Thursday, November 29th,2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We read and did writing an assignment on our chapter book.
• 5^th Grade:  We read and did a writing assignment

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• R and E due on December 6^th. Must be on the wiki.  Remember the presentation must be 2-3 minutes in length.
• You need to find a partner and chapter book to begin “partner read” by Monday.
• Writing piece rough draft due on Tuesday, December 4th

Social Studies:  Did vocab for lesson 7 and began reading Junior Scholastic.

• Midterm on Friday, November 30^th.

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Reminders:

• Late start next Tuesday, December 4th

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We read, did a quick write and shared our writing piece with Mrs. Fitz’s class.
• Bring Laptops tomorrow for in class writing.

• 5^th Grade:  We read.  The students were assigned to write a summary of their current chapter book.  This piece is to be written in their reader’s notebook and is due tomorrow.

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• R and E due on December 6^th. Must be on the wiki.  Remember the presentation must be 2-3 minutes in length.
• 5^th Graders must complete their summary on their chapter book.

Social Studies:  Worked on Unit 1 review.

Received review for lessons 1, 4 and 5 for the Midterm we are having on Friday, November 30^th.

• The review will be due at the end of class on Tuesday.

             

Reminders:

• Late start next Tuesday, December 4th

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We continued to work on our writing piece.  We started to typing our draft. 

5^th Grade:  We continued to work on our writing piece.

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• R and E due on December 6^th. Must be on the wiki.  Remember the presentation must be 2-3 minutes in length.

Social Studies:  Read Junior Scholastic and completed activities based on reading.

Homework:

• Received review for lessons 1, 4 and 5 for the Midterm we are having on Friday, November 30^th.
• The review will be due at the end of class on Tuesday.

             

Reminders:

·         Permission slips for Lansing

·         As of today, The Burns classroom has NO Chaperones for Lansing on Monday, November 26^th.  Please email me if you can help!

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We continued to work on our writing piece.  We also did a reflection on our reading and writing progress.
• 5^th Grade:  We continued to work on our writing piece. We also did a reflection on our reading and writing progress.

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• Criterion writing assignment for 5^th and 6^th graders.  It is called “Lesson Learned”  it is due on Wednesday, November 14^th
• Grammar packet is due on Wednesday, November 14^th
• R and E due on December 6^th. Must be on the wiki

Social Studies:  Finished lesson 5 and watched a video to get ready for our test on Friday. We worked on our review.  IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

Homework:

·         Reread lesson 5

·         Review due tomorrow

·         Lesson 5 test on FRIDAY

             

Reminders:

·         Permission slips for Lansing

·         Can good to donate for the family we are adopting for Thanksgiving.

Just wanted to let you know I will be out the 15^th, 16^th and the morning of the 19^th. I am attending the National Teachers of Social

Monday, November 12th, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We continued to work on our writing piece.   
• 5^th Grade:  We continued to work on our writing piece

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• Criterion writing assignment for 5^th and 6^th graders.  It is called “Lesson Learned”  it is due on Wednesday, November 14^th
• Grammar packet is due on Wednesday, November 14^th
• R and E due on December 6^th. Must be on the wiki

Social Studies:  Finished lesson 5 and watched a video to get ready for our test on Friday.

Homework:

·         Reread lesson 5

             

Reminders:

·         Permission slips for Lansing

·         Can good to donate for the family we are adopting for Thanksgiving.

·         Just wanted to let you know I will be out the 15^th, 16^th and the morning of the 19^th. I am attending the National Teachers of Social Studies Convention in Seattle. 

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We continued to work on our writing piece.   
• 5^th Grade:  We continued to work on our writing piece and learned about our  R and E presentations starting in December

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly. Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.
• Criterion writing assignment for 5^th and 6^th graders.  It is called “Lesson Learned”  it is due on Wednesday, November 14th

Social Studies:  Finished lesson 5.

Homework:

·         Processing in lesson 5 due tomorrow

             

Reminders:

• Please sign up for conferences.

I will be out tomorrow. I am participating in the interview committee for our new principal.  I will be here after school for conferences

Monday, November 5th, 2012

We had our election today. The winner of the POPULAR vote in the BURNS homeroom is Romney/Ryan – Camillia and Sam. 

The winner of the POPULAR vote in the BURDICK homeroom is Obama/Biden- Ian and Blake. 

Congratulations to the students for all of their hard work. They were AMAZING today!

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We started our new writing piece.
• 5^th Grade:  We started our new writing piece and learned about our  R and E presentations starting in December,

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly! Read a lot tomorrow since you are off!!
• Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.

Social Studies:  Debate today!

Homework:

• No Homework.

             

Reminders:

• Please sign up for conferences.
• No school tomorrow

Election 2012

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

The only homework the students have this weekend is to read and prepare for the debate on Monday especially if you are a candidate. 

Remember the debate is on Monday at 1:00 in the Media Center. Students are to dress up and all family members welcome!!

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

Language Arts:

• 6^th Grade: We started our new writing piece.
• 5^th Grade:  We started our new writing piece and learned about our  R and E presentations starting in December,

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes or more nightly!
• Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.

Social Studies:  Unit 4 test returned and 6^th graders presented R and E to the 5^th graders.

Homework:

• No Homework.

             

Election Updates: 

We are in the final stretch. We will be having our final debate/town hall meeting on Monday, November 5^th.  This will be held in the Media Center at 1:00.Parents please feel free to attend this debate.  We would love to see you there supporting our students.

Reminders:

• Please sign up for conferences.