WEEK OF MARCH 25-29th

Room 12 Update
* We are reading  Chapters 25-35 in Crispin this week. The reading skills and strategies that we are focusing on this week are: Main Idea and Supporting Details and Monitoring. 
* In writing we will write a fun essay about our PERFECT DAY!
* Last week I gave out the A.R. goals for the final trimester and they are also posted online.
* The main thrust of homework this week will be The Heritage Project and Science Projects. I am helping each child refine their Investigative Questions, which will drive the rest of the project. We will fill out a form this week with our: Hypothesis, Methods, Materials and go over a timeline of due dates.
* To help guide the Heritage Project, I will go over each required section.
* I am sending home the CD with all of the songs for our Constitution Play that each student will need to learn.
* Thursday is the Big Spin when we give out awards for Principal's List, Honor Roll, Honorary Achievement, Sportsmanship, Accelerated Reading and Citizenship.
* On Friday there will be the Talent Show and parents are invited at 1pm.
* In Math we are working with % and reviewing surface area.

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 20 min.
Math Finish p. 209-210 HM + L91evens
Vocab-Learn 10 words from Spelling Blog
Heritage Project
Study Play Script Lines
Go over open book test from Ch. 9 in History. Correct, if necessary...parent help and use of book and Internet is okay.

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 20 min.
Math Finish HM Ch. 23 Lesson 3 + L92 odds
Vocab-Learn 10 words from Spelling Blog
Study Play Script Lines
Writing-Finish "Perfect Day" writing prompt

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25 min.
Math Finish Saxon PreTest #17a
Vocab-Learn 10 words from Spelling Blog
Study Play Script Lines
Science-Fill out Science Project Investigative Plan-Due Thursday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25 min.
Math Study Percents for HM Assessment at:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmcam/practice/ep_5.html
Vocab-Study word meanings for Test
Study Play Script Lines
Heritage Project

WEEK OF MARCH 18-22nd

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Reading-Read 25 Minutes

Math-Finish L86 evens

Spelling/Vocab-Learn Spelling and Meanings of the 15 words-Due Friday

History-Finish p. 97-99

HOMEWORK TUESDAY

Reading-Optional

Math-HM Ch. 23 L3

Spelling/Vocab-Learn Spelling and Meanings of the 15 words-Due Friday
Practice Play Lines
Heritage Project :Due April 11th

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY

Reading-Optional

Math-HM p.201+202-Surface Area-See Review Lesson on Right Sidebar

Spelling/Vocab-Learn Spelling and Meanings of the 15 words-Due Friday
Practice Play Lines
Heritage Project :Due April 11th
Scan images of family pics and put them on flash drive for Power Point
project in the lab tomorrow

HOMEWORK THURSDAY

Reading-Optional

Math-Saxon L90odds

Spelling/Vocab-Learn Spelling and Meanings of the 15 words-Due Friday
Prediction Quiz/Spelling/Vocab/Crispin Comprehension Quiz Ch.13-24
Practice Play Lines-Tryout Day 1 tomorrow...Day 2-Monday
Heritage Project :Due April 11th
FIELD TRIP TOMORROW

WEEK OF MARCH 11-15th

UPDATE
In Reading our class kicks off an amazing book entitled Crispin by Avi. The setting of the book is in Stromford, England in the 1300's. Crispin deals with the theme of the "diamond in the rough" and some pretty intense situations...the Plague, Feudalism, betrayal, perseverance, and much more. This week's reading strategies and skill focus will be in Predicting Outcomes and Summarizing. Our Spelling Vocabulary will also come from this section so students show know the meanings and spellings of the words by the end of the week.

In writing we are learning how to write Limericks, a very challenging task for many o' wee lads.
The rhyming pattern is: A A B B A. Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme while 3 and 4 rhyme together. The other tricky part is making the syllabic pattern match the same form.

A.R. Reading Goal Sheets go home this week to be signed and returned.

Room 12 will be learning more Geometry this week, focusing on area of Triangles and Parallelograms.

In History we will be wrapping up Chapter 9 on the Revolution this week.

Report Cards go home Friday!

More to come soon

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read A.R. Book 25 minutes
Math- Finish L82odds + p.195+196
Writing-Finish 3 Limericks Rough Drafts (See blog below for examples+templates)
Finish p.94-96 in Social Studies Wkbk

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read A.R. 25 Minutes
Math-Finish L 83evens + HM 203+204
Study Vocabulary Words-Test Thursday afternoon
Create 3 Investigative Questions for Science Projects
Due Thursday
Heritage Project

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read A.R. 25 Minutes
Math-Finish L 84odds
Finish Final Drafts of Limericks with Art and Color
Study Vocabulary Words-Test Thursday afternoon (on Spelling Blog)
Create 3 Investigative Questions for Science Projects (Use link
on right for ideas and the 5 you wrote down from Science Fair
Due Thursday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read A.R. 25 Minutes
NO MATH
Study Spelling Words
Correct 3 Investigative Questions for Science Projects (Use link
on right for ideas and the 5 you wrote down from Science Fair
NO PRODUCT COMPARISON! You have to be able to test this
Go to: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_guide_index.shtml?From=Tab
Heritage Projects



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There once was a girl who loved rhyme;

 She felt her writing was sublime.

 Indeed quite a poet,

 Though some didn't know it,

 She'd be rich if each paid a dime.

There was a mean clown in the circus.

 For fun he would push us and jerk us.

 He would hit us with pies

 That left cream in our eyes.

 His act never once failed to irk us.

A flea and a fly in a flue

Were caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "Let us flee."

"Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

There once was a pauper named Meg

Who accidentally broke her _______.

She slipped on the ______.

Not once, but thrice

Take no pity on her, I __________.

Template - A:

There once was a ______________ from __________________.

All the while s/he hoped _______________________________.

So s/he _______________________________.

And _________________________________.

That ___________________ from ___________________.

Template - B:

I once met a _________________ from ___________________.

Every day s/he _______________________________________.

But whenever s/he ______________________.

The _________________________________.

That strange ___________________ from ___________________.

WEEK OF MARCH 4-8th

MONDAY'S HOMEWORK
Read Science World p. 1-8
Math-Finish L78evens + Chapter 20L3 (See lesson on right of the blog to review)
History-Finish p. 89-91 in wkbk
Heritage Project Interviews


TUESDAY'S HOMEWORK
Read Science World p. 9-17
Math-Finish L80odds + Chapter 20L3 Review(See lesson on right of the blog to review)
History-Finish p. 92+93
Heritage Project Interviews
Sign and Return Field Trip Form
Tomorrow is the last day to correct and return work
Play Auditions-Friday, March 22nd

WEDNESDAY'S HOMEWORK
Finish Science World p. 9-17
Math-Finish L81evens + p. 191-192 Area of Parallelograms(See lesson on right of the blog to review)
Heritage Project Interviews
Sign and Return Field Trip Form
Last Day for A.R. tomorrow
Play Auditions-Friday, March 22nd

THURSDAY'S HOMEWORK
Finish Science World
Math-Finish SAXON PRE TEST 16A
Sign and Return Field Trip Form
Study DLR / Spelling