Monday, December 19

Two days and counting until Christmas Break! Looking forward to it as I am sure the students are too. During this time of advent as we wait the coming of Christ our King, I pray that we will wait with contentment. In Philippians 4 Paul reminds us to be content in whatever circumstances we are in. A very pointed and thoughtful reminder for me from our Pastor in his sermon.

Wednesday is our Christmas party. Don't forget your $5 gift for your secret friend!

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - Jackie Robinson ch. 10 due 12/20

Math - L 63 due 12/20

Writing - Jackie Robinson ch. 10 questions and vocabulary due 12/20 and in class today students designed and made a persuasive poster using one of the persuasive strategies

Spelling - no spelling this week :)

Science - test tomorrow 12/20 p. 18-27

Social Studies - took a quiz over section 3.1 and 3.2 today. States and Capitals quiz (26-50) 1/11

Bible - Luke 2:8-14 - tomorrow 12/20

December 19 Newsletter

Here is the latest newsletter:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108657281/Dec-19

Thursday, December 15

We are winding down our last full week of school before Christmas break. Don't forget that tomorrow is Christmas Shoppe. Remember to bring in your money and envelope tomorrow, if you haven't done so already. It's going to be a great Christmas Shoppe this year!

Reminder that all correct and returns are due tomorrow - Friday.

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - Jackie Robinson Chapter 10 due 12/20

Math - L 61 due 12/16 and test tomorrow 12/16

Writing - Jackie Robinson Chapter 10 question and vocabulary due 12/20

Spelling - test tomorrow 12/16

Social Studies - quiz 12/19 sections 3.1 and 3.2

Science - study guide due tomorrow and test Tuesday 12/20

Bible - Luke 2:8-14 due 12/20

Wednesday, December 14

Here we are half way through the week. We had a wonderful Christmas program last night. Praising God and thanking Him for the gift of His Son!

*** All correct and returns are due on Friday 12/16

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - we read pages 256-270 in class today. We are reading a play this week about Elizabeth Blackwell. Students received the new Jackie Robinson - chapter 10 due 12/20

Math - L 60 due 11/15 and test 12/16

Writing - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Chapter 10 questions and vocabulary due 12/20

Social Studies - we had our first states and capitals quiz today over the first 25 and reviewed for the quiz on Monday - 12/19 our next states and capitals quiz will be after Christmas break

Science - study guide due 12/16 and test 12/20 over pages 18-27

Bible - students said their memory verse today - Luke 2:8-11 and new verse is Luke 2:8-14 due 12/20 - take note that the quiz is on Tuesday instead of Wednesday next week

Tuesday, December 13

We had a (almost) full classroom today. Good to have (almost) everyone back! Don't forget about the Christmas Program tonight. Band students are to wear their band uniforms and be at school by 6 PM and all other students are to wear their DCS polo and tan bottoms and be in their classroom at 6:20. See you there!

Here is the recap of our day - there is a lot going on in the next week!

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch. 10 due 12/20. We read pages 254-255 in our Reading book and complete vocabulary p. 102 in Reading workbook

Math - L 59 due 12/14 and test 12/16

Writing - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch. 10 questions and vocabulary due 12/20 and students made their persuasive presentations today

Spelling - states/capitals sheet due 12/14 and test 12/16

Science - worked on study guide due 12/16 and test 12/20

Social Studies - States and Capitals (1-25) quiz 12/14, questions from p. 26-34 due 12/14 and quiz 3.1-3.2 12/19

Bible - Luke 2:8-11 due 12/14 and Luke 2:8-14 due 12/20

Monday, December 12

We had a small class today - 5 people absent. We managed to muddle though the day, missing our friends who were sick and praying for a quick recovery for everyone! Also praying that the rest of will stay healthy and well! Even though we had quite a few absent today, we still accomplished a lot. We have a lot going on in the next week, as we are nearing the last days before Christmas break. Reminders:

• Don't forget that the Christmas Program is tomorrow night. Band students are to wear their band uniform and be at school by 6 PM. All other students are to wear their DCS polo and tan bottoms and be in their classroom by 6:20. Program begins at 6:30 PM this year.
• WEDNESDAY - hot lunch forms for January are due and money and permission slip for bowling are due. Remember that if you (parent and/or sibling) want to bowl please send in $7 for yourself as well and your shoe size
• FRIDAY - Christmas Shoppe - information was sent home on Friday, please return by this Friday

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson read ch. 9 12/13

Math - Lesson 58 12/13 and test 12/16

Writing - we did not do our presentations today - will do them tomorrow if everyone is back and In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson vocabulary and questions due 12/13

Spelling - took pretest today - States (1-25) and States word search due 12/13

Science - test 12/20 - please note date of test - on the newsletter I put 12/21 - students will get study guide tomorrow

Social Studies - read pages 32-34 and complete questions from pages 25-34 due 12/14 States and Capitals quiz (1-25) 12/14 and quiz section 3.1-3.2 12/19

Bible - Luke 2:8-11 due 12/14 and Luke 2:8-14 due 12/20

Friday, December 9

Happy Friday! One more full week and 3 days until Christmas Break. Looking forward to the break, but excited about all that we get to do in the coming days!

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson chapter 9 12/13

Math - L 57 due 12/12 and HW section L 57

Writing - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson chapter 9 questions and vocabulary 12/13 and persuasive essay presented in class on Monday

Spelling - had our test today - next week's spelling words are the first 25 states - begin reviewing now! :)

Science - test 12/20 - Study Guide on Tuesday

Social Studies - States and Capitals quiz (1-25) 12/14 and quiz over 3.1-3.2 12/19

Bible - Luke 2:8-11

December 12 Newsletter

Here is the latest newsletter - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/107661373/Dec-12

A few reminders:

Money and permission slip for bowling are due December 14

Drivers are needed for our Christmas party at my house and then back to Dearborn for bowling on December 21

Christmas Shoppe is Friday, December 16

Wednesday, November 7

I apologize for not being as faithful with the blog post. We still don't have Internet at school and when I get home late in the evening I don't always get it. I know, excuse, excuses! We've had a busy past few days. The bake sale was a HUGE success today - 5th grade thank you so much for supplying the delicious goodies! Next month the 6th grade will supply the goodies. The students are working in groups to complete a persuasive essay in Language Arts. They will present them on Monday and the "winning" team will receive a prize.

Here is a recap of our day and what is coming up:

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch 9 due 12/13

Math - L 55 due 12/8 and quiz 12/9

Writing - Persuasive essay due 12/12 - working on this in class in their groups

Spelling - p. 43-44 due 12/8 and test 12/9

Social Studies - read pages 29-32 and took notes on sec 3.1 - States and Capitals quiz (1-25) 12/14

Science - test 12/20

Bible - Luke 2:8-11 due 12/14 and Luke 2:8-14 (12-14 new) due 12/20

Monday, December 5

What a great day we had today! We got to start our our day the school week with Chapel. Coming together as a school to worship and praise God for His Grace and the love that He shows us in so many ways. We are challenged to look for the ways that we show love to one another. This week, in class, we are learning about and working on persuasive writing. We played a Persuasion game this morning, using different ways to persuade each other. This afternoon we worked on the States and Capitals by playing exciting games of bingo.

**** Bake Sale on Wednesday**** See December 5 newsletter for assignments

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch. 8 due 12/6 - if student did not finish vocabulary, we will have time in class to finish.

Math - L 53 due 12/6 and quiz 12/9

Writing - Persuasion is All Around Us assignment

Spelling - took pretest today - test 12/9

Social Studies - states and capitals quiz (1-25) is moved from 12/7 to 12/14 the last 25 will be after Christmas. We played States and Capitals bingo today

Bible - Matthew 5:13-16 12/7

December 5 Newsletter

Here is the link for this week's newsletter: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/107000855/Dec-5

Don't forget that we have a bake sale on Wednesday! Assignments are posted on the newsletter and outside our classroom door.

Thursday, December 1

Happy First Day of December!

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch. 8 due 12/6

Math - L 51 due 12/2 and test 12/2

Writing - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ch. 8 vocabulary and question due 12/6 - we also worked on J.R. vocabulary in class today

Spelling - test 12/2

Social Studies - States and Capitals map due 12/2 and States and Capitals quiz (1-25) 12/7

Bible - Matthew 5:13-16 due 12/7