The following post is from Friday...not sure why it didn't publish.

Please have your child login to ALEKS this weekend.  All students have logged in and should know their username and password.  A few students have taken their initial assessment and have a pie.  Ask your child about their pie.  If your child is still working on their assessment please have them continue so they will be up and running with a pie.  Please do not help your child with the assessment...it will be used to place pieces in their pie specific to their needs.  Next Friday, our first ALEKS log will go home and all students will be required to master at least 3 topics a week for homework.  This will take your child no longer than 45 minutes to one hour.  The log will be due back the following Friday.  If you have any questions or concerns just let me know.

Today we...
*wrote a paragraph trying to persuade a reader to not eat fast food.
*read a Scholastic News article on Curiosity and identified the main idea and details.  Ask your child about Curiosity!
*practiced read to self and word work procedures.
*participated in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.  Ask your child about this!
*solved more collection problems with 3 digit numbers.

Have a great weekend!

Today we...
*finished our Metric Field Day posters and presented them to the class.
*read a Scholastic News article about bison and sequenced events.
*practiced read to self and word work procedures.
*prepared for tomorrow's spelling test by brainstorming a list of words with the /oi/ sound.
*wrote a persuasive paragraph on whether or not ads should be placed on school buses.
*prepared for tomorrow's Religion test with a chapter 4 review.
*assessed our lastest skills in Math.

Homework:

Religion - study

Reading - log

English - DOL

Spelling - study

Math - pg.  19

Science - study

Have a great evening!

Today we...
*journaled about a photograph of a boy placing prayer flags in trees.
*attended Rosary and Mass.
*created posters to explain our Metric Field Day game.
*read a Scholastic News article about concussions in football.  The boys loved it! :)
*practiced work on writing, read to self, and word work procedures.
*reviewed for Math assessment.

Homework:

Reading - 90 min.

Spelling - take home wkst.
             - study

Math - study
         - pg. 20
        
*Please spend sometime throughout the week working in ALEKS and First In Math.  If you have any questions about these programs let me know.*

Have a great night!

Today we...
*journaled a comic strip.
*read a Scholastic News article about hurricane hunters and answered the 5 ws.
*practiced read to self and word work procedures.
*created compound words.
*edited an article about monkeys.
*discussed the four types of prayer and wrote one.
*combined collections to solve problems.

Homework:

Reading - 90 min.

Spelling - study

English - DOL

Math - pg. 28

Have a great night!

Today we...
*journaled about what a car of the future might look like.
*found and labeled the features of nonfiction text.
*previewed unit 7 in Spelling (feet, land, side, without, boy)
*practiced read to self and word work procedures.
*read a Scholastic News article on the Presidential Candidates.
*listened to The Energy Bus.  Ask your child about it!
*wrote a response to The Energy Bus.
*discussed ways to show we believe in God.
*solved 2 and 3 digit equations in story problems.
*created a field day game that involves measuring.

Homework:

Reading - 90 min.

Spelling - study

Math - pg. 24

Have a great night!

Today we...
*journaled about a photo of a night winter scene.
*reread Johnny Appleseed for fluency practice.
*practiced read to self and word work procedures.
*found long vowel words and spelling patterns.
*evaluated our written descriptions based on our pictures.
*discussed ways to show appreciation to parents and guardians.
*solved addition and subtraction equations with 3 digit numbers.

Homework:

Religion - family connect

English - DOL

Reading - log

Spelling - study

Math - pg. 4

Have a great night!

Today we...
*journaled about community service.
*attended Mass.
*drew a picture from a written description.
*attended PE.
*reread a Johnny Appleseed play for fluency practice.
*practiced work on writing and word work procedures.
*brainstormed a list of ch, sh, th, and wh words.
*continued finding the amount of 10s in 3 digit numbers.
*found the temperature of different cups of water.

Homework:

Religion - family connect

Reading - 90 min.

Spelling - study
             - take home wkst.

Math - pg. 18

Have a great night!