Thursday, January 31, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Test on The Ch'i-lin Purse is Monday.  Complete GWB pages 30-31.

Social Studies:  Please finish Chapter 7 Lesson 4 note-taking guide.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Please read the second part of The Ch' i-lin Purse from page 196 to the end of the story; complete RWB page 74 and GWB page 29

Social Studies:  finish WS (Chapter 7 Lesson 4 note-taking guide)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Please read The Ch'i-lin Purse pages 190-196.  Complete RWB pages 69-70; story test is tentatively scheduled for Friday

Social Studies:  Several students need to hand in Lost Colony WS.

Tomorrow is Day 5.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Reading:  Spelling Test Friday

Social Studies:  Lost Colony WS - please turn this in on Friday even though we will not meet for class

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Reading:  Spelling Test Friday; complete SWB pages 31-32
Noun Quiz Thurs. on Plurals and Possessives; finish GWB page 28 (#s 5-8)

Social Studies:  Complete the WS (please hand in to me on Thursday even though we will not have class)

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Reading/Language Arts Period 1:  GWB page 26 (sentences 5 and 6); GWB page 27 (even #s); GWB page 28 (1-4); write 10 spelling words 3x each from SWB page 29 - spelling test is Friday

Reading/Language Arts Period 2:  GWB page 28 (1-4); write 10 spelling words 3x each from SWB page 29 - spelling test is Friday

Monday, January 21, 2013

Reading Period 1:  GWB page 26 (#s 3 and 4); GWB page 27 (1, 3, 5, 7, 9); SWB pages 29-30

Reading Period 2:  SWB pages 29-30 (no grammar homework)

Social Studies:  no homework
We read a play to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and we visited abcnews.com to explore up-to-date information about the Inauguration.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Reading:  Spelling Test Friday (words 1-20 from SWB page 25); Passage to Freedom Test is Friday; complete Grammar WS (use a dictionary to check your work)

Tomorrow is Half-Day Happiness for Students!!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Complete SWB pages 27-28; spelling test Friday (words 1-20 from SWB page 25);  Read Passage to Freedom; test Friday

Social Studies:  Completed Cause and Effect WS about the Pilgrims; no homework

Have a pleasant evening.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling Test Friday on words 1-20 from SWB page 25; write 10 of the words from this list 3x each (select words that you are learning to spell); complete SWB page 26

Social Studies:  no homework

Friday, January 11, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Benchmark Tests have been returned for your review.  The score is the one on the bottom of the booklet.  (Counted questions 1-32 and Open-Ended Questions A and B - each worth 2 points).  I will collect them from the students on Monday. 
Homework - Please read the directions and complete GWB page 21.

Happy Weekend!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling Test Friday (words 1-20 from SWB page 21); Test on Inside Out is Friday (review the vocabulary from your packet or text page 144)

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Reading/Spelling:  RWB page 54 (1-10); SWB pages 23-24; Inside Out story test is Friday; spelling test is Friday

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling Test Friday on words 1-20 from SWB page 21; write words 1-20 horizontally and vertically (examples practiced in class); finish vocabulary cards for 7 words from Inside Out; read Inside Out

Monday, January 7, 2013

Reading:  Spelling Test Friday (words 1-20 from SWB page 21)
Complete SWB page 22 and RWB page 53

Social Studies:  no homework - we are analyzing primary sources written by John Smith and comparing/contrasting them to the entertaining Pocahontas movie

Friday, January 4, 2013

Reading:  no homework; we will be reading Inside Out next week
Social Studies:  no homework

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  no homework - continuing with benchmark assessment
Social Studies:  no homework; completed WS 39 together in class and began to read and discuss Chapter 7 Lesson 3; ask your child to find Delaware and Chesapeake Bays on a map

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Reading/Language Arts:  Students are writing final copies of persuasive letters in class. 

Social Studies:  no homework; students are learning about  Roanoke, Henry Hudson and Jamestown