180 Day Project

If you look at the 180 Day Project page today you will notice a change.  I have changed the order of the Project Days.  The newest day will appear at the top of the page now.  If you want to scroll down to find an anchor chart of something that you need to reference, it is still there.

Back To School Night

Just a reminder, Back To School Night is this Wednesday, August 13, 2014. My classroom will be open at 6:00 pm. Any student that has a parent sign in on Wednesday night is excused from Wednesday's AR Reading Log.

GATE Training

Today I attended and presented at our District's GATE training.  If you click the link below you can view the Slides I presented to other teachers in our district.  The Slides shows you examples of TLAD - Think Like A Disciplinarian. If you have trouble clicking on the link below, copy and paste it into your browser to view.

https://docs.google.com/a/cjusd.net/presentation/d/1qnH31tHw8pOP8zC6brWFe3anIEUfmrwp_ynTJHfSN1k/edit#slide=id.p

Homework for the week of August 11th!

1. Homework packet for ELA is due Friday, August 15th.

2. Math Fluency (one side) is due Friday, August 15th.

3. Watch the 2 new videos assigned on Learn Zillion by Sunday, August 17th.  

4. Research our next "Think Different" people - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  We will discuss them on Tuesday, 12, 2014.  Come to class prepared to discuss their contributions.

*AR reading log needs to be signed DAILY.
*Agendas must be signed by an adult every week by Friday!

Narrative Writing on Learn Zillion

This quarter we are working on Narrative Writings.  Learn Zillion has a set of lessons to help your scholar with their in class writings.  They will watch videos that take them through the process of writing a narrative.  I have assigned the first 2 videos on Learn Zillion to be watched by Sunday, August 17th.

Restrictive and Non-restrictive Clauses

This week we have been working on restrictive and non-restrictive clauses.

Check out the Grammar Monster website to review what we have learned about restrictive clauses here: http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/restrictive_clause.htm

Check out the Grammar Monster website to review what we have learned about non-restrictive clauses here: http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/non-restrictive_clauses.htm o id

*JUST A REMINDER THAT BOOK ORDERS WENT HOME AND THEY ARE DUE AUGUST 13TH.  This is a great way to help your child achieve their AR reading goal.

Homework - Week of August 4th

Homework packets for ELA and AR reading logs were sent home on Friday, August 1st. 

*AR reading log needs to be signed EVERY night and brought to school EVERY morning.  Parents need to sign the reading log DAILY.

*Your math exit ticket is due every day if not completed in class.

* Homework packet for ELA is due Friday, August 8th.
*Math Fluency (one side) is due Friday, August 8th.
*Agendas must be signed by an adult every week by Friday!

*Watch the 2 new videos assigned on Learn Zillion by Sunday, August 10th.  

*Research our next "Think Different" people - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  We will discuss them on Tuesday, 12, 2014.  Come to class prepared to discuss their contributions.

*Explore the links to the right of this post.