Sorry for not posting...busy week.

Language Arts: Memorize I have a dream. Bridge to Terabithia, chapter 9

Math: Basic facts as always. Fractions booklet- we have been racing through and everyone is doing well. Good work! Finish up to (and including) page 34.

Social Studies: Regions test was today. Explorers sheets. Finished Jacques Cartier and Martin Frobisher.

Science: We made motors today. It was pretty cool! Review electricity info.

Language Arts: Animal article due on Monday.

Math: Basic facts as always. Fractions booklet- finish up to (and including) page 22.

Social Studies: Aboriginal people research was due on Friday. Know History Tellers as well as world history cartoons. Regions test on Wednesday

Science: Know your circuit symbols

Language Arts: Bridge to Terabithia Ch. 7 and 8 due Thursday. Animal article due on Monday.

Math: Basic facts as always. Fractions booklet- finish up to (and including) page 18.

Social Studies: Your personal timeline is due tomorrow. Aboriginal people research due on Friday. Know History Tellers as well as world history cartoons.

Science: Know your circuit symbols

Language Arts: Bridge to Terabithia Ch. 7 and 8 due Thursday

Math: Fractions booklet finish up to (and including) page 16

Social Studies: My personal timeline is due on Thursday

Science: Know your circuit symbols

Science: Electricity: you should know the symbols for battery, lamp, switch, resistor, etc.

Math: Fractions unit: Finish up to page 14

LA: Animal arcticle should be almost finished.

Social: Know your world history cartoons and history tellers. Research on Aboriginal group will be due Thursday.

Happy Valentines Day! Thanks to everyone who gave out valentines and treats.

Science test on Weather was done today. We will be covering circuits and electrical symbols tomorrow.

Social: World history continues. Practice history tellers.

Math: You should all know how to add and subtract fractions.

LA: Animal article continued.

Social Studies: You will be tested on History Tellers soon! Know it! History of the World continues on Thursday.

Math: fractions, fractions, fractions

LA: More great work today on topic sentences. Make sure you have the animal article topic sentence and the "cold" topic sentence completed.

Science: we have started our electricity unit.
The last two questions on the exam tomorrow are:

17. How does weather affect the way we live? /4
18. You are a water droplet. Describe your journey through the water cycle. Make sure to use the correct words to describe what is happening to you. /10

Practice chess, drawing and recorder!

LA: We wrote some excellent topic sentences for our animal articles today. Keep working on "I have a dream."

Math: We learned about binary code today. 110101.

Social Studies: We are almost through history tellers. Make sure you know it well! Sheet for researching aboriginal group should be completed.

Science: We have started studying electricity. Weather unit test on Wednesday.

Our staff attended teacher's convention on Thursday and Friday. I participated in some great sessions and feel inspired!

Language arts: Bridge to Terabithia - chapter 6 work due Monday plus work on "I have a dream."

Social Studies: know your History Tellers.

Science: Weather unit test on Wednesday.

Homework habits are slipping folks!

You have until tomorrow to ensure your homework duotang is complete.

Math: Be sure you understand equivalent fractions as well as how to compare and order fractions (finding the lowest common denominator).

LA: research for 5 paragraph animal article. It MUST look like this:

Paragraph 1.Introduction, your three big ideas. Concluing
Paragraph 2. Big idea number one with three supporting details.
Paragraph 3. Big idea number two with three supporting details.
Paragraph 4. Big idea number three with three supporting details.
Paragraph 5. Conclusion. Something general tied to the first paragraph idea. Is the animal endangered? What can people do to help the animal? etc.

Science: Weather unit test coming soon.

Social: Did you hand in your regions project? This week: aboriginal peoples of Canada and World History in a nutshell.