Monday, January 31st, 2011

Language Arts:

• Today we read the story, Lou Gehrig and did the vocabulary based on the story.
• Homework:

• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Homelink 6.9 and math facts due
• Study facts (6, 7 and 8)

4^th Grade:

• Lesson  7.5

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• No class

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed created a podcast and inspiration based on our butterfly life cycle.

Reminders:

·         PE starts tomorrow

·         Engineering tech starts tomorrow

·         Get planners signed

·         New choice hours on Monday

Thursday, January 28th, 2011

Language Arts:

• Today we created a wiki page for our biography assignment.
• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 31^st
• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Homelink 6.9 and math facts due
• Study facts (6, 7 and 8)

4^th Grade:

• Lesson  7.4 due on Monday
• Test letter signed
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• We started the regions for the United States and did a geography lesson with a partner.

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed created a podcast based on our butterfly life cycle.

Reminders:

·         Swim on Thursday-last day

·         Get planners signed

·         1/2 day on Friday

·         New choice hours on Monday

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Language Arts:

• Today we worked on the story Gloria Estefan and completed the activities that go along with the story.  We also took a quiz on moodle based on the story.

• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 31^st
• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Homelink 6.7
• Study facts (6, 7 and 8)

4^th Grade:

• Lesson  7.3
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• We started the regions for the United States and did a geography lesson with a partner.

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed created a podcast based on our butterfly life cycle.

Reminders:

·         Swim on Thursday-last day

·         Get planners signed

·         1/2 day on Friday

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Language Arts:

• Today we worked on the story Gloria Estefan and completed the activities that go along with the story.
• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 31^st
• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Homelink 6.5 and 6.6
• Study facts

4^th Grade:

• Lesson  7.2
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• We started the regions for the United States and did a geography lesson with a partner.

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed our wiki pages.

Reminders:

·         Swim on Thursday-last day

·         Get planners signed

·         1/2 day on Friday

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Just a reminder that the blog is not updated when I am out of the classroom. Please refer to your child's planner.  The are filled out daily.

Language Arts:

• Today we worked on the story Gloria Estefan.  We read together and we will work on activities tomorrow for the story.
• We also worked on our cursive and corrected a grammar packet
• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 31st
• Biography work due on Tuesday, January 25^th
• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Homelink 6.4
• Study facts

4^th Grade:

• Lesson  7.1
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• Took quiz on lesson 1 regarding social scientist

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed our wiki pages.

Reminders:

·         Swim on Tuesday

·         Get planners signed

·         1/2 day on Friday

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be out of the classroom tomorrow for "Writer's Workshop" training.  I am very excited to learn more about this approach to writing. My meeting is in the building if anyone needs to reach me.

Language Arts:

• Today we took a quiz on moodle on the story, Happy Birthday, Dr. King.
• We also worked on our cursive and started the vocabulary for our next story in our anthology.

• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 24th
• Biography work due on Tuesday, January 25^th
• Have a chapter book in school
• Paragraph practice due on Tuesday, February 1^st.

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Took test
• Study facts

4^th Grade:

• Unit 6 test on Friday
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• No class today!

Science:

• Continued working on our life cycles unit and completed our wiki pages.

Reminders:

·         Swim on Thursday

·         Get planners signed

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

It was so wonderful to see so many students yesterday who volunteered their time to package food for "Kids Against Hunger."  It was a great day for all!

Language Arts:

Today we took our lesson 3 spelling test and completed our MLK activities on our wiki.

• Homework:

• Reading to Waikiki slip due on Monday, January 24th
• Biography work due on Tuesday, January 25^th
• Have a chapter book in school

Math:

3^rd Grade:

• Study review
• Test on Wednesday
• Study facts

4^th Grade:

• Unit 6 review due on Wednesday
• Unit 6 test on Friday
• Angles project due on Friday, January 28th

• Study math facts.

Social Studies:

• No class today!

Reminders:

·         Swim on Thursday

·         Get planners signed