Daily Update-Jan.30/09

ELA--Over the weekend the students need to work on and complete their Root Word projects. They know to work on writing descriptive,long sentences that follow different patterns.Due Monday.
--They also need to read and work on their fourth reading project.

Math--No homework as we are just starting a new unit (percents)and some students wrote a rewrite on fractions today.

Science--They handed in their Aim #11 today and we will continue learning about the heart in preparation of the heart dissection which hopefully will be end of next week.

SS-We are just beginning the new unit on Egypt.

Health--We are learning the location of 21 bones and they will be writing jingles with a partner. The purpose will be to learn and remember the location of these bones.

The ELA assessment will be completed this afternoon,to the great relief of the students. They conducted themselves in an orderly, studious mannner and I am very proud of them,once again. Hopefully they have done a fine job in the assessment.