Classwork 10/30

Math:

SMJ 66 - 68

SL 3.8

Have a fun Halloween!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/29

We had a great time at Mercado Central today! Be sure to ask your student all about it.

When we got back from our field trip, we assembled our electric box games. They have turned out wonderful! We will share them with buddies tomorrow and then they will go home.

No homework tonight, except studying for the spelling test.

Please remember to bring a pillowcase for our Halloween party, which will be 1:45 to 2:45.

Have a great night and try to stay dry!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/28

Math: SMJ 65

LA: PB 118, 121-122

Handwriting: 30-33

Field trip to El Mercado tomorrow from 9:00 to 12:30.

Please remember to bring a pillowcase for our Halloween party on Friday. Students will be decorating these to create Trick-or-Treat bags.

Have a good night!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/27

Math:

SMJ - 63

SL - 5.6

LA:

PB - 114-117, 120

Decorated electric boxes are due Thursday. Students had directions (and boxes) sent home with them. Please email with questions.

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/26

Math:

SMJ - 61, 62

SL - 3.5

LA:

PB 109-113

*Permission slips for El Mercado due, $10.50

*Shoeboxes due for Electric Boxes, $5.50

**You may write a check for $16.00 to cover the cost of both if you have not already paid.

Thanks!

Classwork 10/23

Math:

SMJ- 60

SL- 3.4

Multiples worksheet

LA:

Students are encouraged to edit their own rough drafts. We will finalize these next week.

Social Studies:

NE review packet. Covers chapter 4 & 5 of Social Studies Alive book. Packet is to be completed and handed in before the test on Monday.

Misc.:

-Bring in a shoebox for electric boxes project

-El Mercado field trip permission slip

-Check the newsletter on the school website

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/22

Math:

SMJ: 59

SL: 3.3

LA:

Study spelling words for test tomorrow

Continue revising rough draft of personal narrative; final draft will be due Monday

Science:

We looked at different circuits in class, working to see which connections worked and which ones did not.

Miscellaneous:

Students are asked to bring in a SHOEBOX by next Tuesday. We will use these shoeboxes to create electric box games. The shoebox can be any size, but it is easier to make the box work if it is a little bigger (think basketball shoes, not ballet slippers).

Classwork 10/21

Math:

SMJ 56-57

SL 3.2

LA:

PB 100, 102

Typed personal narrative drafts are due

SS:

We finished our regions journey across the Northeast states. We are able to answer these three questions:

1. Why is the NE considered the birthplace of our nation?

2. Why did the first factories start in the east?

3. What are the biggest cities in the NE region?

Religion:

I collected bible verse ideas and we continued our work in our We Believe text. We will have our chapter 2 quiz on Friday.

Classwork 10/20

LA: We read two mystery stories and completed two story maps. We also talked about the characteristics of a good detective.

PB - 93-95, 97, 99

Social Studies: We hit five more stops on the tour of the NE states. Work was done in class, but students may opt to take their note sheet home to add more detail and information. The sheets we do in class will be our study guides for the test and will be handed in for credit. I've seen a lot of good, creative work so far!

Religion: We will hopefully select our class Bible verse tomorrow- last chance for input!

Spanish: Our homework workload is relatively light because students need to study up for their quarter one spanish test- which is tomorrow! Buen suerte!

Classwork 10/19

We had a great first day back! We have a busy week ahead of us with the quarter ending on Friday:

Math:

We started Unit 3 today.

SMJ: 53-55

SL: 3.1

Religion:

Students are asked to pick a favorite bible verse for class tomorrow. We will select our favorite as our class verse for the 60th anniversary prayer book.

Social Studies:

We covered three areas of the NE today; students are creating a note sheet on the NE that they will hand in for credit.

LA:

I have passed back the On Top of the World WST- students that did poorly have the option to correct their mistakes for 1/2 credit.

As Quarter 1 draws to a close, please check your child's grades on Powerschool and report any questions/concerns to me. I have make-up and remedial assignments at the ready.

Have a great day!

Classwork 10/14

LA:

Rough drafts of Personal Narrative essays will be due on Monday. Keep in mind that this is just a rough draft and is more just to get ideas on paper in a semi-organized fashion. We will work on drafting these Monday.

Math:

We had our Unit 2 test today. Scores will be posted Monday morning.

Religion:

We dove into the Beatitudes. We will work on a Beatitudes project next week.

Science:

I created an electromagnet and we made guesses as to how strong it was. We will finish our last lesson and have our open-assessment science final next week.

Have a great long weekend!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/13

Math:

Unit 2 test tomorrow. Unit 2 review packet will be collected for 10 points. No math homework over MEA!

LA:

Students need to complete their Personal Narrative Event Map aka Idea Web. Only one side needs to be done, as the opposite side is used if the student changes their mind about their topic. They may find that as they fill out the map, their first choice doesn't hold much water and they want may choose to switch.

Social Studies:

We completed a map of the NE using our workbook pages 20 & 21. Scores have been posted on Powerschool.

Have a great night!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/12

I was absent today, so I'm unsure what the sub was able to cover. Our math unit 2 test will be Wednesday. Review packets went home today, we will go through them tomorrow and have some more review work in order to get ready for Wednesday. Please email me with questions or concerns. Thanks!

Classwork 10/9

We had another great week of class! Three-day week next week!

Math:

Cookie math- we tested our third and final cookie. We will compile our data next week and process our findings into an excel document.

Religion:

Venture went home today. If your child needs extra credit in religion, they can answer the six Think! questions on a piece of lined paper and hand it in Monday for 5 makeup points.

Social Studies:

We read Time For Kids and had an earnest discussion about bullying.

LA:

We had our spelling and Weekly Skills tests. Scores will be in Powerschool Monday morning.

Have a great weekend, see you at the Twins game Sunday!

Mr. Schmidt

Classwork 10/8

Field Trip:

Our field trips today were both a big success! We put on a radio show at the Pavek, which was a ton of fun! I will post the sounds clips on my webpage soon. We then headed to the Bakken museum and learned about the history of static electricity. We made our own Leyden Jars, which can be used to store an electrical charge. Students were allowed to take their jars home, so be on the lookout for a small plastic jar with a nail sticking out of it- you might get shocked!

Thanks to all our wonderful parent volunteers, they helped make the day go very smoothly!

Math:

We tested Chips Ahoy! brand cookies in our cookie math lesson. Students need to find the average number of chips based on our class data for homework.

LA:

Study those spelling words!

Miscellaneous:

Tomorrow we will pray an all-school rosary. Students are encouraged to bring a special rosary from home for the event. Rosaries will be provided otherwise.

Have a great night!

Classwork 10/7

Math:

We started Cookie Math, where we are counting the number of chocolate chips in various brands of cookie. Your child needs to find mean, median, and mode for the cookie data we took today. Many students finished this in class. We will work on this project through Friday.

Science:

Making Connections

We learned about circuits and tested some objects to see if they are insulators or conductors.

LA:

Study those spelling words!

Tomorrow (Thursday) is our Bakken/Pavek field trip- students need to supply a cold lunch. Thanks to the parent volunteers who are helping us tomorrow. Remember, if you would like to volunteer you must complete a background check and Virtus training. Information can be found in the school office.

Have a great night, go TWINS!

Classwork 10/6

Oops! In my excitement to get home and watch the Twins I forgot to post yesterday. Here is the classwork from 10/6:

Math:

SMJ 42-44, 49-52

SL 2.7 & 2.9

LA:

PB 64-65, 67

*Please remember to pack a cold lunch for the field trip on Thursday*

Classwork 10/5

Welcome back to another week of school!

Math:

SMJ 45-47

SMJ 48 -Drawing a Kite (optional, a good challenge!)

LA:

PB 61-63

*Everyone needs a bag lunch for the field trip on Thursday*

Classwork 10/2

Math:

2.8 worksheet

Two sided- Measurement and Gestation Periods

LA:

Spelling test and WST went home today

Check grade on Powerschool

Social Studies:

Counting Cranes & Problem Solved worksheet

*Go through your child's FRIDAY FOLDER carefully, because it holds a lot of important information*

Have a great weekend, see you tomorrow at Marathon (sorry, no bikes or scooters due to the wet conditions).

Classwork 10/1

Math:

SMJ 40-41

SL 2.6

LA:

Leveled Reader Packet

Study spelling words

*Reading calendars are due!

Handwriting:

Pages 20-23