Sunday, October 11, 2009

Gazette Memo Oct. 12-16

The class did a wonderful job last week while I was out (daughter had the flu). I was so proud of them and they were able to earn enough cotton balls for our fluff jar to earn a class party. We celebrated all the compliment collections last Friday with a little treat.

There are a few items the class needs to start bringing in for our “Caps for a Cause” campaign. These items include, clean milk jugs, shoe boxes and labels. We will prepare them this week to deliver them to the other classes next week, so they can support our cause.

This week you will I will be sending home an outline for the Human Body Project. Please note that it will be due within 2 weeks of when it is sent home. This project will be done mostly at home. I will give 2-4 opportunities for research in the computer lab and media center.

Have a stellar week…and please make sure everyone is doing their homework each night. They are earning stickers for our Pumkinfest on Oct. 29th (Class Party)!!! If they do NOT have enough stickers, they will NOT be able to participate.

This week’s objectives:
*Math- Multi-digit addition and subtraction problem solving, elapsed time, finding the unknown in an equation, comparing and ordering numbers.
*Reading- words with the prefix non-, dis- and un-, continue reviewing parts of a poem (lines, stanzas, rhythm, rhyme, tone, mood, and speaker) and distinguishing between simile and metaphors
*Science- the human body focus questions:
-What is a skeleton?
-How many bones are in the human skeleton?
-What are the functions of bones?
*Writing- finish writing instructions. How to do something (like a recipe)!!! We will start writing our “Caps for a Cause” Speech this week as well.

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