Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Updates

Homework:
Grammar WB: pages 139 and 140.  Skill: Using quotation marks correctly
SS:  Quick Study Chapter 4, lessson 1
Continue working on your research for your Invention Project.  Research is due Monday, December 1.

Groups A and B can BYOD tomorrow for reading responses only.

Thanksgiving Feast is tomorrow!  I am looking forward to seeing our parents!

Interesting Link:

We discussed Thomas Edison, the light bulb and power plants during SS today.  Here is a link to a short video explaining how electricity is made.
How do we make electricity?

Friday, November 14, 2014

Updates

Mid-term grade reports are in the Friday Folders.  Please go over them carefully with your child.  There shouldn't be any surprises if you are checking the portal regularly.

BYOD News:  Next week students will be using their own devices to make reading responses digitally.  If you have your Independent Reading Rotation on Monday, then you should bring your device on Monday.  If you have IR on Tuesday, then you only will need your device on Tuesday, and so on.

Just in case you don't know your IR day:

Monday: Group C
Tuesday: Group D
Wednesday: Group A
Thursday: Group B

Have a wonderful weekend!  Get outside and enjoy the brisk weather!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

New SS Project

 SS: Show your parents your rubric for your new SS project.  Look through chapter 4 to choose an invention for your project.  You will be doing all your research at home, but you will create your actual brochure here at school in the computer lab using Publisher. 

Updates

Homework:

Grammar sheet 645.  Skill:  Quotation Marks

Grammar Test tomorrow on sentence types.  Pages to review in Super Writer Grammar Book are 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28. and 109

SS:  Quick Study #2

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Updates

Homework:  Be familiar with Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (ier and iest) for tomorrow's Mentor Sentence class work grade.  You can review pages 73 and 75 in your super writer grammar workbook.

Grammar Test on types of sentences is Friday!

Social Studies:  Welcome, Mrs. Morand's class!  Quick Study Lesson 1.  RESTATE the question! I will be looking for QUALITY answers!  Thank you for taking your time!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Updates

Grammar:  Use two different colored highlighters to complete your grammar sheet.  If you take two from school, please be sure to return them to me!

Writing:  Work on your C/C informational paper.  It is due tomorrow at the end of class.  This paper is a test grade, so do your best!

Social Studies and Science groups switch tomorrow!