WELCOME TO ROOM 206!
I hope you had a relaxing summer. As your science and homeroom language arts/reading teacher, I am looking forward to a new and exciting school year with you. You are now intermediate students! That title will bring more responsibility and hard work, but you can do it. We will do it together.
This semester Room 206 and the three science classes will have a student teacher, Jennifer Makol from Northeastern, working with us. We welcome her! We also have exciting new social studies books to read and learn from. Please respect and cover them as we would all of our hard covered books. Here’s to a wonderful and successful new 2011-2012 school year!!!!
What’s new for the week of May 14, 2012…..
May 14th, 2012 | 
Author: This week in reading we will work on the biography about Jim Thorpe, the great athlete. The skill is fact and opinion. In science, we will continue to work on plants, studying photosynthesis, the parts of a plant, and the parts of a flower.
Homework for Friday, May 18th
Reading – Finish up the Reader’s Response started on Thursday. Also complete workbook pages 269 and 270. Don’t forget walk-a-thon money and our field trip to Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesday, May 22nd. You will need a bag lunch. Science – workbook page 18A.
Homework for Thursday, May 17th
Reading – No homework is due tomorrow. Get rest to do a good job on your math NWEA tests. Due Monday, Reader’s Response on p. 680 #1-4 and Look Back and Write. Also freshen up your graphic organizer for the story. Science – workbook p. 18A due Monday
Homework for Wednesday, May 16th
Reading – Finish spelling unit due tomorrow. Also write ten original sentences for our spelling words or write a creative story using 10 words. Workbook pages 267 and 268. Science – Study Lessons 1 and 2 for a quiz tomorrow.
Homework for Tuesday, May 15th
Reading – Workbook pages 265 and 266; write your new spelling words 3x each in your best cursive. Science – Group 1 – Finish parts of a plant booklet and workbook pages 14, 15 and 17A. Group 2 – Workbook p. 17A, you may also work on your plant booklet; Group 3 – Finish your parts of a plant booklet and workbook page 17A.
Homework for Monday, May 14th
Reading – Begin your new spelling unit on prefixes due Thursday. Due tomorrow, an ABC list of the 20 new words. Also reading workbook pages 263 and 264 on fact and opinion and vocabulary. No science homework, except for Group 3 to complete their graphic organizer on Lesson 2 (parts of a plant).
What’s new for the week of May 7, 2012……
This week in science we are beginning the exciting world of plants! We start off with classifying seeds and learning the characterisitics of plants. In reading we will begin the story How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay, focusing on character and theme.
Homework for Friday, May 11th
There is no reading or science homework! Happy Mother’s Day!!!!!
Homework for Thursday, May 10th
Reading – Reread Tia Lola for Selection Test. Complete Reader’s Response on p. 706, #1-4 and Look Back and Write. Also read and complete worksheet passed out on character, setting and theme. Study for spelling test. Go on Compass Learning to prepare for tomorrow’s NWEA Test in reading. Please return Walk a thon form and money as soon as possible. No science homework.
Homework for Wednesday, May 9th
Reading – Finish up your spelling unit due Tomorrow. Also choose any 10 words to use in original sentences. Sentences should be longer than 5 words and descriptive. Workbook pages 277 and 278. Work on your trifold for Tia Lola and your story map. Science – Workbook page 16A, 1-9.
Homework for Tuesday, May 8th
Reading – Workbook pages 275 and 276, write your 20 new spelling words three times each in your best cursive. There is no science homework. Please begin to return your walk-a-thon form and $10.00 entry fee.
Homework for Monday, May 7th
Reading – Begin your new spelling packet on suffixes. The unit is due on Thursday. Due tomorrow, an ABC list of the 20 new words. Also complete reading workbook pages 273 and 274. Science – On the flower page received in class, write the 8 new vocabulary words on plants with their definitions. Include a small illustration where possible.
What’s new for the week of April 30, 2012…..
This week in science we will wrap up the chapter on classifying plants and animals. Students will present group projects they have worked on in class tomorrow. We plan on having our chapter test this Thursday, May 3rd. In reading we will begin the science fiction story titled Moonwalk. Our skill of the week is drawing conclusions.
Homework for Friday, May 4th
Reading – Read the articles and complete the backpage of the newest Scholastic News. Also respond to Sticky Situation or Debate of the Week. Two sided worksheet on inference. Also complete the worksheet on unfamiliar words. Please finish quiz time if not turned in. No science homework due to the test today.
Homework for Thursday, May 3rd
Reading – Study for spelling test. Reread our story Moonwalk. Answer the Reader’s Response on p. 624, #1-4 and Look Back and Write. Also make sure your quiz time is completed. Science – Study for tomorrow’s science test of Chapter 1.
Homework for Wednesday, May 2nd
Reading – Complete the week’s spelling packet. Also due tomorrow, 10 good sentences from the unit, or use any 10 spelling words in a creative story. Workbook pages 247 and 248. Don’t forget—Quiz Time is due on Friday for chapters 9 and 10. Science – Complete chapter review pages 38 and 39, #1-9, 11-18. Chapter test will be on Friday.
Homework for Tuesday, May 1st
Reading – Continue to work on your spelling unit. Write each of the twenty new words 3 times in your best cursive. Also complete workbook pages 256 and 246. Write 5 couplets all beginning with “Maybe in May….” example Maybe in May I will wear a hat, Maybe in May I’ll adopt a cat (etc.) No science homework, but begin to study for our chapter test on Friday. (I have extended it by one day)
Homework for Monday, April 30th
Reading – Begin your new spelling unit on related words, due Thursday. Due tomorrow, and abc listing of the 20 new words. Reding workbook pages 243 and 244 for Moonwalk. No science homework.
What’s new for the week of April 23, 2012….
This week in science we will continue to work on classifying plants and animals. We will wrap up Lesson 4 on vertebrates and invertebrates, and go on to read about animal adaptations. In reading we will begin the story Antarctic Journal, working on main idea and details.
Homework for Friday, April 27, 2012
Please return the “Returning to Jamieson” form as soon as possible. Reading - Two sided worksheet on main idea and details. Adverb worksheet. Read the newest Scholastic News and answer back skillspage. Also respond to Sticky Situation or Debate of the Week. Read chapters 9 and 10 in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The Quiz time worksheet is due next Friday, May 4th. Science - Workbook pages 8A (1-9) and 12.
Homework for Thursday, April 26, 2012
Reading – Study for spelling test. Reread Antarctic Journal for the selection test. Answer Reader’s Response on p. 602 – answer the open for discussion question, #1-4, and also answer the Look Back and write question. No science homework due to group work.
Homework for Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Reading - Finish up the Quiz Time due tomorrow on chapters 7 and 8 from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Reading workbook pages 235 and 236; new spelling words 3x each in best cursive. Science – Please complete the graphic organizer we have worked on for the past week of Lesson 4. Include a section on invertebrates, and also answer #3 that is on p. 25 – comparing and contrasting the python with the brown garden snail. Creat a Venn diagram.
Homework for Monday, April 23, 2012
Reading – Workbook pages 233 and 234. Also work on the new spelling unit introducing Latin word parts. The unit work is due on Thursday; ABC order of the new words is due on Tuesday. No science homework.
What’s new for the week of April 16, 2012….
This week in science we will have a quiz on the plant cell parts and their functions. We will then continue with work on classifying animals. In reading we will begin a new story titled Amelia and Eleanor. The review skill is sequence. Students will also be presenting their fantasy book reports along with the stuffed animals that were created.
Homework for Friday, April 20, 2012
Reading - Worksheet on Sequence (you may write on), Scholastic News (respond to Sticky Situation or Debate of the Week). Also read chapters 7 and 8 in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The Quiz Time sheet is due on Wednesday, April 25th. Science - Workbook page 7A.
Homework for Thursday, April 19, 2012
Reading – Study for tomorrow’s spelling test. Workbook pages 228 and 229 on sequence. Reread Amelia and Eleanor for tomorrow’s selection test. Answer Reader’s Response on p. 576 #1-4, plus Look Back and Write. No science homework.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Dear Parents, Thank you for your support and participation during our third marking period report card conferences. Room 206 had 100% pick-up!
Homework for Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Reading – Reading workbook pages 225 and 226; poetry activity (worksheet provided); spelling unit will be due on Thursday. Also write your words 3x each in cursive, choose any ten words to use in original sentences. Worksheet on idioms. No science homework.
Homework for Monday, April 16th
Reading – Begin spelling packet which is due on Thursday. Due tomorrow, ABC order of the new words. Reading workbook pages 223 and 224 on sequence and new vocabulary words. We will take our spelling test for the last unit tomorrow.