Friday, September 5, 2008

Week of September 8

I am really enjoying being back at school! This week allowed our classes to get to know eachother and build a classroom family.

Just a reminder: Curriculum Night is on Thursday, September 11 for fifth grade. This is the perfect opportunity to get to know your child's teachers.
My Homeroom:
SOCIAL STUDIES= Chapter 4 "Spain Builds an Empire"
Tuesday = How to Study sheet
Wednesday = Jeopardy review
Thursday is the chapter test.
SCIENCE = We are doing an introductory unit and learning about different tools and inquiry skills that scientists use. The students will be getting information about an EGG-cellent experiment/contest on Thursday!!! The students will have to "invent" something on their own and fill out the steps of the scientific method.
The EGG-cellent experiment "invention" will be due Tuesday, September 16th!
More information will be coming home with your scientist.......
My RTI class:
Lesson 2 Spelling Test is next Friday, workbook pages are due on Thursday.
In English we will be covering subjects and predicates and have a fun activity to practice this.
In Reading, we will be discussing probable outcome, synonyms and antonyms and reviewing The Fear Place for the test on Wednesday.
My Math class:
Chapter 1 Test is scheduled for Friday after we estimate sums and differences, add and subtract whole numbers, and use the inverse operation to solve word problems.

Elizabeth Ide Library

Our new space is amazing!  We are working hard to emulate what our students might see at their public libraries - front facing books that a...