WEEK OF JANUARY 28th-February 1st

 Dear Parents,
I still need two drivers, if possible?
Here are the drivers I have thus far:
Ian W. (4 students)
Angie H. (4)
Kelly G. (5)
Julie C. (3)
Virginia (5)
Patti L.(6)
Kelly G. (5)
Margaret pending approval
Please arrive at 9:15 a.m. if you are driving. Thanks!
We have 34 students so we are short 1 car, but I need a sub because parents have to cancel frequently because of illness. Let me know!
Make sure your child brings a lunch and arrives on time.

See you Friday!
Go 49ers ;-)
Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Reading 20 min.
Math Finish Ch. 16 L4 Circle/Pie Graphs
American History Test tomorrow!
Newspaper Project Due Friday


HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Reading 20 min.
Newspaper Project Due Friday
Study Vocab/Spelling/DLR
Field Trip Bring Lunch



Dear Parents and Students,
* This week our class is continuing the story, The Fighting Ground. Our reading skill is being able to understand and differentiate between Fact and Opinion. Our vocabulary is listed on the Spelling Blog at: http://mrsweetspelling.blogspot.com. Students will look up the 15 words in class, but should study them at home for the assessment on Friday.
* In writing our class will begin a 5-paragraph essay about how they hope to change the world, which is inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and what we have learned from him.
* In Math we are learning about Charts/Graphs and Statistics in Chapter 16.
* Congratulations to Kye Hurley and Lauren Jacque who won the class spelling bee! They will be competing in the school-wide spelling bee this Thursday.
* This Thursday we will have our American Revolution Test on Chapter 8. The study guide, as always, was posted a week before the test (last Thursday) Please have your child study a little bit each night. There will be little homework to focus on this and the Newspaper Book Project, which is due on Friday.
* Also, I am short two drivers for the trip on Friday. Is anybody available to drive?
Have a great week!
Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Reading-Optional
Math-Finish HM CH 16 L1 + L2
Do Study Guide in history on sidebar of blog
Memorize:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Finish Newspaper Book Project (Due Friday)

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-20min.
Math-Finish HM CH 16 L3
Do Study Guide in history on sidebar of blog
Memorize:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Finish Newspaper Book Project (Due Friday)

WEEK OF JANUARY 23-26

Dear Parents and Students,
* This week our class will continue to read Fighting Ground and work on the skill of sequence of events in RTI time.
* We will have a Spelling Bee this Friday and you can find the words from the sidebar, or at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18-Nkbr0MBLHwTyn2BZV_Qn0LAzJuyFb_ANwpJ8kv-kQ/edit
The two winners will represent our class in the school-wide spelling bee on Friday, January 31st in Mrs. McNeilly's class.
* I am sending home the field trip form on Tuesday afternoon so please sign up if you would like to drive on the field trip on Friday, February 1st when we go to the UCSC life lab.
(My students' favorite trip last year)
* Our spelling and vocabulary will come from Fighting Ground, History and MLK
* I will not be giving as much homework the next two weeks to give students a chance to finish their Newspaper Project. Please make sure your child types the project...(Many parents like to do projects for kids!)
* In History we are finishing up our Unit of Study on Chapter 8. This week we are learning about the 2nd Continental Congress, Bunker Hill, George Washington and the Olive Branch Petition. Our test will be next Thursday, January 31st.
* In Math we are working on a challenging concept: Dividing by two-digit numbers using estimation as a short cut.

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 20 minutes
Math Finish p. 137 in HM
History-Finish p.83 in Wkbk
Sign and Return Field Trip Form (Bring $4 to pay for trip)
Book Project
Learn the Words and Meanings of #11-20

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 20 minutes
Math Finish p. 141+Saxon L63 evens
Sign and Return Field Trip Form (Bring $4 to pay for trip)
Book Project
Learn the Words and Meanings of #11-20

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Reading 25 minutes
Math-Finish Saxon Pre-Test 12a
Finish History Wkbk p. 84+85
Study Vocab/DLR/Spelling Words
Take Home Newspaper Project Large Colored Paper
Continue Newspaper Project

January 14th-18th

CLASS UPDATE

Welcome back everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful break. I enjoyed rest, home projects, family, snowboarding, many celebrations and band performances.
I wanted to thank all of you who donated to my class gift. Wow! Thanks to you all, I have saved up enough to get a really nice Martin acoustic guitar that I will use with the Wild Rovers, my Irish Band. My other guitar was badly damaged at a recent performance.
Here is a brief overview of our learning this week in Room 12:
Reading-Our RTI groups have started reading The Fighting Ground, a book about the American Revolution and a young boy who fights for the Continentals. This week our reading skill is sequence of events.
Math-We are learning how to divide fractions. See the review lesson on the right. "Leave it, change it, flip it, solve it, reduce it!"
MLK-This week and next week we are watching the "I have a Dream" speech and discussing this amazing man and how he transformed this country.
New Computers! We have 4 new computers in the class and will be using them for online learning adventures called Webquests.
History-This week we start our Unit with the French and Indian war followed by the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party.
BOOK PROJECT-This is due on February 1st.

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read A.R. 25 minutes
Math-Finish L60odds and Ch. 11 Lesson 2-HM
History-p.77-79 in wkbk
Book Project Due: February 1st

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read A.R. 25 minutes
Math-Finish L61 evens and Ch. 11 Lesson 3-HM(front only) See lesson review
Book Project Due: February 1st(See link on the right if your child lost the paper)
Finish History Wkbk page #80

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read A.R. 25 minutes
Math-Finish L62 odds and Ch. 11 Lesson 4-HM(front only) See lesson review
Book Project Due: February 1st(See link on the right if your child lost the paper)
Vocab/Spelling-Study the first ten vocab word meanings + Correct Spelling P.T.
Finish History Wkbk page #80

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read A.R. 25 minutes
Math-Finish Saxon Pre-Test
Book Project Due: February 1st(See link on the right if your child lost the paper)
Vocab/Spelling-Study the first ten vocab word meanings + Correct Spelling P.T.
Finish History Wkbk page #81+82