Homework for 11/03 to 11/14
November 2, 2008 by James Hendricks
This week’s homework is a reading response journal. The assignment is a two-week assignment that will be turned in on Friday, November 14, 2008. Planners for the week of November 3 and November 10 are available with daily assignment updates:
Weekly Planner for November 3, 2008 & Weekly Planner for November 11, 2008
Reading Journal Homework Due November 5, 2008
First Week of November 2008
November 2, 2008 by James Hendricks
[This article is available at http://www.teamhendricks.com]
Welcome to November! Team Hendricks has been extremely busy over the past several weeks preparing for the Vote Southeast mock election. We researched candidates, set up our ballot, were poll workers, and analyzed results. Mrs. Brenda Sullivan from Mansfield Today came to interview students about Vote Southeast; links to her article are available at www.teamhendricks.com. Your child was extremely excited about our democracy in action. I hope that it continues throughout his or her life. If you have a chance to take your child to the polls tomorrow, please consider it. It is a great way to instill the “right to vote.”
In reading, we have started our second theme Celebrating Traditions. Students have read two stories: The Keeping Quilt and Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope. Both of the stories provide insight into different cultures and how those families celebrate their heritage and traditions. We continue to read chapter books during reader’s workshop.
In writing, students are working on developing their own stories during writer’s workshop. Students create first drafts, revise using writing hint cards, conference with peers, and then with adults to create a finalized piece. The entire process takes awhile to complete, but as students finish they will have their own little book that has been word processed and illustrated. We are just starting to computerize some stories. Several students are working on wireless laptops in the classroom.
We continue to work in the new mathematics program. Over the past several weeks, students have been working with numbers in base five. Even though this seems like a high-level concept, students are able to “forget” misconceptions about our regular base ten number system and gain a deeper understanding of how number systems work. A green letter came home early last month about flexible groupings. Some students are working with our third grade mathematics interns and Mrs. Susan Irvine, our enrichment teacher. Other students remain in the classroom.
It really is hard to believe that we are coming up to the end of the first marking period. On October 31, 2008, I sent home a letter about scheduling parent conferences. Due to a scheduling conflict beyond my control, some conference will need to be scheduled outside of the normal school conference times. If you can use one of those other time blocks, it would be be greatly appreciated!
Informational articles, like this one, are placed online periodically. Please visit www.teamhendricks.com for more information. As always, please feel free to email or call me if you have any concerns or questions.
Have a great week! Jamie Hendricks
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