OCTOBER 27

HOMEROOM: No rotations today or Thursday due to testing . . . review letter sent home last week. No homework tonight, tomorrow or Friday (day of special outing).

OCTOBER 26

HOMEROOM: Thanks for returning permission slips and money for Friday's special events.

SPELLING: Homophone practice - 92 and 106.

READING/SCIENCE: Read pages 18-20 in Science book.

OCTOBER 21

HOMEROOM:

SPELLING:

READING/SCIENCE: Read pages 9-17 and complete the graphic organizer which helps organize learning. Complete vocabulary flip book for science.

OCTOBER 20

HOMEROOM: A few more students returned permission slips for Imax, Ice Skating . . . Thank you!

SPELLING: Corrected homophone practice. Due tomorrow - another practice homophone sheet. Practice brings permanency. :o)

READING/SCIENCE: Read in science book pages 9-13 and organize your learning using the graphic organizer handed out in class today.

OCTOBER 19

HOMEROOM: Some students returned their permission slips for our Special Day, October 29th. Nice going kids!

SPELLING: Homophone practice with there, their, they're, theirs . . . due tomorrow.

READING: Review for Wednesday's quiz.

SCIENCE: Journaling observations of Darkly Beetles and Isopods. Introduced bugs to the terrariums.

OCTOBER 18

HOMEROOM: SPELLING: Completed test.

READING: SSR; Introduction to one of the themes in our novel - Homelessness
                     * Note: Reading test which was scheduled for Tuesday will instead be on Wednesday

SCIENCE: Observation notes taken of terrarium; problems solving/solution trial/error

OCTOBER 14

HOMEROOM:  Spelling Test Friday

READING: Reading Logs due Friday.

SCIENCE: We spent most of our time with Terrarium observations; problem solving; and cooperative learning. Journal due Friday - students will have time to work on journals in class.


Special Event
Sixth Grade Upcoming Field Trip On Friday October 29th

All the sixth grade students will continue a tradition that began three or four years ago. On this day, set aside in the other classrooms for Halloween related activities, we venture off to Riverfront Park for the IMAX production entitled "Journey through Amazing Caves." We will then eat lunch after which we will enjoy an afternoon of ice skating.

The agenda:
We leave shortly after arriving at school and will board STA buses reserved just for us. Halloween costumes are not permitted as there will be no Halloween related activities. We invite you to come along and join us on that day. The cost per child is $11.50 ($9 for the IMAX and skating) and $2.50 for the bus fares ($1.25 there and $1.25 back). Please contact the office if this creates a difficult financial situation for you and provisions can be made to cover this expense. Additional information and a required permission slip will be sent home next week.

OCTOBER 13

HOMEROOM:

SPELLING: No homework. Test on Friday.

READING: Reviewed and gave guided practice in three areas: Author's Purpose, Point of View and Fiction/Non Fiction. No homework. We will begin a novel on Friday. Test next Tuesday.

Science: No homework.

OCTOBER 12

HOMEROOM:
SPELLING: Corrected yesterday's homework. Homophones and Build Skills and Word Experiences. Homework: Write list in ABC order; choose 10 spelling words and use each in a sentence. Sentences must contain at least 12 wordss.

READING: Complete Author's point-of-view web. See today's notes. Announced next test: Tuesday,
October. Topic: Author's point of view. Students created study notes today in class.

No Science.

OCTOBER 6

HOMEROOM:
SPELLING: Began new word list.

READING: Past back tests. Students need to get parent signatures on test and return tests to class. Practiced reading and analyzing evidence using a non-fiction text.

SCIENCE: Groups assigned. Expectations discussed. Group jobs decided.

October 5

HOMEROOM:
Class meeting
Organized desks, folders and calendars Discussed the power of organization and the ratio of success to organized thought and work place.

READING: Quiz on fiction and non-fiction. Ask your students. Some truly did their studying!

SCIENCE: Started terrarium journal; pre-thought to creation of terrarium and students have a letter informing parents the focus of science for the next five weeks. This letter needs a parent signature and returned to school.

October 4, 2010

SPELLING:
Completed Friday's spelling test!

READING: Test Tuesday on Elements of Fiction and Characteristics of Nonfiction. Discussed strategies for studying for test and took time to practice.

SCIENCE: Read and answer questions. Had time to work on homework in class.

October 1

HOMEROOM:
SPELLING: Began test. Will finish on Monday.

READING/SCIENCE: SSR; discussed ways to help organize learned material in preparations for reading quiz on Tuesday, 10.5; practiced analyzing difference between fiction and non-fiction.
Homework: show strategy to study elements of non-fiction. The test will be Tuesday.

REMINDER: No school on October 8, 2010.