Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Work for Wednesday, March 23.

This post is for students who were absent on Wednesday, March 23. It's a brief overview of some of the things we did in class.
Writing:  Today each group finished the Hey, Little Ant persuasive writing activity. We will share each piece on Thursday. Also students were told to start thinking of a persuasive writing topic that can be researched.

Reading:  In Reading we reread  In the Days of King Adobe and completed Think and Respond questions. Our test for this story will be on Friday.

Spelling: We corrected the practice sheet. Our Unit 21 test will be on Friday.

4B Math:  Today's topic in math was "Using a calculator to rename fractions as percents."  We completed journal pages 256, 257, and 258. The homework assignment is Mathboxes 9.4 (p259) and Study Link 9.4.

Science:  We took the Lung Test.

Social Studies:  We filled out the Study Guide for the 12 Midwest States. The test will be on Monday, April 11. Students will need to know the state, capital and abbreviation.