Week of December 6- 10, 2010

Friday HW
1.  Spelling text work page 31 #4,5; page 32 # 8,10,11; page 33 # 1,2,4
2.  Math Unit 4 Lessons one to five quiz on Thursday December 16.
3.  Food drive: bring money or non-perishable food items. We are definitely using our large class size to our advantage in this in-school challenge -- way to go! So far we have collected 303 items. The deadline has been extended to next week. It feels good to do good!  Keep up the good work, room 365!
4.  Class Pizza party next Wednesday at lunch for the holidays.  Price per student is TBA.

Thursday HW
1.  Spelling Dictation on Friday.
2.  Math HW Book pages 46-47.
3.  Math Unit 4 Lessons one to five quiz on Thursday December 16.
4.  Food drive: bring money or non-perishable food items.  We are definitely using our large class size to our advantage in this in-school challenge -- way to go!  So far we have collected 183 items.   Using cash to purchase additional items has been a very effective way to add to our total -- I will be purchasing more tonight with donations received today. The deadline has been extended to next week.  It feels good to do good!  Bravo, room 365!

Wednesday HW
1.  Spelling Dictation on Friday.
2.  Social Studies booklet page 10.
3.  Math Unit 4 Lessons one to five quiz on Thursday December 16.
4.  Food drive: bring money or cans. Let's win it! We can use our large class size to our advantage in this in-school challenge.  So far we have collected 29 cans and some cash to purchase additional cans.  The deadline is Friday December 10.  It feels good to do good!

Today we contnued Novel Study activities and started day 3 activities for our Guided Reading red group.  We also worked on place value of decimals using base 10 blocks.  Our gym period was cancelled due to concert rehearsals.  12 students individually used computer resources in the afternoon to take organizer notes.  Be sure to check with your child to see if the organizers are lost or are not being filled in.  At least 2 of the four sides could be done by this point.  I hear many times about organizer work that is 'at home' and unavailable for checking.  These pages should be at school daily if I am to help students stay on track.

Tuesday HW
1.  Comfort Object journal.
2.  Social Studies research.
3.  20 minutes of reading.
4.  Food drive:  bring money or cans.  Let's win it!  We can use our large class size to our advantage in this in-school challenge.
Today we continued novel study and guided reading activities, which have a focus on short, prepared oral presentations.  We had Reading buddies and started a journal in class based on The Giver read aloud.   We also discussed a Christmas party for next Wednesday December 15in class which would include a Pizza lunch and a film.  Costs are to be determined.  I asked students to bring in desserts to share for that day.
We also had an art activity in the afternoon for a double period.

Monday HW
1.  Math HW book pages 44-45.
2.  Spelling Cycle has resumed.  Word Up activities including 15 sentences for list #6.  Checked tomorrow.  Dictation is on Friday December 10.
3.  Social Studies project research is ongoing.
Today we introduced lesson one of Unit four in Math and completed the practice activities in class.  We also began work on the Homework book pages.  Special attention was paid to idea of rounding large numbers off to tenths and hundredths of a million/billion.  We started a spelling cycle and had a Drama leadership activity hosted by visiting senior school students in the afternoon.