Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Monday, May 31, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Monday night:

1.  Math:  pages 193 and 194 for Wednesday

*Unit 8 Test will be the week FRIDAY!!

2.  Blizzard Year Vocab and Spelling Test due for tomorrow!

***Drama Club Red Carpet Night, this week Thursday, June 2 from 6:30-8:00pm!!!

***Make sure all Library Books are in within the next week.

***Klanderman Auction is NEXT week Wednesday.  Thanks for all of the items already donated!!  I so appreciate the help.

That's all folks,

MR. K

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Wednesday night:

1.  Math:  NO NEW HOMEWORK TONIGHT!

2.  Blizzard Year Projects are due tomorrow!
*Spelling Test NEXT TuesDAY!

***Please BE AWARE!!!!  We will make a decision on whether or not we will go ahead with the Survivor Challenge TOMORROW...there is a chance of thunderstorms Friday.  We may look at moving the event to the make-up date June 3.  Stay tuned!

Have a great day.

Mr. K


Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Tuesday night:

1.  Math:  pages 189 and 190

*Most students got it done in class, but check it over.  We're working today with quadrilaterals, parallelograms, rhombuses, squares, rectangles, and trapezoids.

*Mini quiz tomorrow...Unit Test next Wednesday.

2.  Blizzard Year Calendars are due Thursday...most are getting it done in class, but check with your students.

3.  Writing:  We're writing a movie review of Where The Red Fern Grows.  Ask your kids what they're perspective was and how their review is going.

**Survivor Challenge this Friday.  We'll leave Peach about 9:15am and head to Pot. Park, then return around 2:30pm for the end of the day.

**Bring Water Bottles, and if sunny...sunscreen/hats.

That's all folks,

Mr. K

Monday, May 23, 2016

Monday, May 23, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Monday night:

1.  Math:  pages 187 and 188 due Tuesday

*Final Test will be next week Wednesday (subject to change)

2.  Blizzard Year Vocab/Spelling:

New list of 10 words to begin studying and defining tonight!  Project due Friday.

3.  Blizzard Year Calendars due Thursday

***Just got the colors today for your Survivor Challenge Teams (Friday)  Make sure to find a color t-shirt for your team.

***Don't go out and buy one...find a friend and borrow...hit the Good will's for a cheapy!

Take care.

MR. K

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Thursday night:

1.  Math:  page 186 for all groups

2.  Reading:  Blizzard Year Vocab and Spelling Test tomorrow
*Writing assignment due

**Keep those Auction Items coming!!!  (June 8)

That's all folks,

MR. K

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Tuesday night:

*Both World Changers are in this week, couple of interesting folks.  Your kids took notes on their identities this AM.

1.  Math:  pages 183 and 184 due for Thursday

2.  Blizzard Year Vocab and Spelling:  test and story both due on Friday

**Great day of M-stepping...pretty short one today
**Tomorrow, Last day of M-step, but it's a 2 parter!  Science from 9-10, and then from 10:45-11:45

Take care and have a great day!

Mr. K

Monday, May 16, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Monday night:

1.  Make sure you checked your emailed today for an update on 3 important notes for the end of the year.

**If you didn't get it, I can easily send home a hard copy tomorrow.

2.  Math:  pages 181 and 182 for Tuesday
*Working with Isosceles, Scalene, and Equilateral triangles

3.  Blizzard Year Spelling/Vocab
*10 new words this week, plus a writing assignment to go with it, due Friday!

**Get a good night sleep for our M-stepping tomorrow from 9-10am.

Dates to remember:

May 27:  4th Grade Survivor Challenge Celebration
June 3:  Rain day Make-up from above event
June 8:  Final Klanderman Auction!!!

Take care.

Mr. K

Monday, May 9, 2016

Monday, May 9, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework and information for a Monday night:

1.  Math:  all group...pages 175 and 176 due for WEDNESDAY!

*Just kicking off our unit 8 (Geometry)
*This is a heavy VOCABULARY unit, the kids will be working with that Vocab on 3 fronts:

1.  A green sheet with definitions and drawings.
2.  The hard cover books has not gone home much, but the glossary and unit pages are super helpful!
3.  The kids started a Keynote project today in which they are taking photos of the geometry words in action on our playground.  They are then building a presentation on their ipads.

*Math will only have lessons this week Wednesday and Friday.  We'll give them some breaks due to M-stepping Tuesday and Thursday

2.  Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

New 10 word list for Blizzard Year this week.

*WOW, the kids did great last week.  Rolling with a similar concept this week.  I need the kids to create the definitions and work on the spelling of these key words from our text.

*I also am asking them to create a drawing on the back the incorporates all 10 words visually.  Should be interesting.

M-STEP Schedule for May 9-13

Tuesday:  9-10:30am  (English/Language Arts)

Thursday:  9-10:30am  (Math)

That's all for today folks,

Mr. K

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Wednesday night:

1.  NO NEW MATH...we'll kick off Unit 8 tomorrow...GEOMETRY

2.  Spelling/Vocabulary:  10 word list (test Friday)

***Keep reading...remember you can get $20 for a Reading Log on Monday  (you only need to do 100 minutes MINIMUM!)

That's all folks,

Mr. K

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Tuesday night:

1.  No new math tonight.

Overall great tests from Unit 7, but I need to get them in the grade book yet, so they will go home tomorrow night.

2.  Writing:  We began a revision project today.  We're taking our personal narrative stories from the beginning of the year and showing what we can do with our new writing skills now in May!

3.  Reading:  We continue to work through A Blizzard Year together.  We also are creating Month Journal Writings in class.  These will be due in 2 weeks.  Most of this will be done in class.

*Don't forget to study our 10 words for spelling and definitions.  Test on Friday.

*Trip to White Pines Friday from 10-2 approximately.

That's all folks,

MR. K

Monday, May 2, 2016

Monday, May 2, 2016

Greetings one and all,

Here is the homework for a Monday night:

1.  Blizzard Year:  Spelling/Vocabulary Word List

*No more words their way, but I'm going to use the time to work with our kids building vocabulary and still challenging out good spelling skills.  We have a list of 10 great words from the current books we're working on as a class, A Blizzard Year.

*Friday students will get a mixture of words to spell and words to define from this list.   I'd break it up this week and study 3 words tonight, tomorrow, and 2 the next two nights.

2.  No new math...students did a great job Test over Unit 7 today.  Tests should be done and ready to go home Wednesday at the latest.

***Don't forget about our trip to White Pines this week Friday.  We leave around 10:30am and return to Peach by 2:00pm

***Skoops tonight that will support our Peach Plains PTA

***Friday, Drama Club for those who want to help with editing and revising the videos.

***Drama Club picture orders and $$$ due this Friday, and the picture is next MOnday!

That's all,

Mr. K