Thursday, November 21, 2013

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 11-21-13

Parents,

Science.  Students have been working on an independent research project in science.  Students were asked to research a living thing (most chose animals) and create a google presentation about its adaptations.  Students are expected to use at least 2 different resources for their information.  Two of them we began using were World Book for Kids and World Book Student online encyclopedias.  These are both available for free on a site called:


UN:aw
PW:generals

Students will primarily work on this at school but can research and work on the slides how at home if they would like.

Math.  Students are doing a great job learning concepts from Topic 3 (Properties of Multiplication).  We are reviewing these concepts today and tomorrow and will test over this unit on Monday.

Have a great night,
Mrs. Dressel and Mr. Pransky

Reading/Language:  
Practice lines in assigned part in tall-tale play.  The students are really doing a great job working together on these plays.  They are welcome to bring in items/clothes for their performance, but there is no expectation for anyone to do this.

AR goal for  Friday - 44%

Social Studies:
None.

Science

None. (May work on animal adaptation research at home)

Math:  
Watch videos 10 & 11 on LearnZillion and complete packet pages.

Video #9 can either be skipped or done for extra credit.  Videos #7 & #8 should be completed if they were not finished in class.

Practice facts.  Second quarter goal is to master multiplication.

Spelling:  
Spelling - Unit 2 review (study words from lists 6-10)
Dressel test - Thursday
Pransky test - Friday 

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