Three Day Weekend!

...and a SWIM PARTY on Tuesday! We are going to have such a great time! Did you see all the goodies the PTA left in our room? Chips, popcorn, and water. Plus they paid for the pizza lunch. Thank you PTA!

Even though we are starting our fun end of year activities, we still have content to cover and district tests to take. The math benchmark and 7th grade placement tests are coming up in a week. I know we will be ready!

Don't forget to bring:

• a towel
• sunscreen
• water
• a hat

Can't wait!

Thursday Fun!

Anybody still reading?! There will be a treat tomorrow for comments on THIS blog post!

Today we started reading the last selection in the anthology. Out There. This is one of my favorites because it's a mystery. Love mysteries!
We talked about punctuating dialogue and sorted our spelling words.
In math, we worked on Benchmark Review. We need to keep our focus until the Benchmark!
We had Ancient Rome rotations today.
Heard there was some promotion song practice at lunch -- YAY!

Swim party Tuesday!

Tuesday

Today was such an odd day! I felt "off" all day...
We managed to accomplish a lot nonetheless.
In language arts, we started reading a new selection called Chuck Close, Up Close. We worked on Depth of Knowledge questions for the selection. We also sorted our spelling words and took notes on avoiding double negatives.
In math we worked with area of parallelograms and triangles. Remember that you may use a calculator for tomorrow's math!
We had day two of the second round of Greek rotations. You know how I feel about Ancient Greece!

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (art, questions due Friday)
• math practice 16-3
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• spelling choice (except those of you who missed none on the pretest, I forgot to give you the challenge words)
• writing: He would never forget the town called __________.

Monday!

Happy Monday!
Today we sorted out the costumes for our play. Rehearsal starts Wednesday!
We worked on Bloom's Balls. Need to get those completed and ready for Open House.
The Greek mosaics are FANTASTIC! So excited to see them on the floor.
In math we worked on Benchmark review. Be ready for the test tomorrow! Remember, 75% or better and there will be an ice cream bar Friday.
We had day 3 of our Greek rotations today. They are going by way too quickly!

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (Ancient Greek Olympics, questions due Friday)
• spelling choice (new choice paper!)
• math review for benchmark
• writing: persuade your parents you need an allowance (or more, if you currently receive one)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 
Today we worked on our Bloom's Balls. They need to be completed, graded, assembled, and hung up by next Thursday.
We did a timeline activity with A Kind of Grace.
In math, we converted between different measurement systems.
This afternoon we practiced some more with the SBAC practice test site.
Tomorrow we start our Ancient Greece rotations! YAY!
Have a wonderful evening!

Homework

• reading log
• fluency (Ancient Greece)
• math practice 15-3
• spelling choice
• LA: subject/object pronouns worksheet
• Greek mosaics due Monday
• writing: Deep in the rain forest of the Amazon....

Doughnut Friday!

Today was anything but ordinary!
We made doughnuts in class -- YUM. We also worked on props for our play. It was a good day to do this since the music from Jump Rope for Heart was heard in our classroom.
In math, we talked about metric conversions.
We changed teams and created new team names. It is an interesting process to watch -- the agreement on a team name and creation of the team poster.
Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

How was your afternoon? Did you enjoy having PE?
Put three large boxes into my car so we can get to work on more props for our play! Very excited!
See you tomorrow!