing activity in class.

In Mr. P's class we wrote twelve spelling sentences due tomorrow. We re-read Dear Mr. Henshaw with a partner to get ready for our test on Friday. We also studied for our vocab test tomorrow. We also did a word search and a crosswords over Dear Mr. Henshaw. We also caught up with the other classes in Health.

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Happy Wednesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed LCM and changing mixed numbers to imporper fractions. Problem set 113 was assigned and is due on Thursday.

Science: Today we began our discussion on illegal drugs.

Social Studies: Today we reviewed the Revolutionary War and we began discussion the Constitution.

In Mrs. D's class we read up to page 69 in our Early Sunday Morning book. We continued our review of our language skills and we also had the laptop computer lab and we continued to work on our PhD reports. We also did a writing activity in class.

In Mr. H's class we read from an old reading text book the story Night of the Twister. We also had a weather discussion. We also completed a writing activity in class. We completed a review over our fourth quarter skills. Spelling workbook pages are due on Thursday.

In Mr. P's class we completed a review over fourth quarter skills and discussed it as well. We completed a reading comprehension activity with Dear Mr. Henshaw. We also listened to the story again. We will have a test and a vocab test over this story on Friday. We also drew eight spelling pictures due on Friday and we took a spelling pretest. We also wrote a journal about things we liked and did not like this year and how we could change them.

Have a great evening!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Happy Tuesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed multipying and dividing by powers of ten. Ask your child to show you the Decimal Slide. Problem set 111 was assinged and is due on Wednesday.

Science/Health: We continued our discussion about drugs, medicine use, abuse and addicition. A worksheet dealing with lesson 1 and 2 vocab was assigned and is due on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We had a reading assignment dealing with the confederation period and we watched the writing of the constitution.

In Mrs. D's class spelling workbook pages unit 34 are due on Thursday. We began reading a new book Early Sunday Morning. We also continued to work on our PhD report and we also worked on review of our fourth quarter skills. Mrs. K came to talk about citizenship.

In Mr. H's class spelling pretest unit 34 and workbook pages are due on Thursday. We completed a writing activity in class. We went to the library and we read the Golden Lion Tamarin story in the readnig book.

In Mr. P's class spelling unit 34 workbook pages are due on Friday along with a crossword. We read the story Dear Mr. Henshaw and we also reviewed our vocab for our test on Friday. We also continued to review our fourth quarter English skills.

Have a great evening!

Monday, May 14, 2007

Monday, May 14, 2007

Happy Monday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed scale drawings. Each student had a choice of doing a scale drawing, make a model or use a map. The choice is due on Wednesday.

Science/Health: Today we began our discussion of medicines and drugs.

Social Studies: We did a review of the unit on the Revolutionary War from the end of the chapter.

In Mrs. D's class we took our spelling unit 34 pretest. We worked on our PhD report. We had the portable lab in our room to work on typing our reports. The final drafts are due next week. We also went to the library.

In Mr. H's class we previewed our unit 34 spelling words. We completed a writing activity in class and we read from The Golden Lion Tamarin in our reading book. We also completed a paragraph correction sheet.

In Mr. P's class we previewed Dear Mr. Henshaw and completed the vocabulary for the story due tomorrow. We took a spelling pretest and completed five times each. Workbook pages 206-211 were assigned and are due on Friday. We reviewed our paragraph correction sheet. We also began our end of the year review.

Have a great day!

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Happy Thursday!

Here is what we did today!

We had a two hour fog delay this morning and a music dress rehearsal so we packed in as much as we could in the time available.

In Mrs. D's class we turned in our spelling workbook pages and took our final test over unit 33. We completed a writing activity and a paragraph correction sheet. We worked on Frindle and will complete the book by Monday. We also finished our writing about the moving Friendship Fields.

In Mr. H's class we turned in our spelling workbook pages and took our final test over unit 33. We completed a writing activity and a paragraph correction sheet. We read a story in our reading book as well. We also went to the library.

In Mr. P's class we turned in our spelling activities and took our final test over unit 33. We completed a paragraph correction sheet and we also went to the library. We worked on our test questions for Brian's Winter and looked at Dear Mr. Henshaw.

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Happy Wednesday!

Here is what we did today:

*We had a recycling convocation today and we took a math test.

Thanks to the parents who came in to cover our classes so that we could have some needed collaboration time during our lunch. You are great!

In Mrs. D's class we worked on clauses and phrases. Spelling workbook and test are tomorrow. We worked on our PhD report in class. We also watched a video dealing with diversity and we did a writing activity with it.

In Mr. H's class we read Dear Mr. Henshaw in our reading book. We did a creative writing activity. Spelling books are due and spelling test tomorrow. We also worked on clauses and phrases in English.

In Mr. P's class we worked on spelling pictures due tomorrow along with book and crossword puzzles. We learned from Bill Nye about gravity and momentum. We also learned from Tim and Mobey about potential and kinetic energy. We continued to work on our test questions for Brian's Winter. We also worked with phrases and clauses.

Have a great evening!

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Happy Tuesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: We all took a state wide math contest in our homeroom classes. We will have a math test for our class tomorrow. We also worked on a reducing fraction sheet.

Science: We did not have science today due to the writing prompt and math contest.

Social Studies: We did not have social studies due to the writing prompt and the math contest.

In Mrs. D's class we completed our final quarterly write. The students did a nice job. We worked on our PhD reports and we also began to read the book Frindle. We also worked on our spelling workbook pages.

In Mr. H's class we completed our final quarterly write. The students are glad we are done! We finished Guns for Washington. We took our spelling pretest and assinged the workbook pages. We also went to the library.

In Mr. P's class we completed our final quarterly write. The students did a nice job. We worked on our spelling workbook pages and crossword everything is due on Thursday due to the field trip on Friday. We also worked on our Brian's Winter test questions due on Friday. We also went to the computer.

Have a great evening!

Monday, May 07, 2007

Monday, May 7, 2007

Happy Monday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we worked on multiplying decimal numbers. Problem set 110 was assigned and is due on Tuesday.

Science: We viewed an interesting program on momentum and gravity.

Social Studies: We viewed a video on George Washington.

*We had a class meeting with Mrs. Burroughs discussing the end of the year behavior and dress. We also discussed what we expect on our field trip on Friday.

In Mrs. D's class we took a spelling pretest on unit 33. We also worked on our PhD reports and we visited the library. We also shared our topics and tried to help each other find resources.

In Mr. P's class we read chapter 17 in Brian's Winter and we began writing our test and vocab questions for the book. Workbook pages 200-205 were assigned in spelling due on Friday. We worked on 5 times each due tomorrow. We also took a spelling pretest.

In Mr. H's class we looked at our unit 33 spelling words. We read in Guns for Washington chapters 17-18. We had an in class writing activity.

Have a great evening!

Monday, May 7, 2007

Happy Monday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we worked on multiplying decimal numbers. Problem set 110 was assigned and is due on Tuesday.

Science: We viewed an interesting program on momentum and gravity.

Social Studies: We viewed a video on George Washington.

*We had a class meeting with Mrs. Burroughs discussing the end of the year behavior and dress. We also discussed what we expect on our field trip on Friday.

In Mrs. D's class we took a spelling pretest on unit 33. We also worked on our PhD reports and we visited the library. We also shared our topics and tried to help each other find resources.

In Mr. P's class we read chapter 17 in Brian's Winter and we began writing our test and vocab questions for the book. Workbook pages 200-205 were assigned in spelling due on Friday. We worked on 5 times each due tomorrow. We also took a spelling pretest.

In Mr. H's class we looked at our unit 33 spelling words. We read in Guns for Washington chapters 17-18. We had an in class writing activity.

Have a great evening!

Friday, May 04, 2007

Friday, May 4, 2007

Happy Friday!

Here is what we did today:

Mr. P was gone so we hope this is what happened.

We had a school wide covocation dealing with technology.

In math we worked on multiplying decimal numbers. BOB was assigned and almost everyone finished in class.

In social studies we learned about the life of Paul Revere through technology.

In science we watched a Bill Nye video.

We all took spelling unit 32 tests. We also all worked on some language arts skills!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Happy Thursday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we worked on reading schedules and finding elapsed time. Problem set 108 due on Friday.

Science: Today we took a test over chapter 13. We also completed vocab on page 475 due tomorrow.

Social Studies: Today we took a quiz over LEAD. We also had an assignment from chapter 9 page 322 lesson 4.

In Mrs. D's class we watched and discussed the video Ruby Bridges. We are tying this into a few books that we have read. We turned in our spelling books and we will have a test on Friday. We also went the library and we also picked out our last RIF book.

In Mr. H's class we graded our spelling workbook pages. We read chapters 11-12- 13 in Guns for Washington. We chose our book for the RIF program. We also completed our soldier letters.

In Mr. P's class we read chapters 14 and 15 in Brain's Winter and discussed and completed some writing to learn activities. We continued working on our letters to the soldiers. We also completed spelling pictures and workbook pages. Crossword puzzles are also due tomorrow. We also went to the library for our last RIF book choice.

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Happy Wednesday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed reading and ordering decimal numbers and percents. Problem set 107 was assigned and is due on Thursday.

Science: Today we discussed our chapter 13 review and studied for our test tomorrow.

Social Studies: Today we discussed court in LEAD. We also read in our textbook lesson 3 chapter 9, pages 314-319 and they also were to answer the questions at the end of the lesson.

In Mrs. D's class we read the story Mom's Best Friend. We discussed appositives and had an assignment to complete. We continued to work on our PhD report as well. Spelling workbooks are due tomorrow. We also worked on our soldier letters as well.

In Mr. H's class we read chapters 10 & 11 in Guns for Washington. We continued to work on our letters to the servicemen. We completed a paragraph correction sheet as well. Spelling workbooks due tomorrow.

In Mr. P's class we read chapters 12 and 13 in Brian's Winter. We also took a quiz over chapter 11. We finished writing our letters to the servicemen. We also did some work on semi-colons and we completed spelling pictures due on Friday as well as our second spelling pre-test.

Have a great evening!

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