Ms. Leatherman's Class

sleatherman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:24:54 +0000

I just saw that Friday’s assignments did not get published, so here they are:

Social Studies-Mesopotamia Page 11

Language Arts-Critique and revise draft of Compare/Contrast

Reading-Survival reading and Lesson 13 Literary Response

Assignments for 11/17-11/21

sleatherman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:22:55 +0000

	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
11/17	Mesopotamia Book page 7	Compare/Contrast Essay Day 1Spelling Bee all week Survival Reading & Journal Write=Describe your main character
11/18	Due: BrickMesopotamia Page 8	Compare/Contrast Essay Day 2November book READING Literary Response #10
11/19	Mesopotamia Page 9Test Brick	Poetry CircleSurvival Reading
11/20	Mesopotamia Page 10Making Cuneiform Tables	Compare/Contrast Essay Day 3November Book Reading
11/21		9

Assignments for 11/10-14

sleatherman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:09:32 +0000

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
11/10	Page 4 Mesopotamia Book HW make brick	CW Choose Spelling Words Write a compare contrast paragraph Survival Book Discussion Director is DUE HW Weekly Word Study
11/11	Veteran’s Day Holiday
11/12	Page 5 Mesopotamia Book HW Brick	CW=Subject Predicate Dance Off Survival Book/Composition writing topic= Describe the setting of your book, and how it affects the plot.
11/13	Page 6 Mesopotamia Book HW brick	Free Reading GUM page 9/10
11/14	Video=Hanging Gardens of Babylon HW Brick	Field Trip

sleatherman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:45:27 +0000

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
11/3	Mesopotamia Video and Note taking	Work on Helping Verb Chants Simple Sentence Notes HW Page 9 simple sentences Survival Reading plus Word Wizard
11/4	Mesopotamia Book page 2	CW Choose Spelling words Present Helping Verb Chant Due page 9 simple sentences HW Vocabulary Practice #26
11/5	Introduce Brick Project which will be Due Nov 18	Word Wizard Due CW Poetry Circle
11/6	Field Trip	Field Trip
11/7	Mesopotamia Book page 3 Due: Page 2	Benchmark Test

Assignments for 10/27-10/31

sleatherman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:18:12 +0000

Next week we will be taking a field trip to Incline. We still need one more driver. Let me know if you are available to drive Thursday, Nov. 6th from 8:30-1:30

Thanks

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
10/27	Steps to civilization	CW= State of Being Verbs and work on vivid verb cheerHW= Worksheet #24 Survival Reading HW= Illustrator
10/28	Due: Steps to Civilization and Civilization Flap BookCW= Work on Ch 3 Vocabulary	CW= Choose spelling Words and Give class CheersFree Reading
10/29	CW= Begin Mesopotamia Book	CW=Learning Helping VerbsHW= Worksheet #25 Due= Illustratior CW= Survival Book /Word Wizard
10/30	Due= Page 1 MesopotamiaCW=Video-Hanging Gardens of Babylon	Spelling TestDue= Weekly Word Study Free Reading
10/31	Due= Extra Credit Learning GoalCh 2 Test	Due=Present Helping Verb chantDue= Word Wizard Survival Book /Passage Master

Assignments for 10/20-10/24

sleatherman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:37:55 +0000

It was great meeting with all of you for conferences. Thanks for all of the support. This week is Red Ribbon week which celebrates living drug and alcohol free. The students will be enjoying dressing up along with special lunch activities. This Wednesday is another minimum day. Friday is the dance from 7-10:00. Adrian Swingler and Chris Rogers have signed up to chaperone. Thanks

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
10/20	Begin vocabulary for chapter 2 which is due on Wed.	CW=Begin Alliteration poetryfirst draft is due Wed
10/21	CW=Read section 1HW= Page 15 of interactive notebook which is due Thursday	CW=Select spelling words-work on word studyCW Journal write topic: Setting and how it influences your story. HW Literary Response #16
10/22	Due- Vocabulary	Due: Alliteration poetryCW Poetry Circle HW Word Study
10/23	CW=Video with notetakingDue is p 15 interactive notebook	Due= Weekly word studyCW= Spelling Test CW= Begin Vivid Verb cheers which are due Oct. 28 CW =Journal Write topic is narrator HW= Literary Response Lesson 26
10/24	CW=Read section 2 Begin Civilization flap book	Due: Literary Response lesson 26Due Final Alliteration Poems Going to the Library to select survival books for Lit. circles.

Assignments for 10/13-10/17

sleatherman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:12:35 +0000

It is conference week. Please make sure your child attends with you.

Thanks

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
10/13	Study Chapter 1 Goal Sheet HW Stoplight paragraph Topic: How did early man adapt to the ice age?	CW All week we will work on Maroo story mt. and personification art
10/14	DUE: Adaptation paragraph CW Study goal sheet HW Stoplight Paragraph Topic: How and what do fossils and artifacts tell us about past human life?	Same
10/15	DUE:Artifacts and Fossils paragraph Laptop Lab research	Same
10/16	CW Chapter 1 Test	Same
10/17	Share personal learning goals	Story Mt. Due Personification Art Due

Assignments for 10/6-10/10

sleatherman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:46:07 +0000

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
10/6	CW Ch 1 review jeopardy	CW Review nouns pictionary Maroo Story Mountain HW Read Chapter 13 Maroo Study for nouns test Read October book
10/7	Due: Personal Timeline CW Timeline presentations HW Page 25 Key Terms	CW Nouns Test Personification Lesson Read Ch 14 Maroo Choose spelling words HW: Personification Worksheet Weekly word study Read October book
10/8	Due: Social Studies Binders and Page 25 Key Terms	CW Poetry Circle-Simile poems HW Weekly word study Read Oct. Book Due: Personification worksheet
10/9	CW Main Idea Reading Page 24 HW Worksheet page 22	Due: Weekly word study CW Spelling Test Stoplight Color for writing lesson Begin personification with art HW Read Oct. Book
10/10	Due: Workshjeet page 22 CW Vocabulary Bingo	CW Continue stoplight writing Continue personification with art which is due Oct. 15

Next week is a minimum day week due to conferences. Your child will attend the conference with you.

Coming up is a research presentation on a social studies learning goal. It will be due Oct. 17th

Assignments for 9/29-10/3

sleatherman — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:14:33 +0000

Students should be working on a personal time line that is due on Oct. 7th. Each student has a paper that explains the assignment.

I will be gone Tuesday through Friday of this week. On Tuesday I will be attending a district workshop. On Wednesday through Friday I will be involved with a family matter. I will be checking my e-mail daily, so you can still get in touch with me that way.

Date

Social Studies

Language Arts/Reading

9/29

CW= Assign Personal Time line

Begin work on Social Studies Vocabulary

HW= Section 2 preview

Work on Personal Time line

work on vocabulary

Due:September Reading Book

L.Arts:Choose Spelling words

HW: Weekly word study

9/30

Due: Section 2 preview

CW: Read Section 2 and take quiz

HW= Finish Quiz

Work on personal time line

work on vocabulary

Reading: CW Lesson 17

Language Arts: CW Plural Bingo

HW: Practice Worksheet 1/2

10/1

Due: Section 2 Quiz

CW: Archaeology Video

HW: Work on Time line

Work on Vocabulary

Reading: Due= Lesson17

CW Lesson 18

Language Arts: Due Worksheet 1/2

CW Introduce possessive rules

HW GUM worksheet 33/34

10/2

Due: Social Studies Vocabulary

CW: Pre read section 3

HW: Finish pre read

Work on time line

Reading Due: Lesson 18

CW Lesson 19

Language Arts: Due: GUM 33/34

Weekly word study

CW= Spelling Test

HW= GUM worksheet 119/120

10/3

Due: Section 3 pre read

CW: Read section 3 and take quiz

Reading: Due= Lesson 19

CW= lesson 20

Language Arts: Due= Gum 119/120

CW Onomatopoeia

Assignments for 9/22-9/26

sleatherman — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:35:13 +0000

Class information: We are going on a field trip to the old Truckee Cemetery on Tuesday. Permission slips must be turned in. Wear tennis shoes. Conferences are coming up. For those of you who did not sign up for a time at Back to School Night, I have sent a sign up sheet home with your child. Please choose 2 possible times so I can schedule everyone.

Thanks,

Sandie Leatherman

Date	Social Studies	Language Arts/Reading
9/22	CW= Read section 1 and quiz HW= History Reading Skill	Due: September Reading Book (Next Monday) Due: Simile Poem CW= Plural NOun Sort Historical Fiction Notes and Worksheet HW= Weekly Word study and Historical Fiction Worksheet
9/23	Due: History Reading Skill CW: Cemetery Field Trip	Field Trip
9/24	CW=Cemetery Project
9/25	CW= Research for personal learning goal	Due: Historical Fiction Worksheet CW= Reading Reasons Plural Poster
9/26	CW= Reading A timeline HW= Personal Timeline Due Oct. 7	CW= Present Plural Poster