I will put a conference day and time reminder in the purple Friday folders.  There  will be a Spanish test on Wednesday.  Sister will give each student an extra 5 points if they bring a note in from a parent saying they studied with their child.  Students wear rake-a -thon t-shirts each Monday.  No spelling pre-test this week, it is a review week.  Friday is first turn - day for rake-a-thon. $50.00 earns a jump in the inflatable bouncer on Monday:)

MONDAY Math - L.#26  - identifying dozen and 1/2 dozen -gym

Religion - story of Jesus lost in the temple

Reading - “King Wacky” (he’s backwards) adjectives to describe him and plot structure with a turning point

science - minerals

writing - proper nouns

TUESDAY Math L. #27 - identify place value by writing hundreds digit - library  & music - Study for Spanish test tomorrow

Religion - Jesus calls His disciples Simon and And

Writing - highlights journals come home

WEDNESDAY - Math L. # 28 - writing money amounts using $  - Spanish  &  art

Reading - prefixes,  suffixes and dictionary work

Religion - study chapter 5 and faith words for test tomorrow

writing - book report

Fire safety demonstration by West Side firefighters

THURSDAY - Math L. #29 reading and shading a thermometer to nearest 2 degrees - gym and music

Social studies - junior achievement presentation city zones

Religion - test on chapter 5

FRIDAY - mass - Turn-in day for rake-a thon - technology

Math - collecting data and tallying

Religion - begin chapter 6 - Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Science - how rocks are formed

Posted: October 7th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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September Home
Reading Logs need to be returned this week with a parent signature. If your student has misplaced theirs, you can write a note stating they
have read their average of 20 minutes each day or not. Tuesday is Homecoming Day and the students may wear green and white that day.   A few clarifications; please sign all of the math sheets after you have corrected them and gone over mistakes with your child.  If their paper has an “R” on it for re-do, they need to fix it and return it to school the next day.  I believe they are getting more “R’’s than they should because they are rushing through and not reading carefully or just hurrying to get it done.   I told them I don’t like to correct papers twice either as they are whining abut doing it over.  We’ll all work on this.  I feel strongly that a student’s success depends on three things - themselves doing thier best, my teaching and reteaching when necessary, and parent suppot and help.
Monday - Math L. #22 -rewriting numbers by regrouping tens and ones, trading dimes and pennies - gym

Reading- “Harvey the Foolish Pig”, skills - cause and effect, proper nouns, and sequence

Social studies - caring for natural resources

Religion - Esther, a woman of faith

writing - editing a letter, looking for capital letters, homonyms and periods - recopy descriptive paragraph about fortune cookies

Tuesday - Math L. #23- Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies - library and music

Religion - Ruth and Hannah and we will be talking about Mother Theresa

Social studies - a fishing village in Peru

Wednesday Math - L.#24 - Writing fractions using the fraction bar- turn in signed home reading logs whether reached goal or not -Spanish - art

Social studies - using intermediate directions ex. northwest

Religion - study chapter 4 and faith words for test tomorrow

writing - writing friendly notes, learn types

Thursday - math l. #25 - adding 9 - gym & music

Religion test

social studies - understanding hemisphere - study chapter 2 for test tomorrow review p. 60-62

Friday - mass - spelling test - technology

Social studies - test

religion - begin chapter 5 - Jesus, the Son of God

math - writing fraction number sentences that equal one

Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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They are working on their first long range project. It is a social studies project about the 3 types of communities we are studying,  which is due September 24. I have seen a few come in early, looking good. I have 4 unclaimed sweatshirts, if you are missing one, they’re here.
Monday - math lesson #18 - reading a thermometer to nearest 10 degrees - gym & library (sister will be gone to a funeral tomorrow)

religion - continue lesson #3 about Mary - visitation, canticle, and Magnificat

social studies - map scale - hard for some students to comprehend

reading - another animal fantasy - “Chicken Little” - figurative language - idioms - predict outcomes

writing - describing a fortune cookie using all 5 senses - we have done 3 of them, some students are getting behind and may be bringing it home today. we have done - see, smell, hear,  so far

Tuesday - math lesson # 19 - rounding numbers to nearest ten - music

religion - nativity

social studies - a community in Mexico - test tomorrow, study packet, vocabulary, and pp.32-33 review along with chapter 1

Wednesday - math lesson #20 - adding 2 - Spanish & art - vision and hearing screening

writing - finish story

ss - test

religion - annunciation - study chapter 3 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday - math l.#21 - dividing a square into 3 equal parts - gym and music

religion - test

ss - begin chapter 2 on communities and geography - landforms

writing - recopy stories

Friday - Mass - spelling test - technology - math activity, naming polygons

religion - women of faith

handwriting - getting ready for our fist cursive letter - learning under curve and down curve strokes

Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Weekly News, Blogroll.
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Assignment notebooks are going well, most are signing them. I usually initial T-Th, and when parents sign them, I often put on a sticker. If anyone would not like their name and number in the class directory Mrs. Wilson is writing, let me know. Highlights Journals need to be returned, hope you enjoyed them. Can’t you just hear your child speaking?  Social studies tests went well,  a few “R”.  For science and social studies - difficult content subjects,- the students can fix their tests and will earn 1/2 point for each one done correctly.  We studied  homonyms last week and have 2 in spelling this week - eight and their.

Monday - Math L. #14 mental math -adding and subtracting 10 - gym - Mrs. Gregory, school counselor, is coming in to read a book to the class and discuss treating others like you want to be treated - last NWEA test on reading - Library tomorrow - return books

Religion - finding God in Sacred Scriptures-review Trinity

Reading- “Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock” - skills are cause and effect and encyclopedias -test on vocab., comprehension, and skills every Thursday or Friday

Social studies - communities- good job on ss tests Friday- half the class got 14/14

Tuesday Math L. # 15 -addition facts - sum of 10 - library & music

Religion - finding God in the church community

Social studies - living in communities

Writing - describing fortune cookies using 5 senses

Wednesday - Math L. #16 - writing the date using digits -Spanish - art

social studies - 3 communities in US -

Language arts - simple subject

Religion - Study chapter 1 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday - Math L. #17 -dividing squares into 2, 4, and 8 equal parts - gym & music

Spelling - study for test tomorrow

religion test - chapter 1

Social studies - studies skill - map scale

Friday - Mass - spelling test - Scholastic News - technology

Religion - begin chapter 3 - Mary Trusted in God

Life Skill - I will respect the diversity of all people

Posted: September 15th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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We are scheduled in the computer lab for NWEA tests,Wednesday and Friday for 2 hours each day. Unsure how long each test will take, so this schedule is subject to change. W - language arts - F - math

We had our Monday test cancelled because the computers were not working last week, and some grades’ tests needed to be rescheduled. Please make sure the children get plenty of sleep and eat a good breakfast these days.

Monday - gym- Math L. #11 - drawing pictures and writing sentences for some, some more - some, some went away stories. They need labels for each digit they write. Please make sure to correct and sign both math sheets.

Religion - God created people

Reading - “Esmeralda’s Pet Parade” is the story - skills are homonyms and sequencing

Punctuation - work on periods

Tuesday - music and library -Curriculum night, see you at 6:00.  Math - L.#12 - dividing squares into two and four equal parts and identifying congruent shapes

Highlights Journal comes home - please read the letter inside the front cover and write back to your child

Social studies - using globes

religion - Divine Providence

Wed. - Spanish, art, language arts testing- no math today

Religion - Study faith words , chapter 2, and take a practice test on faithfirst.com for test tomorrow

Social studies - using maps

Thursday - gym, music, tech class - Math L. #13 - counting and nickels - GREEN AND WHITE DAY- may wear jeans with a mostly white or green top, or green or white slacks, any combination

Social studies - landform and grid maps. - Study vocabulary, packet, Handbook p. 2-15 (7 strategies for studying ss), and G4-G11 for test tomorrow

Religion test ch. 2

Friday - Mass, spelling test

Rake-a-thon assembly

Religion - begin chapter 1 - Trinity

NWEA testing - math

Scholastic News

Posted: September 8th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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9/2-9/5

It was fun meeting everyone last Tuesday.  I hope everyone got a postcard (my grandchildren taped them on, not sure if they got all of the corners   Welcome to Noah and Cade, and welcome back Jackson.  Great additions to our class.  We’ll be doing standardized testing Monday and Wednesday next week, please be sure they have a hearty breakfast those days.  See  you all next Tuesday!!!!

All students need their pennies

Tues. - Spelling pre-tests come home

Math L. #8 - ordering 2 digit numbers

Reading-preview anthology A-vocabulary for first story

Religion- sharing how we want to be treated and who we are(from items in the bag) - for 2 days

Social studies -work in groups on the 7 strategies used when reading nonfiction

Wed. - Math L.#9 - identifying even and odd numbers

Read Aloud- “One Hundred Pennies Box”

Reading - “Miss Nelson is Missing” - skills, drawing conclusions and using plot in mysteries

Writing activity- learn about personal narratives in order to write one of their own using their pennies

Thurs. - Math L.#10 - thinker problem, refer to side A for help (difficult for some)

Religion - begin ch. 2 about creation

Spelling - study for test tomorrow

Social studies - groups present to class

Fri. - Mass/Spelling test

writing - brainstorm ideas for 3 short paragraphs using penny year ideas

Math - working in small groups to identify the relative value of pattern blocks

Social Studies - begin map work

Reading - comprehension discussion and quiz

Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Tuesday - math l.# 131 - writing hundredths using common and decimal fractions - library& gym- 3 outdoor activity rotations with 8th grade buddies

religion - prayers of thanksgiving and praise

reading - we’ll be reading a story a day from our last anthology F each day on the theme imagination - “Ragtime Tumpie”

science - desert ecosystems

spelling - last pre-test comes home - review the last week

Wednesday - math l.# 132 - dividing a two-digit number by a one-digit number with a remainder (hard) - music

religion - we are people of prayer - study chapter 24 and faith words for test tomorrow

reading - “Early Years of Ben Franklin”

science - grassland ecosystem

writing - write letter to their buddies wishing them well in high school and thanking them for the shared activities

Thursday - math l.# 133 - simplifying expressions with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - gym & music- May Home Reading Log is Due

reading - “Droofus the Dragon”

religion - test on chapter 24

writing -last journal writing - it will come home - they write each Thursday about whatever that date is honoring , birthdays, firsts, etc

science - water ecosystems-study chapter B1, vocabulary, and packet for test tomorrow

Friday - Mass - spelling test -May Home Reading Logs are due- computer - I’ll become a grandma again this day, might leave at lunch hour to be with my son as his wife has a c-section - your kids will let you know what they had

religion - begin chapter 25 - we profess our faith

writing - put their monthly stories into a book - write me a letter telling me what they liked and didn’t like about our classroom topics

science - test

Monday - math l#134 - identify place value to millions - art - track and field - send sunscreen and water bottles - wear shorts, tennis shoes and socks, t-shirts - no tank tops, sandals, or cut-off jeans

religion - proclaim our creeds

reading - “No Such Things”

Tuesday -math- final lesson #135 - estimating a large collection by sampling- library & gym-send a grocery bag and cleaning rag to clean desks - banana splits

religion - Holy Spirit Helps Us to Pray

reading -”Too Much Noise”

Tuesday - math -”M&M lesson  - music- we’ll be playing Bunco- lunch will be served, students dismissed at 12:00p.m.
religion - Nicene Creed

reading “A Bicycle for Rosaura”

Posted: May 27th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Monday - math lesson # 127 - identifying units of measure for long distances using a scale - art & Spanish

religion - Abba - the Our Father

reading - “Grandaddy’s Place” - -skill - compare and contrast character’s interpretation of events

science - sprouting seeds

Tuesday - math l.# 128 - adding positive and negative numbers - library - no gym or highlights journals due to dress rehearsal- clothing needs to follow rules for out of uniform days, so no sandals, tank tops etc.

religion - private and public prayer - study chapter 23 and faith words for test tomorrow(it will be easy 9 questions due to concert)

science - photosynthesis

Wednesday - math l.# 129 - identify location of a point on a coordinate plane - music

religion - test and learn the Apostle’s Creed

science - begin a study of ecosystems - we’ll be going outside and studying the ecosystem within a stretched out metal hanger-Study chapter 1A, vocabulary and packet

reading - “The Knee High Man” - skill - draw conclusions about characters from what they say

Thursday - math l. # 130 - graphing points on a coordinate plane - gym & music

religion - begin chapter 24 - prayers of petition and intercession - we’ll begin a prayer wall, ask them to explain

science - test on chapter 1A

Friday - Mass - spelling test

religion - prayers of blessing

math - rounding numbers to the nearest thousand & comparing and ordering numbers to 10,000

science - desert ecosystem

Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Weekly News, Uncategorized.
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 Could use 1 more chaperone for the field trip Tuesday morning - one can’t make it.  If anyone is available, e-mail me. 
Monday - math l.# 123 - locating negative numbers on a number line - art & Spanish - send cold lunch tomorrow or order bag lunch - no hot lunch

religion - chapter 22 - God shares His life with us through Sanctifying Grace and Actual Grace - Pentecost

reading - another nonfiction in story framework - “How to Dig Hole to the Other Side of the World”

writing - continue copying story

science - nervous system

Tuesday - math l. #$ 124 - dividing a 2 digit number by a one-digit number - library & gym - field trip 9:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.-”Bodyology” - body systems 6 0f our students will be going on a limo ride with pizza for lunch- Congratulations on great magazine sales to Bernadette and Elizabeth Hepp, Bobby Pelletier, Kevin Wagner , and Alex and Max Wiczek(need pink forms returned)

religion - heaven

Wednesday - math l. # 125 - division facts: 6,8,9 - music (they are sounding great and are anxious to share their music with you next Tuesday at 7:00p.m.) library books for sale $.25 during lunch hour

reading - skill-  summarize

religion - hell

science - begin plant unit

Thursday - math l.# 126 - showing addition, subtraction, and multiplication on a number line - gym & music - out of uniform day for $1.00 - money to Feed my Starving Children

religion - we believe in life everlasting - study chapter 22 and faith words for test tomorrow

science - parts of plants

Friday math - Mass - spelling test - math -locating information a on a US map

science - simple plants

religion - test

life skills - brainstorming and problem solving

Posted: May 12th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Goal setting forms for the standardized tests went home on Friday - check the growth columns - most students went up  - beyond their goals - great job. The official forms will go home in their report cards. The staff will be using the information in the forms over the next few weeks to determine goals for next year. The class did especially well in Language - due to all of their hard work on verbs, adjectives, types of sentences, forms of poetry, letter writing, creative writing etc. They are doing a wonderful job with their fantasy stories about time travel. Their stories are fun to read as they incorporate dialogue and describing words in their storytelling. It is a 5 paragraph story, longest one all year.  Permission slips coming home for our trip on May 13 to Hopkins Performing Arts Center for presentation of “Bodyology” - bags may be ordered for lunch, no hot lunch that day for our class.  A few April Home Readings Logs need to be returned.  If it is lost, write a note telling how much they read.

Busy week -Tuesday - Arby’s 5:00 -9:00 p.m. for dinner/snacks, a % comes back to the school, Art Fair 6-7:30 p.m.- clay dude will be here along with student work Wednesday - Cupcake sale 25 cents for 1, or 5/$1 - send containers to bring them home in -Pizza lunch for Hayley, Otto, and Maybelle for high AR Scores Thursday - Green and White Day - Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday - hope you are all pampered

Monday - math l.# 120 - multiplying by 8 (they started their tests to earn banana splits, all passed 1’s&2’s) art &Spanish

religion - Psalm #104 - praises and thanks God for creation - work on booklet

reading - “Everett Anderson’s Friend” a story about a new neighbor written in poetry form - skill - drawing conclusions from what you know about a character

science - muscular system

writing - fantasy stories need to be completed in order to be edited - (those who hadn’t finished were to take them home over the weekend)

Tuesday - math l. # 121 - finding the volume of a rectangular prism - library & gym

religion - stewardship - living the 7th commandment

science - digestive system

Wednesday - math l.# 122 - dividing two and three-digit multiples of 10 by a one-digit number using mental computation - music

religion - thanking God for the harvest - study chapter 21 and faith words for test tomorrow

reading - the next 3 stories will be nonfiction in a story format - ” Digging up the Past/The House on Maple Street” - skill - sequencing

science - circulatory system

writing - share time travel stories with the class

Thursday - math - no homework - identifying factors of a number and identifying prime numbers less that 20 - spelling test - gym & music Green and White Day

religion - test on chapter 21 - lesson about Pentecost, which is this Sunday

science - respiratory system

Posted: May 5th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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