Jan 29, 2010

Day's highlights:
Colored bear face mask
Visit from Taiwanese students
Recess
Learned surprise guest...seven crayfish!
Continued coloring bear face mask
Lunch
Observed crayfish
Presented Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. plays to other classes
Recess
Music: recorders
PE

Homework:
None!

Jan 28, 2010

Day's highlights:
Decision on WA Children's Choice Books (#1 = Two Bobbies)
Art Discovery: water bottle totem poles
Cleaned up floor (spilled rice!)
Social Studies: Read Coastal passage
Guess the Guest
Lunch
Partner for checking Atlas work
Social Studies: Read Plateau passage
Partnered for Native American groups
PM Q
Recess
PM Q check
Practiced Rosa Parks skit
Keyboarding

Homework:
Read & finish Plateau and Coastal passages
Social Studies: page 42 Q 2, 4, 5 at top, page 51 Q 2-4 in complete sentences
Think about Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. plays for performance tomorrow.
Research two facts about your Native American groups.  Write and bring tomorrow.

Jan 27, 2010

Day's highlights:
Keffeler Cafe
Blue Storyworks page
Discussed new Junior Scholastic
Recess
AM Q
Lunch
GEO Passport
Read last two WA Children's Choice books (One is a Feast for Mouse, The Pencil)
Recess
Music
PE

Homework:
Junior Scholastic: Atlas, questions 1-10 (pages 8 & 9)
Get ready for a few surprise guests. :)
Prepare to study Coast and Plateau Indians on Thursday.
Art Discovery: bring creative mind

Jan 26, 2010

Day's highlights:
AM Q: 2 math problems
Performed Native American skits
Recess
Practiced MLK, Jr. skit
Lunch
Word search
Math: probability
Recess
Keyboarding
Planner

Homework:
Lit O's: summary of book (not like 7 pages.  Short, like a page or two long.)
GEO Passport study
Still need at least two empty toilet paper rolls and one egg carton.  Due next Monday.
Book order due Friday.

Jan 25, 2010

Day's highlights:
Two math problems (AM Q)
Super long class meeting about class rules (no playing guns)
Recess
Substitute arrived
Read WA Children's Choice Book (Mrs. McCaw Learns to Draw)
Lunch
Practiced MLK Jr. play like 4 times
Practiced Native American skit
Recess
Library
Keyboarding

Homework:
Lit O's: summary of books if they finished book already, if not, regular Lit O's.
Empty toilet paper roll (x2) for Native American project. Unknown due date.
Think about how our Conference planned goal has changed since Oct.
Finish Native American skit.  Due tomorrow.
Book Orders.

Jan 22, 2010

Day's highlights:
Birthday celebration
Math: check yesterday homework, did another page in class
Practice Rosa Parks and MLK, Jr. plays
Lit circles sharing
Storyworks magazine activity sheet
Music
PE

Homework:
None

Jan 21, 2010

Day's highlights:
Birthday celebration
Keyboarding
Practiced Rosa Park play
Literature Circles sharing with groups
Student Council report: final sucker sale flavors, sale dates (Feb. 4, 5, 8-10)

Homework:
Received newsletter
Complete story based on music. At least a paragraph.
Literature Circles
Green Math Book group, page 508 (all problems but C, D, E, F, G)

A Fresh Start

I'm starting this blog to help communicate with other parents what is going on in our kids' classroom and homework.  I'll post up daily what my son is communicating and feel free to comment if and how that differs with what you're hearing from yours.

Please do not use student, teacher, or school names in your posts.  I do not wish to compromise the privacy of anyone. This is not a blog that I imaging anyone outside of the class parents or administration will want to view or find, but just to error on the side of caution, please keep names absent.