Week of October 15-19, 2012

Friday HW:
We worked on the Science Biodiversity project in class again today after spending two periods in class on Thursday using laptops to conduct research.  At this point eleven of 24 students have completed basic research on their animals and are ready to begin composing a powerpoint presenatation that will be used for a class oral presentation.  Students who have not collected meaningful information during this time should do some catching up over the weekend.  Otherwise there is no homework apart from book report reading, and corrections/signature of the test pack handed out on Wednesday.
** Reminder: Photo day on Monday. **

Wednesday HW
1.  MMS Practice duotang pages 2 and 3.  Remember that reduced amounts for IEP students are in practice for this work as well as text book activities in class:  (#1 and the even numbers afterwards).
2.  Math Unit 2 Final test tomorrow.
3.  Test pack #3 was distributed today.   
It contains four items:  the last math quiz (class average 77%), two problems of the week and some descriptive feedback on a poem.
Please have it corrected and signed by a parent on the front by next Thursday.
4.  Library on Friday in the afternoon.
5.  Photo day reminders were sent home today.  The day is Monday October 22.

Tuesday HW
1.  Math Unit 2 Final Unit test on Thursday October 18.  The last quiz is marked and will be sent home tomorrow.  The main areas of difficulty are multiplication and long division.  We started a new unit on patterning today.
2.  Book Report reading for 20 minutes.  The report is due on November 8.
3.  News Journal summary and reflection for today's presenters.

Monday HW
1.  Math Unit 2 Final Test on Thursday October 18.  Today's quiz will be returned before that day for study purposes.  In informal diagnostics students show some difficulty with zero in the quotient in long division and with basic multiplication errors and regrouping (i.e. 7 x 5 + 2) in multiplication by two digit factors.
2.  Book Report Reading for 20 minutes.  The report is due on November 8.