Thursday, March 25, 2010

Spring Break

I hope everyone has a great week off! Go outside and enjoy the weather. When you come back from spring break we will begin our career unit. Students will choose a career to research and give an informational speech about their topic. Then in Reading we will begin our next novel, The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech.



Have a great break!!!

Friday, March 19, 2010

A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will have a test on prepositions, and we will have our final quiz on Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. Students will also be presenting their collage book reports.

Important Days:
Saturday- Snowflake
Monday- Roller Skating Party
Tuesday- 3 Week Progress Reports
Wednesday- Book Fair
Thursday- Book Fair
Friday- Spring Break begins at 3pm

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Prepositions

Next week we will start our unit on prepositions. Students will learn about prepositional phrases, and how they can sometimes be adjective or adverb phrases. In reading we will continue to read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie.

Important Days:
Wednesday- Juggler in PE
Thursday- Newspaper Club
Saturday- Snowflake

Friday, March 5, 2010

A Peek at Next Week

In Reading we will take a quiz on the second part of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. We will then start the third and final section of the book. Then in Language Arts we will review our lessons on adjectives and adverbs, and take a modifier test on Thursday.

Important Days:
Monday- Encore Classes Switch, Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie Quiz
Tuesday- Second Trimester Report Cards
Thursday- Parent Teacher Conferences, Modifier Test
Friday- No School