Tuesday, October 22, 2019

22 OCTOBER 2019

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VINTAGE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS!


HALLOWEEN COLORS TAG DAY THIS FRIDAY!
ONLY ONE BUCK!  CHEAP!
HELP SUPPORT PROJECT GRADUATION!



CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:
(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)
TUES     Phonics  U1 Test
WED      Vocab U3 Test
OUR SCHOOL ZIP CODE IS 07876

THUR    Spelling U8
FRI        Spelling Test, 2 Journal Prompts (if you pick the one about JFK, please include positive facts), Scholastic News "My Home is on Fire" back page
       
https://sn56.scholastic.com/ 
Our classroom password is:  Fernando


HOMEWORK
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES: paperwork due WED

  • READING STREET:  finish reading Island of the Blue Dolphins pages 73-83 and complete the Reader Response on page 84 #1-3 in your Reading Notebook...For #3, you can sketch a picture and label ii if you prefer! ALSO Reading w.b. page 27.

  • EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!  Are you counting the time you spend reading Scholastic News?



MATH  (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)
  • study your math facts for 15 minutes.



Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
 https://www.ixl.com/signin


     You can always use this amazing, FREE site, too!!!
https://www.khanacademy.org




SOCIAL STUDIES



RELIGION




SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…
·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES
·         MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

Monday, October 21, 2019

21 OCTOBER2019

Image result for Halloween colors


HALLOWEEN COLORS TAG DAY THIS FRIDAY!
ONLY ONE BUCK!  CHEAP!
HELP SUPPORT PROJECT GRADUATION!



CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:
(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)
TUES     Phonics  U1 Test
WED      Vocab U3 Test
OUR SCHOOL ZIP CODE IS 07876

THUR    Spelling U8
FRI        Spelling Test, 2 Journal Prompts (if you pick the one about JFK, please include positive facts)
       
https://sn56.scholastic.com/ 
Our classroom password is:  Fernando


HOMEWORK



Image result for island of the blue dolphins
Bloggerama Bonus...What is a Newbery Award?  How about a Caldecott Medal?
Have you read a book that has won either, or both, of these awards?   If so, what is the title...(don't forget to get in touch with your inner Grammar Nerd as you write the title, of course...)?  Submit your answers on recycled paper in the classroom with your NND...Most thorough submission wins!
Good luck, superstar!



LANGUAGE ARTS

https://www.loyolapress.com/language-arts/voyages-in-english/teachers/grammar-tools
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES: paperwork due WED

  • THINKING HOMEWORK:  WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ISLAND LIVING?

  • EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!  Are you counting the time you spend reading Scholastic News?



MATH  (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)
  • study your math facts for 15 minutes.



Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
 https://www.ixl.com/signin


     You can always use this amazing, FREE site, too!!!
https://www.khanacademy.org




SOCIAL STUDIES

  • textbook pages 42-43 "Main Idea and Vocabulary" and "People"

  • finish w.b. 11



RELIGION

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…
·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES
·         MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

Thursday, October 17, 2019

17 OCTOBER 2019




Image result for smencils spooky scents
NO ADVERTISING!
NO ADVERTISING!

You know, as a rule, I am strictly against
advertisements in our classroom environment...
BUT the school store will be selling
SMENCILS tomorrow!  
All proceeds* go to
Grade 8's Project Graduation!






CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:
(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)
TUES     Phonics  U1 Test
WED      Vocab U3 Test
OUR SCHOOL ZIP CODE IS 07876

THUR    Spelling U8
FRI        Spelling Test, 2 Journal Prompts, Scholastic News
       
https://sn56.scholastic.com/ 
Our classroom password is:  Fernando


HOMEWORK
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES: paperwork due TUES

  • AutoBio- due FRI

  • EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!  Are you counting the time you spend reading Scholastic News?



MATH  (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)
  • IXL practice division 15 minutes

  • study your math facts for 15 minutes.



Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
 https://www.ixl.com/signin


     You can always use this amazing, FREE site, too!!!
https://www.khanacademy.org




SOCIAL STUDIES

  • finish w.b. 11

  • study regions for quiz

  • Do what you can on page 1 of your Study Guide



RELIGION
  • finish take home test for FRIDAY afternoon
*Bloggerama Bonus....Find the asterisk, and think of a connection with this word to another word related to our SS Overview Unit....HINT:  It also starts with ''P"....Jot down what you think I'm thinking and submit your answer in the classroom on recycled paper with your NND....Good luck, superstar (you)!

SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…
·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES
·         MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

16 OCTOBER 2019

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:
(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)
TUES     Phonics  U1 Test
WED      Vocab U3
OUR SCHOOL ZIP CODE IS 07876

THUR    Spelling U7, Book Life #2
FRI        Spelling Test, Autobio due, 
              Scholastic News "I'm Fighting for Clean                   Water" back page
       
https://sn56.scholastic.com/ 
Our classroom password is:  Fernando


HOMEWORK
  • BOOK LIFE #2 THUR

  • AutoBio- due FRI

  • EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!  Are you counting the time you spend reading Scholastic News?



MATH  (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)
  • study three-digit multipliers for short quiz

  • IXL practice for multplication and division (do what you can)

  • study your math facts for 15 minutes.



Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
 https://www.ixl.com/signin


     You can always use this amazing, FREE site, too!!!
https://www.khanacademy.org




SOCIAL STUDIES

  • finish w.b. 9

  • finish purple worksheet (double-sided)
  • Overview Chapter test next WED 10/23

  • JUST FOR FUN: Google Classroom "Find Your Park" link

  • ONGOING - US MAP- lightly color with colored pencil or crayon the regions of the US as seen on pages 26-27 in your text.  Please do your best to label the Great Lakes (the spaces are tiny, but we adjust) and larger bodies of water (oceans).  Try to finish labeling your state capitols, too, and practice "Tour the States" if you have time!
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2CNZIlVIg




RELIGION

  • finish take home test for FRIDAY


SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…
·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES
·         MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

15 OCTOBER 2019

CLASSWORK THIS WEEK:
(BELOW ARE OUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN COMPLETED IN SCHOOL)
TUES     Phonics  U1 Test
WED      Vocab U3
OUR SCHOOL ZIP CODE IS 07876

THUR    Spelling U7, Book Life #2
FRI        Spelling Test, Autobio due, 
              Scholastic News "I'm Fighting for Clean                   Water" back page
       
https://sn56.scholastic.com/ 
Our classroom password is:  Fernando


HOMEWORK
  • VOCAB U3 online

  • BOOK LIFE #2 THUR

  • AutoBio- due FRI

  • EVERY DAY try to work on your reading endurance and read for 45 minutes, you superstar, you!  Are you counting the time you spend reading Scholastic News?



MATH  (listed on Deacon Murphy's blog)
  • w.b. 24 odds #1,3, 5, 7

  • IXL practice for multplication and division (do what you can)

  • study your math facts for 15 minutes.



Have any extra time, math fans???  You can practice problems at 
 https://www.ixl.com/signin


     You can always use this amazing, FREE site, too!!!
https://www.khanacademy.org




SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Resource Scavenger Hunt from last WED... Hunt for evidence of natural building materials or resources in your home.  Jot down your findings, or maybe take photos with your Chromebook, and put that info in a SS Overview GoogleDoc.  Don't go crazy, 3-5 photographs should do it.

  • ONGOING - US MAP- lightly color with colored pencil or crayon the regions of the US as seen on pages 26-27 in your text.  Please do your best to label the Great Lakes (the spaces are tiny, but we adjust) and larger bodies of water (oceans).  Try to finish labeling your state capitols, too, and practice "Tour the States" if you have time!
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2CNZIlVIg




RELIGION




SPECIALS:

The following is our specials schedule…
·       ART:  is on MONDAY
·       SPANISH and COMPUTERS:  is on TUES
·         MUSIC:  is on TUES

·       GYM: is on WED and THUR….please wear your gym uniform to school!

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