Sunday, March 20, 2011

Weekly Times March 18 ,2011

HEADLINES
Language Arts
Spelling - Digestive system words, quiz on Monday
Reading - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Chapter 2, "Dark is Kind", Literature Circle Jobs of Word Wizard and Connector
Dictionary Skills, synonyms, editing
Math
Practicing Multiplication
"Trick" for multiplying 9's and 11's (multiply by 10 and subtract/add the number being multiplied)
Word problems with multiplication and division (with money)
Multiplying 2 digit times 1 digit numbers, using partitioning by setting up the problems vertically
Units of Inquiry
Who We Are - Bodyworks
The Digestive System in 4 phases
- the mouth and esophagus
- the stomach and duodenum
- the small intestine
- the large intestine and out
Buddies - We played our "Birth of the Earth" board games with our 8th grade buddies
Events and Announcements
Thursday, March 24 - Concert for the students at school
Wednesday, March 30 - Field Trip - letter to follow
Friday, April 1 - Teacher planning day - no school for students

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