Upcoming items:
Friday Spelling test
What we are learning:
Math – fractions and mixed numbers
Reading – elements of fiction
Writing – TDA
Grammar – adjectives and adverbs
Social Studies – PA Government
Science – will begin electricity in March
| Mike Leichliter | 8:20 AM (3 minutes ago) | |
Due to the snow forecast for this afternoon, Penn Manor will be dismissing early today and will be canceling afterschool and evening activities. Secondary students in 7th through 12th grade will be dismissed at 11:00 am and elementary students in 1st through 6th grade will be dismissed at 12:00 pm. Morning kindergarten will be dismissed at the regularly scheduled time of 11:30 am. There will be no afternoon kindergarten.
This is the second semester and the order of our specials have changed.
Day A – Library and on even cycles book exchange – Today begins cycle 24
Day B – Art
Day C – Music
Day D – PE
Box Tops will be collected January 31st again. Thank you for them all!
No spelling list this week due to the early dismissal and having Monday off. Next week we return to our normal schedule.
Boy are we back! Today we were using Google My Maps to highlight 5 important places in Pennsylvania for people to see when touring. It was the class’s first exposure to it. They did great!
Reminders for this week. We are back to our usual schedule.
Spelling quiz Friday
Math chapter 7 test tomorrow – today’s review showed we are ready
Sketch of their created continent due tomorrow, written piece due and good copy of their continent (whole completed project) due the 16th. They have a rubric that details what should be on both. Children can show me the rough draft of their written portion by Friday. I had set benchmark due dates to help the class learn how to chunk a bigger assignment. The point is complete a little at a time.
This is what we have been learning:
Math – finishing patterns and beginning fractions
Reading – text features and text structures in non-fiction reading
Writing – TDA evidence and analysis
Grammar – adjectives
Social Studies – landforms of PA and its’ regions
Upcoming dates
January 18 and 21st there is no school for the children.
Reminders
Children have brought home a slip of paper with a request for supplies for their snowman – due Wednesday – 12/19. Thank you
Goal over the holiday – read one book – then create a video when the children get back to school about that book on Flipgrid -lastly we watch all the videos while enjoying hot chocolate!
Table Talk
Today’s interesting conversation in class – the tectonic plates and how they may effect the continents.
Special Note – children are journaling on line each day (beginning today) about the two eagle cams we are watching here in PA and then in FL. We have scientific observations about both of them.
