WEEK 10

Dear Parents,
I wanted to let you know about all of the exciting things happening in Room 12 this week. In reading we are continuing the exciting book entitled Cripsin, which takes place during the Middle Ages in England. Our class is using the iPad to learn new vocabulary in class and read it using the iBook. For spelling we learned some Crispin words along with a couple Halloween words for the week. This week we are creating our speech outlines about our Cereal Box Project. We will be practicing and presenting them next week so make sure they practice eye contact and volume to prepare well. In writing the class just finished typing their “Frustrations” essay. This week we are writing our “Spooky Stories” which incorporate the usage of similes, dialogue, an exciting “hook” intro and descriptive vocabulary.
Our last day to take A.R. quizzes will be on Wednesday, November 3rd. Our class is now doing our Newsteams with a Flip Camera without having to write a summary.
This Friday our class will be taking part in the Halloween Parade at 8:30 a.m. rain or shine. Please make sure, like Ms. Dorney’s message specified, that the costumes are appropriate with no weapons, or suggestive clothing.
Next Friday our class will be going to the Tech Museum to take part in the Periodic Table Lab “Elements of Innovation” and we will be seeing Lewis and Clark. Once again, the drivers are:

Berhan (up to 6 students)
Black (6)
Chamberlain (5)
Hall (4)
Jeffery (4)
Rubio (4)
Spinelli (4)
Welle (5)
Zimmer (3)

Finally, this class has been simply amazing with the donations that you provided for our classroom. I wanted to thank you SO much for your generosity and commitment to helping our class to have an enriched environment. Below are some amazing things I have been able to purchase for the class… You’re donations are truly making a difference in this class.


* Ipad (From Scholastic Book Order Bonus Points)
* Ipad apps-Ibooks for class, Periodic Table, Star and much more
* Digital Microscope for Science to be used with laptop and projector
* Science Projects-Weather, human body, conduction
* Flip Camera/Tripod- for newscasts to be posted on blog
* HP Color Printer
* A new iMac!
* Periodic Table Lab at Tech Museum
* Books for class library

AGAIN, THANK YOU!

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Reading-Ch. 17-19
Math - Finish L51
Newsteams-No summary required...Just find an article and prepare a brief speech that summarizes the article
Finish p. 20+21 in Science Wkbk

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-Ch. 22-24 + Literature Circle Job #1
Math - Finish L52
Newsteams-No summary required...Just find an article and prepare a brief speech that summarizes the article
Work on and practice Cereal Project Speech using cue cards done in class.

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Reading-Ch. 27 + 28+ Literature Circle Job
Math - Finish L54
Finish Spooky Rough Draft

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Writing-Finish Final Draft of Spooky Story
DRESS UP-Study for test in Vocab