Thursday, April 30

Tomorrow is the last day to get in the Milwaukee Brewers permission slips if you would like to be a chaperone. We currently have seven parents signed up, which means we will need to have a lottery to pick five. Good Luck to all!!

We are going to the Grignon Mansion on Wednesday, May 6 from 10:45 - 2:45. Students will need to bring a lunch to eat. Students who requested a "Lunch to Go" form were given one today. It needs to be returned tomorrow in order for the lunch program to order necessary food. If it is not returned tomorrow, students will need to bring a lunch from home.

Language Arts - Final Copy of Spring story. MUST be written in CURSIVE.

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes
Reading groups - Pick one question under EXPLAIN from yellow card
Pick any question from orange card

Beetles - Chapter 5 and 6 (due next Thursday)
Misty - Chapter 7 (due Tuesday)
Cricket - Chapter 7 (due Tuesday)
Bunnicula - Chapter 6 (due Tuesday)

Spelling - Study for test
Practice Test
Rainbow sort

Social Studies - Rough draft 5-7 sentence about being an Indian

Tuesday, April 28

All of the homework posted for today will be due Thursday (unless otherwise notes) because of the Madison field trip tomorrow.

Language Arts - Literature Letter
Rough Draft of Spring Paper

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes
Reading Groups - pick 1 questions under EXPLAIN on the yellow card
pick any question on the orange card.
Beetles - Chapter 3 and 4
Misty - Chapter 6
Cricket - Chapter 6
Bunnicula - Chapter 5

Spelling - Study for test
Cursive Sort

Math - page 219

Social Studies - Have slides 5 and 6 done for next Tuesday

Japanese - Worksheet

April 27, 2009

Tomorrow is Fine Art nights at Clovis. The Book Fair is also open. We will be walking through the Book Fair tomorrow and your child will have the opportunity to make a wish list of books they would like to purchase. Books can only be purchased during the open times of the book fair.

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes
Groups tomorrow - see Thursdays blog for specific assignments

Spelling - Study for test
Desk sort

Social Studies - have slides 3 and 4 written for the "Choose Your Own Adventure Story"

Japanese - worksheet

April 24, 2009

Reminder - Wednesday, April 29 is our Madison Field Trip. Bus leaves promptly at 6:45 and can not wait for anyone. If you child has a Cougar shirt please have them wear it - if not, one will be provided for them to wear over their clothing for the day. They may also bring money for souveniors at the Capital and Zoo.

Reading - Read 15-20 minutes
Reading group work due Tuesday (See yesterday's blog for details)

Spelling - Test

Social Studies - Water Usage worksheet due Monday
Project slides 3 and 4 due Tuesday

Science - Digestion packet due Monday

Guidance - learning about careers

April 23, 2009

Information regarding the Milwaukee Brewers Field Trip went home today. The trip will be on May 27. Money and permission slips are due back by May 1. If you are interested in being a chaperone, that information is also included in the letter.

Language Arts - Started Rough Draft for Spring Story. There will be class time on Tuesday to work on this.

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes.
Reading Group - Groups will meet again on Tuesday.
Yellow Card - pick on question under Discuss
Orange Card - pick any question

Bettles - Chapter 1 and 2
Misty - Chapter 5
Cricket - Chapter 5
Bunnicula - Chapter 4

Science - Word search
Social Studies - water usage chart due Monday

April 22, 2009

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!

A Summer School Correction sheet went home today. Please take note of that when scheduling classes.

Language Arts - Suffix 2 Worksheet
Earth Day Wordfind

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes
Reading group work due tomorrow for most groups. Check yesterdays blog for
specifics.

Spelling - Study for test
Rainbow Sort

Social Studies - continue working on Choose Your Own Adventure packets - if not complete

Math - page 212

April 21, 2009

Information went home today regarding the Madison field trip. Please review the information and send back the permission slip. Also, if you would like to order lunch through the school's LUNCH TO GO program, your request MUST be submitted by Friday so the food service can order the necesary amount for bag lunches.

Language Arts - Literature Letter
Brainstorming for Spring Paper

Reading - Read 15 to 20 minutes
Reading Groups - Each student needs to answer one question from the yellow card
under Discuss and they may pick a question of their choice from
the orange card.
Beetles - Chapter 1 and 2 (due Tuesday)
Misty - Chapter 4 (due Thursday)
Cricket - Chapter 4 (due Thursday)
Bunnicula - Cahpter 3 (due Thursday)

Spelling - Study for Test
Crossword Sort

Math - page 209, not #2

Social Studies - Have at least slides 3 and 4 written by Tuesday.

April 20, 2009

Summer school catalogs and registration information went home today. Also there was a note regarding the Fourth Grade Human Growth and Development talk. This will be held on May 4.

Language Arts - Suffix 1 worksheet
Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes
Spelling - Study for Test
Desk Sort
Social Studies - At minimum the Title Slide and Beginning Slide should be complete and ready to
type using Power Point tomorrow. There is an exampe of a "Choose Your Own
"Adventure Story" on my school web page. Please allow some time for it to
download due to the length of it. If your child would like to work on this project
on their own time, they can access their school account at the Menasha Public
Library. If they would like to bring in a jump drive, I can also help them save
their project on it to use at school and home. You need to have Power Point
on your home computer for this option to work.
Japanese - worksheet

Thursday, April 9

I hope that everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable Spring Break.

Reading - read 15-20 minutes daily, if possible.

Wednesday, April 8

Just a reminder that tomorrow is an early dismissal day at 11:00.

Reading - read 15-20 minutes

Social Studies - begin working on Choose Your Own Adventure Story. In the near future I will post an example of this on my schoool website.

Tuesday, April 7

Thursday, April 9 will be our third quarter reward day. Students who had two or less detentions for third quarter may wear pajamas. We will be watching a movie and enjoying popcorn also. Congrats to those students who displayed appropriate behavior and good work habits!!

Reading - Read 15 to 20 minutes
Math - page 206
Science - study for quiz
Social Studies - Wisconsin poster
Japanese - worksheet

Monday, April 6

Tomorrow will be a Friday schedule so bring you library books if you would like to check out any for Spring Break.

Language Arts - Finish final copy of "The Day It Rained..." Final copy must be in cursive. Also must have brainstorming sheet and rough draft when turned in. Due Tuesday.

Reading - Read 15 - 20 minutes

Math - Study flashcards

Science - Study for quiz on the circulatory system

Social Studies - Finish Wisconsin poster. Due Wednesday

Japanese - worksheet

Friday, April 3

There will not be spelling next week due to the early dismissal on Thursday, April 9 ( at 11:00)and Spring Break.

For our read aloud I am reading the book "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett to the class. An important part of the book is a game called pentominoes. As a class, we played this game and many students were interested in playing at home. This game can be accessed by going to www.scholastic.com/titles/chasingvermeer and clicking on "games"