We survived another Monday!
Language Arts: We took our Spelling pre-test and discussed the different ways to spell words that contain the long i sound. The independent Spelling Test will be on Friday. Please review these words each night. This is a tricky list!
In Reading, we read our story for the week, The Astronaut and the Onion.It is realistic fiction and contains the following vocabulary words: universe, protested, astronaut, endless, sensible, realistic, and paralyzed. Please review the meaning of these words as you read the story together at home. Our skill for the week is Making Inferences. Fluency and Flow is due on Friday.
In Grammar, we worked on complex sentences and reviewed conjunctions other than and, but and or. This will help us in our writing- Compound sentences(last weeks skill) and complex sentences help to build more detailed descriptions and more vivid sentences. This is a work in progress, but it is showing up in their writing.
In Writing, we completed a prompt that we worked on last week. Today the students had to come back and revise their sentences by making their simple sentences into compound and complex sentences.
Important Information: With ISTEP being next week, I am asking for parents who would be willing ,to send in a healthy snack for our Language Arts class. We have 24 students in our class-Thanks in advance! We need full bellies and alert students all week!
Homework: Fluency and Flow-due Friday
Independent Spelling test- Friday
Read 20-30 minutes each night
Work on our cereal box project- due October 10
Math- In math today, we worked on changing a fraction to a decimal and comparing more than one fraction by placing them in decimal form and arranging them from smallest to largest. We are on track for our Unit 7 test on Friday, September 12.
Homework:Math boxes 7.7(Omit #2), and 7.8(all)
Social Studies: We started our new rotations today. My homeroom class now has Mrs. Woods for Health. Please visit her blog to check on daily activities and homework. I started Miss Grannan's class today. Today we started Chapter 1- Lesson 1. This lesson is pretty much a review from last year. The students do have a handout with all the important information from the lesson on it. We will review it again tomorrow and at the beginning of the class on Wednesday. The students will have a short quiz over lesson 1 only- on Wednesday.
Homework: None
Until tomorrow...