This Tuesday there will be a Religion quiz on Advent and Christmas. On Monday students will be taking the on-line assessments for the stories: A Fine, Fine School and The Recess Queen.
On Thursday all students should dress up Christmas-sy for our Lessons and Carols ceremony. Students will take turns by class to sing in church. We will be having our class party in the afternoon. Please send in three dollars for our Christmas party. I will order pizza and some snacks. Students should bring in their own juice and ONE treat to share with their classmates. There will be no school on Friday. We return Jan. 3rd.
During vacation, students will need to bring home their Math book and any other book YOU wish them to review. For Math, students will need to study all workbook pages and corrected exit tickets for Lessons 16 through 21 for quiz after vacation. For Reading, I have assigned a new set of leveled e-readers on www.pearsonrealize.com which will be available from Thurs. Dec. 21st through Thurs. Jan. 4th. Students again will need to answer the followup questions in complete sentences from THREE of these books on loose leaf. The games Pack Up Skills and Monster Mania for Unit 2 this time has also been assigned on www.pearsonrealize.com Students will also be assigned ONE ELA article (to read and answer) and ONE Math complete assignment on student.frontrowed.com
I will be giving students two new workbooks this week: a new Handwriting workbook with a Religion theme and a Religion workbook to be used mostly for homework assignments.
In January our class will be preparing a display board for a Religion Fair. Our class theme is Jesus' Miracles which I have already started reading about to the class.
Lesson Plan
Homework for Dec. 18th
Math - Do pp. 79 and 80.
Religion - In Reflections workbook do pp. 19 and 20. Write at least two complete sentences on p. 19.
Review Religion workbook pp. 156-158 and pp. 162-164 for quiz. There will also be some questions on Jesse tree Bible symbols covered in class.
***If you wish you can bring in money for the 8th grade bake sale. Please don't send in big bills.
Homework for Dec. 19th
Math - Do pp. 83 and 84.
Phonics- Do pp. 81, 82, and 83.
Religion - In Reflections workbook do pp.18 and 21. For p. 18 write Dec. and the date for each. Start with the first Sunday this month and continue with the dates for the next three Sundays. For p. 21 follow directions on top. Write two complete sentences about the picture you made.
*Our class has made an Advent calendar in which each student has learned to read and write Bible passages about the birth of Jesus.
***Bring in a strong plastic or fabric bag to pack up books in the cabinet.
Homework for Dec. 20th
Math - Do pp. 89 and 90. You MUST read all directions and problems carefully!! Choose from strategies listed in box on top right corner to write on each blank and then use that strategy. Look at the previous pages you have done in class as a guide.
Phonics - Do pp. 84, 85, and 86. On p. 84 write at least two sentences using the words in the box.
BRING IN THESE TWO WORKBOOKS TOMORROW SO I CAN CHECK THE WORK
I am sending home Math exit tickets 16 to 21 and the Math workbook to study for the quiz after vacation. The grades of the last quizzes students took are on cornerstone and can be seen if you have the password. These quizzes will be sent home after vacation.
Please remember to dress Christmas-sy (red, white, green) for Lessons and Carols in church. Bring at least two packets of juice, and one bag of treats to share with the class. Remember to check the blog on Thursday. I will restate the vacation homework.
Homework for Dec. 21st
During vacation, for Math, students will need to study all workbook pages and corrected exit tickets for Lessons 16 through 21 for quiz after vacation.
For Reading, I have assigned a new set of leveled e-readers on www.pearsonrealize.com which will be available from Thurs. Dec. 21st through Thurs. Jan. 4th. Students again will need to answer the follow up questions in complete sentences from THREE of these books on loose leaf. The books you can choose from are: At School, Election Day, It Is Time to Get in Line, Let's Be Fair, My School, and The Class Play. You may read but do not choose Off to School because it does not have questions. Go to CLASS and then scroll down to find the titles mentioned. You may need to click on #2 or #3 to find all the titles. Write a heading and do all the work on ONE sheet of loose leaf. The games Pack up Skills and Monster Mania for Unit 2 this time has also been assigned on www.pearsonrealize.com and students should work on these as well.
Students will also need to do ONE new ELA article (to read and answer) and ONE new Math complete assignment on student.frontrowed.com. Remember to use the class code on the index card in the folder.
