Monday, September 27, 2010

Week of September 27- October 1, 2010

Friday HW
Book Report due October 7.   "As You Like It" form and fee due by October 5, 2010.  Math Quiz # 2 on Lessons 3, 4 and 5 on  Tuesday October 5.   Math HW Book page 10 and 11 due on Tuesday October 5.
Test package due with parent signature and corrections by next Thursday October 7.  Students can check the corrected copy on the red bulletin board for the answer key or attend Homework Club on Tuesday at Lunch to go over it with me.

Thursday HW
Book Report due October 7.   "As You Like It" form and fee due by October 5, 2010.  Math Quiz # 2 on Lessons 3, 4 and 5 on  Tuesday October 5.  Spelling Cycle # 4 activities.  We had a very successful Terry Fox Run today.  We are just short of our first incentive so I am extending the donation period.

Wednesday HW
Math HW book pages 8 and 9.  The quizzes are marked but I am waiting to return them until all the kids have written it.  Spelling Text page 17 # 2,3,4,5.  "As You Like It" form and fee due by October 5, 2010.  Today we welcomed a coop student from Humberside to work in our class for the next while.  Ask the students about him.  Terry Fox run on Thursday -- dress for conditions.

Tuesday HW
Finish Science Creature Card and solution key.  Dictation # 3 on Day 2 (tomorrow).  20 minutes of reading.  Journal due on Wednesday.  Terry Fox run on Thursday -- dress for conditions.
Today was our first Homework Club day.  13 of 15 kids who signed up in the morning made it out.  Terrific!  I will have it once more on Tuesday next week before going back to a Monday date when my lunch duty has changed.  Thanks for your patience as we work through the timetable.

Monday HW
Math Quiz on Lessons 1 and 2 for Unit one.  Study the "Quick Review" and "Connect" sections.  Dictation # 3 on Day 2.  20 minutes of reading.  Journal (movie review) due on Wednesday.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Week of September 20-24, 2010

Friday HW
Math Quiz on Lessons 1 and 2 on Tuesday September 28.  Study the Quick Review section of the HW book and the Connect section of the text.  Do a few practice questions from each lesson again to help study.  Dictation #3 on Wednesday September 29.  HW club will be on Tuesday at Lunch next week.  20 minutes of reading.  Book report is due on October 7th.  QSP envelopes were sent home today.  Stratford permission forms are coming on Monday.
 
Thursday HW
Toonies for Terry.  See incentive challenge below.  Pizza Day and Swim Club forms due September 24.  Complete today's spelling text activities for Word Up List # 3 (Alphabetical Order, Syllabication and Derivatives).  Math Drill completed and corrected.  Science page 2.

Wednesday HW
Toonies for Terry.  See incentive challenge below.  Pizza Day and Swim Club forms due September 24.  Word Up Dictation #2 is tomorrow.  Study your lists.  Complete today's spelling text activities.  More than half the class was already done.  Math HW book pages 6 and 7.  Remember that I encourage you to use the divisibility rules (shown in the "Quick Review" on page 6) to prove your answers.  Don't use long division.  Charts are a good, picture-based way to organize your proof.  You could follow the model I scripted in class on the whiteboard.

Tuesday HW
Toonies for Terry -- $200 = gum day, $300 = Gum day and one no HW day.  Future targets TBA?  20 minutes of reading.  Pizza Day forms due September 24.  Future paragraph Good Copy in pen and decorated due tomorrow.  Complete two title pages for science and Social Studies Booklets.  Have parents sign booklets after reviewing them together.

Monday HW
20 minutes of reading.  Spelling text: page 9 #1,2; page 10 #4,6,7.  Math HW book pages 4 and 5 including Stretch your thinking.  Pizza Day forms due September 24.  Future paragraph second draft due tomorrow.  Toonie for Terry.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Week of September 13-17, 2010

Friday HW
Spelling Cycle #2: Alphabetical Order, Syllabication, Derivatives and 15 sentences using the Word Up #2 list completed for Monday. 20 minutes of reading.  Pizza day orders (Blue Form) and Swim club forms can be handed in to me.  They are in the package that was taken home this week.  Future paragraph good copy is due in class on Wednesday morning.  Students started the second draft today and will be given time in classs on Monday and Tuesday to complete it.

Thursday HW
Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraising Cookie Sale:  $2 for tomorrow.  Pizza day orders (Blue Form) and Swim club forms can be handed in to me.  They are in the package that was taken home this week.  Spelling Cycle #2: Alphabetical Order, Syllabication, Derivatives and 15 sentences using the Word Up #2 list completed for Monday.  20 minutes of reading.

Wednesday HW
Finish Running Shoe of the Future in full. Spelling:  Syllabication, Derivatives and 15 sentences using the Word Up #1 list. 20 minutes of reading.

Tuesday HW
Finish Arithmetic Survey corrections up to number 36.  Finish Math HW Book pages 2 and 3.  Paper and Duotang for French class.  Finish 'Recipe For Me' second draft only.  20 minutes of reading.  Spelling Dictation Word Up # 1 tomorrow.  Substantial time for everything apart from the Math HW Book was given in class today to complete this work.  Students should spend less than an hour on homework on any given night.

Monday HW
20 minutes of reading.  Bring your book report book to school.  Have a photo of yourself that you can cut up for an activity.  Scholastic orders due Friday September 17.  Cheques only please.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Welcome to the new grade 6 year!

Week of September 7 -10, 2010
Friday HW:
What a terrific week!  Thanks to the boys and girls for their cooperation and positive attitudes.  The atmosphere is excellent.  As a regular feature I would suggest students read silently for 20 uninterrupted minutes each evening.
Book report book in class on Monday.  Bring a photo of yourself you can cut up and use for an activity. Scholastic Orders due Friday September 17.  Cheques only please.
Thursday HW:
Math review # 4.  Quiz tomorrow.  Bring a photo of yourself you can cut up and use for an activity.    Put your Word Up list words in Alphabetical Order.
Wednesday HW:
Math review # 2 and # 3.  Study from these for Friday Quiz.  Book Report Novel in class for Monday.  Have a parent review and sign the package.
Tuesday HW: 
School letters signed and returned.  I request 1 box of tissue and 1 roll of paper towel from each student for class use -- thank you.  $6 for agenda and $23 for workbooks.  Please make them separate amounts if possible.  Math review #1; quiz on Friday.

Greetings to the new students in my class for 2010-11.  I'm looking forward to meeting and getting to know all of you during this first week.  We will jump right in to the school year with some ice breaker activities and some Math and Language reviews.  As the first week goes by we will be preparing for the first Math unit in Patterning and the first Language activities with News Journals and a novel study.  Also upcoming are our preparations for our Stratford visit (date TBA) including actor workshops right in our classroom.  It should be fun!  See you soon!


This blog will function as a weekly homework listing and be archived as the week ends.  Be sure to check out my class web page at http://areynolds.org/ all year long.  Plenty of useful stuff is posted, including downloads of class handouts which you should use to replace lost work.