Exploring the Explorers

I'm excited! This is the week we are beginning our first research project! Today, we continued learning about paraphrasing. It is so important to learn early about taking work that someone else has created and respecting that it belongs to them. The job we have is to take what we learn and turn it into our own ideas and connections.

Tomorrow, the students will get the name of the explorer they will research. Since research should have a purpose and focus on a question, here is what we will focus on during our work:

we need to determine who will win the award for Explorer of the Year

each student will nominate the person who they are assigned to research

work will be done to support the nomination for why the explorer should be chosen

Specific information will need to be found during research. A packet of information will be used to help guide our research. Mrs. Chmielecki will provide us with a clear understanding of what materials are available at school and how to keep track of where we find our information. This is VERY IMPORTANT! Being able to tell where you found your information is REQUIRED!!

Here are some other things to look forward to this week:
Tomorrow is our Social Studies test over Chapter 3. Are you ready to be in the "Hot Seat?"

Wednesday is test day in my math class. Tonight your homework was to complete 1-28 in your study guide. Your study guide should come to school tomorrow and then get signed for Wednesday.

Wednesday is our Spelling test and contract work is due (don't forget the sentences)

No school on Thursday.

Band concert tomorrow!

No School Tomorrow

Hi everyone! As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow. Here is what you could be doing instead (just some funny ideas - completely optional!):

-counting all your Halloween candy and seeing what single digit numbers that amount is evenly divisible by!

-categorizing your candy - explain your categories

-looking at all the ingredients in the candy you got and see if any of them have some prefixes we have been studying

-check out who makes the candy you are eating (it should be on the wrapper). Can you identify which continent this place can be found?

Just some fun! :-)

here is what is due on Wednesday:
Spelling - test and contract
No fluency this week
Math - study guide for Accelerated Math and my class has journal page 71. Show all work and bring the work to class!
Social Studies - review lesson 2 in Chapter 3. You should have completed worksheet 29 questions, created a table on the back of that sheet and listed 8 facts under Mali and Ghana (using page 107 and 108). FInally, add the map to your scrapbook, color and identify the trade routes, and finish adding you your two pages (Lesson 1 and 2 from CH. 3)

Read for pleasure!

Play!
Sleep!:-)

November Happenings

Happy Halloween everyone!! I hope you have the best day today, if you celebrate Halloween!! ENJOY!!

There are a ton of events happening in November, so make sure that you look over at the Upcoming Events box and copy the dates and events down on your calendar at home!!!

Also, be sure to check out the Link for the Week area as I will be posting some great sites to ENRICH the study we are doing in class, especially on our explorer study and word study!!

Thanks!

Homework today

Due to our excellent behavior as a class, we have earned some Game Time for tomorrow. This will take place at the end of the day and the class is invited to bring games from home to play. The games can not be electronic. Board games are fine. Any students who have notes or tests missing that were supposed to be signed and returned will not participate.

Here is our homework today:
Spelling - Unit 9 sheet (most kids finished in class), contract (10 sentences and 2 other activities), test

Math - 5RK - 3.6 5G and 5W - Lesson 3.3 sheet, study only Study Link 3.3 (don't write on link 3.3 - we will do this in class tomorrow)

Social Studies - read pages 100 - 101. Prepare for a 3 - 2 - 1 tomorrow as your Entrance Slip to class.

Fluency - make sure you have the William Cosby passage in your home folder tomorrow. Could mean some big bucks for you!

Also - Tomorrow is RED DAY. Wear your red to support Red Ribbon Week (meaning we are pledging to be healthy and take care of our bodies by not doing anything harmful like using drugs).

Finally, if you are participating in our fundraiser - be sure to bring the pledge sheets and money in by Thursday. Thank you for supporting our school!

COAT DRIVE AND WINTER ACCESSORY DRIVE!! DO YOU HAVE ANY COATS OR WINTER ACCESSORIES IN GOOD CONDITION AT HOME THAT THOSE IN NEED COULD USE? Consider donating them to the needy! Thanks!

Thanks, Moms!!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Mrs. Widd, Mrs. Mack, and Mrs. Sebastian for EVERYTHING you did to make our fall party so much fun. We had fun playing the shoe race game, pictionary, and the candy corn guess! Thanks for all the yummy goodies you brought that we got to take home and enjoy! It is a lot of work putting a party together and we REALLY appreciate all you do for us.

Red Ribbon Week!

Hey everyone! It's Red Ribbon Week! A week to focus on making positive, healthy decisions to keep our bodies in tip-top, blood pumping shape! We are going to do a physical brain break EVERY DAY! Do you have an idea for a fun, physical break? Let me know!

This week, we are asking all the kids to join in the fun and each day will have a different way of celebrating making good choices:
Monday - Be a team player! Wear your favorite team jersey or t-shirt!

Tuesday - Be comfortable with the good choices you make! It's Pajama Day - MY favorite!! We don't have any specials, so if you'd like to BRING your slippers to wear in the classroom - fine by me! Do not wear them to school.

Wednesday - I believe it is Wear Red Day! Wear your red to show that you care about what you put inside your body! Be healthy!

Thursday - Crazy Hair Day!

Friday - Show your school spirit by wearing your Cowlishaw wear (or school colors of blue, green, and black!)

See you tomorrow!