Mrs. Varner's class blog.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Thursday, May 5, 2011

May 5, 2011

AM/PM Performed our Book Report Skits, reviewed some language arts concepts (synonyms, homophones, root word derivatives, and comma rules)

Math: We have been reviewing fraction concepts and operations. Today we made a chart that seperated the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.

Library: Next week, will be the last day that they will be able to check out books.
They were supposed to pick out a book that they will read for the month of May today.

Writing: We went over the concept and reasoning behind graphic organizers (to help us organize our thoughts). We practiced making Venn Diagrams.

Science Review: We went over some sample science questions from the UTIPS. We discussed the answers to help them to practice their thinking process when they take the test tomorrow.

HW: FYI--I told the kids they even though there is 4 weeks of school, really I need them to work really hard for the next 3 weeks. I really want them to do well on these DRA and CRT tests. I know they are capable of doing great and I don't want them to cut themselves short. So please be aware there will be a lot of homework in the next 3 weeks.

Math review books up to page 47.
Practice Science UTIPS for at least 1 hour.

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