Week of October 29 - November 2, 2012

Thursday HW
1.  Photo Retake day is Thursday, November 15.
2.  Rough Draft of Play critique.  This is an ongoing activity we've worked on this week and the good copy is due in class by the end of the day on Friday.  Students should have a workable four paragraph rough copy that we can edit in class before writing the finished version tomorrow in class.
3.  MMS Practice pages 8-9.
4.  Math Unit One Quiz two on lessons 3,4,and 5 on Monday November 5.

Wednesday HW
Great Halloween parade today!  We had every student in costume!  Thank you to the students who brought in food and drink for our party this afternoon.  Much appreciated!
1.  Photo orders are due tomorrow.
2.  Library is on Friday.
3.  Math Unit 1 quiz for lessons 3,4 and 5 on Monday.  Today eight students were not finished practice questions from MMS for our lesson 3 corrections.  The Unit 2 test is marked and the class average was 70% (28/40).  I'll send it home when I have more material to include in a larger test package.

Tuesday HW
1.  MMS Practice booklet pages 6 and 7 on Divisibility rules.  We've spent three periods going over these rules and practicing the techniques from the textbook.  I am focussing on having the students represent their solutions in chart form.  Please ask them to show you a sample or explain it.
2.  Bring your Stratford programme to class tomorrow for use as a guide to critiquing the play.  All the students at table four had theirs today, but the remainder in the class was a small number.  We looked at professional play reviews from the Star, the Globe and the Post today, developed success criteria as a group, and started our rough drafts.
3.  If you are able to at home, practice Powerpoint skills touched on during today's lesson.  We will be using this software to present our endangered animal research.

Monday HW
On Wednesday we will have a short Halloween party time just before and afer the parade.  In the interests of preventing upset tummies before trick or treating time, I am limiting treats in class to popcorn, fruit and vegetables.  Milk or (high percentage) juices are also acceptable to drink in addition to water, but no sugary drinks (i.e. Sunny D, Soda Pop, Iced Tea) should be brought to school.  Thank you for your cooperation.
1.  Math Unit One quiz on Lessons 1 and 2 (Input/Output machines, Recursive patterns) tomorrow.
2.  Spelling Cycle activities for Unit 4 -- four lists and fifteen sentences.  All students are done at least one of lists already.  Dictation on Friday.
3.  Book report due on November 8.  We looked at some models in class today and discussed questions about the assignment students had.
4.  Please bring the programme you received at Stratford for "Much Ado" to class tomorrow for a writing assignment.  I have a few extras but not a class set.

Music on a Monday:  is there anything you can't do with Lego?