It's Thanksgiving Exploration Time!!!

For interactive learning about the TRUE story of Thanksgiving, go to this link:

YOU as a Thanksgiving Historian

Landforms, Landforms, and More Landforms!

Today we begin the first part of our three part project called "Landforms, Climates, and Cultures."  Use the Landforms Discovery packet to define and draw pictures of various landforms.

Use this link for pictures and definitions:

Enchanted Learning Glossary of Landforms

If you find you're need another resource, go to:

Wikipedia List of Landforms

To download a copy of the Landforms Discovery packet:

Landforms Discovery Packet

Monday, November 1, 2010

Fall Is Here!  Did you enjoy your days off?

1.  You have homework due:

      Core 1 -- Grammar D5 #7 and Using Punctuation Marks w.s.

      Core 2 -- Grammar D5

     Please have ready an MDF, an MDF with coupon, or an MDF saying "Absent"

2.  For Warm Up, highlight the dialogue on your worksheet.  
            Yellow = Miss Mickus speaking, Green = The Class speaking.




Today's Classwork:
Core 1
     1.  Grammar D5 -- Following directions on MORE Practice Punctuating Dialogue
     2.  Narrative reading and writing -- rBook pages 46-47.
     3.  NO HOMEWORK


Core 2
     1.  Grammar D5 -- Following directions on MORE Practice Punctuating Dialogue
     2.  Homophone introduction
     3.  Using Punctuation -- class time given to work on worksheet
     4.  Narrative reading and writing -- rBook pages 46-47
     5.  HOMEWORK -- finish "Using Punctuation Marks" worksheet -- complete all but 10, 11,12,14,20.

Homework Monday, October 25

Core 1 -- Homework -- complete Punctuating Dialogue worksheet

Core 2 -- No Homework

Thursday, October 14, 2010

CONTINENTS AND OCEANS QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!!!! IDENTIFY, LABEL, AND SPELL CORRECTLY!!!

Check out this fun way to remember the continents and oceans!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCW-dJyBrog&feature=related

Today's Work:

Core 1 --

1.  Comma worksheet #9-14.

2.  Rough drafts of Goal Paragraph

3.  Homework:  Study for Continents/Oceans Quiz and complete final draft of Goal Paragraph

Core 2 --

1.  Comma worksheet #9-14

2.  Rough drafts of Goal Paragraph

3.  Continents and Oceans activities and quiz study time

4.  Homework:  Study for Continents/Oceans Quiz and complete final draft of Goal Paragraph

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Core 1 --
1.  Grammar D5 #5, Thursday
2.  rBook, pages 22-23, Expository reading/writing
3. No Homework

Core 2 --
1.  Grammar D5 #5, Thursday
2.  Continents/Oceans work packet work time
3.  rBook, pages 22-23, Expository reading/writing
4.  Homework:  Due Monday -- Continents/Oceans packet.  PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIRECTIONS!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Core 1 --
1.  Grammar D5 #5 for Tuesday
2.  rBook pages 18, 19 (main idea and detail)
3.  Shared Word Magic poems with class
4.  Due Wednesday:  Continents and Oceans packet

Core 2 --
1.  Grammar D5 #5 for Tuesday
2.  Introduction to expository reading and writing
3.  rBook page 22
4.  Watched brief continents and oceans video
5.  Began Continents and Oceans packet
6.  Practiced reading Word Magic poems out loud.  Shared with class.