November 30, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill out Reading Log. Your Reading Log is due TOMORROW. You get 5 points off for every day it is late. After next Thursday, I will NOT accept them.
• Math HW: 9-8 OR 9-9 (or both)
  
• Natural Disaster Project- students know their assignment for their Natural Disaster project. They can NOW start working on their poster (refer to the rubric, which was sent home).
  
• Students who volunteered to give presentations TOMORROW regarding magnets. These presentations are to be 5 minutes long. The students who volunteered: Lili and Oaklee; Izzy and Taylor; Marc and Delightra; James; Nathan; Pater.
  
• Please email with questions or comments
• Timeline- Students are to create a timeline of their life. This can be on a normal 8 x 11 piece of paper (nothing fancy). They need to have 15 events of their life on their timeline. This is due Friday.
  

November 29, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill out Reading Log. Your Reading Log is due this THURSDAY. You get 5 points off for every day it is late. After next Thursday, I will NOT accept them.
• Math HW
• Natural Disaster Project- students will know Wednesday which natural disaster they will be researching. Nothing is due for this project this week.
• Today we started a unit on magnets. Some students volunteered to give presentations on Thursday regarding magnets. These presentations are to be 5 minutes long. The students who volunteered: Lili and Oaklee; Izzy, Taylor, and Ella; Marc and Delightra; James; Nathan; Pater.
  
• Please email with questions or comments
  

November 28, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill out Reading Log. Your Reading Log is due this THURSDAY. You get 5 points off for every day it is late. After next Thursday, I will NOT accept them.
• Math HW
• Natural Disaster Project- students will know tomorrow or Wednesday which natural disaster they will be researching. Nothing is due for this project this week.

November 22, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Think of 3 natural disasters that interest you (parents, see the form the students are bringing home). The 3 disasters are due: MONDAY. All you need is the name of the 3 disasters. I will let you know which disaster you will be researching on TUESDAY.
• Read 30 minutes EVERY day
• Fill out your Reading Log EVERY day
• Have a great break!!
  

November 18, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading Log (every night)
• Math HW- study for the test (tomorrow!)- the test will cover sections 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-5, and 6-6.
• Study for the Spelling Test (tomorrow!)
• Catch up on your Centers packet if you're behind

Spelling words:
minus
loser
humor
closet
recent
student
equal
profile
local
comet
vacant
punish
cavern
shiver
decent
linen
legal
panic
smoky
tyrant
Review words: valley, fifteen, culture
Challenge words: fatigue, fugitive

November 16, 2011

Thank you to all the parents who helped get their child's writing assignment done! I had SO many turned it today.

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading log (every night)
• Math HW (pg. 78 for most classes)
• If you have not turned in your letter to the editor, please bring it tomorrow!
  

November 15, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Reading log (fill out EVERY night)
• Math HW (pg. 77 for most classes)
• Letter to the editor- This is a letter we have been working on for 2 weeks now. They are now working on their final drafts. I have given the students plenty of time to complete this letter. Today was the last day for the students to work on the letter in class. However, I will allow students to take their letter home TONIGHT, and bring it back TOMORROW for full credit. I will not accept letters after Friday. I will be emailing the prompt to every parent tonight. The following students are students who I have letters from: Ella, Abby, Delightra, Marco, Mary, Kate, Lucas, Grant, Joseph, Marc, and Eli.
  
• Parents, PLEASE encourage your children to do their homework & classwork. It is a HUGE portion of their grade!
  

November 14, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill out Reading Log EVERY night!
• Math HW (my math class has NO HW; I'm not sure about Mrs. Strong's or Mrs. Hatch's)
• If you were unable to make it to SEP Conference's last week, please email me and we can set up a time to meet.

My email address: tahneeneilson@gmail.com or tahneeg@provo.edu

November 11, 2011

Happy Veteran's day!

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill in your Reading log every night
• Math HW- most of the kids finished their math HW for today

Have a fabulous weekend!

November 9, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Read 30 minutes
  
• Reading long (fill it out EVERY night)
• Math HW
• SEP CONFERENCES ARE TOMORROW FROM 1:45 UNTIL 9:00 PM
• STUDENTS ARE RELEASED AT 1:30 TOMORROW!
  

November 8, 2011

Yesterday, we had a substitute because I was away at a "Preventions Dimensions" workshop, and the class was awesome! I really appreciate the class's good behavior, and how respectful they were towards the substitute.

In-class:

• Journal- tell me about the sub
• Math- Geometry
  
• Centers/Small Group
• Treasures- the theme this week is "Cowboys and Cowgirls"
• Writing- grading each others persuasive letters
• Science- review of erosion
• PE
• Reteach- we had A LOT of fun with "Simon Says Math!"

Homework:

• Tomorrow is the LAST day to turn in your October Reading logs
• Fill in your November Reading log
• Read 30 minutes
  
• Get your planners signed
• Math HW (I think every math class's HW is page 74)
• Early out this Thursday for SEP Conferences
• SEP Conferences Thursday from 1:45 until 9:00. Please come and sign up for a conference with me. I want to meet with EVERY parent.
  

November 4, 2011

Homework/Class Business:

• Maturation went great! Thanks to all the parents who came.
  
• Read 30 minutes every night
• Fill out Reading log; Turn in October Reading log (they are SO late already)
• Hope of America forms
• Letter to the Editor
  
• PARENTS: SEP Conference sign-ups are out by the office. Sign up NOW!
  

November 3, 2011

Class Business/Homework:

• Reading Logs for "October" are due NOW; Fill in your "November" Reading log everyday!
  
• Read 30 minutes
• Math HW
• Finish Letter to the Editor
• Maturation is TOMORROW. Parents are invited!
• Hope of America forms are due NOW
  

November 2, 2011

In-class:

• Journal
• Math (review and/or symmetry)
• Centers/Treasures (suffixes)
• Teamwork lesson
• Silent Reading
• Writing (persuasive letter)
• Social Studies (13 colonies)
• Music
• Reteach

Homework:

• Read 30 minutes
• Fill out Reading Logs!! The "October" Reading log was due yesterday, and only 8 people turned them in. The logs are worth 100 points. If the students don't turn them in, they forfeit those points.
• Hope of America consent forms
• Maturation forms. Maturation is this Friday. If a student doesn't have their form, they will be doing an alternative assignment during this time.
• Math HW