Week of November 1 - 5, 2010

Friday HW
Warren Park Field Trip Form for Monday.  Math quiz: Monday November 8 on Lesson 8 (Order of Operations).  Have a good weekend!
Thursday HW
Warren Park Field Trip Form for Monday.  Math HW book pages 28-29.  Skip the game on page 29.  We'll play it in class.  News Journal Summary and Reflection.   Math quizzes upcoming:  Friday November 5 on Lessons 5 and 7 of Unit Two (Prime/Composite Numbers and Mental Math) and Monday November 8 on Lesson 8 (Order of Operations).  Both are shorter one page quizzes.

Wednesday HW
Bring your "As You Like It" programme to class to help write the critique, which is an in-class activity.  We spent a period today unpacking the assignment and brainstorming.
Math HW book pages 26-27.  Get your Order of Operations diagnostic quiz initialled by a parent -- 19 out of 30 students did not have that ready for today. 
Math quizzes upcoming:  Friday November 5 on Lessons 5 and 7 of Unit Two (Prime/Composite Numbers and Mental Math) and Monday November 8 on Lesson 8 (Order of Operations).  Both are shorter one page quizzes.

Tuesday HW
Math HW book pages 24-25.  Get your Order of Operations diagnostic quiz initialled by a parent.  Math quizzes upcoming:  Friday November 5 on Lessons 5 and 7 of Unit Two (Prime/Composite Numbers and Mental Math) and Monday November 8 on Lesson 8 (Order of Operations).  Both are shorter one page quizzes. Diversity presentations continue.  See expectations below.

Monday HW
Math Quiz on Unit 2 Lessons 1 to 4.  Study the connect sections and Quick Review for each chapter.  Do a sample question or two from each lesson to sharpen up.  Today's mini quiz focused on the format of Order of Operations questions.  I stress circling each step and stacking equals signs for clarity and organization.  News Journal Summary and Reflection -- students had 25 minutes to complete it in class today.  Diversity Projects are being presented starting today, after a 35 minute practice period.  I want the students to be able to speak to the class expressively and confidently about:

• their animal research (the "Who Am I?" section),
• the map, and
• some of the relatives of the animal as shown on their classification charts.
• I will let students read the Dear World letter without memorizing it. 

I will mark the other sections independently of the presentation -- only the bold sections shown above need to be presented.  (Calendar and Newsletter are still being prepared.  Sorry for the delay.)