Week of 12/12/11-12/16/11

Highlights for the Week of 12/12/11 in Mrs. Bell's Class

Spelling - Review Lesson
This week's spelling list will contain 30 words from the second theme in our reading text. Words will be chosen from lessons 8-13. Students must score 100% on the pretest to earn challenge work for the week. The final test will be on Friday, 12/16, and will cover 20 words from the list. Homework will also be collected on Friday.

Reading - I Can Evaluate Text & Review Strategies

In reading this week the students will evaluate the text. They will think about the author's writing and decide if he/she did a good job of helping them to understand the story. They will also review the strategies used throughout the theme.

English - Nouns
We have finished the chapter on nouns, and the TEST is scheduled for Thursday, 12/15. We will review in class on Wednesday.



Social Studies - The Midwest
The Midwest map QUIZ will be on Monday, 12/12. We will finish lesson 1 of chapter 8 by completing a lesson review in school.

Science - Chapter 3 Review
We will discuss the chapter 3 review on Monday. The test for this chapter will not be given until after holiday break.

Math - Mrs. Bell's Math Class
Students have had a lot of fun exploring the concepts of mean, median, mode & range. These pictures show them working in small groups to manipulate weather data that they collected from the internet.
Choosing a reasonable scale for graphs will be the last topic that we will look at in chapter 7. The TEST for this chapter is scheduled for Wednesday, 12/14. We will finish the week with T-Charts that focus on finding mean, median or mode.











Don't forget...
Winter Break begins on 12/19.

We will be watching the movie "Hachi" on Friday, 12/16. Students may bring a pillow or stuffed animal to sit on during the movie.

Mrs. Karen Bell

Posted by Mrs. Karen Bell at 4:46 PM