September 8, 2009

Homework:

• Spelling: Cursive Worksheet "Vowel Sounds in r"
• Science: Worksheet "Drumming Up Diffrences"
• Scholastic Book Orders are due tomorrow

The class did a terrific job this moring on their daily work. They worked quietly and finished their assignment on place value. They earned a compliment towards extra recess on Friday. When I picked the children up from art, they were complimented again on their good listening and careful artwork. Therefore, earning another compliment!

We started our first reading skill and story for the week. Our skill is sequencing. We read a story called Homer Price. Then we practiced putting things in order by completing a page in our workbook. We introduced our new vocabulary by writing definitions and drawing pictures to help us understand and remember the words.

We took our first spelling pretest. The students then checked their papers and marked the words they missed. This will you and them what words they need to study to prepare for their test on Friday. Tonight they are going to complete a cursive worksheet to help them learn the words.

Tuesday is our extra library day. They checked out some new books. Then we heade to lunch to enjoy chicken quesdillas!

After seeing students math homework, I decided that I needed to adjust the activities I had planned. The students need more time understanding the difference between tenths (o.1) and hundredths (0.01). We put some more information in our notes and discussed the different ways to write decimals. Tomorrow we are going to work on the correct way to say them.

During science, we continued studying the parts of the cell. We focused specifically on the differences between plant and animal cells. We completed a Venn diagram and had a great discussion about the differences. I look forward to seeing thier homework tomorrow!

Ms. Shelburne taught Social Studies today because Mrs. Groot had an appointment.

Finally, we continued pre-reading activities for our novel The Summer of the Swans. We discussed the importance of looks and the influence that we have on others when we say negative things. Tomorrow we are going to start reading the novel.