I hope you are all enjoying the Super Bowl today. Mr. Hamby encouraged the kids to root for the Giants. I think he said they had one in a million chance of winning. Anyway, that was his opinion! If you disagreee, you can take that up with him!
We have another busy week ahead. To kick off the week, however, our school is participating in Pasta for Pennies. (I may have that backwards - the kids have been correcting me, but for the life of me I can't remember which way it goes.) Anyway, the idea is for our class to collect for the leukemia and lymphnoma foundation. Our class set a lofty goal of $250.00. To help us get there, I will match whatever the class brings in as it is for a very good cause. I often think of leukemia as a children's disease. I hope it never afficts any of our own.
Special congrats to Alexis Landmeier, Jack Stephens, and Connor McFerron. These students won first, second, and third place respectively in our class's Martin Luther King Jr. Poster/Writing Contest. Their work will be submitted for further judging at the state level!
Here's what's going on this coming week:
Math: We will wrap up geometry Ch. 19 and test over the material on Thursday. Students already have a study guide that reviews the geometry vocabulary. There is quite a bit to memorize, so it may be wise to study each night this week. Another study guide will come home on Wednesday. That one will be very similar to the actual test. We are also continuing to memorize the 7's and 8's multiplication facts. All students should have their 7's completed by midweek. The 9x cards will come out at the end of the week.
Reading: I am continually reviewing cause and effect as well as the art of summarizing. However, this week we will focus on author's purpose. Students should be able to recognize if something was written for entertainment or for information. We will also be exposed to writing that was written for the purpose of persuasion.
Spelling: All groups test this week - Yellow Group on Wednesday, Green Group on Thursday, and Blue Group on Friday.
Science: We did compare density of liquids last week, but did not get in the sink or float experiment, so it looks like we will tackle that this week. Our test over chapter 11, lesson 1 will be this Friday. Students will need extra help at home with the vocabulary - mass, volume, and density!
Social Studies: How are the economic plans coming? All students need to have them turned in by February 15th. This includes students who are not normally in social studies class. Need help coming up with an idea? Just shoot me an email! We will have some fun in class this week when we organize an assembly line. Our goal will be to make marshmallow men in assembly line fashion faster than Mr. Hamby can assemble them on his own. I hope we win to prove that the assembly line is a better way!
Writing: We are trying our hand at persuasive writing!
Special Events:
Mon. - 7x test for those who haven't passed it yet;
Tues. -
Wed. - Yellow spelling test; 8x fact test;
Thurs. - Green Spelling test; Chapter 19 math test;
Fri. - Blue spelling test; 8x fact test; science test over Ch. 11, lesson 1;
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