Week of Feb. 7-11

Hi Girls and Guys! What a wonderful day! I hope everyone had a chance to play outside when they got home today!! Don't forget the Valentine's Sweetheart dance is this Thursday for those of you that are going!

Mystery Question: Matter is anything that has _____and takes up ___________.


Here is a link to practice long divison:
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php

Week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4

 

Hello Room 613!! Happy first week of February!!  I hope everyone has completed their homework and now you are having a nice night at home! Spelling test and reading test on Grandmother Spider will be on Tuesday. We will begin a new list of spelling words on Wednesday!



Mystery Question: What is the job of the cotton gin?




Look at how the cotton gin worked.
http://www.eliwhitney.org/new/sites/default/files/minisites/cotton/patent.html


A fun website for you:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bugs/index.html

Week of Jan. 24

Hello everyone! Remember Award's Day is Friday at 9:30. We will take MAP math on Tuesday. I am proud of all you and how hard you have worked on the MAP reading and language tests.

Mystery Question: What invention was helpful to the cotton industry?

Mystery Question: What is 47 divided by 3?


Here is the youtube we watched on square numbers:

Week of Jan. 19-21

This is going to be a very short week. We will have our spelling test and reading test next Tuesday.

We will have MAP reading test tomorrow. (Thursday) I know you will do your personal best!


Mystery Question: What does it mean to have "taxation without representation" ?

Fun game to plany on types of angles:
http://henryanker.com/Math/Geometry/Types_of_Angles_Set_01.swf

Fun game with shapes:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=lessons/14/m3_14_00_x.swf

Week of Jan. 10-14

Hello Room 613! Remember we get out 2 1/2 hours early on Friday. We will have a spelling test and a social studies test on Friday. We will not have a test on a reading story this week.

Mystery Question: What is a triangle called that has all its sides different lengths and different degrees?

Mystery Question: Who was nicknamed the "Gamecock" during the Revolutionary War?

Schoolhouse Rock: The Preamble

Week of Jan. 3-7

Happy New Year! It was so good to see all your smiling faces this morning! I missed you all over the holidays!

Our story this week is Uncle Jed's Barbershop. We will have a test on the story and spelling words on Friday.

Mystery Question: Can you draw and label a line, line segment, and ray on the bottom of your homework sheet this week?

Here is a neat song about line, line segment, and ray. Let me know if you like it.

Tuesday, Dec. 14

Hello everyone! Tomorrow is our trip to McDonalds! We are going to have a great time! Make sure you read over our story this week about Madam C.J. Walker. The test will be on Thursday. Spelling test will be on Friday.

Mystery Question: You can find a conifers seeds inside its _________________.

Mystery Question: In our story, how did Madam Walker use her money to help others?

Great way to practice multiplication:
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/HolidayPractice.htm