Merry Christmas!
Please remember to dress up for church tomorrow.
Please remember to keep working on the academic fair project. We spent some time today talking about how to evaluate if a source is a good one or not.
Tomorrow is our class party, please remember your gift labeled "boy" or "girl". You may put a "from" tag on it. Everyone should bring a few snacks or treats to share.
Math was set 60. We are doing the "practice" problems a-g and then 8-10, and 13-14, 17-21
Boys CE will be due the Thursday we get back.

Today we reviewed faults in preparation for our study of earthquakes. We also reviewed our jingles, cleaned up our voice threads, and started writing down our project plan for our academic fair. We also looked at working with negative numbers on a number line. We also checked our reviews for the geography test tomorrow.

Spelling: nothing
CL: nothing
Math: set 58 skip 2,3,4,6,10,11,14,l5,16,17
Algebra: set 63
English: nothing
Geo: test
Science: quiz on section 1 study guide due 1-5
Lit: nothing
Art: nothing
Music: nothing
Health: notes for boys
CE: nothing

We finished reading A Christmas Carol today. We also took our science test and started a new section in Geography. We also had a good study time as well.

Memory: none
Cat: none
CL: none
Math: set 57 5,8,12,26,28
Algebra: set 61
English: ws 12-2, 12-3
Geo: Notes and quiz for Friday, study guide for Monday
Sc: we took a test
Spelling: test
Music: nothing
Art: ws

Today we cooked peas for science! We also did some average problems, but with a twist. We also went over our review for geography. We are working on practicing how to write to persuade people. Perhaps your student will persuade you to get them another present for Christmas.

Spelling: Unit 17 for Thursday, test Friday
Math: set 55
Algebra: 60
English: rough draft on 3 paragraph persuasive paper
Geo: test
Science: study guide
Music: nothing
CE: ws
Health 517
Art: nothing
Lit: nothing
Memory: review recitation for service

Today we finished our tall tales. They are published on www.voicethread.com. While some were working on this, the rest of the class got lots of time to work.Your student can show you how to get there. We also had our first group practice for the Christmas Eve service, and the students did well. We need more work on our longer paragraph, but that will come.

Memory: "Jesus Christ is Born" for Monday
Spelling: Unit 17 for next Thursday, no sense putting it off.
Math: set 53
Algebra: set 58
English: ws for Monday
Geo: quiz on Monday, study guide for Tuesday
Sc: quiz on Monday, study guide for Wednesday
Lit: nothing
Music: nothing
Health: 517
CE: boys ws
Art: ws for Friday