Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Language Arts:

·         Burdick’s homeroom was able to check out book and has a reading assignment for tonight.  Burns’ homeroom was interrupted by the fire drill and was unable to finish the lesson.

·         5^th Grade LA started a narrative writing assignment and shared with a partner.

·         6^th Grade LA took a district required writing assessment.

Homework:

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

                                

Social Studies: We continued our Language arts class this afternoon

            Homework: No homework!

         

Reminders:

          Late Start on Thursday

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

Language Arts:

·        Today we continued to read our chapter book.

·        We organized our reader’s and writer’s notebook

Homework:

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

                                 

Social Studies: We continued our Language arts class this afternoon

            Homework: No homework!

         

Reminders:

          Late Start on Thursday

Monday, September 17th, 2012

Happy Constitution Day!!

Language Arts:

·         Today we continued to read our chapter book. The students organized our new classroom library

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Decorated “Writer’s Notebook” due on Tuesday, September 18^th
• Remember to have a chapter book that you are going to commit to for the next week.

                                

Social Studies: Today we celebrated Constitution Day. We watched a video on the Constitution and the role/importance of the President.  We completed a worksheet based on the video.

            Homework: No homework!

         

Reminders:

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Language Arts:

• Today we presented our summer packet “book talks.”  If you did not present today, be ready to present on Monday.

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Decorated “Writer’s Notebook” due on Tuesday, September 18th

                                

Social Studies:  Today we began the week long observation of “Patriots Week.”  We made letters for soldiers overseas. If you did not turn your letter in, it is due tomorrow.

            Homework: Letter for soldier due tomorrow!

         

Reminders:

• Water Festival Field Trip form and money due tomorrow
• Camp meeting on Monday for Chaperones from 6-7
• General parent information meeting from 7-7:30

Friday, September 7th, 2012

Language Arts:

• Today we presented our summer packet “book talks.”  If you did not present today, be ready to present on Monday.

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Decorated “Writer’s Notebook” due on Tuesday, September 18th

                                

Social Studies:  No class today.  We watched the movie Blind Sight. We discussed the importance of team work based on what we learned in the movie.

         

Reminders:

• Water Festival Field Trip form and money due tomorrow
• Camp meeting on Monday for Chaperones from 6-7
• General parent information meeting from 7-7:30

Thursday, September 6th,2012

Language Arts:

• We had our first class and completed an “Interest Survey.”

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Bring in completed summer packet and reading “book talk” tomorrow
• Decorated “Writer’s Notebook” due on Tuesday, September 18th

                                

Social Studies:  We had a short class today. They were given a quick homework assignment.

Homework: 

          Answer the following questions on lined paper and turn in tomorrow.

·         What do you want to learn in ss this year? Why?

·         What do you think ss is?

·         Answer in paragraph form.

Reminders:

• Water Festival Field Trip form and money due tomorrow
• Curriculum Night tonight
• Camp meeting on Monday for Chaperones from 6-7
• General parent information meeting from 7-7:30

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year!  I am looking forward to a wonderful year with the students.

Today we went over the some of the classroom basics and we will continue this tomorrow as well. The students received their planners and schedules. Please reveiw their schedule with them so they know where they are going tomorrow.

Homework:  Please sign and return Water Fesitval field trip slip by Friday, September 7th.

Please have a chapter book to read daily.