A few pictures from our Reading Cafe this morning.

Thursday

Happy last Thursday of the school year!
We have been busy preparing our classroom for the Reading Cafe tomorrow.  We have also been finishing up last minute curriculum.

We are so excited to see you for the Reading Cafe tomorrow. Reservations are for 8:15 and 9:00 AM. Light refreshments will be served. :)

Tuesday

The school year is winding down. Students completed the end of the year math Dibels and they completed the end of the year math practice pages. They will be working on the end of the year assessment tomorrow.
In language, students are busy working on their books, poems and class story for the Reading Cafe on Friday. They are also reviewing suffixes and homophones.
In religion, we discussed how Jesus is present in the church.

Please let me know if you are unable to attend the Reading Cafe on Friday, so I can ask a person at school to read with them.

Wednesday

Today after Mass we were so fortunate to see to new portable altar the 8th graders have given the school. It is just lovely and so special.
In language, students complete the unit 6 assessment. It's the last one of the year! Hooray!
Students will be working on test taking strategies and practicing filling in those pesky bubbles for the ITBS test next year. They will be using a separate answer sheet, which will be new for them. We want to familiarize them. They are also busy practicing their stories for the Reading Cafe.
In math, students are working with "plane" shapes. Tomorrow they will be making patterns.
In social studies, students will be taking the final assessment tomorrow.

We will be going to the Book Fair tomorrow morning at 8:15.

Monday

As we start winding down the year, students are getting spring fever and summeritis. So the curriculum is review and we are doing some end of the year assessments. This will be the last week for homework grids, but homework will still be assigned.
In math, students worked in math centers as others completed missing work and got caught up.
In language, students reviewed suffixes and irregular verbs. They also shared reading their Reading Cafe stories with a partner.
In social studies this week we are finishing up the unit on economics.
In science, we are discussing how the earth changes and what causes those changes.

Reminder: Parents must be safe environment compliant to participate in the Reading Cafe on May 29. It would be really disappointing for everyone if a parent couldn't come because they weren't in compliance. There will also be a class party on Tuesday afternoon after art on June 2, so be sure and get compliant if you are not already.

Happy Monday!

Spelling words for May 12-19, 2015

OOps! I forgot to give the students their spelling words for the week. I will have them write them in their agendas tomorrow. Here they are in case they are needed for the grids.

Spelling words:concern, goalie, figure, vendors, hire, sure, wire, tire, cure, drier Bonus word: condemned

Art Walk and Spring Concert this Friday

Art Walk starts at 5:00 pm in the Courtyard

Spring Concert starts at 6:00 pm

Art Walk continues after the concert. 

Light refreshments will be served.

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* A limited number of frames will be available the night of the event for $25 but we anticipate selling out so please order now.  Proceeds from frame sales benefit the Art Program.

Monday

Today was very busy. Students had a rehearsal for the Spring Concert first thing this morning.
After that we started on the next chapter in math on lines and curves.
Students worked on synonyms, using the suffixes -ful and -less in words and giving their meanings.
They also read a timeline and answered questions about it. They were given time on the netbooks when they completed their work.
In social studies, we read about needs and wants, producers and consumers. Then we discussed what food chains are and they watched an excellent, short video explaining food chains.

Friday is the last Pride Day of the year. It is also a buck a jeans day. And the Spring Concert/Art Walk is later that evening.

Wednesday

Today was Mass day.
After Mass students listened to a new story and we compared and contrasted the inventors described in the story. Students reviewed compound words and words words with r-controlled vowels spelled -or, -ore, -oar.
In math, students reviewed graphing.
In social studies, we reviewed needs and wants. Students also reviewed producers, consumers, and goods, and services.
In science, students learned about food chains.

Tuesday

Students received the new spelling words for the week. They also took the weekly assessments in reading and spelling.
In math, students practiced reading and making graphs.
In religion, we discussed the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven.
In social studies, we read about and discussed Cinco de Mayo.

For summer birthdays, students picked a day in May for us to sing to them.