February 1, 2012

• Buddy Readers
• Math -  Multiplying Fractions - homework is: Lesson 76 (due tomorrow)
• Science with Mrs. Bate
• Journals - yellow journals were due today: every student is expected to write a journal entry for each school day.
• Spelling - speed sort
• Writing - Using UtahWrite students were to finish working on a persuasive essay regarding the super skills classes they have each afternoon.  This assignment is due tomorrow. 
• Reading - Students reading The Tiger Rising with me read a couple of chapters.  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 - Worksheet 1 - What is an Adjective - today's topic was Articles and Demonstratives - we are reviewing the unit with a worksheet for each lesson before the unit test. homework is: Worksheet 2 Articles and Demonstratives - the writing application is extra credit - due tomorrow.
• Social Studies - 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 classmate's 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 - Today they finished working as a team on a research assignment, studying leaders from the American Revolution - the report is due Friday.
• P.E. with Mrs. Lyman