Desorcy

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Returned signed midterm reports.

First payments are due on Friday (3/19)of $40 if you are paying in two installments. 

SP -  study for test tomorrow

words:    halves   knives   loaves  lives  shelves   calves  leaves   scarves   roofs   themselves

**plateau  **canyon

MA -  complete the  rounding decimals worksheet; review times tables if needed

SS -  review for oral presentation

SCI - review landforms worksheet with vocabulary

READ - none

WR - none

AR - read for at least a half hour each day; fill in reading log which is due on Monday

Extra credit ideas:

Look up facts related to the setting of the story we are reading. 

Add your own chapter to what is already happening in a book you're reading!

Write any type of poem, story, summary of a book or newspaper article, description of a setting, letter to an author or a company concerning their product.

Cut out articles in magazines or newspapers showing real life uses of math.  Make up problems of your own to practice.

Make a list of interestingly spelled words or review "old" words by writing them in different ways (cursive, ABC order, double doodle, calligraphy).

Find those editing errors in a newspaper, magazine, etc.  Circle them and bring them to class.

Make a list of "fun" words you've found in the dictionary.

Go onto a science website and explore a topic that interests you.  Let me know how much time you spent on it.

Research anything that interests you and present some facts to me - list form, pictures, paragraph, charts, etc.

Record some current events.  Find an interesting fact about a historical person or about someone currently involved in our government.

Draw a picture of a historical event.

Find out more information about a "Today in History" fact (found in the local newspaper).

Make a word search or crossword puzzle of social studies, science, math, or ELA words.

Draw a map of anyone's travels.

Add your own ideas!!  I'd love to see them.