Tuesday March 11, 2014

Reminder: TOMORROW IS BLUE AND WHITE DAY!  Please bring in a canned good or coins of compassion!  (If our class gets the most canned goods I get Mr. Moczydlowski's parking spot... I really want Mr. Moczydlowski's parking spot!)

Today started off with a  nice little presentation from Nick and Natty (our student council representatives) about spirit day tomorrow.

My Brother Sam REALLY got tuned up as the war literally came to the small town of Reading.  Both the Tories and Patriots showed their evil sides to Tim as he saw the gruesome casualties of war.

In math, we looked into multiplying mixed numbers.  If you follow the steps and simplify, there will never be an issue!

Writing continued with our essays on rainy day activities.  Students brainstormed and organized body paragraphs and will begin drafting tomorrow.  Interesting rainy day activities... I never heard of umbrella forts before!

In writing we reviewed our reading on business lady Anita Roddick.  The results of the questions were a bit alarming and we will need to review nonfiction text features, text evidence to specific information, and two answer questions (new this year).  Students did a great job of revising and then proving their answers using text evidence and explaining their thinking.  We have a class full of kids who can really prove their reading!

Tonight’s Homework

Math
-  mixed number multiplying worksheet
Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900 , Green-710 )
- Pied Piper due Thursday: ANNOTATE, number proof, text evidence
Vocabulary and Spelling
­- Spelling due Friday
- “jur, jud, jus” PWYK Friday
Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
     PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
     PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and concepts