Happy Tuesday.
Thank you for making my birthday a special day. It was a great way to start off the day with the birthday serenade. Equally impressive was all of the yummy healthy snacks that the families brought in for me. I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtfulness in donating the goodies and the many birthday cards full of very kind words.
The Read A Thon -- the time spent reading for enjoyment is really paying off. Last Tuesday we took our updated monthly STAR reading assessment. Your son/daughter should have brought home their updated scores last week. I had the students stand up that had earned their highest assessment of the school year. We had ten students stand up (31% of the class) and then I had students that scored higher than their December assessment and an additional fourteen students stand up. In all we had 77% of the students stand up showing either a monthly growth or earning their highest score of the school year!! All of that mighty sacrifice and reading for enjoyment is paying off!! I promise the hassle of signing, verifying and bringing the reading log back and forth is already paying off.
Lewis and Clark -- today we learned about the Mandan Indians and how the Corp stayed the winter with them. They read/heard a real journal entry from William Clark, who points out very positive aspects regarding the Mandan, however he does emphasize that these attributes are even more amazing for “savages.” We talked about how some white Americans/Europeans thought of and treated Native Americans. We also discussed how the Native Americans viewed and held in high regards Clark’s slave York. Many Native American tribes were seeing people of black skin for the first time when York and Corp visited their tribe.
Science -- more space unit with Mrs. Cargo.
Math -- today’s lesson focused on going from an “improper fraction” to a mixed number and then we practiced going from a mixed number into an “improper fraction.”
Students were also given 20+ minutes work on tonight’s homework skill using www.ixl.com The ixl.com questions build off prior correct questions and end up being significantly more challenging than tonight’s homework.
Students were also given time to write down the homework for the week.
Thank you again for the generous birthday goodies.
Mr. Hubbard
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Marin Luther King Jr.
Homework for the week:
Math
10-3 Page 220-221 9-24 all due on Wednesday
11-3 Page 254-255 1-29 odd due on Thursday
12-3 Page 276-277 1-25 odd due on Friday
Problem of the week due on Friday.
Reading 45 minutes every evening.
www.scootpad.com (language arts only), science reading, reading/working for the book project and just plain old reading for fun all count.
Bring the form home every night to be signed off and then bring it to school to be logged in first thing in the morning.
Science (due on Monday)
Read pages 170-177 and complete the packet
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