Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Reading:  no homework

Social Studies:  no homework; we are learning about the Maya and Aztec civilizations
Students are working in small groups to summarize the main ideas in a note guide.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Reading:  no homework
Students wrote an essay to respond to Thunder Rose and Measuring Tornadoes.  The challenge was to organize the information to answer the prompt.  They had to determine the rating and damage level of the tornadoes in Thunder Rose and cite text evidence (words and illustrations) to support their answers.  They had good ideas!

Social Studies:  no homework
Regions quizzes have been returned and the grades are posted.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Reading:  Students finished the Thunder Rose Selection Test (essay, vocabulary and comprehension).

Social Studies:  no homework; students practiced using a time line to answer questions

Happy Weekend

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Reading:  Students who scored BELOW  78% on the Thunder Rose Challenging Words Quiz must retake it Friday.

Social Studies:  no homework; students were finishing the open-book regions quiz and completing a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the Maya and Roman civilizations

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Reading:  Test Thursday on Thunder Rose

Social Studies:  Tomorrow, students will finish the regions open book quiz.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Reading:  Read Thunder Rose; test Thursday

Social Studies:  Open Book "quiz" on regions Wed. (pages 28-35)

Friday, October 17, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Quiz Tuesday on Challenging Words from Thunder Rose.  It will be matching.  Also, quiz Tuesday on Subjects and Predicates. 
Thunder Rose Selection Test is Thursday. 

Social Studies:  There will be an open book "quiz" on the regions (pages 28-35).  Students will answer the questions using maps and words from the text.

**Picture Retakes are Thursday, October 23.  This information is explained in the Elementary Newsletter.

Happy Weekend!

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Please finish grammar worksheet (subjects and predicates).  Also, quiz Tuesday on Challenging Words from Thunder Rose.


Social Studies:  Students finished the noteguide from Chapter 3 Lesson 1 - The Maya.
Students also identified Cause and Effect relationships regarding agriculture, permanent settlements and civilizations.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Reading:  Read Thunder Rose.  Complete 10 Sentences WS.

Social Studies:  no homework

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Reading:  Complete RWB page 53 (1-10).  At the bottom of the page, there is a Friendly Letter Activity.  Do not write the letter.  Think of possible ideas for the letter.  It can be a fictional idea.

Social Studies:  Define vocabulary from text page 60 in your notebook.  Skip one line between each definition.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Reading:  Please read Thunder Rose (begins on page 56)

Social Studies:  no homework
Today, students were completing map work that focused on regions.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Complete 1-7 on the Subject and Predicate WS.  Remember to follow the examples we did together.  For each sentence identify the Complete Subject,  Complete Predicate, Simple Subject and Simple Predicate

Social Studies:  no homework
As a reminder - Identify 25 States quizzes have been returned. 

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Reading:  Complete the cause and effect chart using the information from page 53.

Social Studies:  We reviewed Map Work from pages 30-31.  Some of you are redoing the Regions Map. 

Monday, October 6, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Complete RWB page 41

Social Studies:  Quizzes have been returned and the grades are posted.  They do not need to be signed or returned.
Homework:  Complete Regions Map

Directions written and reviewed in class are as follows:

1.  Label each state with its 2 letter abbreviation.  Refer to page R12 (near back of book).
2.  Label a Map Key on the lower right corner of the map.  Indicate a color for each region with a box followed by the region's name.  You may use the same colors from text page 29.  If you choose different colors, make sure that they contrast.
3.  Lightly color the states of each region. Do not color over the printing of the abbreviations.

Homeroom:  Thank you for sending in Party Money.

Have a good night!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Period 2 Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling Test is Monday.

Have a happy weekend!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling test Friday on words from RWB page 55.  Also, please complete RWB page 52.

Social Studies:  no homework

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Reading/Language Arts:  Spelling Test is Friday on words from RWB page 55.
Finish disappearing words activity in your notebook.  Write each word in the format shown below.
Example
acorn
-corn
--orn
---rn
----n
acorn

Social Studies:  Quiz Thurs.  Be able to identify 25 states.  A word list of the states will be provided.