Well, hello! Long time, no blog! I appreciate your patience and support as I have not been updating the blog nearly as much as I orginally intended to.
I know some of you are aware of the situation with my father. He has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury he sustained from a fall on Thanksgiving. Thank you so much for your kind words, thoughts and prayers during this time. I am so fortunate to have such supportive and understanding parents and students, thank you.
Next week's homework assignments have been posted, and the spelling words for next week will be available on Spelling City (link is in the "Links for Students" section of the blog) The spelling lists will be titled by number, as they are on the upper right hand corners of the lists that are going home. (For example, "List 21") Your best bet is to search by teacher name. Surprisingly enough, they're aren't too many Mawhinneys out there ;)
We have started our study of novels in Language Arts - we've started Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. This unit focuses more on the structure of a novel (chapter titles, table of contents, etc.) and provides opportunities for the students to utilize the before, during, and after reading strategies they've been practicing since Kindergarten.
We've wrapped up Chapter 5 (subtraction with regrouping) as of 2/23/12, and will be starting our Data Collection Unit! This involves using different types of graphs and surveys to show and use various forms of data. The link for "Create a Graph" is a fun website for students to explore the different types of graphs and plots.
Thank you again for your support! Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather!
:)KM
