Monday, December 10, 2012

Let the coundtdown begin!!!! Only two weeks until Christmas Break

Monday, December 10, 2012

Virtue of the Month:  Charity

Religion:  Unit 2:  Jesus, Our Lord and Savior; Session 6:  New Life in Jesus; Exercise on Friday!

Math:  Lesson 61 - Dividing by Multiples of 10; 62 - Multiplying by Three-Digit Numbers, Part 1; 63 - Multiplying by Three-Digit Numbers, Part 2; 64 - Learning Terms Divisor, Dividend, and Quotient; 65 - Dividing and Writing Quotients with Fractions;  Exercise Form 7A on Monday;  Exercise Form 8B on Wednesday.

Social Studies:  Renaissance:  Section 6:  Leonardo da Vinci; Section 7:  Micheangelo; Section 8:  Two "How-to" Men.  Read, notes, discuss.  Videos of three important Artists: da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.  I am planning the State Exercise on Wednesday the 17th!!!!

Science:  Reflect on mold experiment.  What Happened?  Why did it happen, or in some cases, not happen?  Classification "Review Tree."  Complete packet pages 22 -28!  Begin Review for Exercise on Tuesday of next week (12/18).

English:  Predicates.  Simple and complete.

Vocabulary:  Unit 5 - Complete work in books.  Construct 2 sentences for each word.  Pre-Exercise on Wednesday; Exercise on Friday.

Computer:  Continue Internet Safety

PE:  Fitness Exercising

Please watch out for important notices in the Monday Envelops!  Also, encourage your fellow parents to follow my blog!  I only have three followers!

Monday, December 3, 2012

The first week of December? Really? Wow!

Here is what is on tap for this week.....

Virtue of the Month:  Charity

Religion:  Celebrating Advent (p.57-60) The Advent Season is upon us.  Let us prepare for the birth of our Lord.

Math:    Lesson 56 - Making Equal Groups to Find an Average; 57 - Multiplying by Two-Digit Numbers; 58 - Identifying Place Value Through Hundred-Millions'; 59 - Naming Numbers Through Hundred Millions; 60 - Calculating the Perimeter of Polygons/Identifying the Measures of a Circle;  Pre-exercise Form 4A on Monday;  Exercise Form 4B on Wednesday.

Social Studies:  Renaissance:  Section 5:  Venice:  Jewel of the Adriatic; Lesson 6:  Leonardo da Vinci; Section 7:  Michelangelo;  Read, take notes, class discussion and videos highlighting Rafael, Michelangelo and da Vinci's works.

Science:  Classification of Living Things:  Continue with Kingdoms.  Also, compare results from bread mold experiment.  Discuss possible reasons why some bread mold faster than others.  Write a reflection to be handed in for grading.

English:  Predicates (Verbs):  Recognizing various positions tha tpredicates may appear in a sentence.  Diagramming Simple subjects and verbs.

Vocabulary:  Unit 5 - Pre-exercise on Wednesday;  Exercise on Friday  Spelling Exercise on Friday

Computers:  Fifty States Project.  Please encourage your students to begin studying for the State Capitals Exercise.   I am planning - key word here is planning - on having the exercies on DECEMBER 19TH!!!!! (Exercise date is subject to change.)

PE:  Yes, they will have it!  Just not on Friday.  It is a half-day!