Tuesday 9.22.09

Today we talked about ways that authors start their writing pieces. Here is the list we brainstormed. We also looked at different ways to revise our own writing so that we can "hook" our readers. There are also some videos of students who have revised their pieces.

Year Round Schooling?

Did you know that our president, Barack Obama, believes that we need to spend more time in the classroom? Today, we read an article about if children should participate in year round schooling or not. Around 3,000 schools have year round programs. What do you think? Please feel free to post your opinions.

Math Website

Hey all-Thanks to Mrs. Valter, I found this great math website. Have fun playing some of the games. Click on the bottom link to explore the games.
http://mathapprentice.com/index.html

Tonight's Homework

Also, some other reminders:


Thursday, 9/24/09 Social Studies Quiz
Kavi-it is also gym class. Don't forget your shoes. :)


Friday, 9/25/09 Scholastic Book Orders are due

This Week's Reading Post

What are you reading? Give a short summary of what you have read so far.

If it is a fiction book, do you have a prediction about what will happen next? How did you figure that out?

If it is non-fiction, what are 3 new things you have learned?

Be sure to check your post by editing in Word.

Kavi's New puppie-Mak

Kavi and his family have a new dog, Mak. He likes music and cries at night . We named him Mak for M-Manu my little brother a- Asha my little sister k-Kavi me. He is almost potty trained. He is a golden doodle. This weekend we drove to Arkansas to get him. He was raised by Sue the dog breeder. Please post your comments.

by: Kavi Gandhi

Buddy Activity

On Wednesday, we got together with our buddy class. We are going to work with Mrs. McArthur's 5th grade class this year. We made a Venn Diagram to help us talk about how we were alike and different from our buddy. Here are some pictures.