Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Assignments for October 27
Math - worksheet

Science - study for tomorrow's test

Lit - study for tomorrow's test (Remember to bring your vocabulary cards)

Spelling - played sparkle

Religion - discussed the Church's beliefs

Language - write Oct. 31st tail

S. Studies - filled in study guide

Remember that you can wear jeans with a dress top shirt tomorrow.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday, October 26

Math - worksheet

Science - begin to study for Wednesday's test

Literature - worksheet on selecting the proper meaning


Spelling - played sparkle as a review

Religion - discussed values and beliefs (get test signed)

Language - worksheet (both sides)

S.Studies - get test signed

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Assignments for Friday, October 23, 2009
Math - worksheet on multiplying 2 nos. by 2 nos. and 2 nos. by 3 nos.

Science - discussed activity

Spelling - took test

Religion - took a test

Lit - Read and discussed story about animals helping people with disabilities

Language - worksheet (both sides)

S. Studies - vocabulary on p. 121

There will be no spelling unit next week due to the three day school week.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Assignments for October 22, 2009
Math - worksheet on multiplying 2 numbers by 2 numbers

Science - finish graph on activity write-up and Thursday's assignment is due tomorrow too

Spelling - study for tomorrow's test

Religion - study for tomorrow's test (They need to know review assignment I gave them back - both sides. We went over it to make sure they had the correct answers. They also need to know the vocabulary word grace under faith word. page 87, and We Believe on p. 89.)

Lit - we discussed the story they read

S. Studies - took a test

Language - used this time also to take S. Studies's test

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Assignments for October 21, 2009
Math - worksheet on multiplying with multiples of 10

Science - worksheet and p. 70A, numbers 1-11. You can put p. 70A on the back of the worksheert. You can put just the answers - you do not have to write the sentences.

Language - worksheet on plurals (both sides)

S. Studies - study for tomorrow's test

Lit - finished voc for story read yesterday

Religion - study for Friday's test

Spelling - corrected assignment

I have been trying to update Inifinite Campus but the teachers have not been able to get on. Hopefully, the problem will be solved soon.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Assignments for October 20
Math - worksheet on multiplication

Science - discussed the contributions made by scientists to genetics

Religion - worksheet (both sides -parts A and C)

Spelling - pp. 33 and 34 and proofreading on p. 35

Literature - we read a story in class

Language - had extra S. Studies time to prepare for Thursday's test

S. Studies - study for Thursday's test

Future test dates:
Religion - test is this Friday
Science - test on Tuesday, Oct. 27
Literature - vocabulary test on Wednesday, Oct. 28
First book report due date is Wednesday, Oct. 28 so I can let you know where your child is
You received an email today about Math and Science

Monday, October 19, 2009

Assignments for October 19
Math - worksheet reviewing adding and subtracting of decimals

Science - discussed last Friday's activity
next science test is Tuesday, Octobeer 27

Lit - began voc for next story
Voc test next Wednesday, October 28

Religion - discussed grace and how it helps us help others
test on chapter on Friday

Spelling - p. 33 due Wednesday

Language - worksheet (both sides)

S. Studies - vocabulary

Friday, October 16, 2009

Assignments for October 16, 2009
Math - took a test

Science - did an activity If the write-up was not completed during class time, it needs to be completed by Monday

Religion - discuss Saul/Paul's conversion

Spelling - took a test

Lit - read and discussed article about a vet for wild animals

Have a good weekend. I will blog more about next week once I have next week's plans finalized.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Assignments for October 15, 2009
Math - prepare for tomorrow's test

Science - worksheet on section 2

Literature - discussed story read yesterday

Spelling - study for tomorrow's test

Religion - went to Mass

Language - worksheet

S. Studies - took notes

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Assignments for October 14
Math - review worksheets (they had approximately 30 minutes to work on this in class)

Science - worked on making and interpreting punnett squares

Lit - read a story

Religion - discussed Saul/Paul

Spelling corrected assignment

Remember the math test is this Friday. It will be very similiar to the review with different problems. The students need to have the place names memorized and know the place's proper position.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Assignments for October 13, 2009

Lit - did vocabulary for the next story

Religion - took a test

Spelling - pages 29, 30. and proofreading on p. 31

No Science, Math, Language, and Social Studies today.
See October 12 for information about Math test, Science, and Book Reports for Lit.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Assignments and news for October 12, 2009
Math - worksheet (both sides) on line graphing

Science - discussed genes - recessive and dominant

Lit - finished discussion of main idea, topic sentence, and supporting details

Religion - study for tomorrow's test (they have study guide)

Spelling - p. 29 (due Wednesday)

There is a math test on Friday. The test is on adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals including estimating the answer. It will also include place value and graphs - picto, bar, and line. On Wednesday, the students will have a review assignment which we will go over on Thursday. The test will very much like this review. The directions will be the same with different problems. They will need to have the place names memorized in order.

We are currently studying genetics in science. We are on section 2 of the three sections on this chapter. I am not sure of the timing yet but there will be a test after the third section. The earliest that would be is Friday, October 23 but it may be moved back depending on what is accomplished each day in class.

For the students in my homeroom, the book report pages are due Wednesday, October 28. That will give me time to email you the amount of pages your child has done of the 400 required. If your child does not have all of his/her pages in, they will have until November 6 to get them in. (November 6 is the final deadline to turn them in.)

Friday, October 9, 2009

Assignments for October 9, 2009

Math - discussed how to read a line graph

Science - finished section 1

Religion - start to study for religion test on Tuesday

Spelling - took a test on Unit 5 words

Lit - discussed main idea

Language - Did DOL

S.Studies - worsheet

Religion test is Tuesday. They have a study guide to use to study for the test. We finished it today.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Assignments for October 8, 2009

Math - worksheet adding and subtracting whole numbers

Science - worksheet on chapter 2, lesson 1

Spelling - study for test tomorrow

Religion - went to mass

Literature - discussed main ideas

S. Studies - worksheet

Language - get test signed

We enjoyed our time with our grandparents today. We enjoyed showing them around and sharing refreshments with them.

The picture orders are due tomorrow.
Tomorrow is orange and black day for Kaukauna's homecoming. The students can wear jeans.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Assignments for October 7, 2009

Math - worksheet on reading bar graphs

Science - discussed how multi celled organisms get their traits from both parents

Literature - worksheet on vocabulary from "The Golden Tamarin..."

Spelling - corrected assignment

Religion - students worked in groups to fill in study guide (we will go over the study guide on Friday making sure it is filled in correctly)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Assignments for October 6, 2009

Spelling - page 20 and proofreading on page 21 (page 19 is due tomorrow too)

Literature - no class today

Science - no assignment discussed how living things make more of their own kind

Math - worksheet on rounding decimals

Religion - worksheet (both sides)

Next week we will have a religion test (Tuesday, Oct. 13) and Math test (exact date to be determined). The students will have a study guide for religion as of Friday of this week. For math the students will need to have the place names and locations memorized. (They have this on a handout that they have been using for assignments.)
Example: 123,456,789
The 3 is in the millions place.
For decimals, they will need to know tenths, hundredths, and thousandths.