Forty-Seventh Day of School

In Writing today, we revised our procedural pieces adding tips, hints, and reminders.

Forty-Sixth Day of School

In Writing t oday, we began the revision process for our informational pieces. Our revision process for procedural writing is as follows:

1. Reread
2. Act it out: Are the steps clear? Are the steps complete?
3. Add information where necessary.

Forty-Fifth Day of School

Today in writing, a procedural sample was collected from each student. The samples were checked for all necessary elements of an informational piece.

Math Test Results

Of the 20 students taking the math test, 20 students passed with an adjusted score of 10 or better. The high score was 16.

Forty-Fourth Day of School

Students should have their Social Science and Science notes in their homework folders. Please have them review the notes with an adult. Concepts included are: past/present, survival needs, goods/services, rights/responsibilities, golden rule, matter, transformation of matter.

Forty-Third Day of School

In Writing today, we wrote closures for our "how-to's". This concludes the drafting of our procedural writing and we will move into the revision process.

In Health, we discussed school safety.

Forty-Second Day of School

In Writing today, we added introductions to our procedural pieces. The introduction not only should introduce the topic but entice the reader to follow our directions.

We were visited by the Desk Faerie and 10 students found a treat in their desk for having all of their material organized.

At-Home Project #1

Every year Room 11 has the tradition of electing a class president. This supports the government portion of our Social Science standards. Those students interested in running for Room 11 Class President 2018-19 will work on a speech at home to be delivered to the class on November 5, 2018. Speeches will be filmed using chroma key technology and saved to flash drives or hopefully school email accounts

Students who would like to have their videos edited, will make sure they are not wearing any shade of green or yellow in any part of their outfit.

On this day we will also try to film our expert interviews. Those students wanting their interviews to be edited will also need to remember not to wear green or yellow on that Monday. 

Math Test Results

Of the 22 students taking the Math Test, 19 passed with an adjusted score of 7 or better. One student achieved a perfect score.

Forty-First Day of School

The Writing lesson for today was postponed due to the number of students absent.

In Social Science, we discussed how some aspects of life are different for people in different climates.

Later, notes for the November project will be posted.

Fortieth Day of School

We were excited today to have Mr. Brooks stop by to play an oral language game with us.

In Writing, we added transitions to each step of the our procedural piece. If parents were following along with the narrative lessons, they may just be able to guess what the next lessons will be.

In Math, we had our test as well as a speed test on addition facts.

Thirty-Ninth Day of School

In Writing today, we drafted the first sentence of each of our procedural steps beginning with our imperative verb.

In Science, we observed a collection of liquids and generated a list of vocabulary words to use to describe their properties: bubbly, clear, colored, translucent, transparent, opaque, and viscous.

Thirty-Eighth Day of School

In Writing today, we learned the imperative/command form of conjugation and applied it to our informative writing. We simply wrote one one-word command for each step of our 'how-to'. Tomorrow we will begin to draft the sentences to complete each command.

This week will likely culminate with a math test.

Thirty-Seventh Day School

Today in Writing, we began to make our plans for our procedural piece.

Reminder: as discussed at Back-to-School Night and at conferences, the 'How to' template sent home is for parent reference only and not intended for student work at home.

Thirty-Sixth Day of School

Parents should find copy of the paper we are using for our procedural unit in backpacks/folders. In Writing today we touch and talked our 'How to' essay. Tomorrow we will begin the planning process.

In Social Science, we reviewed our observations in comparing the past with the present (tested). We also learned the difference between goods and services (tested).

For study/discussion:

• What is an example of a business which sells goods?
• What is an example of a service?

Thirty-Fifth Day of School

In Writing today, we brainstormed a list of subjects on which we feel knowledgeable enough to teach someone else "how to".

In Music, we explored the musical element of melody and pitch.

Thirty-Fourth Day of School

In Engineering today, we completed our second engineering project. We focused on the engineering process: ask, brainstorm, construct/collaborate. design, evaluate.

Chapter 1 Math Test Results

Of 24 students taking the test, 23 passed with an adjusted score of 15 or better. One student achieved a perfect score.

Thirty-First Day of School

In Social Science, we discussed the meaning of the term tradition (tested).

In Math, we took the test for chapter 1.

Tomorrow we will take our informational writing pretest.