Sunday, November 27, 2011

Homework week of Nov. 28 - Dec. 2

Monday, Nov. 28
Reading - Cereal Box reports due Wednesday
Handwriting

Today's in class reading assignments due Wednesday
Red Eye Laser Eagle - Ch. 1-2
Group C - Ch. 6, character sketches, and questions
Blue Jets - p. 199 -212, wild colt sheet, and summaries
Reading Rabbits - Ch. 10-12, character sketches, and questions

Tuesday, Nov. 29
Spelling - sort and explain
Reading - Cereal Box reports due tomorrow
Math - practice addition facts at least 10 minutes daily
Soc. Studies B - study for Southwest Natives test on Thursday

Wednesday, Nov. 30
Spelling - blind sort
Handwriting
Math - practice addition facts at least 10 minutes daily
Soc. Studies B - study for Southwest Natives test on Thursday

Today's in class reading assignments due Monday
Red Eye Laser Eagle - Ch. 3-5
Group C - Ch. 7-8 and character sketches
Blue Jets - p. 213-228 and summaries
Reading Rabbits - Ch. 13-15, character sketches, and questions

Thursday, Dec. 1
Spelling - 10 sentences
Math - practice addition facts at least 10 minutes daily

Friday, Dec. 2
Spelling - written

Monday, November 21, 2011

Homework week of Nov. 21 - Nov. 22

Monday, Nov. 21
Handwriting - nouns/verbs

The reading groups did not receive new assignments.

Tomorrow is pajama day. Everyone must wear shoes. We will be having P.E., so bring clothes to change into for class.

Reminder: Cereal Box reports are due November 30th. The break would be a great time to work on it.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Homework week of Nov. 14 - Nov. 18

Monday, Nov. 14
Handwriting
Writing - final drafts are due Wednesday. Don't forget to list the sources on the end of the paper. See sample paper for guidance.

In class reading assignments due Wednesday.
Blue Jets - p. 176-188 and summary
Reading Rabbits - Ch. 4-6, continue character sketches, and answer questions
Group C - Ch. 4 and continue character sketches
Red Eye Laser Eagle - p. 28-39 and make notes about story

Tuesday, Nov. 15
Spelling - sort and explain
Writing - final drafts due tomorrow. There will be time in class to write them.
Soc. Studies A - continents test on Thursday

Wednesday, Nov. 16
Handwriting - nouns
Spelling - blind sort
Writing - practice for presentation. Parents are welcome to join us Friday at 9:15 for the presentations.

In class reading assignments due Monday.
Blue Jets - p. 189-198 and summary
Reading Rabbits - Ch. 7-9, continue character sketches, and answer questions
Group C - Ch. 5, answer questions, and continue character sketches
Red Eye Laser Eagle - finish book and share extra activities with parents

Thursday, Nov. 17
Spelling - 10 sentences
Writing - practice for presentation. Parents are welcome to join us Friday at 9:15 for the presentations.




Monday, November 7, 2011

Homework week of Nov. 7 - Nov. 11

Monday, Nov. 7
Handwriting - sentence types
Writing - another (the 3rd) body paragraph is due Wednesday

Today's reading assignments: due Wednesday
Blue Jets - p. 157-163 and settings
Reading Rabbits - finish book and write brief summary of book
Group C - Ch. 2 and character sketches

Tuesday, Nov. 8
Writing - 3rd paragraph due Wednesday
Soc. Stud. B - finish packet p. 34-37

Wednesday, Nov. 9
Handwriting - sentence types
Spelling - sort and explain
Math - practice addition facts
Writing - finish introductory paragraph (write one sentence summing up each body paragraph and write a "hook") due Friday

Today's reading assignments: due Monday
Blue Jets - p. 164-175 - summary
Reading Rabbits - Ch. 1 - 3 and character sketches
Group C - Ch. 2 and character sketches
Red Eye Laser Eagle - p. 18-27 notes about events and characters

(Character sketches are a list of things that we notice about the characters as we learn more about them)

Tomorrow is the symphony trip. The class will depart at 10:15. We will be working on a word hunt during 1st hour. We will also have our regular social studies classes when we return.

See note on homework folder about Friday. We will be creating props for our presentations.

Thursday, Nov. 10
Spelling - blind sort

Friday, Nov. 11
Spelling - written sort
Writing - finish intros and conclusions (Should have 3 of each to try out)

We got a lot done on the props today. However, they will need to be finished at home for next Friday's presentations.