January 30, 2012

• Buddy Readers
• Library
• Math - turned in Lesson 74 - today's topic was Changing Improper Fractions to Whole or Mixed Numbers - homework is: Lesson 75 (due tomorrow)
• Science with Mrs. Bate
• Journals - red journals were due today: every student is expected to write a journal entry for each school day.
• Spelling - students were given a new spelling list today they were expected to sort the list with teacher guidance, and cut out the spelling words.
• Writing - Using UtahWrite students were to begin a persuasive essay regarding the super skills classes they have each afternoon.  This assignment will be due Thursday. Students will be given time in class to work on the essay Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Reading - Students reading The Jacket with me finished their book.  All other students read a short story about poetry while leaving tracks of their thinking, and then reading a book of their own choice, and leaving tracks of their thinking - due today. This assignment is part of their Independent Work grade.
• English - turned in English page 160-161 (1-18) - today's topic was Proper Adjectives - homework is: pg 162 (1-24) due tomorrow.
• Social Studies - We finally completed the notes on our timeline of the American Revolution.  I will be gathering the notebooks to give credit for each year that students have notes.  If they are missing a year between 1775 and 1783 they can borrow a classmates notebook to get caught up.  Students were able to choose whether they wanted to draw a map of the United States boundaries in 1783 or a narrative about the Treaty of Paris - either choice is due tomorrow.
• P.E. with Mrs. Lyman