Mrs. McCartney's Class Blog
Reading, Writing, and Responding!
Homework 10/25
Oct 25th
Math: 6-7 & 6-8
Spl: ABC Order (yes, they have their words this time!)
Read 20 minutes
Homework 10/24
Oct 24th
Math: 6-4 & 6-6
Spl: OOPS! I didn’t give their words back…so no spelling tonight!
Read 20 minutes
Haunted House Voicethread
Oct 24th
This year we hope to have not only our words but voices online. We practiced the poem, “Haunted House”, by Jack Prelutsky, and offered our own vocal interpretation on our Voicethread. Students illustrated the poem using a How to Draw Haunted Houses website. All of the drawings were done by the students with no lines given to them. Hope you enjoy our first Voicethread while we learn how to use the microphone and scanner!
Owl Pellets!
Oct 20th
Today we dissected owl pellets in class. We found out that the average pellet in our class had 1 skull. We figured that with 2 owl pellets a day, an owl is likely eating 2 rodents or birds a day. That means 14 in a week, 56 in a month, and 672 in a year! Many of us were glad that we are not owls. Pictures coming soon, but here’s a glimpse at what the students got to explore today:
Homework 10/20
Oct 20th
Math: 6-5
Spl: Spelling City or practice test
Study vocab & DLR
Reading 20 min
If you didn’t get your rough draft of your pencil pal letter signed, tonight’s the night to do it!
How to Draw Cartoons
Oct 20th
Lots of our class loved learning how to draw the haunted house for our upcoming Voicethread project. Many requested the website, so here it is:
http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/index.html
(Haunted House) http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/haunted-house.html
Get your pencil and drawing paper ready and have some drawing fun! Don’t forget to practice the Haunted House poem so we can record them next week.
Harvest of the Month
Oct 14th
This month we learned about salad greens! We ate Chicken Taco Salad. Many of the kids really liked it. Thanks to the EGUSD SHAPE program for providing us with yummy food and nutrition information each month.
http://www.egusd.net/nutrition/
The Chicken Taco Kit is available in stores:
http://www.freshexpress.com/product/delicious-kits/chicken-taco-kit.aspx
Homework 10/13
Oct 13th
Math: Practice Test (needs to be signed)
Spl: Spelling City (links below) or have an adult give you a practice test
Read for 20 minutes
Study vocab
Parent signature on progress report
