March 24, 2011

• Journal: What do you want to do when you grow up?
• Spelling - pre-test, final test is tomorrow.  Everyone struggled with unnecessary. If you get a chance, please go over the spelling words with your child.
• Computers - utahwrite.com
• English - Negatives: pg 255 (1-18) This was a fun lesson for me. Some of the students thought I was cheating when I told them that the negatives look like "no," or "n't." They thought I was giving away the anwers to the assignment. I loved it. As a teacher, I try to "give away" all the information they'll need to complete the assignment every day.
• Reading - This was similar to yesterday's reading activity.  Students were given a short story and asked to make a prediction before reading.  After completing the story they needed to write down the main idea, and give three details from the story - in consecutive order.
• Math - Test 20.  I think the trickiest question on this test asked, "A foot is what fraction of a yard?  An inch is what fraction of a foot?  Use those answers to determine what fraction of a yard an inch represents."  Tricky, right? 

Remember that tomorrow is early out because it is the last day of the quarter. So . . . all assignments need to be turned in tomorrow to recieve credit.  The Preamble booklet is due tomorrow as well.  Thanks.