Monday February 22, 2016

This morning began with a major reset.  We completed our ticket drawing, and then discussed our new homeroom expectation system.  Parents- please look at the Class Dojo sign up sheet coming home.  Download the app, visit the website, and follow your child daily to see up the the second updates of how your child is doing at school!  After, we switched seats into trifectas... an arrangement I've never used before, but I LIKE IT!

After, we quickly introduced our next science unit- food chemistry/nutrition.  Your child should be filling out a food/exercise chart throughout this week!  Do not forget or fall behind!

In math, we reviewed fraction of fraction word problems and then took a quick quiz.  Quizzes were not up to expectations, so if you received a 2 or 1, expect to have some revision work to do.  There may be a retest...  We shall see.

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After lunch, we received our next round of Greek and Latin roots.

THERM- heat, temperature
SOCIO- companion, friend

In writing, we looked at how to quote and cite our facts within the text.  I met with a few more groups and will continue to tomorrow.  Facts, statistics, and detailed information still continue to be the biggest drawback I am seeing within body paragraphs.  We will continue to revise heavily for specfic facts.

To wrap up the day, we defined setting within the Early American Historical Fiction genre by using text evidence from our core/complex text- The Arrow Over the Door.  Students will complete their setting part of their organizer tonight and read a bit more in their books.

Homework
Math- Mod 4 Lesson 16
RELA- Read 30; Book Log signed; KidBiz "Drought" due Friday; G&L Roots due 3/1
Other- Planner signed; Yearbook papers; Track your health and food; Dojo signed up and returned!