October+29,+2012

Homework:

Language Arts: Finish Reading the chapter "Forever Yours". Respond to an emotion you had while reading the letters from other Targets. Say how you feel about it and explain why.

Social Studies: Mexico worksheet (Presidente). Remember there are questions on both sides of the worksheet. Be sure include the question as part of the answer and write in complete sentences.

Science: Remember we have a test on Wednesday **even if** school gets cancelled on Tuesday.

Today in class: Language Arts: We went over good entries to last week's reading log. Several students shared insights and we discussed what made their entries strong. We will continue to add details from the text to support our answers.

Math: We are continuing to solve word problems in which we must decide if we should using factoring or multiples to get the answer.

Science: We played 3 rounds of Stump the Student and all three students made it through 5 questions. We also practiced matching vocabulary and definitons in preparation for our test on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We read an article from Scholastic Magazine about Mexico's economy, immigration, and drug problem and how all that affects us in the U.S. as well as the people of Mexico.

Grammar Link: [|Grammar Exercises]