SNOW DAY!
February 9, 2010 
It’s official! No school tomorrow. 
Have a great day off. Be safe. Relax. Have fun. Get some rest. Do something memorable. See you Thursday!
-Mr. C.
Tuesday Homework
Keep your fingers crossed for a snow-day. If there’s no school, have a great day! Play in the snow, cozy up to a good book, go on Shelfari, watch a movie, help someone to shovel their driveway or clear off their sidewalk… but be prepared for school just in case. All homework is due tomorrow.
READING
- 35 minutes fiction + log
- Reading Workshop Homework Sheet
SPELLING
- Word Study Day _____
LANGUAGE ARTS
- No new homework, but feel free to record more entries in your essay notebook. You”ve learned many strategies for gathering essay entries, and you can invent your own strategies, too!
MATH
- Graphing Sheet (both sides)
VALENTINES DAY PARTY FRIDAY — see my post from last week!
Special Event tomorrow (if we have school) — High-Touch, High-Tech!
Monday Homework
READING
- 35 minutes fiction + log
- Continue writing your thoughts about “Mississippi Bridge” in your reader’s notebook. Write more than 2 pages total. Keep writing about the topic you began in class today, or write about a new one: a. What is really important about this story? b. What is this story, altogether, trying to tell me about the world? About my life? c. Why, out of all possible endings, might the author have chosen this one?
- Pushing Our Thinking
SPELLING
- Word Study Day _____
LANGUAGE ARTS
- No new homework, but for those who didn’t complete Thursday’s assignment, tonight is your last chance to finish “Writing Workshop Homework Sheet 3″ (Collecting Essay Ideas from Talk). It’s not one main idea with 3 bullets, but three different main ideas, each with three bullets.
MATH
- ATL 7.2 and 7.2 from packet (both sides of the first page, top and bottom).
- Multiplication Mosaic #7
VALENTINES DAY PARTY FRIDAY — see my post from last week!
Special Event this Wednesday — High-Touch, High-Tech!
Week in Review: February 1-5, 2010
- We played basketball.
- We learned about translucent, transparent, and opaque things.
- It’s was Mr. Conetta’s and Katie C.’s birthdays!
- We got our social studies test scores.
- We started multiplication — different algorithms.
- The New Broccoli and Bubbles are friends!
- We started fiction again.
- We did the DRP’s.
- We are learning about PEMDAS.
- Logan has two new catch phrases.
- It was Pajama Day!
- We got our science tests back. Retest today.
- We decorated and shared and wrote in our essay notebooks!
- Holm and Anjay moonwalked.
- We switched to language arts.
- Jack and Leela say hi.
- We wrote the Week in Review.
- Peace!
More Poem Recordings!
We have more audio poems for you to hear. So far, there are works by Katie, Ryan, Maddy, Holm, Jessica, Leela, and Jack!
Wyatt — something happened with your recording, so let’s try it again real soon.
Everyone else, I can’t wait to continue recording your poems as well!
Thursday Homework
READING
- 35 minutes fiction + log
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Writing Workshop Homework Sheet 3 (Collecting Essay Ideas from Talk)
MATH
- ATL 8.1 and 8.2. And ATL 8.4. Click on these two separate links to print copies and complete them tonight (I’m sorry that my meeting went late and I wasn’t able to give them to you in school today.
SCIENCE
- Show your sound test to your parent(s).
- If you got below a C, you must do the re-test on Friday during lunch. If you got a C or higher, you may do the retest if you want, but it is not required.
- If you do better on the re-test, I will get the average of your two scores.
- Use the sample sheet that I gave you — even if you have to memorize the answers for the re-test.
GO TO MR. BULKLEY’S BLOG (www.sbulkley.wordpress.com) to download copies of the yearbook forms (there are two, and they can be found in today’s post called “Fill Out Yearbook Forms”). Fill them out, and follow instructions for emailing them by tomorrow!.
Valentines!
Soon we’ll celebrate Valentines Day together in school — a chance to reflect on our friendship and the good times we share. Start thinking of a container that you can bring in to store all the goodies you receive (shoeboxes work great, but there are other good options too).
In the meantime, here’s a link to Save the Children, where you can purchase Valentines from which the proceeds will be used to help kids in need all around the world!
http://www.savethechildren.org/get-involved/valentines-day-2010/
Wednesday Homework
READING
- 35 minutes fiction + log FICTION
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Writing Workshop Homework Sheet 3-1-b OR 3-5-B. Pick one side of the sheet to do tonight. A full-page entry at the very least (25 minutes at the very least).
MATH
- Finish BLM 8.3 and Student Book 111.
- Remember to always practice your basic facts! Flashcards, online facts games, etc….
SCIENCE
- Show your sound test to your parent(s).
- If you got below a C, you must do the re-test on Friday during lunch. If you got a C or higher, you may do the retest if you want, but it is not required.
- If you do better on the re-test, I will get the average of your two scores.
- Use the sample sheet that I gave you — even if you have to memorize the answers for the re-test. Remember to use words like solids, liquids, gases, vibrations, sound source, medium, and sound receiver.
GO TO MR. BULKLEY’S BLOG (www.sbulkley.wordpress.com) to download copies of the yearbook forms (there are two, and they can be found in today’s post called “Fill Out Yearbook Forms”). Fill them out, and follow instructions for emailing them by Friday.
THANK YOU!
Thank you all for the sweet thoughts and cards and treats and fishies on my birthday!! It means a lot to me, and I am grateful.
Love,
Mr. C.
Tuesday Homework
READING
- 35 minutes fiction + log
SPELLING
- Word Study Day _____
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Writing Workshop Homework Sheet 3-1-C (Writing About Big Issues)
- Decorate your notebook covers by tomorrow! Be sure to use pictures and clip art and drawings and words and stickers that remind you of the kinds of things that you might one day write essays about — big issues in your life, tiny things you see, hear, smell, remember that make you think big thoughts, etc. Things that matter to you.
MATH
- Student Book 110.
- Finish any late/missed assignments if needed, especially BLM 8.1 and the Multiplication Sheet #8 from yesterday.
SCIENCE
- Show your sound test to your parent(s).
- If you got below a C, you must do the re-test on Friday during lunch. If you got a C or higher, you may do the retest if you want, but it is not required.
- If you do better on the re-test, I will get the average of your two scores.
- Use the sample sheet that I gave you — even if you have to memorize the answers for the re-test. Tomorrow, I’ll talk with you about wway to fix your answers, and I’ll give you back the other part of the test (ear diagram).
GO TO MR. BULKLEY’S BLOG (www.sbulkley.wordpress.com) to download copies of the yearbook forms (there are two, and they can be found in today’s post called “Fill Out Yearbook Forms”). Fill them out, and follow instructions for emailing them by Friday.
