Monday, January 31, 2006

Happy Monday!

Here is what we did today:

Math: Today we discussed square roots and reducing fractions. The students had a lot of practice in reducing. Problem set 90 was assigned and is due on Tuesday. We will have a test over the items previously taught.

Science: We reviewed for our test that will be on Wednesday. The students have a study guide.

Social Studies: We read pages 210-215 discussing the middle colonies.

Spelling: Unit 21 here are the words: broken, frighten, specialize, organize, shaken, fertilize, awaken, realize, loosen, summarize, criticize, forgotten, modernize, stolen, generalize, memorize, frozen, civilize, flatten, straighten. We wrote our words five times each. The pretest will be on Tuesday.

Reading: In Mrs. D's class we began a writing project using a unique picture. Ask your child how their rough draft is going. The rough draft is due on Wednesday.
In Mr. H's class we began The City of Ember a wonderful Young Hoosier book.

English/Writing: We did a writing prompt dealing with making up three new rules for the school.