Wednesday, February 26, 2014

We are kicking off our Pennies for Patients Project this week! It will last for two weeks.

Wednesday February 26 – Green day. Wear as much green as you can and bring in pennies. See if everyone and your class can come in wearing green.

Friday Feb. 28 – Pajama day. Wear your PJ’s to school and bring in nickels.

Tuesday March 4 – Inside out/backwards day. Wear your clothes backwards or inside out and bring in dimes.

Thursday March 6 – Hat day. Wear your favorite hat and bring in quarters.

Friday March 7 – BYOG. Bring your own gum and collect dollars (this is a half day).


This week in Curriculum:
In math, we will be starting our next unit which is division. We will learn division strategies, remainders, and long division procedures. Please make sure your student is still practicing their multiplication facts.

In reading, we will be continuing to work on close reading and constructed response comprehension questions. We will be finishing figurative language this week.

In writing, we are continuing to work on our Historical Fiction Books. We will be working on drafting our Chapter 4, historical essays.

In social studies, we are wrapping up our unit about the different United States regions.

Have a great week! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Homework 2-19

--- Read for 10 minutes/ Work on Book Report for 10 minutes
----Finish Chapter 3 Draft
----Math Review due Tomorrow
----Hamby Homework due Friday

Monday, February 10, 2014

Homework 2-10

Read: 10 minutes/ Work on Book Report Project
Write: Work on Chapter 2 Draft for 5 minutes
Math: Practice multiplication math facts for 2 minutes
Work on Hamby Homework (due Friday)
11.4 Work sheett (specific circled problems)

Metaphors


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN104uji--Y

^^The students really enjoy this video when learning about metaphors!

Informational Writing


Think marks

Using think marks during reading!