Monday, November 9, 2009

6th Grade Logic - Week of November 9th

  • Math Olympiad practice problems
Note: The Math Olympiad will take place in class on Monday the 16th.

5th Grade Reading - Week of November 9th

  • Proofreading marks
  • Essay #3 due on 11/11
  • Essay #3 peer assessment
  • Proofreading marks
  • Word Masters definition activity due 11/12
  • Assign Word Masters story activity (due 11/19)

5th Grade Math - Week of November 9th

  • Chapter 7 and 8 pretests
  • Multiplication of 2- and 3-digit whole numbers
  • Introduction to multiplication of decimals

4th Grade Language Arts - Week of November 9th

  • Word Masters story assignment due
  • Word Masters vocabulary game
  • Smart Mouth word game, if time permits

4th Grade Math - Week of November 9th

  • Math Olympiad practice
  • Stories with Holes (if time)
Note: The Math Olympiad will take place during math class next week.

1st Grade Reading - Week of November 9th

  • Type and illustrate traveling stories
  • Tuesday and wordless book creation if time permits

3rd Grade Math - Week of November 9th

  • Hands-on Equations
  • Flash Masters (if time)
  • Student-selected Measurement Olympics activities
Note: Students should be practicing multiplication facts at home.

2nd Grade Reading - Week of November 9th

  • Read Tuesday
  • Wordless books
  • Smart Mouth word game as time permits

2nd Grade Math - Week of November 9th

  • Hands-on Equations (algebra)
  • Flash Master and/or contest practice
Note: Students should be practicing addition and subtraction facts at home (as needed).

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

6th Grade Math - Week of November 2nd

  • Chapter 4 content review
  • Comparing fractions using benchmarks and cross-multiplication
  • Chapter 4 test on Thursday 11/5
  • MOEMS and AMC 8 practice contests

Sunday, November 1, 2009

6th Grade English - Week of November 2nd

  • Wednesday 11/4: Review for grammar test
  • Thursday 11/5: Grammar test (details below in an earlier post)
  • Essay #3 due on Wednesday, November 11th
  • Daily language review
  • Poem blog for Mrs. Lee

6th Grade Logic - Week of November 2nd

  • Math Olympiad and problem-solving stratgies
  • Stories with Holes

5th Grade Reading - Week of November 2nd

  • Discussion of Word Masters competition and distribution of word list
  • 12 Word Masters vocabulary words defined with picture or sentence due Thursday, November 12th
  • Time to review "When Washington Crossed the Delaware" (read in Mrs Hazey's class)
  • Time for reading and discussing Tuck Everlasting as time permits
  • Persuasive essay #3 due on Wednesday, November 11th (time to begin writing in class this week as time permits)

5th Grade Math - Week of November 2nd

  • Statistics project on Tuesday, November 3rd
  • Graphing in Excel
  • Math Olympiad practice problems
  • Chapter quiz in Mrs. Jordan's room on Tuesday, November 3rd

4th Grade Language Arts - Week of November 2nd

  • Word Masters vocabulary project due on Friday, November 6th
  • New assignment: Write or type a story that uses all 25 Word Masters vocabulary words in context (due Friday, November 13th)
  • Work on immigration game PowerPoint as time permits

1st Grade Reading - Week of November 2nd

Note: First grade will meet on Thursday and Friday this week.
  • Finish writing traveling stories and begin typing and illustrating these stories

4th Grade Math - Week of November 2nd

  • Math Olympiad practice
  • Problem-solving strategies
  • Stories with Holes

2nd Grade Reading - Week of November 2nd

Note: Second grade reading will meet on Thursday and Friday this week. 
  • Smart Mouth (word game)
  • Type, develop and illustrate Sideways Stories from Wayside School student-written chapter

3rd Grade Math - Week of November 2nd

  • Hands-on Algebra
  • Flash Masters
  • Bump! (mathematical card game)

2nd Grade Math - Week of November 2nd

  • Fizz and Martina homework packet due Monday, November 2nd
  • Hands-on Algebra
  • Flash Master
  • Stories with Holes