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Orders need to be turned in by Friday, December 3rd.

A note went home today about it.

Assignments 11/30/10

Reading: 1) turn in volcano content frame assessment
              2) group work in class - vocab. graphic organizer, pg. 506-507
              3) read pg. 506-507
              4) DAY 3 responses are due
Lang.: 1) character profile for Christmas story's main character
Spell: 1) Take Home 5 (pg. 40)
Science: 1) continue with volcano presentations

Assignments 11/29 - DAY 2

Reading:  1) Responses due for Day 2 students
               2) Volcanoes content frame assessment
Lang:  1) Ruby character descriptive adjectives
Spell: NA
Science:  Volcano Presentations

Assignments 11/23 - Day 1

Reading: 1) Turn in SN & Day 1 responses
Lang. 1) Finish sharing volcano travel stories
Spell - NA
Science - work day for volcano presentations - start presenting on Mon. 11/29

Positive Points Party

A note went home today that needs signed if students have permission to watch the movie for the reward party which is Thursday.

Assignments 11/16

Rdg. 1) Vocab. pg. 686-687 (write word, write what you think it means, write what context clues helped you determine meaning, and use the word correctly in a sentence that lets me know you understand the meaning.
         2) Read pg. 686-687
Lang. - Continue with final draft of descriptive paper prewrite, rough draft, and final draft are due tomorrow.
Spell - NA
Science 1) work in computer lab on volcano presentation

Assignments 11/15

Rdg. 1) Finish writing a summary of the Lost City using your theme chart.
         2) Responses due for Day 1 students and Day 2s are due tomorrow.
Lang. 1) Work on finishing the final draft of descriptive paper.  Prewrite, rough draft, and final draft are due
              Wed., 11/17.
Spell. - NA
Science - 1) RS 50-51
               2) Read pgs. 248-254

Assignments 11/12

Rdg. 1) Finish reading "Lost City," pg. 44-57
        2) Complete Theme Chart
        3) Using your theme chart, write a 5-7 sentence summary paragraph
 Reading Responses are due again beginning Monday, Nov. 15 (Day 1).  Students may write them in their response notebooks or use the class video camera to record their responses.  The rubric/requirements are the same regardless of the response format used.
Lang. 1) Highlight descriptive words in your rough draft.  Many didn't have enough, so add more descriptive words as needed.  Many of the drafts wetre more narrative (story telling) than descriptive and need further revision.  See pg. 270-272 in Writer's Craft book for good descriptive words.  Prewrite, rough draft, and final draft all due Wednesday, 11/17.
Spell. In-class group activity - finding descriptive words in advertisements.
Science 1) Read pgs. 230-231 & 240-244 & discuss
              2) Continue working on volcano presentation - due 11/29.

Assignments 11/11

Rdg. in-class activity
Lang. - keep  working on descriptive paper - - some students' papers look more like narratives than descriptive ones.  Be sure to think about words relating to your five senses.
Spell - NA
Science - Landform test - no assign

Newsletters

The November Elementary Newsletter went home today with the youngest child in each family.

Be sure to come prepared for whatever the Iowa fall weather might bring.  It's better to have a warm coat, hat, and gloves and leave them hanging in your lockers, than to be cold at recess!

Parent-Teacher conferences are from 4-8 P.M. November 18 and 22.  There is not school Nov. 24-26 for Thanksgiving break.

Assignments 11/9/10

Reading:  (There are no reading response letters due for this 6-day cycle  -- 11/4 thru 11/12.  Responses will be due again beginning with the next Day 1, which is Monday, 11/15.
               1) Vocab., pg. 42-43:  Write the word, definition, the context clues you used to determine the meaning (no dictionaries or glossaries allowed), and then use the word in a complete sentence.
               2) Read pg. 42-43.
Lang. 1) Use your prewrite to write the rough draft of your descriptive paper.  (refer to pgs. 54-55, 192+, and 270-272 for ideas).  Due date for prewrite, rough draft, and final draft of Descriptive paper is Tues., 11/16.
Spell. 1) Words to Learn 4
Science 1) Study for Landforms test that's on Thursday.
      

P-T Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conference notes went home on Monday.  Did they get delivered to a parent?

Assignments 11/3/10

Rdg. 1) Day 6 response letters due.  (no responses due for the next 6-day cycle due to the end of the trimester.
        2) Using your main idea and details graphic organizer from yesterday, write a 5-7 sentence summary of the article, "Power Struggle," from Scholastic News 10/25.

Lang. 1) Turn in verb assessment - no other assignment

Spell. 1) Turn in Skill 4 (pg. 36)
         2) Word Test 4

Science 1) Turn in Kuehn thank you notes
             2) I began explaining the volcano presentation requirements