Language Arts;
This morning in Language Arts we reviewed our grammar skill of the week(common and proper nouns), completed two pages in our workbook, spent some time on our persuasive writing piece, switched for Vocabulary Vine, and reviewed our story and RIT vocabulary.
Homework:
***Reading projects are due on Oct. 18
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Be sure to study the story vocabulary and the RIT vocabulary
***If the persuasive writing final copy was not completed in class today, it is homework and due tomorrow.
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Math:
We took our math MAP test today. These new scores will be used to set up a new computer program that we just received. We are very excited about our new program! If your child did not finish their MAP test, they will finish it some time next week.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Today we worked with our partners taking notes on our assigned group. We also brainstormed ideas for our collages and started drawing one picture that shows how our group settled in the United States and three pictures that show what contributions they made to the United States. If the students did not finish, they will use their morning time and homework time tomorrow to finish up their drawings. If they are not finished at that time, they will become homework and due on Friday.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
9/28/10
What a beautiful fall day!
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we worked on persuasive writing with "voice" and great word choice. We brainstormed ideas for a persuasive letter and just got started on our rough draft. Also, since we just finished up Unit 1 in our basal, we started taking our Unit 1 End- of-the- Unit assessment today. This assessment tests the students over all the skills in the first five stories.
We will try to finish them all up tomorrow.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-Friday
***Gum day- Friday- Bring in $1
***Reading projects are due no later than October 18. Your book should be finished by this Sunday in order to allow enough time to put effort into the project.
***We have all the baskets and donations that we need for our Make- A- Wish donation basket. Thank you to everyone who participated in the giving.
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Math:
Today we worked on our minute, graded our homework, completed a problem solving question on the overhead, and worked on a variety of skills during our computation time. Our lesson of the day focused on Area of a Parallelogram. The students are really starting to get the hang of it.
They will have a short quiz over it on Thursday to check their progress so far.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Chapter 2 tests were passed back today.Please look for them in blue folders. I was very impressed with the scores!
We were then ready to dive into Chapter 3 which talks about five different groups of people and their contributions that they brought to the United States to make it what it is today. We read section 3.1 together and were then placed with a partner to read about a particular group of people. On Thursday we will take notes in our ISNB and create a collage about our given group. We will combine all of our collages into one class collage.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we worked on persuasive writing with "voice" and great word choice. We brainstormed ideas for a persuasive letter and just got started on our rough draft. Also, since we just finished up Unit 1 in our basal, we started taking our Unit 1 End- of-the- Unit assessment today. This assessment tests the students over all the skills in the first five stories.
We will try to finish them all up tomorrow.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet-Friday
***Gum day- Friday- Bring in $1
***Reading projects are due no later than October 18. Your book should be finished by this Sunday in order to allow enough time to put effort into the project.
***We have all the baskets and donations that we need for our Make- A- Wish donation basket. Thank you to everyone who participated in the giving.
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Math:
Today we worked on our minute, graded our homework, completed a problem solving question on the overhead, and worked on a variety of skills during our computation time. Our lesson of the day focused on Area of a Parallelogram. The students are really starting to get the hang of it.
They will have a short quiz over it on Thursday to check their progress so far.
Homework:
***None
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Social Studies:(Doms)
Chapter 2 tests were passed back today.Please look for them in blue folders. I was very impressed with the scores!
We were then ready to dive into Chapter 3 which talks about five different groups of people and their contributions that they brought to the United States to make it what it is today. We read section 3.1 together and were then placed with a partner to read about a particular group of people. On Thursday we will take notes in our ISNB and create a collage about our given group. We will combine all of our collages into one class collage.
Homework:
***None
Until tomorrow...
Monday, September 27, 2010
Have you heard? Northpoint is a National Blue Ribbon School!
Wow! We were so excited to get the news. Thank you to everyone for making Northpoint an amazing place to work!
Reminders:
***Friday is gum day! Bring $1 to school to chew gum for the day.
***Sunday is our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing. We have so many great prizes and baskets to auction off. Please join us for the fun!
Language Arts:
Today was a start to another great week. After double specials, we took our spelling pretest, reviewed our story vocabulary and this weeks RIT words. They are:
Story Vocabulary- legendary, snickering, flinched, insult, fluke, gaped and muttered
RIT Vocabulary-
Personification- A figure of speech in which a non human thing is given human characteristics.
Example: The sun winked at me through the window.
Pathetic Fallacy- This is a type of personification in which you give things found in nature human like qualities.
Example: The leaves danced on the trees.
Pun- A phrase that uses words that sound the same in a way that gives them a funny effect.
Example: Jamaica sandwich for lunch today?
Slang- Informal words or phrases used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Example: chill out, freakin' out
We also found time to listen to our story on tape and discuss it. The reading comprehension skill this week is author's purpose, so we spent quite a bit of time discussing this. During our grammar time, we worked on common and proper nouns.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Assessments from last Friday were passed back today. Be looking for them in blue folders tonight.
***Our class needs two big baskets to put all our donations into for the Make-A-Wish Golf Outing Silent Auction. If you could donate one, I would greatly appreciate it! Please let me know.
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Math:
Today we added a new component to our math lesson. We worked on problem solving. This is a great way to practice for the ISTEP and giving written explanations. We also worked on finding the area of a rectangle by using the counting method as well as the formula.
Homework:
***Journal page 234 and Math Box and Study Link 8.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Our class started Chapter 3 today. This chapter talks about five different groups of people that contributed to making the United States what it is today. We spent time working in our ISNB and then worked with a partner reading about our assigned group. Tomorrow we will begin working on a collage that will later be used to make a class collage illustrating gifts that all five groups have contributed to our great nation!
Until tomorrow...
Reminders:
***Friday is gum day! Bring $1 to school to chew gum for the day.
***Sunday is our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing. We have so many great prizes and baskets to auction off. Please join us for the fun!
Language Arts:
Today was a start to another great week. After double specials, we took our spelling pretest, reviewed our story vocabulary and this weeks RIT words. They are:
Story Vocabulary- legendary, snickering, flinched, insult, fluke, gaped and muttered
RIT Vocabulary-
Personification- A figure of speech in which a non human thing is given human characteristics.
Example: The sun winked at me through the window.
Pathetic Fallacy- This is a type of personification in which you give things found in nature human like qualities.
Example: The leaves danced on the trees.
Pun- A phrase that uses words that sound the same in a way that gives them a funny effect.
Example: Jamaica sandwich for lunch today?
Slang- Informal words or phrases used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Example: chill out, freakin' out
We also found time to listen to our story on tape and discuss it. The reading comprehension skill this week is author's purpose, so we spent quite a bit of time discussing this. During our grammar time, we worked on common and proper nouns.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet- due Friday
***Assessments from last Friday were passed back today. Be looking for them in blue folders tonight.
***Our class needs two big baskets to put all our donations into for the Make-A-Wish Golf Outing Silent Auction. If you could donate one, I would greatly appreciate it! Please let me know.
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Math:
Today we added a new component to our math lesson. We worked on problem solving. This is a great way to practice for the ISTEP and giving written explanations. We also worked on finding the area of a rectangle by using the counting method as well as the formula.
Homework:
***Journal page 234 and Math Box and Study Link 8.5
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
Our class started Chapter 3 today. This chapter talks about five different groups of people that contributed to making the United States what it is today. We spent time working in our ISNB and then worked with a partner reading about our assigned group. Tomorrow we will begin working on a collage that will later be used to make a class collage illustrating gifts that all five groups have contributed to our great nation!
Until tomorrow...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
9/23/10
Language Arts:
Today was a busy day. We worked on run-on sentences, handwriting, vocabulary, RIT words, listened to our read a loud, switched to Vocabulary Vine, and met with our second grade reading buddies. Wow! What a lot to accomplish in one short morning!
Homework:
***Book orders are due tomorrow
***Please send in your basket donations tomorrow.
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow. Please remember all the signatures.
Reminders:
***Our Fall Carnival is tomorrow evening. It will be a blast!
***We are still looking for golfers for our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Action. Come and join the fun!
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Math:
Have your ever thought about what the area of your skin is? Well, that is what we figured out today! We had a good time trying to figure out the area of our hands as well as estimate the area of our bodies. We also worked on scale drawings.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 8.3 and 8.4
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
***We took our Chapter 2 test today.
Reminders:
***Mrs. Doms' class has their test tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Today was a busy day. We worked on run-on sentences, handwriting, vocabulary, RIT words, listened to our read a loud, switched to Vocabulary Vine, and met with our second grade reading buddies. Wow! What a lot to accomplish in one short morning!
Homework:
***Book orders are due tomorrow
***Please send in your basket donations tomorrow.
***Weekly Homework Packet is due tomorrow. Please remember all the signatures.
Reminders:
***Our Fall Carnival is tomorrow evening. It will be a blast!
***We are still looking for golfers for our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing and Silent Action. Come and join the fun!
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Math:
Have your ever thought about what the area of your skin is? Well, that is what we figured out today! We had a good time trying to figure out the area of our hands as well as estimate the area of our bodies. We also worked on scale drawings.
Homework:
***Math Boxes 8.3 and 8.4
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
***We took our Chapter 2 test today.
Reminders:
***Mrs. Doms' class has their test tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
9/22/10
Language Arts:
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary, worked on writing compound and complex sentences, sorted our spelling words for the week, switched for Vocabulary Vine, and worked on reading a map. We also took a few minutes to put a few last minute touches on our Haiku poetry.
Homework:
***Book orders due Friday
***Basket donations due Friday
***Weekly Homework Packet and assessments-Friday
***Remember to study the story vocabulary extra hard this week
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on computation and discussed the concept of area. We finished the class with a quick exit slip reviewing the different types of angles.
Homework:
***Math Box 7.13 and 8.2
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Social Studies(Doms):
Today we worked in our ISNB and found three places that we would most like to visit. We found the lines of longitude and latitude for that place, the annual rainfall, elevation, population, and drew a quick sketch of each place. We also played a game of "Slap It" to review for the upcoming test on Friday. This was a great help and many students seemed very prepared for the test already!
Homework:
***Our Chapter 2 test is Friday. Study the vocabulary and reread the chapter.
Reminders:
***Stars in Service has a meeting tomorrow after school
***Our Fall Carnival is on Friday. Come join us!
***We are still taking golfers for our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing on October 3.
***My homeroom class has their Social Studies test tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Today in Language Arts we reviewed our RIT vocabulary, worked on writing compound and complex sentences, sorted our spelling words for the week, switched for Vocabulary Vine, and worked on reading a map. We also took a few minutes to put a few last minute touches on our Haiku poetry.
Homework:
***Book orders due Friday
***Basket donations due Friday
***Weekly Homework Packet and assessments-Friday
***Remember to study the story vocabulary extra hard this week
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Math:
Today in math we completed our minute, worked on computation and discussed the concept of area. We finished the class with a quick exit slip reviewing the different types of angles.
Homework:
***Math Box 7.13 and 8.2
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Social Studies(Doms):
Today we worked in our ISNB and found three places that we would most like to visit. We found the lines of longitude and latitude for that place, the annual rainfall, elevation, population, and drew a quick sketch of each place. We also played a game of "Slap It" to review for the upcoming test on Friday. This was a great help and many students seemed very prepared for the test already!
Homework:
***Our Chapter 2 test is Friday. Study the vocabulary and reread the chapter.
Reminders:
***Stars in Service has a meeting tomorrow after school
***Our Fall Carnival is on Friday. Come join us!
***We are still taking golfers for our Make-A-Wish Golf Outing on October 3.
***My homeroom class has their Social Studies test tomorrow.
Until tomorrow...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuned in Tuesday
Things are really moving along. Please make sure that you have the following important dates marked on your calendars:
9/23- Stars in Service meeting
9/24-Fall Carnival
10/1- Gum Day- Bring your donation to school and chew gum for the day!
Language Arts:
We were busy bees today! We worked on changing run-on sentences into complex and compound sentences, reviewed our RIT and story vocabulary, discussed the setting and characters of a short passage, switched for Vocabulary Vine, and worked on writing a Haiku.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday/Spelling Test
***Donations for our basket are due no later than Friday, so I have time to get it assembled.
***Book orders are due by Friday
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Math:
We passed back our test from yesterday. Other than a few silly mistakes, I was quite pleased with them. We do need to work on the Open Response type of questioning. Many students gave very vague answers. We will work on this prior to ISTEP testing since they will be required to answer in detailed responses for that test.
We jumped into Unit 8 today which deals with Perimeter and Area. Today we discussed work triangles and discussed the efficiency of our own kitchens based on their perimeter and specific recommendations.
Homework:
***Get the Unit 7 test signed to return tomorrow
***Math Box 8.1
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
***Today we located three places that we would like to visit. We also found the longitude and latitude of those particular places as well as the annual rainfall, and elevation.
We spent quite a bit of time playing a Slap-It game to review for the test which will be on Thursday.
Homework:
***Study for the Social Studies test that will be on Thursday. It is a great idea to read the chapter again and study the vocabulary.
Until tomorrow...
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9/23- Stars in Service meeting
9/24-Fall Carnival
10/1- Gum Day- Bring your donation to school and chew gum for the day!
Language Arts:
We were busy bees today! We worked on changing run-on sentences into complex and compound sentences, reviewed our RIT and story vocabulary, discussed the setting and characters of a short passage, switched for Vocabulary Vine, and worked on writing a Haiku.
Homework:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due Friday/Spelling Test
***Donations for our basket are due no later than Friday, so I have time to get it assembled.
***Book orders are due by Friday
*************************************************************************************
Math:
We passed back our test from yesterday. Other than a few silly mistakes, I was quite pleased with them. We do need to work on the Open Response type of questioning. Many students gave very vague answers. We will work on this prior to ISTEP testing since they will be required to answer in detailed responses for that test.
We jumped into Unit 8 today which deals with Perimeter and Area. Today we discussed work triangles and discussed the efficiency of our own kitchens based on their perimeter and specific recommendations.
Homework:
***Get the Unit 7 test signed to return tomorrow
***Math Box 8.1
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Social Studies:(Suddarth)
***Today we located three places that we would like to visit. We also found the longitude and latitude of those particular places as well as the annual rainfall, and elevation.
We spent quite a bit of time playing a Slap-It game to review for the test which will be on Thursday.
Homework:
***Study for the Social Studies test that will be on Thursday. It is a great idea to read the chapter again and study the vocabulary.
Until tomorrow...
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