Day 73 (December 21, 2015)

Highlights of Day 73:

• Treasures Reading: Unit 2 Assessment
• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Students finished working on their humor comics.
• List of Top Ten Humorous Moments in "Cabin Fever"
• Vocabulary: Unit 7 Test
• Computer Class with Mrs. Boyd!

Homework

- Reading: "HURRICANES" Summary

                  Finish Humor Comic

                  List of Top Ten Humorous Moments in "Cabin Fever"

Notices

- Students may wear red and green tomorrow!

Day 72 (December 18, 2015)

Highlights of Day 72:

• Genre Reading: Students worked on Humor Comics.
• Students attended Mass celebrated by Father Tim.
• Treasures Reading:
• Students read aloud their "HURRICANES" summaries. 
• Key words included: 
• atmosphere
• Atlantic Ocean
• Bahamas
• battery powered radio
• blanket
• clothes
• coast
• contact
• cyclones
• dangerous
• depression
• destruction
• disruption
• East Coast
• enough food and water for a few days
• evacuate
• eye of the hurricane
• flashlight
• gathers energy
• get under a table
• learn
• listen
• heavy rain
• hurricane
• Hurricane Katrina
• instruction
• interested
• June
• middle of the country
• New Orleans
• ocean
• peaceful
• preparing / prepare
• radio
• rain
• really bad winds
• safe / safer
• satellites
• scary
• stay away from windows
• spoil
• supply
• tropical storm
• United States
• water
• winds circling
• 73 miles per hour or less
• 74 miles per hour or greater
• 80 degrees
• Free Verse Poetry: "Suspense"
• Does not have regular rhyming patterns / rhythm
• Is often written in lines that vary greatly in length
• May use nontraditional punctuation
• May use literary elements to convey ideas
• Personification is a technique in which the writer gives human characteristics to animals, objects, and ideas.
• Imagery is the use of words to create vivid mental pictures to help readers visualize ideas expressed in text.
• Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like what they are describing, such as the word buzz for a bee sound.
• Review of Fiction Text: "The Hungriest Dog"
• Review of Text: "Going the Distance"
• Draw Conclusions
• Main Idea & Details
• Author's Purpose
• Latin Roots
• Charts
• Vocabulary: Students reviewed for their Unit 7 Test.
• Religon: Father Andreas spoke about the Eucharist.

Homework

- Math: Quiz on Monday

- Reading: Work on Humor Comic

                  Fifty word Summary on "Hurricanes"

                  Reading Test on Unit 2

- Vocabulary: Unit 7 Test on Monday

Day 71 (December 17, 2016)

Highlights of Day 71:

• Morning Reading: Cause and Effect / Fact and Opinion
• Genre Reading: Students worked on their humor comic.

• Treasures Reading: "HURRICANES"
• Expository Text Features
• Signal Words
• Multiple-Meaning Words
• Generalizations
• Suffixes
• Classification
• Grammar: Simple Tense - Present
• Vocabulary: Unit 7 Words
• Computer with Mrs. Boyd: Microsoft Excel

Homework

- Math: Quiz on Monday

- Reading: Work on Humor Comic

                  Fifty word summary on "HURRICANES"

- Vocabulary: Study for Test on Monday

Notices

- Daycare Payments  

Day 70 (December 16, 2015)

Highlights of Day 70:

• Morning Reading: Fact and Opinion
• Treasures Reading: 
• "Hot-Air Balloon Haiku"
• Poetry: Haiku
• Figurative Language
• Voice
• "THE EXTREME COST of EXTREME WEATHER"
• What is the most extreme weather you have seen?
• What happened and what did you learn from it?
• Multiple-Meaning Words
• Analyze Text Structure: Description
• Signal Words
• At these times
• First
• Next
• Finally
• For example
• French: Students sent Christmas messages to French Pen Pals!

• Gym with Coach Samaha!
• Students discussed the significance of finding positivity.
• Music with Ms. Navien!

Homework

- Math: Worksheet

- Reading: Work on Humor Comic

- Vocabulary: Study for Unit 7 Test

Notices

- Lunch Payments

Day 69 (December 15, 2015)

Highlights of Day 69:

• Morning Reading: Fact and Opinion
• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion" Quiz
• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Students worked on their humor comics.
• Vocabulary: Unit 7 Sparkle
• Grammar: Direct Objects Quiz
• CHRISTMAS PAGEANT at the CHURCH!

Homework

- Math: pg. 44 #1-50 (evens)

- Reading: Continue to work on Humor Comic

- Vocabulary: Study for Unit 7 Test

- Grammar: Direct Object Quiz

Notices

- Christmas Pageant Tonight at Church!

- Ozzie's Toys due by December 18th!

- Aladdin Auditions - December 16th and 17th!

Day 68 (December 14, 2015)

Highlights of Day 68:

• Morning Reading: Fact and Opinion
• Treasures Reading: "Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight"
• Facts and Opinions
• Greek Roots
• Generalizations
• Sensory Details
• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion" Quiz Review
• Social Studies: Early European Settlements
• What did Native Americans feel upon seeing early Europeans step foot on North American land for the first time?
• Vocabulary: Correct Unit 7 (pgs. 72-75)
• Grammar: Direct Objects 
• Computer with Mrs. Boyd!

Homework

- Math: Workbook pg. 44 #1-50 (evens)

- Reading: Work on Humor Comic

- Science: Quiz on Newton's Laws of Motion

- Vocabulary: Unit 7 Test on Friday

Notices

- PTO Dress Down Day for $1.00 (tomorrow)

Day 67 (December 11, 2015)

Day 67 Highlights:

• Morning Reading: Cause and Effect
• Class Reward #2:

Back to the Future II

• Science: Lab Report for Newton's Laws of Bowling
• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Vocabulary: Unit 7 (pgs. 72-75)

Homework

- Reading: Comics

- Science: Quiz on Tuesday for Newton's Laws of Motion

- Vocabulary: Finish Unit 7 (pg. 72-75)

Notices

- Panera Dine-Out (December 12th)

- PTO Dress Down Day (December 15th)

Day 66 (December 10, 2015)

Highlights of Day 66:

• Morning Reading: Cause and Effect
• Treasures Reading: "Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight"
• Facts and Opinions
• Paraphrasing
• Drawing Conclusions
• Inferences
• Chronological Order
• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Computer with Mrs. Boyd: Hour of Code!
• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion"
• Force = Mass x Acceleration
• Force is a push or pull acting on an object.
• Mass is the atoms making up an object.
• Acceleration is the speed of an object.
• Mass of a Bowling Ball = 1 kilogram (2.5 pounds)
• Length of the Alley = 18 meters (60 feet)
• Acceleration = Length of the Alley divided by                             the Time the Bowling Ball takes to the Hit the Pins
• Acceleration = 18 meters divided by _____ second(s)
• Acceleration = _____ meters per second squared
• Force = Mass x Acceleration
• Force = 1 kilogram x _____ meters per second squared
• Force = _____ Newtons
• Genre Reading: Students worked on their Humor Comics.

Homework

- Math: Study for Quiz

- Reading: Work on Comics

- Science: Study for Newton's Laws of Motion

Notices

- PTO Dine-Out at Panera Bread (December 12)

- Dress Down Day (December 15)

Day 65 (December 9, 2015)

Highlights of Day 65:

• Morning Reading: Main Idea and Details / Sequence
• Science: Newton's Laws of Motion through Bowling

• French with Madame Auclair!
• Gym with Coach Samaha!
• Genre Reading: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
• Music with Ms. Navien: Pageant Practice!

Homework

- Math: Finish rest of workbook page

- Reading: Morning Worksheet

Notices

- PTO Dine-Out @ Panera Bread

- Dress Down Day on December 15th

- Aladdin Auditions

Day 64 (December 8, 2015)

Highlights of Day 64:

• Morning Reading: Sequence
• Students attended Mass. 
• It was a Holy Day of Obligation.

• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion"
• Newton's first law of motion says that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object moving in a straight line at a constant speed will continue to move in a straight line and at a constant speed until a net force acts on the object.
• The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion is known as inertia. 
• Inertia is influenced by mass: objects with greater mass have greater inertia than objects with lesser mass.
• Newton's second law of motion describes the relationship between acceleration (the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time), mass, and net force.
• The net forces acting on an object change its velocity by causing it to speed up, slow down, or change directions, all of which are referred to as acceleration.
• The stronger the force acting on an object, the more it will accelerate, as described by the formula:                                                                                                                         

Force = Mass x Acceleration

• Newton's third law of motion states that when one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force on the first object. Action-reaction forces are always equal and opposite, and they always occur in pairs.
• Student discussed how these laws apply to bowling.
• Art with Mrs. Smith!

Homework

- Math: Two Worksheets

- Reading: Brainstorm Comics

- Science: Newton's Laws of Motion Applied to Bowling

Notices

- Sign Report Card and Return

Day 63 (December 7, 2015)

Highlights of Day 63:

• Morning Reading: Sequence
• Treasures Reading: 
• "Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight"
• Main Focus: Paraphrasing / Figurative Language
• Genre Reading: 
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
• Students started working on their comics.
• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion"

A note from Elfis.

• Grammar: Action Verbs
• Computer with Mrs. Boyd: https://hourofcode.com/us

Homework

- Math: Two (2) worksheets

- Reading: Comic Book Ideas

- Grammar: Action Verb Quiz

Day 62 (December 4, 2015)

Highlights of Day 62:

• Morning Reading: Main Idea and Details
• Religion: Sacrament of Confirmation Test
• Christmas Carnival!

• Genre Reading: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever"
• Vocabulary: Unit 6 Test
• Students completed my Report Card.  
• Are my directions clear and concise?
• Do I treat all  students fairly?
• Do you give challenging, but grade appropriate assignments?
• Are my units and lessons engaging?
• Do I act like a positive, Christ-like role model?
• Religion with Father Andreas!

Homework

None

Notices

Go to the Christmas Carnival!

Day 61 (December 3, 2015)

Highlights of Day 61:

• Morning Reading: Main Idea and Details
• Genre Reading: Elements of Humor Fiction
• In realistic fiction, humor is frequently used to break the tension in sensitive situations, unlike fantasies in which the humor is often the humor of the absurd.
• Humor of the Character: This depends on the antics of an eccentric personality.
• Humor of the Situation: Surprising, awkward, or ridiculous actions or situations are among the most common sources of children's humor.
• Humor of the Language: Plays on words, verbal irony, malapropism (the misuse of words), misunderstandings, all contribute to verbal humor.

• Students started to identify these elements in...

• Science: "Newton's Laws of Motion" 
• Third Annual Equilibrium Aerodynamics Challenge
•  An airplane moves in a straight line at a constant speed. It speeds up, slows down, or changes direction depending on the net forces acting on it.
• Students had to create a paper airplane that used the appropriate drag, thrust, lift, and gravity in order to keep the plane in constant motion.

• Vocabulary: Sparkle and Unit 6 Review!
• Computer with Mrs. Boyd!

Homework

- Math: Worksheet

- Reading: Bring in your copy of "Cabin Fever"

- Vocabulary: Study for Unit 6 Test

- Religion: Study for Confirmation Test

Notices

- Daycare Payments

Day 60 (December 2, 2015)

Day 60 Highlights:

• Morning Reading: Nonfiction Text Features / Visual Information
• Treasures Reading: "The Science of Hot-Air Balloons"
•  Main Focus: Facts and Opinions
• Class Reward #2 Voting:
• Students voted on watching Back to the Future 2.
• Gym Class with Coach Samaha!
• Vocabulary: Sparkle for Unit 6 Words
• Religion: Sacrament of Confirmation Review Game
• Music with Ms. Navien practicing for the Christmas Pageant!

Homework

- Math: Worksheet

- Science: Work on Paper Airplane

- Religion: Study for Confirmation Test (Friday)

- Vocabulary: Unit 6 Test (Friday)

Day 59 (December 1, 2015)

Highlights of Day 59:

• Morning Reading: Visual Information
• Treasures Reading:
• "These ROBOTS Are Wild!"
• Test Practice: Preventing Polio
• Science: "What are Newton's laws of motion?"
• All forces acting on an object make up the net force. 
• When all the forces acting on an object balance, the object is in a state of equilibrium.
• Students tested forces with an Arm Wrestling Challenge!

Grace defeats Joe in the Finals!

• Religion: Review for Sacrament of Confirmation Test!
• Art with Mrs. Smith!

Homework

- Math: pg. 42 #1-5 / The rest are odds.

- Science: Work on Paper Airplane

- Religion: Sacrament of Confirmation Test (Friday)  

- Vocabulary: Unit 6 Test (Friday)

Notices

- Twenty-Hours Form