Monday, January 14, 2013

Happy New Year!

Hello all, and thank you for checking in.  It is my sincere hope that each of you had a restful and fulfilling holiday season.  I definitely enjoyed sleeping in late!

We are back to our regular routine.  The kids and I are beginning a new literature unit with Sid Fleischman's By the Great Horn Spoon!  It is a fun book about the California Gold Rush, and will lead into our studies of the subject.

After our very successful exploration of water biomes, we will delve into our studies of land biomes this week.  The kids will be keeping detailed notes of our discussions in their study guides.

Math this week will focus on positive and negative integers.  It is a short unit before we begin our work with fractions.  There will be a short quiz on positive and negative integers on Thursday.

I am not sending home red folders today, as I did not grade any work over the break.  I will be sending folders home next week.

I am reverting back to updating the blog daily.  The kids will still receive a weekly homework sheet and maintaining their planners.

Tonight, the kids are responsible for the following:

- 20 minutes DEAR
- math 16.2, page 351, problems 1-13
- RPB page 270

Respectfully,
Mr. Bryant

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