Friday, November 20, 2009

Welcome back from Keive!! Friday was spent re-acclimatimg to school and enjoying time with Book Buddies. We also watched the first part of a PBS movie on the Origins of the Nile. We will continue with that on Monday.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Yep, it's Friday the Thirteenth! Be sure to come watch Pete's Dragon tonight at 6:30. Munchies will be available to buy. This is a fundraiser for the 6th grade trip to Kieve. Today we continued with Chapter 4 in Social Studies. No homework... Have an awesome time at Kieve! Ms. Haywood and I will trade off days at Kieve and school- see you there!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Today we continued with Chapter 4 in Social Studies. We will continue to focus on Social Studies until ranks close the week of Thanksgiving and will resume science- Matter- after the holiday.

Homework: Packet (passed out today) finish pages 18-19. Book page 84- vocabulary, People & places- written in your notebooks please.

Social Studies & Science notebooks DUE TOMORROW!!!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

On Tuesday we continued with matter, then continued with social studies chapter 4. For home work, students who did not finish writing vocab, people and places (page 74) in their notebooks needed to finish that at home...

Monday, November 9, 2009

Countdown to Kieve and Thanksgiving!
Today we worked a little in Chapter 4 in Social Studies and also on a web lesson on Matter. we also demonstrated organizing notebooks which are due on Friday.

For the rest of the week we will focus on Chapter 4 in Social Studies with the hope of getting one more test grade under our belts. More on this later.

Science at last!

Today we began a science unit on Matter which will last us through the next ranking period. We began a web-based lesson today which led to an experiment with the "spaces" in water molecules- i.e., how much powdered sugar can you add to a bulging cup of hot water without making the water spill. In our case it depended on how many students bumped into the table that the cups were sitting on!

The notebook content lists were handed out today along with homework passes earned for having all homework in plus high marks on social studies and science tests. These passes can be used to get out of 1/2 of a homework assignment in either social studies or science if a student commits to using one when the assignment is given, or saved and used the the annual Ms. Haywood's Leftover Goodies auction held at the end of the year. Prizes from the Monster Mash, Turkey Trot, Beach Day and other events are auctioned off using homework passes as the currency.

The notebook contents lists should be used to bring a bit of organization and order to the notebooks for science and social studies before they are collected on November 13th. Notebooks that are organized such that I don't have to wade through a mishmash of paper will receive higher marks than notebooks which are complete but unorganized. This is another lesson in organization and keeping one's materials together and available for reviewing before a test. These aren't due for another week so there is plenty of time to get them organized.

There was no homework for tonight except the notebook organization reminder.

Notebooks due soon!

Hopefully everyone has been putting their completed assignments and tests in their social studies and science notebooks or binders as they have been reminded quite frequently this trimester. A list of what should be in each subject's notebook to date will be passed out to the class tomorrow (Thursday). These notebooks will be collected on Friday, November 13th (Friday before Kieve). Notebooks containing all assignments will get an A which will be averaged into the trimester's grades. Points will be deducted for each missing assignment or test. For those concerned about their trimester grades, this is an excellent opportunity for a boost. By the way- grades close on Tuesday, November 24.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Today we took the test in Social Studies. No homework tonight. Tomorrow there will be no homework either- 6th grade has health, then study hall or band. On Thursday we will be continuing with Chapter 4 in Social Studies and beginning a web-based introduction on Matter in science. Don't forget to vote!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy November!
Today we reviewed for the SOCIAL STUDIES test which is tomorrow after lunch. There will be a few questions from the previous two chapters which we reviewed in class as well. We also started chapter 4 today. Study!!!