Language Arts:

Journal #4 "Who Do You Want to Be Like When You're An Adult? Why?"

(Due Wednesday)

Reading:

Read "Days of Terror Chapter 1"

Draw a picture of the setting of the story. Include 3 details about the main character in your drawing, and include 4 details about the location of the chapter. On the back of your drawing, quote the words from the chapter where you got each detail that you added to your drawing.

(Due Thursday)

Social Studies:

Your children should ask you two questions. They should write down the answers on paper, and both parent and student should sign the paper, saying they did it with you.

Q1: What countries are your ancestors from?

Q2: Write down a story that your family knows about one of your ancestors. (Go as far back in time as you can for your story.)

(Due Thursday)

Math:

Continued Math Assessments. No homework.

Bible:

Continued notes on how to study the Bible for personal devotions.

Good to see everyone who was at the Corn Roast.

Language Arts:

Journal Entry #3 - "What is a good student?" and "What is a good teacher?" (2 minutes/3 items each)

Bible:

Taking notes on how to study the Bible for our personal devotions

1. Read for pleasure, without measure.

2. Search for treasure.

Science:

Introduction to "Toothpick Bridges" project

Students need to decide if they want to be a project manager, architect, or engineer

Math:

Started the beginning of the year assessment. This needs to be done at school.

Reading:

Introduced new book: "Days of Terror" about a boy in a persecuted Mennonite community during the Russian revolution.

Language Arts:

Created a list of 25 nouns, verbs, and adjectives to describe themselves. This will be put into a "Wordle". You can see what a Wordle is at the Corn Roast.

Due: Journal entry and "Wordle" list both due tomorrow, August 31.

Language Arts -

Journal entry #1: "What are your thoughts and feelings on the first day of school?"

(1/2 Page Double Spaced - the middle line hole of the paper)

Journal entry #2: "What is a friend? How do you become friends with someone? Can you be friendly without being friends? Explain." (10 Lines min.)

Note: Journal entries are what I call "Type 1" writing. The grade is based on the student putting in their "Reasonable Best Effort" and completing the minimum amount of writing. "Reasonable Best Effort" in a journal entry is defined as capitalization at the beginning and punctuation at the end of every sentence, the writing stays focused on answering the question that was asked, and the writing is neat and easily readable.

Upcoming Events:

The Cornroast is Tuesday, August 31st at 5:30pm. (Which also happens to be Sydney and Maegan's birthdays). The Cornroast is a meet-and-greet event where a meal of corn on the cob (roasted on a big grill), salad, and rolls is served at 5:30pm. Following the meal, each classroom has a meeting scheduled for parents to meet the with their child's teacher, who will discuss the school year and answer any questions you have.

Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year!

Welcome to the class blog. :)

This year you can come here to find information about assignments and upcoming events.

I hope your year is a great success!