| Date | Reading | Language Arts | Spelling | Math | Social Studies | Science | Other |
| Friday,
January 30, 2004
Day 5 25 Push-ups
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Read and record it in your log. | There is no assignment today. | There is no assignment today. | Complete SMJ page 137. | Finish your 13 Colonies Map. You may skip 2 of the mountain ranges, all of the tribes, 2 rivers and 1 town. | Health begins on Tuesday. | Do
push-ups.
Bring in Box Tops.
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| Thursday,
January 29, 2004
Day 4 25 Push-ups
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Read for goal. | Write a rough draft of a letter to a person you admire. | Test and workbook pages due tomorrow. | Complete SMJ pages 132-133. SMJ page 134 is extra credit. | Begin 13
Colonies Map.
Do quality work. Use colored pencils. Neatness and quality count! We will have more time to work on these tomorrow! |
Health begins next Tuesday. | The imagination
fair is tonight!
Bring a game for Game Day! |
| Wednesday,
January 28, 2004
Day 3 25 Push-ups
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Today we read and discussed "Dear Mr. Henshaw." | There is no L.A. assignment today. | Practice Book pages 253 - 255 are due on Friday. | Complete SMJ pages
127-128.
Complete the two-sided fraction block worksheet. Complete and be ready to explain SMJ page 131.
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Be ready to present your acronym for the 13 original colonies. | Health starts next week. | Friday afternoon
will be "Game Day." Bring in a game.
The Imagination Fair is tomorrow night!
Bring in Box Tops! |
| Tuesday,
January 27, 2004
Day 2 24 Push-ups
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Read for your goal! | We took a quiz today. There is no assignment. | Practice Book pages 253 - 255 are due on Friday. | Study Link 5.2. | Come
up with an acronym for the 13 original colonies.
Read pages 214 - 215. Be prepared to answer each question on page 215! We will go over them in class tomorrow. |
Health starts next week. | Mr. G's canoe expedition will be presented at tonight's PTO meeting. Come on in and check it out. |
| Monday,
January 26, 2004
Day 1 23 Push-ups
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Read for your goal! | Practice Book page 252. | Practice Book
pages 253 - 255 are due on Friday.
The test will be on Friday as well.
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SMJ pp 129 - 130 | Read 210 -
213. Answer three of the questions on page 213 in paragraph
form.
Next, complete, in color, "Writing an Advertisement." under the Think and Write on page 221 " |
Health will start next week. | Mr. G's canoe expedition will be presented at tomorrow night's PTO meeting. Come on in and check it out. |
| Thursday,
January 22, 2004
Day 5 22 Push-ups
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Read Yang... Pick three of
the questions at the end. Answer them in paragraph form.
Read for your goal! |
There is no L.A. assignment today. | There is no Spelling this week. | There is no math homework this weekend. | Read pages 204 - 209. Answer 3 of the questions on page 209 in paragraph form. | We will have no Science next week. Starting the first week of February we will go to Ms. Wofford's class for health! | Have a fun 3-day weekend! |
| Wednesday,
January 21, 2004
Day 4 21 Push-ups
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Read Yang... Pick three of the questions at the end. Answer them in paragraph form. | There is no L.A. assignment today, but your Practice Book will be collected tomorrow! Make sure that all of your work is done! | There is no Spelling this week. | Complete SMJ pages
122 - 123.
Use your SRB as a reference. Be ready to complete pages 124 and 125 at the start of class tomorrow. |
Read pages 204 - 209. Answer 3 of the questions on page 209 in paragraph form. | Science Test tomorrow! | |
| Tuesday,
January 20, 2004
Day 3 20 Push-ups
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Read for your goal. | Complete Practice Book pages 241 - 244. | There is no Spelling this week. | Correct your Unit 4 test. Get it signed. Bring in an example of a fraction. | Parents must sign your test! | There is a test on Thursday! | Music test on Wednesday - 50 states. |
| Friday,
January 16, 2004
Day 2 19 Push-ups
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Read and write your minutes on your log! | Put Dr. King's message to work in your own life! | There is no assignment in Spelling over the weekend. | We took a test today. There is no assignment for the weekend. | We took a test today. There is no assignment for the weekend. | Music Test! Fifty States - January 21, 2004. | |
| Thursday,
January 15, 2004
Day 1 18 Push-ups
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Reading logs are due tomorrow! | Put Dr. King's
message to work in your own life!
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Complete Practice
Book pages 238 -240. These are due on Friday.
The Spelling test is tomorrow! |
Study for Friday's test.
Complete SJM page 120. |
I will collect the Chapter 7
Review tomorrow!
Study for Friday's test! Here is a link to all of the notes. Good luck!
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Study for Wednesday's test! | |
| Wednesday,
January 14, 2004
Day 5 17 Push-ups |
Read and write your minutes on your log! | There is no L.A. assignment today. | Complete Practice Book pages 238 -240. These are due on Friday. | Complete the Unit 4 Review. Study for Friday's test. | The Chapter 7
Review is due Thursday - See below.
Study for Friday's test! |
Finish the 2 questions. | |
| Tuesday,
January 13, 2004
Day 4
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Read and write your minutes on your log! | There is no L.A. assignment today. | Complete Practice Book pages 238 -240. These are due on Friday. | Cut out the cards
for "First
to 100" and play the game at least twice. Bring your score
sheet in to me tomorrow.
Remember to play Division Dash as well if you have time. |
Complete the
Chapter Review! It will be due on Thursday.
Thinking About Vocab #1-10 - Answers should be in complete sentences. Thinking About Facts # 1-5 Three of your answers should be in complete paragraphs. The other two can be in complete sentences. Think and Write - Pick one topic and write one page Summing Up the Chapter - Copy and complete the matrix chart. Wings students may skip 1 of these 4 sections. Study for the S.S. test. It will be on Friday!Review these government terms.
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| Monday,
January 12, 2004
Day 3
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Read and write your minutes on your log! | There is no L.A. assignment today. | Complete Practice Book pages 238 -240. These are due on Friday. | Study Link 4.5
SMJ pp 115 - 117 |
Begin to study for the S.S. test. It will be on Friday! | There is a test tomorrow on how to draw and make the pulleys. | Today is a 15
push-up day.
If you get a Sunday paper, pull out the Cub Food Coupon page. If you open it up, you will see a Campbell Soup "label" that is worth 100 labels! Bring it in, and we'll attach it to the labels that we have here!!! |
| Thursday,
January 8, 2004
Day 1
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Write a one page response to Mom's Best Friend - see the attached assignment | Practice Book Pages 217 - 221 and 229 - 230 | Complete pages
222-226 by Friday.
Test Tomorrow! |
SMJ pp 113 - 114
S.L. 4.3 - 4.4 |
Read 186 -
191
#1-3 Write one paragraph each #4 make a list #5 Write 2 paragraphs |
Imagination Fair applications are due on Friday! | |
| Wednesday,
January 7, 2004
Day 5
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Read Mom's Best Friend answer questions 1,3,4 and either 5 or 6 on page 286. Next answer the Science question on page 287. | There is no new assignment today | Complete pages 222-226 by Friday. | Complete SMJ pages 107, 108, 109 and 110. | Sadly, there is no new assignment here today, but we did have a lively discussion about the lessons that can be learned by studying history. | Parent signature
by Thursday.
Imagination Fair applications are due on Friday! |
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| Tuesday,
January 6, 2004
Day 4
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Reading Log due Friday!
We will begin reading our story on Wednesday. Make a paper crane or two if you want to. |
Complete Practice Book pages 227 and 228. | Complete pages 222-226 by Friday. | Bring your test
home, get it signed (and corrected if you want to improve your grade) and return it to me tomorrow.
Bring your family letter home. Complete S.L. 4.2 and discuss it with your parents. Complete SMJ pages 104, 105 and 106. |
Read pages 178 -
185. Answer # 1-5 on page 185. All answers must be in
paragraph form.
Wings students (who were gone during our work time) may skip one of the 5 questions. |
Imagination Fair applications are due on Friday! | We will most
likely go outside for recess tomorrow! Wear warm clothing!
Do you have pictures of our sledding party? Please pass them along to Pam Norby (BY THIS FRIDAY!) so that she can add them to the yearbook. Thanks! Box Tops! |
| Monday,
January 5, 2004
Day 3
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We will begin reading our story on Wednesday. | No assignment today. | Complete pages 222-226 by Friday. | Complete the 2-sided division worksheet. | We started discussing Jamestown today. We will read more about it tomorrow and we will get an assignment then. | We will have science tomorrow. | Do you have pictures
of our sledding party? Please pass them along to Pam Norby (BY
THIS FRIDAY!) so that she can add them to the yearbook.
Thanks!
Read for your goal! |
| Friday,
December 19, 2003
Day 2
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Read every day and record it on your log. | Write 2 postcards and send them
to:
Mr. G Excelsior Elementary 441 Oak Street Excelsior, MN 55331 One postcard must contain a poem. |
Have | A | Great | Break! | Go to Lydia's
Cookie Party at 772 Lake Point Drive!
Saturday 12:00 - 7:00 |
| Thursday,
December 18, 2003
Day 1
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We will assemble our picture book tomorrow. | Write another poem. Refine your snow poem. | There is no Spelling this week. | Study for our test tomorrow. Use your review sheets as a study guide. Make up new problems to review. | Read 174 - 177. Answer three of the questions on page 177. | There was no Science today. | Bring a sled and warm clothing tomorrow. |
| Wednesday,
December 17, 2003
Day 5
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Fold a couple of paper cranes. | Write a poem about
snow.
Include at least one metaphor (Snow is a cold feather hitting your face.) and one simile (Snow is like a cold feather hitting your face). |
There is no Spelling this week. | Complete the chapter 3 review. We will go over it in class tomorrow and take a short test on Friday. | Read
"The First Virginians" and answer the attached questions.
Read pp 168-171. Answer questions 3 & 4 on page 171. |
Science will resume in January. | Read
the 310 Update
Return your permission slip! Practice push-ups! |
| Tuesday,
December 16, 2003
Day 4
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Fold at least 2 paper cranes | Rewrite Frost's Stopping by
the Woods... so that it is a new and unique poem.
Wings students - you can skip this. |
There is no spelling this week. | Complete SMJ pp 94 - 99. | Read
"The First Virginians" and answer the attached questions.
We will have more class time tomorrow. This will be due on Thursday. |
Return Permission slips tomorrow! | |
| Monday,
December 15, 2003
Day 3
|
Fold at least 3 paper cranes!
Finish your drawing or write-up of a chapter in Sadako... Read for goal! |
None today. | Not this week. | SMJ pp 92-93 | Sadly, we did not have S.S. today. | Next Science class - January 5, 2004. | Practice push-ups! We did
nine today.
Be good! Box tops. |
| Friday,
December 12, 2003
Day 2
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Fold a crane or two.
Read Sadako... chapter 9 and Epilogue and complete the attached questions. Read and record it on the log. |
There is no L.A. assignment today. | We took a test today. | There is no Math assignment today. However, you can play Polygon Capture or Angle Tangle with your family and friends! | Sign and return test. | Finish the packet. | |
| Thursday,
December 11, 2003
Day 1
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Fold a crane or two.
Read Sadako... chapter 8 and complete the attached questions.
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Complete P.B. pages 117, 122,
123, 124 & 125.
Have fun! |
Spelling practice book pages 129 - 133 are due
Friday.
The test is on Friday.
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S.M.J. p 85 - All boxes.
Be ready to explain why the angles in every quadrangle add up to 360 while a pentagon's angles add up to 540. |
Finish packet.
Mohn's class - Write 4 paragraphs. Adaptaion Water Cycle Terrarium Environmental Factors
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310 Update today! | |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Day 5
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Read and record it on your log. More Sadako tomorrow. | Spelling practice book pages 129 - 133 are due
Friday.
The test is on Friday. |
Complete SMJ pp 86-87. Be prepared to play Polygon Capture. | We took a test today! | We have Science tomorrow. | 310 Update will go home tomorrow. | |
| Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Day 4
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Fold a crane or two.
Read Sadako... chapter 7 and complete the attached questions.
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We took the pretest
today.
Spelling practice book pages 129 - 133 are due Friday. |
Read the directions to P.C. on SRB p. 289. Try out the game. Be ready to teach it to the class tomorrow. Complete SMJ pp 82, 83 and 3 of the 4 boxes on p. 84.
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There is a test tomorrow! | There is no homework in Science. | Wear a hat, gloves, boots a jacket and snow pants so that you can have maximum fun outside! | |
| Monday, December 8, 2003
Day 3
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Fold a crane or two.
Read Sadako... chapter 6 and complete the attached questions. |
Today's L.A. was the journal and Haiku writing we did. There is no homework. | Cut out the pieces for Polygon
Capture.
Read the directions to P.C. on SRB p. 289. Try out the game. Be ready to teach it to the class tomorrow. Complete SMJ pp 82, 83 and 3 of the 4 boxes on p. 84. |
Our S.S. Chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday. | No science homework. | ||
| Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Day 4 |
Read Chapter one of
Sadako.
Answer the attached questions.
Read every day! |
No assignment today. | There is no spelling this week. | Complete the star drawing that we started in class. Also be sure to bring a good question for # 4 on SMJ page 76. | Continue to research a culture or
Pizarro, Cortez - or another conquistador.
Powerpoints are due on Friday. The powerpoints should be entertaining as well as informative. Make a polished presentation. |
Finish the packet.
Draw the levers. |
Remember to bring a HEALTHY snack to school each day. |
| Friday, December 5, 2003
Day 2
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Read
Sadako... chapters 4-5 and complete the attached questions.
Make a few paper cranes. read for your goal! |
There is no L.A. today. | There is no Spelling this week. | Complete SMJ pp 78-80
Also, complete the Math Boxes 3.6 on page 81. |
PowerPoint presentations were
great!
Our S.S. Chapter 6 test will be next Wednesday. |
No homework.
Next Science class on Monday. |
Box tops.
Bring a healthy snack! Check out Steger's upcoming expedition on: www.polarhusky.com
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| Thursday, December 4, 2003
Day 1
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Read Sadako... chapter 3. Answer the attached questions. | There is no L.A. today. | There is no Spelling this week. | Today we took the CML test. There is no homework today. | Present your PowerPoint on Friday! | No homework. Next Science class on Monday. | Box tops.
Bring a healthy snack! |
| Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Day 5
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Read for enjoyment and record it on your log. | There is no L.A. assignment today. | There is no Spelling this week. | SMJ pages 75 and 77
Worksheet with Baseball Angles on one side and Study Link 3.5 on the other. No accelerated Math homework today. |
Wrap up your PowerPoint so that
you can practice presenting it tomorrow. You will present it to the
class on Friday.
Your presentation should last about 3 minutes. It should be informative and entertaining. |
Finish packet and drawings for Thursday. | Wednesday Envelopes go home
today!
310 Update will go home tomorrow. |
| Monday, December 1, 2003 | No assignment today. | No assignment today. | No assignment today. | SMJ page 76 #1,2 & 4 | Continue to research Pizarro or
Cortez - or another conquistador.
Powerpoints are due on Friday. |
packet | Secret Shop is tomorrow - Tuesday. |
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