We the People...

Oh, boy!!  The class gets to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution!  Jake P. won the DOJO of the Day for guessing the closest to how many words are in the Preamble!  Way to go, Jake!! Today, we covered how the Consititution came to be...and we weren't too happy about some parts of it (The 3/5 Compromise!). How can a human be only counted as 3/5 of a person?!  We had a great discussion about the earliest part of our history after gaining independence from Britain!  Not so easy to start a whole new country!

The outlook for the week is positive!  Everyone is excited for Spring Break! Also, the students earned a ton of DOJO points today (if you don't know what these are, ask your child).  Our goals include getting all work turned in on time, keeping materials where they need to be, and controlling our talking in the hallways and stairwells.  We will accomplish a great deal this week, knowing we will have a restful week as a reward (unless you are doing something STRESSFUL for Spring Break, then...I can't help you out). 

Here is what's up for this tomorrow/this week:

Reading
Please LOG this week in a thoughtful manner!  IF you have trouble logging and are making it up quickly the night before I check, stick it up on the wall next to your bed to log right when you wake up.  Also, be sure you are reading material that will help you GROW as a reader.  If you need some suggestions, let me know!   This week, we are reading content area material during our Daily 3 session.  We will have a focus strategy this week of using text features (titles, captions, etc.) and looking for cause and effect in our reading. Know those tomorrow!  We will have a random log check this week - be prepared for some DOJO!!

Math
Mrs. Grezlik's class - we have our PA math test tomorrow, so the homework is not due until Wednesday.  You have a sheet of order of operations as well as the reflection from your Transfer Task.  Our test will not be until the Wednesday (or Thursday) after break, depending on how far along we get this week.

Writing
Finish your newletter (time was given in class for this -follow the direction sheet) and GET SIGNED
Finish your biography paragraphs (BUT NOT YOUR  CONCLUSION!)

Social Studies
Memorize the Preamble by Friday (you can let me know when you are ready to be checked ANYTIME this week).

CHECK THIS OUT TO HELP!

Word Work
Test Wednesday (It is on Spelling City to practice)