Find Your Books

I am beginning to collect Math Student Reference Books and Science Textbooks. If these books are at home, students should bring them in immediately. If students do not return their books, they will get a letter on Monday explaining how much they owe. Also, students need to turn in library books. If students have missing library books, they will not be able to get their report card next week.

If students have not turned in their science notebook or their unit 7 test, they need to do that tomorrow.

Have a great evening!

Last Math Homework Assignment

The last homework assignment for math is test corrections for the unit 7 test. The test needs to be turned in no later than Monday.

Also, both 5th grade classes are preparing for the class picnic next Wednesday. We ask that students bring in $5 to help purchase food, drinks, and utensils for the picnic. A letter will go home today.

One more announcement for students in 218. Students who are in lunch bunch with Ms. Wofford need to bring in $4 for pizza next Tuesday.

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Green Screen

Just a quick update on social studies. We will be trying to finish our Chicago history videos during the last few days of school. Above, you can see some students using a green screen to record their video. They will act out something in front of the screen and then change the background when they edit the video. It is a very cool process, and the students are learning a lot about the skills needed to create a video.

Also, we had the unit 7 math test today. It will be graded this evening and returned tomorrow.

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Study for Unit 7 Math Test

The homework for math tonight is to study for the unit 7 test. The main concepts for this unit are order of operations and adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. Tomorrow, students are allowed to use a slide rule or positive and negative counters on the test. They may not use a calculator.

Students needed to turn in their science notebooks today. If they turn it in late, I will not be accepting any notebooks after Friday.

Also, all of the assignments I plan to grade are already listed in Gradebook.

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Prepare for the Unit 7 Test

The students need to complete the unit 7 review for Monday. They were given the review yesterday. Also, the students need to turn in their science notebook on Monday. They do not need to include the last two entries listed on the sheet they were given in class this past Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!

Volunteer Field Trip

We had an excellent time on our field trip today. The students were split into two groups in order to go to two different senior citizen housing facilities. First, the students made breakfast and served breakfast to the tenants. Then, the students played many of rounds of Bingo with the tenants and learned more about their lives by playing a scavenger hunt game. Above, you can see a few pictures from our trip. I am very proud of the work they did today, and I hope they see this as an opportunity to continue the act of service in their community in the future.

The unit 7 review is due on Monday. The students were given it today so they could avoid having homework over the weekend. The unit 7 test is on Tuesday.

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Math Homework

The math homework tonight is Study Link 7-11. Students will get the review for the test next Tuesday tomorrow.

Also, students in 218 need to arrive before 8:45 tomorrow morning. We are planning to leave for our field trip as soon as school begins tomorrow morning.

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Science Notebook Due Monday

We will have our last science notebook check on Monday, June 7th. Today, the students were given the questions that should already be answered and in their notebook.

The math homework tonight is Study Link 7-10. We will have a test on unit 7 on Tuesday, June 8th.

Finally, students in 218 need to turn in their progress report envelopes and their field trip forms. Both sides of the form need to be filled out, and students need to bring in $5 for the bus. On the day of the trip, Thursday, students should be here before 8:45. We are planning to leave at that time. Also, students will need a bag lunch because we will be home after the lunchroom closes.

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Display at the Museum of Science and Industry

If you are interested, please come to the Museum of Science and Industry tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 to see the emotion videos we created as part of the Adobe Youth Voices program. Above, you can see the display for our school.

As part of this program, myself and two students went to the Museum of Science and Industry yesterday to make a presentation to parents about video camera angles. When the students were not presenting, they worked on a stop animation video. Above, you can see them working on their video.

The math homework tonight is Study Link 7-9.

Students in 218 need to get their field trip form and money to school before our volunteer trip next Thursday.

Have a great evening!

TechXPO for 218

On Thursday evening, the videos 218 created in December and January based on emotions will be shown at The Office of Academic Enhancement TechXPO at the Museum of Science and Industry from 5:00 to 8:00. We were one of the many schools in this district who participated in the Adobe Youth Voices program. If you are able to attend, please contact Jason Pasatta at jjpasatta@cps.k12.il.us.

The homework for math tonight is Study Link 7-8.

Have a great evening!