Another Monday under our belts! I was going to say how many Monday's we have left but then I realized I have no idea and don't want to take the time to figure it out. THIS particular Monday, we talked about the Science Fair a bit, then reviewed how to test what kind of mineral a given sample is. We also spent time discussing ways to check the reliability of a web site. We will visit that again. We also reviewed subject verb agreement. (He eats the food, and they eat the food. Rather than, he eat the food, and they eats the food.) We discussed polygons but I forgot to play the nonagon song for the class. We will have to get to that tomorrow or Wednesday. We also checked out a neat lego video based on Hatchet that someone did. 

CL: Nothing

Science: work on the science fair project

Geography: Finish LA prezis. 

Music: Beethoven for Wednesday

Literature: Final project is due on Friday

Math: set 18 skip 8,13,20,24,29

CE: nothing

English: 4-3 ws

We had a good presentation about our mission in Haiti this morning. As it turned out, our geography lesson today was supposed to be on Central America and the Caribbean, so we had our guest speaker come back to our room after her presentation for a lengthy Q + A session. It was a great look into the culture and life on the island. The students asked some great questions. We also used protractors and learned about idioms.

CL: nothing
Science: nothing
Vocab WS: Idiom pages due for next Thursday
Literature: I handed out the sheet of assignment choices. Each student will pick one of the twelve assignments and complete it by next Friday.
CE: News Quiz for Monday
English: nothing
Math: set 17 skip 11,16,18,25,28
Music: Beethoven for next Wednesday

So Thursday has come, with quite the wild weather at that. Seems like it will avoid our soccer game though.
We has some productive study time today to work on our science test and literature packet. Looks like many students have those done already. We even got a little extra time to work on math.

Your student got a field trip notice today. This one is a surprise and came about on short notice. On the plus side, it is close and it is free. IF we can get enough drivers, we want to head over to St. Peter's for a special presentation on the afternoon of Monday, October 7th. There will also be a slip coming home soon for the October field trip you did know about to the Milwaukee County Museum on the 18th of October.

CL: Nothing
Science: test TOMORROW
Geo: Section 1 ws TOMORROW
Music: Beethoven sheets for Wednesday
Literature: Packet is due TOMORROW
Vocabulary WS: 42-44 TOMORROW
Math: set 16: 11,12,19,20,22
English: Final copy tomorrow.  

Back for more are ya? Well, we've got more. We finished reading Hatchet today so the sheets will be due on Friday. Then we will talk about our culminating project, dun dun da! We also started learning more about Beethoven. We even jammed to a piano concerto. (I am listening to a piano sonata at the moment.) We also started working on our open book test for Friday. The chart at the end looks like the one we did on the worksheet, but it has a few wrinkles in it. Fortunately, I warned the students all about them when we went though the worksheet. We also are doing a paragraph on things we like to do on the weekend. It shouldn't take them long at all since they have done these kind before. Don't worry, we'll make it more challenging for them soon.

CL: nothing
Science: take home test for Friday
Geography: section 2 ws for TOMORROW
Music: Beethoven for next Wednesday
Vocabulary Workshop: 39-41 for TOMORROW
Math: we took a test
CE: nothing
English: writing assignment number 1. Rough draft for tomorrow. Make sure you are using the right topic.

Happy Tuesday to you. We had the Madison Brass present to us today and it was pretty spectacular. We also worked on reducing fractions, saving the rainforest and skimming over the culture of Latin America.

CL: nothing
Science: nothing
Geo: section 2 ws
Lit: Packet of papers will be due on Friday
Math: set 15: skip 14, 19, 21,23, 26
Vocabulary WS pages 39-41 for Thursday
Music: theory ws for tomorrow
CE: nothing