Monday, January 31

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework on a Monday night:

1. NO MATH TONIGHT. Unit 5 tests should be corrected and sent home Wednesday.

2. Reading: Finish Chapter 19 in the Westing Game
*Work on filling in your packet information.
*Don't start the 2nd Quiz, that will be homework for tomorrow night.

3. Read for 20 minutes independently tonight.

*PE tomorrow, bring your gym shoes!

That's all folks,

Mr. K

Thursday, January 27

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Thursday night:

1. You need to make a decision on whether or not you will be taking the Unit 5 Math Test tomorrow (Friday) or Monday?
*If you're taking the test tomorrow, the green and yellow study guides should go home along with the Math Homework booklet to do a small amount of reviewing/studying.
*If you're taking the test Monday, those items should still go home to do a little review to prepare to ask questions for tomorrow's review session.

2. Read Independely for 20 minutes.

That's all folks.

Mr. K

Wednesday, January 26

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for tonight:

1. Math: Green Review Sheet (front and back) Due Thursday
*Unit 5 Math test can be taken either Friday or Monday by this class.

2. Words Their Way sorts should go home tonight to be practiced.

3. Independent Reading for 20 minutes

That's all for today folks.

Mr. K

Tuesday, January 25

Greetings one and all,

Here is tonight's homework:

1. Math: pages 131 (not 13) and 132 (all!), plus page 139 (due Wed)
*Test will have a choice of dates, either Friday the 28th, or Monday the 31st
either date is fine, depending upon how much review student's need.

2. Read for 20 minutes your independent selections.

That's all right now folks.

Mr. K

Monday, January 24

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Monday:

1. Math: Yellow review page (front and back), also page 131 (only problems 1-9)
*Unit 5 Math test this Thursday!

2. Science: students may begin bringing in object to use for their marble experiment

3. Read for your independent 20 minutes.

That's all for today folks.

Mr. K

Thursday, January 20

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for Thursday:

1. Math: NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT, but there will be some for the weekend.

2. Reading: Begin working on your Westing Game Quiz #1 which will be due on Monday!
*You'll need your book with you, but make sure both packet and book come back tomorrow.

3. Science: Vocab Re-test will be offered Monday

That's all folks!

Mr. K

Wednesday, January 19

Welcome back everyone,

Hope you enjoyed your snow/ice day. Glad I didn't have to make the drive yesterday, it was nasty I heard. Good to be back today!

Here is the homework for a Wednesday:

1. 20 minutes of reading tonight

2. Math: pages 127 and 128 (due Thursday)
*Final Unit 5 Test will be next Thursday, January 27

3. Science Parent Note

That's all folks.

Mr. K

Monday, January 17

Greetings on Martin Luther King Day!

*Keep Dreaming everyone, just like Dr. King did!

Homework tonight:

1. Math: pages 125 and 126 (due Tuesday)
*Mini-quiz tomorrow!

2. Read for 20 minutes tonight.

That's all folks. Be careful on the snowy roads.

Mr. K

Thursday, January 13

Greetings one and all on a Thursday,

Here is tonight's homework:

1. Math: pages 119 and 120
*Today's mini quiz was moved back to next week Tuesday

2. Social Studies Vocabulary Project due Monday
*I'd do it tonight!!!!!

3. 20 minutes of Independent Reading

That's all for tonight.

Mr. K

Wednesday, January 12

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Wednesday night:

1. Math: pages 117 and 118 (due Thursday)
*Mini Quiz covering converting from mixed numbers to improper fractions and back again.

2. Reading: Independent Read for a 20 minutes minimum

3. Words Their Way tomorrow.
*Words should go home tonight!

That's all folks.

Mr. K

Tuesday, January 11

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for Tuesday:

1. Math: 115 and 116

2. Reading independently for 20 minutes

3. Mini Science Vocab card quiz tomorrow.

That's all folks,

Mr. K

Monday, January 10

Greetings one and all,

Hope you all had a fun winter weekend. Good weekend for sledding for sure.

Here is tonight's homework:

1. Math: Separate white sheet pages 113 and 114

2. Social Studies: Test tomorrow (Study Guide and book)

3. Read 20 minutes for Independent Reading

4. PE shoes for tomorrow

That's all folks.

Mr. K

Thursday, January 6

Greetings one and all,

Here we come toward the end of the week. Make sure to check your emails tomorrow Mom's and Dad and Guardians since I will be sending out the Mr. Klanderman update for the new year.

Here is tonight's homework:

1. Math: ONLY PAGE 112 (we'll do 111 tomorrow in class)

2. Reading: Literature Projects are mostly finished and will be turned in tomorrow.

3. Make sure you do your Independent reading for a minimum of 20 minutes tonight.

*Bring a good pair of scissors to work on the project Kendal is going to teach us.

*Social Studies Test next week Tuesday! You certainly should see the study guide at home tonight.

That's all folks.

Mr. K

Wednesday, January 5

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework on a Wednesday night:

1. Math: 109 and 110 (due Thursday)
*Mini (5 question) Quiz tomorrow

2. Writing: Essay Rough Drafts (5 paragraphs) are due Friday

3. Reading: Lit Circle Projects are due Friday

That's all for today folks.

Take care.

Mr. K

Tuesday, January 5

Greetings again,

Good to be back in the flow here on a Tuesday. Here is the homework for tonight:

1. Math: pages 107 and 108 are due for Wed
*I have been offering extra credit the last couple nights for those students who are really rolling easily along with fractions. If your son/daughter is coming home with no homework they should be taking the extra credit that is being offered as well.

2. Writing: we are coming to the end of our unit covering essays
*The rough draft is due this coming Friday
*Final draft will be due the following Friday the 21st of January
*Before we begin our next unit covering fiction, we will be spending some time with grammar usage and working to improve one of our earlier pieces of writing.

3. Reading: Literature Circle Prjects due Friday
*AR tests must be taken no later than the end of the day tomorrow. That means the books were supposed to be completed over the break, but a few folks are still dragging along finishing their books, that should be done at home tonight!

*Drama Club essays are due no later than next week Monday.

That's all for a Tuesday folks.

See ya,

Mr. K

Monday, January 3

Greetings and Happy New Year!

I say it every year, and quite frankly sometimes I only half-heartedly mean it, but it REALLY IS good to be back. I missed this group. I loved my time with my family, but I missed all of you and today has been a great reminder of how good it feels to be back and rolling.

Here is the homework for a Monday night:

1. Math: pages 105 and 106 (due Tuesday)
*Unit 4 tests will be returned and go home tomorrow (these were taken before the break)
*Our new Unit 5 will take us through January and covers Fraction concepts

2. Read for 20 minutes
*Also our Literature Circle group projects are due Friday, some groups need to finish reading their books.
*Most of this project will be done in class before Friday, but some last minute work might need to be done Thursday night.

3. Drama Club notes went home today to those interested, there is an assignment involved withh that.

That's all folks. Again welcome back, it's gonna go fast from here on out.

See ya tomorrow.

Mr. K