Friday, October 12, 2012

English:  Students completed a review of plural and possessive nouns.

Reading:  Students read with partners.  After reading, each partnership discussed the internal and external conflicts in each piece of literature.

 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

 In class today, students continued working on their review packet.
They also finished their "Bad Day" essays.

 Students who finished the week's work do not have homework. Those who have not completed these assignments were to take them home and finish them.

Tuesday and Wednesday, October 9th and 10th

Monday, October 8, 2012

  Spelling- This week's spelling focuses on plural nouns.  The homework is due Thursday at the beginning of the hour.

    This week's words:
 
       bushes          wishes          boxes          churches          foxes          taxes
       dishes           matches        branches    cities               babies         crutches
                 brushes                                 cherries                         pennies


Skills packet- This is not homework!!  These activities are to be done when students have completed the MEAP sections each day.  Students will report to their first hour class for MEAP testing.  Each subtest is a different length of time, so students may be in their first hour class all morning or they may attend part of each hour.  Because of these variations, I will not see each class for the same length of time.  This packet is designed to keep everybody moving forward. Students will have time to work on them during the quiet times following each subtest. Students will also have time during class on Thursday.

MEAP testing- Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats a good breakfast each morning.  This will increase their concentration and brain power.  Encourage them to do their best on each test.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Students practiced writing a story summary using the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day.  

Writing: Students began work on a 4-paragraph essay about their horrible day.  This is not homework.  We will continue to work on it next week.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Reading: students finshed the analysis questions on page 22 in their reading text.
                  HW: Selection test for "Stray".

English: students continued to work with possessive nouns.
                  HW: Plural noun worksheet

Field trip tomorrow to the tennis courts.  This will be for students who are not on the NET list at 8:00 am tomorrow.

Progress reports will be mailed soon.

  MEAP testing start next Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Reading: Students started working on the analysis questions for the story, "Stray".  They need to answer ?s #2,3, 4, all parts.  Answers should be in complete sentences.  This is not homework.  They will be finishing the questions tomorrow in class. 

Writing: We finished our shoe stories in class.  They were turned in at the end of the hour.  Students who did not have their story completed, needed to take the story home to finish.

Spelling homework (prefixes) is due tomorrow.


MEAP testing starts next week!!!