Ok, so I'll let you know on Friday how Thursday's class goes down in my absence. Cross your fingers! The students are responsible for the following work on Thursday night, Feb. 15th.
- Reading Log
- California Practice Book pages 36 & 37
- Math lesson 83 (1-10 & 19 - 26)
- Mission Report rough drafts are really due tomorrow
Respectfully, Mr. B
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day
Howdy all! The day was a swell one. Thanks for allowing the kids to have crazy hair and come to school dressed for the holiday. We had 86.25% participation in the class. Not bad. Ask the kids how we figured that out!
Tonight's HW is as follows:
-Reading Log
-Reading Practice Book pages 256 & 258 (we did 257 in class)
-Return any library books
-Math Lesson 81 (11 - 25)
-Students who have not completed their mission report rough drafts have until Friday to submit them. No exceptions, no excuses.
Finally, I will be away from school tomorrow at a writing workshop. Sandi Cameron will be here in my place. I will post Thursday's HW later this afternoon.
Take care, Mr. B
Tonight's HW is as follows:
-Reading Log
-Reading Practice Book pages 256 & 258 (we did 257 in class)
-Return any library books
-Math Lesson 81 (11 - 25)
-Students who have not completed their mission report rough drafts have until Friday to submit them. No exceptions, no excuses.
Finally, I will be away from school tomorrow at a writing workshop. Sandi Cameron will be here in my place. I will post Thursday's HW later this afternoon.
Take care, Mr. B
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tuesday's HW & notes galore
Howdy all and welcome to our first of two short weeks. I am keeping HW on the light side to accomodate the class in allowing them to finish their mission report rough drafts (wordy sentence, sorry). Students are, for the most part now, transferring information from the notes we gathered into paragraph form. A few questions have arisen in regard to the final paragraph. The final paragraph should discuss the closure of each student's respective mission due to secularization AND how that process affected Native Californians' lives. While we have thoroughly dicussed this process in class, students who need a refresher should visit pages 152 and 153 in their California textbooks. Completed ROUGH DRAFTS are due no later than Friday, February 16th. Next week we will prep final drafts, tables of contents, bibliographies and prepare disenos (maps) of our missions before binding them into report form! Woohoo!!
HW for tonight also includes Reading Log and Reading Practice Book pages 250 - 252. We completed a math exploration with graphing in class today, so I did not assign take home materials with it.
Wednesday is Valentine's Day and School Spirit Day. Students are encouraged to wear red and may have crazy hair to boot! I sent home a class list on Friday for students who were interested in preparing Valentines to exchange. We will not be having a party, but I will allow time toward the end of the school day to socialize with candy and cards,
Red folders also went home today. Inside you will find a school survey. I am asking for 100% compliance with this survey as it helps to focus school leadership and site council meetings so as to better serve the school community. If paper is not your thing, you may also take the survey on-line at the district website, www.PVUSD.net.
Have a great week, Mr. B
HW for tonight also includes Reading Log and Reading Practice Book pages 250 - 252. We completed a math exploration with graphing in class today, so I did not assign take home materials with it.
Wednesday is Valentine's Day and School Spirit Day. Students are encouraged to wear red and may have crazy hair to boot! I sent home a class list on Friday for students who were interested in preparing Valentines to exchange. We will not be having a party, but I will allow time toward the end of the school day to socialize with candy and cards,
Red folders also went home today. Inside you will find a school survey. I am asking for 100% compliance with this survey as it helps to focus school leadership and site council meetings so as to better serve the school community. If paper is not your thing, you may also take the survey on-line at the district website, www.PVUSD.net.
Have a great week, Mr. B
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Thursday's HW & stuff
Howdy all, students are responsible for the following work tonight:
- Reading Log (due tomorrow, signed by parent)
- Reading Practice book pages 244 & 245 (practice books will be collected on Friday for grading)
- Math 15A (Math 14A & B were an absolute wash. They were the lowest overall average of any math test this year. The material covered on the tests were not new, but rather review. Students are welcome to and encourged to use their math books to help them complete their take home tests. We are reviewing each pretest in class prior to taking the in-class test.)
Mission reports are still moving along. We have, for the most part, compiled our rough drafts. Students who have not used their class time wisely will be sent home with templates and their notes on Friday in an effort to catch up with the rest of the class.
Respectfully. Mr. B
- Reading Log (due tomorrow, signed by parent)
- Reading Practice book pages 244 & 245 (practice books will be collected on Friday for grading)
- Math 15A (Math 14A & B were an absolute wash. They were the lowest overall average of any math test this year. The material covered on the tests were not new, but rather review. Students are welcome to and encourged to use their math books to help them complete their take home tests. We are reviewing each pretest in class prior to taking the in-class test.)
Mission reports are still moving along. We have, for the most part, compiled our rough drafts. Students who have not used their class time wisely will be sent home with templates and their notes on Friday in an effort to catch up with the rest of the class.
Respectfully. Mr. B
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Wednesday's HW & tomorrow
Students are responsible for the following work tonight:
-Reading Log (due Friday)
-Rocky Shore identification sheet
-Math Lesson 78 (1 - 15)
-Reading Practice Book pages 235 - 237
We have been deep in study with our ocean biomes. spending a good deal of time on the shoreline. Today we crafted clay rocky shore animals and will test their durability against waves tomorrow. We will also be graphing tides. While it was my original intention to quiz on the water biomes this week, the students have been really into this unit and I have no issue going deeper with the content for them.
Friday will bring a "People of Sparks" quiz, a spelling quiz and a math quiz.
Respectfully, Mr. B
-Reading Log (due Friday)
-Rocky Shore identification sheet
-Math Lesson 78 (1 - 15)
-Reading Practice Book pages 235 - 237
We have been deep in study with our ocean biomes. spending a good deal of time on the shoreline. Today we crafted clay rocky shore animals and will test their durability against waves tomorrow. We will also be graphing tides. While it was my original intention to quiz on the water biomes this week, the students have been really into this unit and I have no issue going deeper with the content for them.
Friday will bring a "People of Sparks" quiz, a spelling quiz and a math quiz.
Respectfully, Mr. B
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Tuesday's HW
Students are responsible for the following work tonight:
- Reading log
- Math lesson 77 (1-15)
- Rocky Shore worksheet is due on Thursday. We began this item with the computers today. Students need to identify each Rocky Shore plant or animal with an interesting fact and color in the appropriate space on the poster.
Respectfully, Mr. B
- Reading log
- Math lesson 77 (1-15)
- Rocky Shore worksheet is due on Thursday. We began this item with the computers today. Students need to identify each Rocky Shore plant or animal with an interesting fact and color in the appropriate space on the poster.
Respectfully, Mr. B
Monday, February 5, 2007
Happy Monday
Howdy all. I think that we had the most well-behaved school day of the year and I am genuinely excited! We had a very nice class meeting on Friday discussing what we had accomplished as a class thus far for the year and what we still needed to accomplish with the few months we have left together. It's nice to see ideas sink in and take hold.
We had our in-class spelling bee today to see who would represent the room at Friday's all-school spelling bee. I am happy to report that Liza and Patrick will put their best foot forward for us on Friday.
The school's student leadership team has decided to have another spirit day on Valentine's Day. Students are encouraged to wear red and may do the whole cray hair thing. Valentine's Day falls on a restructured Wednesday, so I am not planning a party. However, we will have a card exchange at the end of the day.
Finally, students are responsible for the following work tonight:
- Reading Log
- Math lesson 76 (11-30)
- Reading Practice book pages 239-240 (spelling words for the week are included on these pages).
More news tomorrow, Mr. B
We had our in-class spelling bee today to see who would represent the room at Friday's all-school spelling bee. I am happy to report that Liza and Patrick will put their best foot forward for us on Friday.
The school's student leadership team has decided to have another spirit day on Valentine's Day. Students are encouraged to wear red and may do the whole cray hair thing. Valentine's Day falls on a restructured Wednesday, so I am not planning a party. However, we will have a card exchange at the end of the day.
Finally, students are responsible for the following work tonight:
- Reading Log
- Math lesson 76 (11-30)
- Reading Practice book pages 239-240 (spelling words for the week are included on these pages).
More news tomorrow, Mr. B
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