Tuesday, September 21, 2015

Greetings one and all,

Here is what is going on for a Monday:

1.  Math:

Today was an abnormal day in Math.  We took the Delta Math assessment.  17 questions have focused on reviewing our skills from last year.  This gives us teachers another source of data to look at when checking to see how our kids are growing throughout the year.

Because of this...no lesson today...and thus NO HOMEWORK!!!

*Look for our first small "mini" quiz this week Wednesday.

2.  Writing/Reading:  Today we talked about using and hunting for "concrete" phrases.  These phrases give our writing LIFE and allow the reader to picture our writing better in their heads.  We used the books we were currently reading to find examples of these phrases and placed them around the room.

*Our class example from Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli was..."Like some fairytale tailor, he threaded the end through the maze, dipping and doodling through openings the way he squiggled a football through a defense."

3. Science:  OVER THE NEXT 5 WEEKS...students will need to do 2 MOON OBSERVATIONS each week.  They are due first thing Friday AM each week.

4.  A simple ArtWalk activity by coloring the page with blue colors.  $5 if you turn it in tomorrow...but it is optional.

That's all for today folks,

Take care.

MR. K